CS Concordia Chiajna

Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club founded in 1957 and based in Chiajna, Ilfov County. The team currently plays in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

History
Concordia had struggled its entire existence in the lower leagues of Romania, when in 2007 they earned promotion to the Liga II for the first time.

They finished in second place in the 2010–11 Liga II season, behind Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, being promoted for the first time in history to the Liga I.

In the first half of their debut season in Liga I, Concordia failed to impress, and never left the relegation places. In the mid-season, Laurențiu Reghecampf was brought as manager, and he changed almost the entire squad, bringing 17 new players. Little by little, the team started to win, among its victims being bigger names like Oțelul Galaţi, Rapid and the future 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 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. Ionuț Chirilă replaced Stan as manager of the theam. Concordia Chiajna successfully remained in the first division, playing a relegation play-off with Rapid. The play-off was played on 13 July 2013 and won by Rapid, with 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 is relegated to second division. The results of the matches played by Rapid with Viitorul and Vaslui were canceled.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues
Liga II
Runners-up (1): 2010–11
Liga III
Winners (1): 2006–07

Cups
Cupa Ligii
Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Players

First team squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

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Current technical staff

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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
  Cristian Bălgrădean
  Ștefan Bărboianu
  Bogdan Bucurică
  Claudiu Bumba
  Adrian Cristea
  Marian Cristescu
  Florentin Dumitru
  Liviu Ganea
  Florin Gardoș
  Sorin Ghionea
  Gabriel Giurgiu
  Ștefan Grigorie
  Ovidiu Herea
  Adrian Iencsi
  Mihai Leca

Brazil
  Wellington

Bulgaria
  Yordan Gospodinov

Burkina Faso
  Narcisse Bambara

Cape Verde
  Nivaldo

Central African Republic
  Manassé Enza-Yamissi

Congo
  Yannick Salem

Croatia
  Stjepan Babić
  Matej Bagarić

Jordan
  Tha'er Bawab

Lithuania
  Armantas Vitkauskas

Moldova
  Artur Pătraș

Nigeria
  Christian Obodo
  Michael Odibe
  Gomo Onduku

Macedonia
  Filip Timov

Ukraine
  Artem Milevskiy

Romania
  Vasile Maftei
  Petre Marin
  Cristian Melinte
  Adrian Mihalcea
  Iulian Miu
  Florin Niță
  Sorin Paraschiv
  Marius Pena
  Adrian Popa
  Andrei Prepeliță
  Florin Purece
  Tiberiu Serediuc
  Eugen Trică
  Bogdan Vintilă

Notable former managers

  Adrian Bumbescu
  Laurențiu Diniță
  Ion Dumitru
  Ion Moldovan
  Costel Orac

  Laurențiu Reghecampf
  Emil Săndoi
  Ilie Stan
  Marius Șumudică
  Cornel Țălnar

References

External links
Official website

Club profile on LPF's official website

Category:Multi-sport clubs in Romania
Category:Football clubs in Romania
Category:Football clubs in Ilfov County
Category:Chiajna
Category:Sport in Ilfov County
Category:Association football clubs established in 1957
Category:Liga I clubs
Category:Liga II clubs
Category:Liga III clubs
Category:Liga IV clubs
Category:1957 establishments in Romania