CS Dante Botoșani

Club Sportiv Dante Botoșani, commonly known as Dante Botoșani, or simply as Dante, is a Romanian football club based in Botoșani, Botoșani County. The club was founded in 2002 and played only in amateur leagues until 2020, when it promoted to Liga III.

Dante Botoșani
Full nameClub Sportiv Dante Botoșani
Nickname(s)Botoșenenii
(The Botoșani People)
Short nameDante
Founded2002 (2002)
GroundMunicipal / Bucecea
Capacity2,000 / 500
ChairmanVictor Mihalachi
ManagerCristian Popovici
LeagueLiga III
2020–21Liga III, Seria I, 6th

History

Dante Botoșani was established in 2002 and played only in the amateur leagues until 2020, when it promoted to Liga III, after winning Liga IV Botoșani and the promotion play-off group against Sporting Vaslui and Viitorul Curița.[1] In the first season ever spent at the level of the third tier, Dante was ranked 6th out of 10.

Dante is owned by Victor Mihalachi, a businessman who also held FCM Dorohoi, between 2010 and 2015.[2] The team is considered as the second important club in the Botoșani County, after top-flight side FC Botoșani.

Ground

The second club of Botoșani County, played its home matches on the Municipal Stadium, in Dorohoi, with a capacity of 2,000 seats. Some of their home matches are played on Baza Sportivă Bucecea, based in Bucecea, Botoșani County, a football ground opened in 2022, with a capacity of 500 seats and an artificial turf.

Honours

Liga IV – Botoșani County

Liga V – Botoșani County

  • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Runners-up (1): 2011–12

Players

First team squad
As of 8 March 2022

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 Vasile Curileac
2 MF  ROU Constantin Aeroaiei
3 MF  ROU Alexandru Sahru
4 DF  ROU Mihai Asofiei (on loan from Miroslava)
5 MF  ROU Răzvan Buterchi
6 DF  ROU Andrei Lozneanu (Vice-Captain)
7 MF  ROU Vlad Codău
8 MF  ROU Alexandru Constantiniu
9 FW  ROU Răzvan Gorovei
10 MF  ROU Cornel Căinari
11 MF  ROU Petru Dănilă
12 GK  ROU Dănuț Zvoronciuc
14 DF  ROU Alexandru Arcip
15 MF  ROU Marian Darîngă
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ROU Sebastian Lupu
17 MF  ROU Georgică Popovici
18 MF  ROU Robert Bosânceanu
19 DF  ROU Adrian Moescu (on loan from Botoșani)
22 MF  ROU Alexandru Corban
23 DF  ROU Constantin Drugă
25 DF  ROU Andrei Dumitraș (Captain)
29 DF  ROU Daniel Ciobanu
32 MF  ROU Dante Mihalachi
52 DF  ROU Denis Dănilă
63 FW  ROU Alexandru Zaharia
98 DF  ROU Andrei Pintilei
99 GK  ROU Ionuț Ailenei (on loan from Vaslui)

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

League history

References
  1. "Clubul Sportiv Dante Botoșani". www.liga2.prosport.ro.
  2. "Victor Mihalachi nu are emotii pentru Dante: "Vom castiga barajul si vom promova in Liga a IV-a, iar dupa aia in Liga a III-a"". gazetabt.ro.
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