CS Concordia Chiajna

History

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. 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.

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

• Liga II
  • Runners-up: 2010–11
• Liga III
  • Winners: 2006–07

Cups

• Cupa Ligii
  • Runners-up: 2015–16

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

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

• ROU Alexandru Albu
• ROU Paul Batin
• ROU Adrian Bălan
• ROU Cristian Bălgrădean
• ROU Ștefan Bărboianu
• ROU Claudiu Belu
• ROU Bogdan Bucurică
• ROU Claudiu Bumba
• ROU Dorin Codrea
• ROU Valentin Crețu
• ROU Marian Cristescu
• ROU Florin Gardoș
• ROU Sorin Ghionea
• ROU Gabriel Giurgiu
• ROU Răzvan Grădinaru
• ROU Ovidiu Herea
• ROU Adrian Iencsi
• ROU Mihai Leca
• ROU Vasile Maftei
• ROU Iulian Mamele
• ROU Andrei Marc
• ROU Petre Marin
• ROU Cristian Melinte
• ROU Adrian Mihalcea
• ROU Florin Niță
• ROU Silviu Pană
• ROU Sorin Paraschiv
• ROU Paul Pîrvulescu
• ROU Marius Pena
• ROU Adrian Popa
• ROU Andrei Prepeliță
• ROU Florin Purece
• ROU Neluț Roșu
• ROU Adrian Scarlatache
• ROU Tiberiu Serediuc
• ROU Gabriel Tamaș
• ROU Gabriel Torje
• ROU Eugen Trică
• ROU Bogdan Vintilă

;Albania

• ALB Azdren Llullaku

;Argentina

• ARG Nicolás Gorobsov

;Brazil

• BRA Fernando Boldrin
• BRA Wellington

;Bulgaria

• BUL Yordan Gospodinov

;Burkina Faso

• BFA Narcisse Bambara

;Italy

• ITA Alessandro Caparco

;Jordan

• JOR Tha'er Bawab

;Moldova

• MDA Alexandru Boiciuc

;Nigeria

• NGA Christian Obodo
• NGA Michael Odibe
• NGA Gomo Onduku

;North Macedonia

• MKD Petar Petkovski

;Tunisia

• TUN Hamza Younés

;Ukraine

• UKR Artem Milevskyi

Notable former managers

• ROU Adrian Bumbescu
• ROU Laurențiu Diniță
• ROU Liță Dumitru
• ROU Ion Moldovan
• ROU Costel Orac
• ROU Laurențiu Reghecampf
• ROU Emil Săndoi
• ROU Ilie Stan
• ROU Marius Șumudică
• ROU Cornel Țălnar

References

References

1. Administrator. "Cu 17 nume noi în lot, Chiajna speră în salvarea de la retrogradare".
2. Florin. "Concordia şi Ilie Stan s-au despărţit pe cale amiabilă".
3. "Echipa". CS Concordia Chiajna.