SCM Dunărea Giurgiu

Sport Club Municipal Dunărea Giurgiu, commonly known as SCM Dunărea Giurgiu or Dunărea Giurgiu, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County and currently playing in the Liga III, the 3rd tier of the Romanian football league system.

For the current reserve squad of Astra Giurgiu, see FC Astra II.
Dunărea Giurgiu
Full nameSport Club Municipal
Dunărea Giurgiu
Short nameDunărea
Founded1948 (1948)
GroundStadionul Marin Anastasovici
OwnerGiurgiu Municipality
ChairmanMirel Marin
ManagerAndrei Nemțescu
LeagueLiga III
2022–23Liga IV, Giurgiu County, 1st
(promoted via play-offs)

The team was founded in 1948 and until the summer of 2010 it was known as FC Dunărea Giurgiu. Then it was renamed Astra II after it was bought by Ioan Niculae, owner of Liga I squad FC 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 as CSM Dunărea Giurgiu.[3]

History

Founded in 1948, after a merge between Dragaje and Acvila, two small clubs from Giurgiu, Dunărea played for several years in the districts and regional championships.[4]

In the 1960–61 season, led by Lucian Mititelu, Dunărea won the Bucharest Regional Championship and qualified for promotion play-offs in the Second Division, but lost the promotion finishing in the 3rd place behind CFR Arad and Carpați Sinaia in a series in who also played Flacăra Roșie București, Muscelul IMS Câmpulung and Dinamo Craiova.[5] Also, Dunărea reached the first round proper of the Romanian Cup, but lost in front of Progresul București 0–4. The squad of Dunărea during the championship and the play-offs matches was composed of: Cristache Manole, Vasile Gheorghiu, Sandu Drăgănescu, Nicolae Nemțescu, Pepi Iorgulescu, Alexandru Ghiță, Alexandru Pană, Alexandru Albu, Alexandru Iorgulescu, Ion IIiuță, Stan Ștefan (Fane Brînză), Nicu Marinel, Puiu Rotărescu, Constantin „Bebe” Năsturescu, Dumitru Nania, Vasile Ene, Negrilă și Gheorghe Grozea.[4]

In the summer of 1961 the club merged with Olimpia Giurgiu and played for four seasons under the name of Victoria Giurgiu. In 1965 the two clubs split and the white-blue team was renamed again as Dunărea and played in the refounded Divizia C.[4]

After five consecutive seasons in the third tier in which, usually, was a regular top-half table finisher, Dunărea managed the promotion for the first time in Divizia B at the end of the 1967–68 season winning the South Series after a strong battle with Progresul Brăila. Led by Gheorghe „Gogu" Gîrlea almost the whole season and at the end by Nicolae Nemțescu the squad of Dunărea was composed of: Gică Penescu, Ion Piticu, Ghibănescu, Iacob, Petrișor Lungu, Gore Cristache, Alexandru Ghiță, Sandu Cojocaru, State, Dumitru Ion, Liviu Borțea, Grădinaru, Dumitru Nania, Vasile Mustață, Trăistaru, Anghel, Tudor Constantin, Ilie Emil, Crăciun Clepcea, Constantin Sandu, Budurincă, Marin Stelian, Mănăilă, Pavel Nicolae and Țigănilă.[6]

Honours

Liga III

Liga IV – Giurgiu County

Club Officials

League history

Former managers

References
  1. "FC Astra are echipa și în liga secundă" [FC Astra will have a team in Liga II !]. ziarulprahova.ro. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2010.(in Romanian)
  2. "Astra timp de un an, apoi Inter Giurgiu II" [Astra for a year, then Inter Giurgiu II.]. liga2.ro. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.(in Romanian)
  3. "Dunărea Giurgiu a revenit la viață! Noua echipă a orașului va juca în Liga a V-a!" [Dunărea Giurgiu has come back to life! The new team of the city will play in the 5th League!]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.(in Romanian)
  4. "Dunărea Giurgiu: o istorie alb-albastră" [Dunărea Giurgiu: a white-blue history]. stiridemaine.ro. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.(in Romanian)
  5. "Campionatul de fotbal al județului Prahova: Ediția 1960/1961" [Prahova County Football Championship: 1960/1961 Edition]. ziarulprahova.ro. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.(in Romanian)
  6. "O istorie alb-albastră; Dunărea Giurgiu la prima promovare în Divizia B" [A white-blue history; Dunărea Giurgiu at the first promotion in Divizia B]. stiridemaine.ro. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.(in Romanian)
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