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CS Unirea Tărlungeni

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Ciucaș Tărlungeni
Full nameAsociația Sport Club
Ciucaș Tărlungeni
Short nameCiucaș
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
as Unirea Tărlungeni
2016; 8 years ago (2016)
as Inter Tărlungeni
GroundUnirea
Capacity1,000
OwnerTărlungeni Commune
ChairmanMarius Bădițoiu
ManagerVasile Gherghe
LeagueLiga III
2023–24Liga III, Seria V, 10th

Asociația Sport Club Ciucaș Tărlungeni, commonly known as Ciucaș Tărlungeni, simply as Ciucaș, is a professional football club based in Tărlungeni, Brașov County, founded in 1983 under the name of Unirea Tărlungeni and which is currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football.

For most of its existence, Ciucaș has been a constant presence in the 4th tier of the Romanian football league system. At its best, the team from Brașov County reached the second division, where it played for four seasons. In the 2016–17 season, due to financial difficulties, the team was relocated to Ștefăneștii de Jos, Ilfov County, but the club could not be financially saved.[1]

In the same year, to continue the football tradition in Tărlungeni, Inter Tărlungeni was founded, later renamed Ciucaș Tărlungeni in 2018, and by 2023, the club once again reached the national leagues.[2]

History

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The club was founded in 1983 as Unirea Tărlungeni and competed in the Brașov County Championships for twenty-four years. Unirea earned promotion to Liga III at the end of the 2006–07 season. Led by Daniel Bona, the team won the Divizia D – Brașov County title and secured promotion after a play-off match against Viscofil Popești-Leordeni, the Divizia D – Ilfov County winner, with a 2–1 victory after extra time at Poiana Stadium in Poiana Câmpina.[3][4]

In 2010, the team was taken over by former player of Unirea Urziceni, László Balint. After six seasons in the third division in 2013 Tărlungeni Unirea finished the season first in the sixth series of this competition and promoted the first in Liga II.

On 18 September 2013 Unirea Tărlungeni was defeated by former national champion Rapid București, relegated to the second echelon by decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne for financial reasons and after a barrage of maintaining played with Concordia Chiajna with the score 0 -1, at home in a match counting for the third stage of the second league. It was a first for Tărlungeni football club in the first match being televised encounter a team of Romanian football tradition, with numerous participations in European cups and titles.

In the summer of 2016, Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos, but the club could not be financially saved.[1] In the same year 2016, the football club from Tărlungeni was re-founded, under the name of Ciucaș Tărlungeni, and in 2023 reached again the national leagues.[2]

Honours

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Liga III

Liga IV – Brașov County

  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
  • Runners-up (1): 2004–05

League history

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Former managers

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Exclusiv / Ștefănești joacă în Liga a 2-a" [Exclusive / Ștefănești plays in League 2] (in Romanian). ilfovsport.ro. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Brașovul fotbalistic rămâne cu cinci echipe în Liga 3. Și retrogradata Ciucaș Tărlungeni rămâne în campionat la invitația FRF" [Brașov football remains with five teams in League 3. And relegated Ciucaș Tărlungeni remains in the championship at the invitation of the FRF] (in Romanian). iliga2.prosport.ro. 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni, la al doilea titlu județean consecutiv" [Unirea Tărlungeni, to the second consecutive county title] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni a promovat în eșalonul al treilea" [Unirea Tărlungeni promoted to the third echelon] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2024.