Sport Club Popești-Leordeni, commonly known as SC Popești-Leordeni, or simply as Popești-Leordeni, is a

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based in

Popești-Leordeni Popești-Leordeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, south of downtown Bucharest, although from the northern edge of the town to the southern edge of Bucharest the distance is less than . Most of its inhabitants commute to Bucharest ...

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. Founded in 2011 as ''CS Popești-Leordeni'' the club situated near

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merged in 2013 with the newly promoted club in the

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''Gloria Cornești'', being enrolled directly in the third tier, under the name of ''Gloria Popești-Leordeni''.

History

Sport Club Popești-Leordeni was founded in 2011 under the name of ''CS Popești-Leordeni'', in order to continue the football tradition in town after the dissolution of more known Inter Gaz București and of Viscofil Popești-Leordeni. After a first year in which the team succeeded to promote from

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, followed two conecutve seasons in the fourth tier, but ''the white and reds'' missed the

promotion play-off. Eventually, the club found another solution and in 2013 merged with newly promoted club Gloria Cornești, which was absorbed by CS, the new entity being named Gloria Popești-Leordeni. In 2016 ''Gloria Popești-Leordeni'' was renamed as SC Popești-Leordeni.

Grounds

In the first year of existence, SC Popești-Leordeni played its home matches on Viscofil Stadium, in

, with a capacity of 3,000 people, then moving on Inter Gaz Stadium, after its renovation. Inter Gaz Stadium has a capacity of 1,000 seats and was the home ground of defunct Inter Gaz București.

Chronology of names

Honours

**Runners-up (3): 2021–22,

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, 2023–24 *

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**Runners-up (1):

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**Winners (1): 2011–12 *

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**Winners (1): 2012–13

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Former managers

Adrian Iencsi Adrian Mihai Iencsi (born 15 March 1975) is a Romanian football manager and a former player who played as a defender. International stats :''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Iencsi ...

(2013) * Sorin Colceag (2013–2014) * Viorel Dinu (2016–2019) * Sorin Colceag (2019–2020)

References

External links

SC Popești-Leordeni
at soccerway.com * Association football clubs established in 2011 Football clubs in Ilfov County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2011 establishments in Romania {{Romania-footyclub-stub