CS Concordia Chiajna

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Concordia Chiajna
Stema Concordia.png
Full nameClubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna
Nickname(s)Vulturii verzi (The Green Eagles)
Ilfovenii (The People from Ilfov County)
Short nameChiajna
Founded1957;67 years ago (1957)
Ground Concordia
Capacity5,123
Owner Chiajna Commune
ChairmanCristian Tănase
Head coach Liță Dumitru (caretaker)
League Liga II
2023–24 Liga II, 10th of 20
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II.

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Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, when it amassed eight participations in the highest tier of the Romanian league system, the Liga I. Concordia was also runner-up of the short-lived Cupa Ligii in the 2015–16 campaign.

The club plays its home matches on the namesake Stadionul Concordia, which has artificial turf and can hold 5,123 persons.

History

Chart showing the progress of Concordia's finishes in the national leagues from 2005 to 2017. Concordia Chiajna League Performance.svg
Chart showing the progress of Concordia's finishes in the national leagues from 2005 to 2017.

The club from Ilfov County was founded in 1957 by the inhabitants of the Chiajna commune, and over time, the team was also called GAC Chiajna, AS Chiajna and ILF Militari, while the team was sponsored by Întreprinderea de Legume-Fructe Militari.

Concordia had struggled its entire existence in the lower leagues of Romania, until 2007 when it earned promotion to the Liga II for the first time. It finished second behind Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in the 2010–11 Liga II season, earning promotion to the Liga I.

In the first half of its debut season in Liga I, Concordia failed to impress, and never left the relegation places. During mid-season, Laurențiu Reghecampf was brought as manager, and he changed almost the entire squad, bringing 17 new players. [1] The team started winning matches, and among its victims were bigger names like Oțelul Galaţi, Rapid București and eventual champions CFR Cluj. As a result, the club climbed outside the relegation zone and finished the season in the first half of the table (ninth place). Because of this impressive results, after the season, Reghecampf was named manager at FC Steaua București. His place at Concordia was taken by Ilie Stan.

Under his spell, Concordia maintained its place in the upper half of the standings for the first half of the 2012–13 season. But in the second half the team failed to find the same rhythm and after six consecutive losses, Concordia entered the battle to avoid relegation. With a total of 16 games in a row without a win, Concordia finished the season on the 15th spot, similar with a relegation to Liga II after two years in the first division. At the end of the season, Ilie Stan resigned, alongside his entire technical team. [2]

Ionuț Chirilă replaced Stan as the head coach of the team. Concordia Chiajna successfully remained in the first division, playing a promotion/relegation play-off with Rapid București. The play-off was played on 13 July 2013 and won by Rapid 2–1, after extra-time. The FRF decision was contested by Concordia at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On 2 August, CAS decided that Concordia Chiajna should play in Liga I and Rapid be relegated to second division. The results of the matches played by Rapid with Viitorul and Vaslui were canceled.

Honours

League

Cups

Players

First team squad

As of 3 October 2024 [3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Octavian Vâlceanu (Vice-captain)
2 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Dragoș Manolache
3 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Yevgeniy Tsymbalyuk
4 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Andrei Marc (3rd captain)
5 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Rareș Lazăr
6 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Marian Dragomir
7 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Andreas Burcea
8 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Jonathan Rodríguez
9 FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Adrian Bălan (Captain)
11 FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Adrian Petre
12 GK Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Ștefan Fara
15 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Aurelian Ciuciulete
17 FW Flag of Moldova.svg  MDA Alexandru Boiciuc
18 DF Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  CTA Dylan Mboumbouni
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Giovani Petcu
20 MF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Petar Petkovski
21 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Florin Dumbravă
22 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Adrian Iancu
23 FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Robert Ion
24 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mihai Neicuțescu
25 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Alexandru Misarăș
27 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Vlad Prejmerean
28 DF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Josh Okpolokpo
29 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU David Alexe(on loan from FCSB )
31 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mihai Dobrescu (4th captain)
80 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Giovani Ghimfuș
94 MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Darius Mocanu
— GK Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Yanis Stanciu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU David Dănăilă(on loan to Popești-Leordeni)
— MF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Ionuț Voicu(on loan to Progresul Fundulea)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Ionuț Catrina(on loan to Tunari)
— FW Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mario Iordan(on loan to Progresul Spartac)

Club officials

League history

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 75 caps for CS Concordia Chiajna.

Romania
Albania
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Italy
Jordan
Nigeria
Tunisia
Ukraine

Notable former managers

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References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "Cu 17 nume noi în lot, Chiajna speră în salvarea de la retrogradare". Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  2. ↑ Florin. "Concordia şi Ilie Stan s-au despărţit pe cale amiabilă". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CS Concordia Chiajna. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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