Clubul Sportiv Turnu Severin was a

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n professional football

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from

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Drobeta-Turnu Severin (), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site, and the modern t ...

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, founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2013. In 2012, the team promoted to the

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for the first time in their short history. After just one year of top football it relegated and was dissolved.

History

The club was founded in the summer of 2007 after the merger of ''Gaz Metan Podari'' and ''CFR Craiova''. It was enrolled in the

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for the 2007–08 season. They finished second in the series and participated in the play-offs for the promotion to the

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, but failed to qualify. They finished first in the series the following season, 2008–09. Worthy of notice, the club promoted to the Liga II just two years into its existence. The first season of Liga II football in history ended with an honorable 7th-place finish. The following season the club finished 10th. In the summer of 2011 the club moved from

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to continue the football tradition in this city after the dissolution of FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin. On 1 November 2011 head coach Cosmin Bodea was sacked and his former assistant Florin Pârvu was caretaker, until Marian Bondrea was installed as head coach on 9 November. In that moment, Gaz Metan was only 11th in the championship, after 12 rounds. From that moment on, the team started to climb, and after five consecutive wins jumped to third. Gaz Metan lost only one game in the second part of the season and kept the third place in the championship until the end. Because FC Timişoara, the team that finished first, didn't receive the licence for the first division, the

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decided that the third place should promote instead. In that way, Gaz Metan Severin climbed to

for the first time in history, and the city,

had a team in the first division after 71 years.Severinul are din nou echipă în Liga I după 71 de ani!
/ref> On June 18, 2012, the club was renamed from ''CS Gaz Metan Severin'' to ''CS Turnu Severin''. The club relegated back to the

after just one season of top football, finishing just 2 points behind the relegation line. Shortly after, it was dissolved, thus

remaining without a football club for the second time in the last two years, after FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin was also dissolved in 2011.

Honours

: :*Best place 16: 2012-13

: :*Best place 3: 2011-12

: :*Winners (1): 2008–09 :*Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Managers

* Cosmin Bodea (June–Nov 2011) * Florin Parvu ''(interim)'' (Nov 2011) * Marian Bondrea (Dec 2011 – Aug 12) * Ionel Gane ''(interim)'' (Aug–Sep 2012) *

Nicolò Napoli Nicolò Napoli (born 7 February 1962) is an Italian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club FC U Craiova. Coaching career Napoli was born in Palermo. A former professional player with several ...

(Sep–Dec 2012)

References

External links

Gaz Metan CFR Craiova former web page

Drobeta Turnu Severin former web page

Gaz Metan Severin official web page
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