Club Sportiv Chimia Brazi, commonly known as Chimia Brazi, was a

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based in

Brazi Brazi is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bătești, Brazii de Jos, Brazii de Sus (the commune centre), Negoiești, Popești, and Stejaru. Its name translates to "firs" as in the tree. In 1948, t ...

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. Established in 1968, the club was dissolved in the summer of 2012 after the merge with Prahova Tomșani to form Fortuna Brazi. Chimia played on two occasion in the Romanian

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and managed to reach the Round of 16 of

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in the 1978–79 season, as well the Round of 32 in the 1982–83, 2009–10 and

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seasons.

History

The club was founded in 1968 as Chimia Brazi, being financially sustained by the Brazi oil refinery. Chimia managed, under the guidance of Gheorghe Pahonțu, to promoted in Prahova County Championship at the end of 1970–71 season winning the Ploiești Municipal Championship and the promotion play-off tournament. Chimia won the 1971–72 season of Prahova County Championship qualified for

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to third division, where they faced the winner of București Municipal Championship UREMOAS București, winning without major difficulties (4–0 at Brazi and 1–1 at București) and promoted for the first time in

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Honours

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*Winners (2): 1977–78, 2005–06 *Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05,

Liga IV – Prahova County *Winners (2): 1971–72, 1997–98

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Chimia Brazi and also played in

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

for another team. *

Valentin Lazăr Valentin Marius Lazăr (born 21 August 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a football manager. Club career 2013-2014 season In the summer of 2013, Lazăr signed a contract for three years with FC Dinam ...

Ștefan Preda Ștefan Gabriel Preda (born 18 June 1970) is a former Romanian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Preda was born on 18 June 1970 in Ploiești, Romania, starti ...

Cătălin Cursaru Cătălin Marcel Cursaru (born 29 March 1978) is a retired Romanian footballer. Over the course of seven Liga I seasons, Cursaru amassed totals of 167 games and 51 goals. Club career Born in Ploieşti, Prahova, Cursaru came through the youth ...

Nicolae Constantin Nicolae "Nae" Constantin (born 9 December 1973) is a Romanian Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who serves as an assistant for Super League Greece club PAOK FC, PAOK. Mainly deployed as a ...

Sergiu Arnăutu Sergiu Arnăutu (born 27 May 1990) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker for Metalul Buzău. Career Early career As a youngster he made a name for himself on the fields of FC Petrolul Ploiesti. In 2008, he made his first profession ...

Florin Pârvu Florin Cristian Pârvu (born 2 April 1975) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Liga II club Voluntari. International Honours ;Petrolul Ploiești *Supercupa României runner-up: 1995 ;Di ...

Daniel Stana Ionel Daniel Stana (born 2 December 1982) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders ...

* Viorel Dinu

Former managers

(2006–2007) * Vasile Cosarek (2007) *

(2008–2009) *

Octavian Grigore Octavian "Tavi" Grigore (15 July 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Urlați, Prahova County, Grigore played as a centre-back and spent his entire career at nearby team Petrolul Ploieșt ...

(2010) *

(2011–2012) *

Valentin Negoiță Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin A ...

* Mihai Mocanu * Gheorghe Pahonțu * Petre Dragomir * Răzvan Vlad

References

External links

Team Profile at liga2.prosport.ro
Association football clubs established in 1968 Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 Football clubs in Prahova County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1968 establishments in Romania {{romania-footyclub-stub