Fotbal Club FCSB II (), commonly known as FCSB II was a Romanian

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club from

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. The team was founded in 1982 as Steaua Mizil when Colonel

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received an order from the

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to establish a satellite team for Steaua Bucharest, dissolved in 1997 and refounded in 2004 and in 2016. It was the reserve team of

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History

1982–1997: Steaua Mizil

In 1982, when Colonel

received an order from the

to establish a satellite team for Steaua Bucharest. Tică Danilescu was chosen by Victor Stănculescu to be the creator and the man who will take care of the second team and the star academy. The conditions were extraordinary at

Mizil Mizil () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. Located in the southeastern part of the county, it lies along the road between the cities of Ploiești and Buzău, and to the northeast of the national capital, Bucharest. Its position led i ...

. Rapid Mizil would merge with ICIM Ploiești, taking over from it players and the place in the third division, the 1982-83 edition, where it was active. At the end of the next edition of the championship, 1983-84, Steua Mizil promoted to Division B, after an extremely close match with Chimia Brazi. In the first edition, 1984-85, he participated under the name A.S. Mizil, which then changed and became the Steaua Mizil. This team had the same logo as the Steaua Bucharest club. This club-satellite relationship meant that juniors from the teams of Steaua Bucharest arrived at

year after year for the experience they could get from the tough competition of the

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. At the end of the 1996-97 championship edition, the team was relegated to the third league and disbanding.

2004–2023: FCSB II

The team was founded in 2004 under the name Steaua II București to train younger players. In 2009, it was promoted to

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and spent two seasons there, finishing 13th and 14th respectively, before being disbanded. It reappeared in 2016, and was admitted to

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to fill the places left unoccupied by the county champions who won the play-off matches and were unable to join the league. The team does not have the right to promotion.

Stadium

Baza Sportivă ARCOM, also known as Baza Sportivă FCSB is a

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. It is currently used only for

matches, is the home ground of FCSB II and FCSB Academy and also used by

for trainings. The football complex was built by

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(owner of FCSB) on the place of the former ARCOM Concrete Plant, after his club was kicked out from Steaua Stadium and Ghencea Sports Complex due to the conflict with Ministry of National Defence and

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D ...

. The football complex has 4 grounds (3 with a grass pitch and 1 with an artificial turf) and holds 1,000 people.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

: **Winners (1): 2008–09, 1983-84 **Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Other performances

* Appearances in

: 15 * Best finish in Liga II: 2nd place in 1992–93

League history

Notes

References

External links

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FC Steaua București
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