Clubul Sportiv Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați commonly known as CS Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați, or simply as CSU Galați, was a Romanian football club based in

Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most pa ...

Galați County Galați () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați. History Historically Galați is part of Moldavia. In 1858, it was represented by Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the '' ad hoc Divan'' at Iași, in the w ...

who was founded in 1953, re-founded in 1967 and 2017 and finally dissolved in 2020. In 1976, CSU played the Cupa României Final, but lost 0–1 against

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

History

Știința Galați was founded in 1953 as a football section within the

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

with the same name. In 1961, the team is promoted in

Divizia B 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. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting ...

where is playing until 1965 when gives up its place in the

to Oțelul Galați. In 1967 was refounded, under the name of Politehnica Galați and took the place of Siderurgistul Galați in

. In 1972, the club changes its name to CSU Galați and after four years it has achieved the best performance in the club's history, qualifying in the final of the 1975–1976 season of Cupa României as a

team, where it lost in front of Steaua București. Because that year Steaua București also won the

Divizia A 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 ...

championship, CSU Galați represented Romania in the

European Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised ...

, being eliminated by the Portuguese team

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. In 1982 is merged with FCM Galați to form

Dunărea CSU Galați Dunărea may refer to: * Dunărea, the Romanian name for the river Danube in Central Europe * Dunărea (river), a tributary of the Danube in Constanța County, Romania * Dunărea, a village in the commune Seimeni, Constanța County, Romania See ...

. In the summer of 2017 CSU Galați was refounded and after two season in Liga IV – Galați County was promoted in

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 ...

. In 2020, during the winter break, CSU Galați withdrew from

and was dissolved again.

Honours

Leagues

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 ...

**Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1968–69 *

**Winners (1): 1979–80 **Runners-up (1): 1978–79 * Liga IV – Galați County **Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

Cups

* Cupa României **Runners-up (1): 1975–76 * Cupa României –

**Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

European record

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

** First round (1) : 1976–77

League history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunărea de Jos Galati Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Galați County Association football clubs established in 1953 Association football clubs disestablished in 2020 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs University and college association football clubs 1953 establishments in Romania 2020 disestablishments in Romania