CS Concordia Chiajna

Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II.

Concordia Chiajna
Full nameClubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna
Nickname(s)Vulturii (The Eagles)
Short nameChiajna
Founded1957 (1957)
GroundConcordia
Capacity5,123
OwnerChiajna Commune
ChairmanAuraș Brașoveanu
ManagerIanis Zicu
LeagueLiga II
2020–21Liga II, 14th of 21
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, when it amassed eight participations in the highest tier of the Romanian league system, the Liga I. Concordia was also runner-up of the short-lived Cupa Ligii in the 2015–16 campaign.

The club plays its home matches on the namesake Stadionul Concordia, which has artificial turf and can hold 5,123 persons.

History
Chart showing the progress of Concordia's finishes in the national leagues from 2005 to 2017.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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

Cups

Players

First team squad
As of 8 March 2022[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Alexandru Silveanu
2 DF  ROU Florin Borța
3 DF  ROU Cătălin Alexe
4 DF  ROU Bogdan Manole
5 MF  ROU Lucian Ion
6 DF  ROU Raul Palmeș
7 MF  ROU Carlo Casap
9 FW  SRB Nemanja Soković
10 FW  ALB Azdren Llullaku
11 MF  ROU Gabriel Deac
12 MF  ROU Marius Dumitru
15 DF  ROU Andrei Mirică
17 FW  CRO Stjepan Plazonja
18 MF  ROU Neluț Roșu
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ROU Bogdan Barbu
20 MF  ROU Nini Popescu
21 FW  ROU Adrian Voicu
22 MF  ROU Nicolae Pîrvulescu
23 MF  ROU Alexandru Dușmanu
24 GK  ROU Marius Aldescu
27 DF  ROU Alexandru Cherecheș
28 MF  ROU Dorin Codrea
29 FW  ROU Paul Batin
31 DF  ROU Carol Taub
73 DF  ROU Andrei Marc (Captain)
80 MF  ROU Răzvan Matiș
99 GK  ROU Denis Moldovan
— DF  ROU Petruș Pintilie

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ROU Marian Mihalcea
No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  FRA Thomas Chesneau (to Dinamo București)
— GK  ROU Daniel Isvoranu (to Tunari)
— GK  ROU Georgian Mișu (to Viitorul Șimian)
— GK  ROU Alexandru Costache (to Dunărea Călărași)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ROU Răzvan Mocanu (to Dacia Unirea Brăila)
— DF  ROU Alexandru Stănică (to Metalul Buzău)
— MF  ROU Costin Ciucureanu (to Viitorul Ianca)
— FW  ROU Cătălin Cocoș (to Afumați)

Club officials

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.

Notable former managers

References
  1. Administrator. "Cu 17 nume noi în lot, Chiajna speră în salvarea de la retrogradare". Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  2. Florin. "Concordia şi Ilie Stan s-au despărţit pe cale amiabilă". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CS Concordia Chiajna. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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