Club Sportiv Victoria Vânju Mare, commonly known as Victoria Vânju Mare or simply as Victoria, is a

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based in

Vânju Mare Vânju Mare is a small town located in Mehedinți County, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Bucura, Nicolae Bălcescu, Orevița Mare, and Traian. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. Natives * Victor Gomoiu (188 ...

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. Founded in 1960, it currently competes in Liga IV – Mehedinți County, the fourth tier of

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. The club was established in the early 1960s and before 1990 won four county championships, finally earning promotion to

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at the end of the 1985–86 season. After 1990, the club was re-organized as ''Real Vânju Mare'' and once again won the county league in 2002. In the same summer, the club was re-organized as ''Building Vânju Mare'' through a merger between ''Real Vânju Mare'' and ''Constructorul Drobeta-Turnu Severin''. Building initially played its home matches at the Municipal Stadium in

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, later moving to Victoria Stadium in

and Dunărea Stadium in

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. At its best, Building played in the second tier,

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, but without achieving notable results. Building Vânju Mare was owned by Mihaela Giuca, the first woman to be in charge of a football club in Romania. The club was dissolved in 2009 but was re-founded in 2011 under the name Real Vânju Mare. Real Vânju Mare played for a few seasons in the fourth division before being dissolved again in 2014. In 2018, the club was re-founded once more, this time under its historical name, Victoria Vânju Mare..

History

Victoria Vânju Mare was established in the early 1960s and played in the regional and county championships and before 1990 won four county championships, finally earning promotion to

at the end of the 1985–86 season, defeating Jiul IEELIF Craiova, the Dolj County Championship winner, 5–3 on aggregate. After 1990 the club was re-organized as ''Real Vânju Mare'' and won again the county league in 2002. In the same summer, the club was re-organized as ''Building Vânju Mare'' by the merger between ''Real Vânju Mare'' and ''Constructorul Drobeta-Turnu Severin''., as a result of the merger between the newly promoted in the third tier, AS Real Vânju Mare and the 4th tier member, Constructorul Drobeta-Turnu Severin, owned by Mihaela Giuca. The new team obtained the promotion to

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after only one year since its establishment. In the seven seasons of existence, "the Builders" activated in the third tier (

) during the 2002–03 (2nd place), 2005–06 (1st place), 2007–08 (7th place) and 2008–09 (5th place) seasons, and in the

during the 2003–04 (12th place), 2004–05 (14th place) and 2006–07 (15th place) editions. Mihaela Giuca's team played its home matches on the Municipal Stadium in

in the first two seasons of Divizia B. After the first relegation, in 2005, Building returned on the Victoria Stadium in

, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. After another three years, Building moved to

, following a conflict with the Commune of Vânju Mare, which allowed Minerul Mehedinți to play its home matches on the same ground. Building withdrew from

in the summer of 2009 and subsequently was dissolved. Building was dissolved in 2009, but was again re-founded in 2011, under the old name of ''Real Vânju Mare''. Real Vânju Mare played for a couple of seasons in the 4th division, then was dissolved again in 2014, then in 2018 was re-founded under the historical name of the club, Victoria Vânju Mare.Premieră după Revoluție, în Liga 4 Mehedinți!
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Honours

Leagues

*Winners (1): 2005–06 *Runners-up (1): 2002–03 Liga IV – Mehedinți County *Winners (5): 1969–70, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 2001–02

Chronology of names

References

External links

CS Victoria Vânju Mare
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