Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (; ''Mioveni Sports Club''), commonly known as CS Mioveni, or simply as Mioveni, is a Romanian professional football

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based in Mioveni,

Argeș County Argeș County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsie ...

, currently playing in the

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. They were founded in 2000 as ''AS Mioveni 2000'' and play their home matches at the Stadionul Orășenesc, which has a capacity of 10,000.

History

First years and ascension (2000–2011)

The club was founded in 2000 under the name ''AS Mioveni'' (Mioveni Sports Association). After one season in the

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, AS Mioveni merged with Dacia Pitești in 2001 and took its place in 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 ...

, while the club changed its name to ''AS Dacia Mioveni'', only to change it soon after that to ''CS Dacia Mioveni'' (Dacia Mioveni Sports Club). In its first season of division football, Dacia finished 3rd in the

. The next season however, the team finished top of series IV of the Liga III and therefore, in the summer of 2003 they promoted to the

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where they activated for four years without any outstanding performance. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Dacia Mioveni finished runner-up in the

, Seria II, and promoted for the first time in history to the

. Dacia's best performance was the only appearance in the

, in the 2007–08 season, when they finished 16th and were relegated. During the same season Dacia Mioveni reached the semi-finals of the Cupa României, being eliminated by

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, after an impressive win in the quarterfinals against Dinamo București, with 1–0. In the summer of 2010 the club was renamed, ''CS Mioveni'' being the new name. The club officials took this decision because

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refused to sponsor the club, instead sponsoring Italian club

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. Even if the club had finished the

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season on the third position, the club promoted in the

because the second placed FC Bihor Oradea had problems with the licence.

A second league constant and a new promotion (2011–present)

CS Mioveni relegated again in the

at the end of the 2011–12 edition, after finishing on the bottom of the league, with only 12 points won in 34 rounds. After this season, "the yellow and greens" spent no less than 9 years in the antechamber of the

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n top-flight, the team from

's town becoming a classic of the

. Most of the time, Mioveni was too good to relegate in the third tier, but not good enough to promote back in the first division. In these nine years, the club obtain the following rankings: 2nd ( 2014–15), 3rd ( 2019–20), 4th ( 2015–16, 2016–17), 7th ( 2018–19), 8th (

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, 2013–14) and 9th ( 2017–18). Mioveni promoted back to the

at the end of the

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season, when after a ranking on the 3rd place, they won the promotion/relegation play-offs (2–1 on aggregate) against top-flight club FC Hermannstadt.

Ground

CS Mioveni plays its home games on Stadionul Orășenesc, a 10,000-seat arena, in downtown Mioveni. Between 2013 and 2015 the stadium was renovated and "the yellow and greens" played their home matches on

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Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...

. Second team of the club, CS Mioveni II, also used to play its home matches on Colibași Stadium, stadium used also by the first team as a training ground.

Support

CS Mioveni has never had many supporters in

, most of the public opting for much more familiar and successful FC Argeș. Over the time the club had sporadically an organized group of supporters, especially between 2006 and 2011, when the club was in the

, twice and important rivalries with FC Argeș were born.

Rivalries

CS Mioveni does not have many important rivalries, the only important one is against

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, commonly known as ''Argeș Derby'' or the ''Derby of Argeș''. In the past, Mioveni had also a local rivalry against Internațional Curtea de Argeș.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

**Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2014–15 **Play-off Winners (1):

**Winners (1): 2002–03

Other performances

*Appearances in

: 3 *Best finish in Liga I: 12th in 2021–22 *Place 75 of 101 teams in Liga I All-time table *Semi-finalist of

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Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

* Last updated: 6 September 2022 * Source:

Current technical staff

* Last updated: 1 November 2022 * Source:Technical staff
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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 100 caps for CS Mioveni. *

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Ilie Baicu Ilie Nico Baicu (born 5 December 1974) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a left back for teams such as Dacia Mioveni, FC Argeș Pitești or FC Vaslui. He made 116 appearances in Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spel ...

Valentin Balint Valentin Daniel Balint (born 7 February 1994) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker. He started his professional career at Dinamo București. He is the nephew of former Romanian International footballer Dănuț Lupu Dănuț Lupu (born ...

Constantin Barbu Constantin "Jean" Barbu (born 16 May 1971) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Galaţi, Galați County, Barbu started his professional career with FC Argeş Piteşti, ...

Ciprian Biceanu Ionuț Ciprian Biceanu (born 26 February 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Hermannstadt. Honours ;Astra Giurgiu *Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association footb ...

Flavius Croitoru Flavius Dănuț Croitoru (born 13 July 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga II club Mioveni Mioveni () is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately 15 km (9 miles) north-east of Pitești. ...

* Nicolae Dică * Gabriel Enache * Claudiu Ionescu *

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Cosmin Năstăsie Cosmin Alin Năstăsie (born 22 June 1983 Drăgăşani, Romania) is a Romanian former association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for FC Argeș Pitești, CS Mioveni and FC Brașov (1936), FC Brașov. External link ...

* Adrian Neaga *

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* Andrei Nilă * Dan Nistor *

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* Octavian Popescu * Cristian Tănase

Notable former managers

Constantin Cârstea Constantin Cârstea (22 February 1949 – 16 November 2009) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. He was also a football coach. As a player he spent his entire professional career with Argeș Pitești. International caree ...

Sorin Cârțu Sorin Cârțu (born 12 November 1955) is a former football striker and football coach. Cârțu won two Romanian Championships and four Romanian Cups with Universitatea Craiova. As a coach, he succeeded to win in the 1990–91 season with Univ ...

* Iordan Eftimie * Florin Marin * Claudiu Niculescu * Ionuț Popa * Flavius Stoican * Andrei Speriatu * Ion Moldovan * Laurentiu Rosu * Marian Pana * Ilie Stan * Mihai Stoichita * Alexandru Pelici

League history

References

External links

Official website
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