Dunărea Galați was a Romanian professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

from

Galați Galați ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-larges ...

Galați County Galați () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați, between latitude, 45°25'N and latitude, 46°10'N latitude, longitude, 27°20'E and longitude, 28°10'E longitude. It borders the counties of Vaslu ...

, south-east Romania, founded in 1970. The club was dissolved in 2014.

History

The club was founded in 1970, took the place of Oțelul Galați in

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

and has played for 5 seasons in the

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

. For a brief period, it was Galați's main team, but after the rise of Oțelul in the 1980s, it is seen only in the

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

and the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. They were supposed to be relegated to

at the end of the 2007–08 season, but they managed to maintain their second league position due to the withdrawal of

FCM Câmpina FCM Câmpina was a Romanian football (soccer), football team from Poiana Câmpina, Prahova County founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2008. History The team was founded under the name ''Astra Câmpina'', which was a local factory that was sponsor ...

. The 2009–10 season started well, the team reaching the Round of 32 of the

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, being eliminated by cup holders

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

. They finished 11th in the league table.

Chronology of names

Honours

*Winners (4): 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83 *Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1984–85, 1991–92

*Winners (2): 1989–90, 2003–04 *Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91 Liga IV – Galați County *Winners (1): 1992–93

Former managers

* Constantin Teașcă (1971–1973) * Ștefan Coidum (1974–1975) * Alexandru Tănase (1976–1977) * Gheorghe Constantin (1977–1978) * Constantin Teașcă (1979–1981) * Marcel Pigulea (1984–1985) * Spiridon Niculescu (1985–1986) * Spiridon Niculescu (1994) *

Viorel Ion Viorel Ion (born 2 November 1967) is a Romanian football manager. Throughout his playing career, Viorel Ion played for several teams, including Oțelul Galați, Steaua București, VfL Bochum and Rapid București. He was player-manager of G ...

(2004–2005) * Liviu Ciobotariu (2006–2007) * Spiridon Niculescu (2007–2008) * Viorel Tănase (2009–2011) * Eugen Baștină (2012) * Octavian Grigore (2013) * Costel Enache (2014)

References

External links

Dunarea's page at liga2.ro

Dunarea's page at frf.ro
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