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| Full name | Club Sportiv Otopeni | ||
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| Short name | Otopeni | ||
| Founded | 2001 | ||
| Dissolved | 2013 | ||
| Ground | Stadionul Otopeni | ||
| Capacity | 1,300 | ||
| Website | http://www.csotopeni.ro/ | ||
Clubul Sportiv Otopeni, commonly known asCS Otopeni, or simply asOtopeni, was aRomanian professionalfootballclub fromOtopeni,Ilfov County, founded in 2001 and dissolved in 2013. Its greatest performance was that it played for one season in theLiga I in the2008–09 season.[1]
The club was founded in 2001 at the initiative of the mayor of the locality, Silviu Constantin Gheorghe. In the first season, 2001–02, in theIlfov County Championship, missed the direct promotion in front ofSportul Ciorogârla, but managing to reach the Liga III after he bought the place from Conired Pucioasa and it soon made way from theLiga III to theLiga I.[2]
In 2008 the team on the outskirts ofBucharest managed the biggest performance in the club's history, namely promoting to theLiga I finishing as runners-up in the2007–08 season.[3] Because its own stadium inOtopeni didn't meet the licensing conditions for the first league, the team played its matches onAstra Stadium inPloiești.[4]
It didn't achieve much in Romania's top football division, finishing next to last at the end of2008–09 season and relegating back to theLiga II.[5]
The following seasons it finished 6th, 6th, 12th and 4th in thesecond division.
In the summer of 2013 the club was withdrawn from theLiga II by its owners and dissolved.
Marian Pană (2002–2006)Liviu Ciobotariu (2007–2008)Gabriel Mărgărit (2008)
Miodrag Ješić (2008)Liviu Ciobotariu (2008–2009)Viorel Ion (2012–2013)Marian Bucurescu
