Clubul Sportiv Academica Recea, commonly known Academica Recea, or simply as Recea, is an amateur Romanian

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club based in Recea,

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. The team was founded in 2013 and promoted to

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at the end of the 2014–15 season, after a promotion play-off against Voința Cetate, winners of

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series. After a

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Recea won 5–4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the

. Even if the club was founded in 2013, on the club's logo appear 2015 as the year of foundation, this year being the one in which the club was legally reorganized and changed its name from ''AS Comuna Recea'' to ''ACSF Comuna Recea''. After it was relegated, in the summer of 2021 from the

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back to the

, the club was dissolved. After one year of inactivity the football club was re-founded as Academica Recea and enrolled in the

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History

Founding and ascension of Recea (2013–present)

Even if the current club was founded in 2013, the history of football from Recea started back in 1959, when Dinamo Săsar, club based in the village of Săsar, Recea Commune, was founded. The team was in tight relation with

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, having a fulminating ascent and promoting in the second league at the end of the 1959–60 season. The club played for two years in the second tier, then relegated and never came back. The club was founded in 2013, under the name of ''AS Comuna Recea'' and was enrolled in the fourth tier,

, South series. In its first season Comuna Recea finished 3rd after

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's second squad and Speranța Coltău. In the second season ''Recenii'' won the series, four points ahead Viitorul Ulmeni and played the final of

series against North series winners, Bradul Vișeu. The final was played on

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and Recea won 2–1 after extra time and qualified for the

promotion play-off where after a

against Voința Cetate, champions of

, won 5–4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the

. After it was relegated in the summer of 2021, from the

back to the

it was dissolved, then after one year of inactivity the football club was re-founded as Academica Recea and enrolled in the

Grounds

Academica Recea plays its home matches on Central Stadium in Recea. The stadium was opened on 9 May 2018, having a covered stand of 600 seats, a pitch covered with

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and a second training ground. The total cost of the construction was amount €300,000. Between 2014 and 2018, when the stadium was under construction, ''Recenii'' played their home matches on Comunal Stadium, in the village of Săsar, Recea commune, with a capacity of 100 seats. In the 2013–14 season, the first after foundation, the team played on the Mocira Stadium, in the village of Mocira, same Recea commune.

Honours

*Winners (1): 2019–20 *Runners-up (2): 2017–18, 2018–19 Liga IV – Maramureș County *Winners (3): 2014–15,

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, 2023–24

League history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comuna Recea Football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Maramureș County Association football clubs established in 2013 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2013 establishments in Romania