CS Otopeni was a

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n professional football

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Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. Henri Coandă ...

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs ...

, founded in 2001 and dissolved in 2013. Its greatest performance was that it played for one season in the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

in the 2008–09 season.

History

The club was founded in 2001 at the initiative of the mayor of the locality, Silviu Constantin Gheorghe. In the first season, 2001–02, in the Ilfov County Championship, missed the direct promotion in front of Sportul Ciorogârla, but managing to reach the Liga III after he bought the place from Conired Pucioasa and it soon made way from the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 ...

to the

. In 2008 the team on the outskirts of Bucharest managed the biggest performance in the club's history, namely promoting to the

. Because its own stadium in

didn't meet the licensing conditions for the first league, the team played its matches on Astra Stadium. It didn't achieve much in Romania's top football division, finishing next to last and relegating back to the

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

. The following seasons it finished 6th, 6th, 12th and 4th in the Second Division. In the summer of 2013 the club was withdrawn from the

by its owners and dissolved.

Honours

: :*Winners (0):, ''Best finish:'' 17th 2008–09

: :*Winners (0): :*Runners-up (1): 2007–08

: :*Winners (1): 2003–04

Notable managers

* Liviu Ciobotariu * Marian Bucurescu *

Gabriel Mărgărit Gabriel Mărgărit (born 12 July 1971) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Faur București, Rocar București, Henan Construction, Inter Gaz București or CS Otopeni, among others. Mărgărit played in m ...

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Otopeni Association football clubs established in 2001 Association football clubs disestablished in 2013 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Ilfov County Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs 2001 establishments in Romania 2013 disestablishments in Romania