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| Full name | Sport Club Municipal Dunărea Giurgiu | ||
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| Short name | Dunărea Giurgiu | ||
| Founded | 1948; 77 years ago (1948) 2013; 12 years ago (2013)(refounded) | ||
| Ground | Marin Anastasovici | ||
| Capacity | 8,500 | ||
| Owner | Giurgiu Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Mirel Marin | ||
| Head coach | Bogdan Vintilă | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga III, Seria IV, 9th | ||
Sport Club Municipal Dunărea Giurgiu, commonly known asSCM Dunărea Giurgiu orDunărea Giurgiu, is a Romanian professionalfootballclub based in the city ofGiurgiu,Giurgiu County and currently playing in theLiga III, the 3rd tier of theRomanian football league system.
The team was founded in 1948 and until the summer of 2010 it was known asFC Dunărea Giurgiu. Then it was renamedAstra II after it was bought byIoan Niculae, owner ofLiga I squadFC Astra Giurgiu.[1][2] In the summer of 2012 the club was dissolved after its owner decided to cut back on expenses. Then the club was refounded in the summer of 2013 asCSM Dunărea Giurgiu.[3]
Founded in 1948, with players from Dragaje and Acvila, two small clubs fromGiurgiu, Dunărea played for several years in the districts and regional championships.[4]
In the1960–61 season, led by Lucian Mititelu, Dunărea won the Bucharest Regional Championship and qualified for promotion play-offs in thesecond division, but lost the promotion finishing in the 3rd place behindCFR Arad and Carpați Sinaia, in a series in who also played Flacăra Roșie București,Muscelul IMS Câmpulung and Dinamo Craiova.[5] Also, Dunărea reached thefirst round proper of the Romanian Cup, but lost in front ofProgresul București 0–4. The squad of Dunărea during the championship and the play-offs matches was composed of: Manole, Gheorghiu, Drăgănescu, Nemțescu, Iorgulescu, Ghiță, Pană, Albu, IIiuță, Stan, Nicu, Rotărescu,Năsturescu, Nania, Grozea, Negrilă and Vasile Ene.[4]
In the summer of 1963, the club merged with Victoria Giurgiu, newly promoted toDivizia C, and played in the South Series of the third tier, finishing 2nd in the1963–64 season and 3rd in the1964–65 season.[6] The two clubs separated in 1965, and theshipyard team was renamed Dunărea, continuing to compete in the third division, where it finished 5th in1965–66 and 4th in1966–67.[6][7] After five consecutive seasons in the third tier, Dunărea managed to promote for the first time toDivizia B at the end of the1967–68 season, winning the South Series after a strong battle withProgresul Brăila. Led by Gheorghe Gîrlea for most of the season and by Nicolae Nemțescu towards the end, the Dunărea squad included Penescu, Piticu, Ghibănescu, Iacob, Lungu, Cristache, Ghiță, Cojocaru, State, D. Ion, Borțea, Grădinaru, Nania, Mustață, Trăistaru, Anghel, Constantin, E. Ilie, Clepcea, C. Sandu, Budurincă,Marin, Mănăilă, P. Nicolae, and Țigănilă.[8][9]
In thesecond division, Dunărea successively occupied 12th in1968–69 season, and during the same campaign the team also reached the Round of 32 in theCupa României, drawing 2–2 after extra time at home againstRapid București but being eliminated because the regulations stated that, in case of a draw, the away team advanced.[10] This was followed by 13th in1969–70, 6th in1970–71, 11th in1971–72, and 12th in1972–73, before being relegated at the end of the1973–74 season after finishing 16th in Series II. Dunărea spent only one season in the third division, earning a quick promotion by winning Series V of the1974–75 Divizia C under coach Tinel Popescu. Renamed FCM Giurgiu (Fotbal Club Muncitoresc, “Workers’ Football Club”), the team had a solid1975–76 season, finishing 6th, followed by 10th in1976–77, 11th in1977–78, 10th in1978–79, and last place in1979–80, which resulted in relegation at the end of the season.[6][11]
The team was refounded in the summer of 2013 under the multisport club Sport Club Municipal Dunărea Giurgiu and competed under the leadership of former player Constantin Sandu in the South Series ofLiga IV – Giurgiu County,[3] finishing 2nd in the2013–14 season and losing 0–2 in the championship semifinals to Petrolul Roata Cartojani. In the following seasons, Dunărea ranked 4th in2014–15 and 1st in2015–16, withMarcel Abăluță as head coach, but was eliminated in the semifinals after a 1–1 draw and a 5–6 penalty loss to Avântul Florești.[12]
In the2016–17 season, the team finished 2nd and, after defeating Petrolul Roata de Jos 2–1 in the semifinals, Dunărea won the county title by beating CS Mihai Bravu 2–0 in the final, qualifying for the promotion play-off to Liga III, where they lost 2–3 on aggregate (2–2 at home and 0–1 away) to Agricola Borcea, theCălărași County champions.[13]
Dunărea Giurgiu appointed Andrei Nemțescu as head coach in July 2022 for the2022–23 season. Under his leadership, the team finished first in the South Series, qualifying for the championship play-offs, where they defeated Singureni 2–0 in the semifinals and Viitorul Tântava 2–0 in the final, winning the Giurgiu County Liga IV title. They secured promotion toLiga III after the play-off against Bărăganul Ciulnița, theIalomița County champions, with a 1–1 away draw and a 6–1 home victory. The squad included, among others, Stancu, Mitrea, Calea, Blaga, Popescu, Lungu, Matache, Cazaciuc, Florescu, Țangulea, Mizdrescu, Diceanu, Bălțat, G. Gheorghe, Arpetin, Constantinescu, and Pasăre.[14][15][16]
In the2023–24 Liga III season, Dunărea finished 4th in both the regular season and the play-off round of Series IV,[17] while in the2024–25 season they ranked 6th in the regular season and 9th in the play-out round, being spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of other teams and appointingBogdan Vintilă as the new head coach.[18]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Valentin Stănescu (1955–1958)Constantin Marinescu (1965–1967)Constantin Marinescu (1969–1971)Octavian Popescu (1972–1973)Ștefan Onisie (1975–1977)Imilian Șerbănică (2006–2007)John Ene (2007–2008)Marin Barbu (2008–2010)Emil Ursu (2010)Imilian Șerbănică (2010–2011)Vasile Cosarek (2012)Ioan Tătăran (2012)Marcel Abăluță (2015–2016) Andrei Nemțescu (2022–2025)Bogdan Vintilă (2025–)
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