FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin was a

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n professional

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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. It is one of six Romanian county seats List of cities and towns on the river Danube, lyin ...

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

, founded in 1958 and dissolved in 2011.

History

''FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin'' was never able to reach the

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 ...

, playing all of its history in the

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

and the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. In ''1958'', Drobeta Turnu Severin was founded, after it took the place of

CFR Turnu Severin Club Sportiv CFR Turnu Severin 1943, commonly known as CFR Turnu Severin, is a football club based in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania. It was founded in 1928 and it won one Romanian Cup in 1943. The club was dissolved in 1958, but was re-founded in ...

in the

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. In 1959 the club changes its name to Metalul Turnu Severin. In ''1976'', after ''Metalul'' relegated from the

to the

Divizia D Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 Counties of Romania, counties and in the Bucharest, Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – Co ...

, at the end of the 1974–75 season, it merged with ''Meva'' and formed a new club named CSM Drobeta-Turnu Severin. In 1985 it changes its name to AS Drobeta-Turnu Severin and in 1990 to FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It managed to finish above the relegation line the

2000–01 Divizia B The 2000–01 Divizia B was the 61st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Div ...

, but because of lack of funds it was enrolled in the

2001–02 Divizia C The 2001–02 Divizia C was the 46th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. Team changes To Divizia C Relegated from Divizia B * Cimentul Fieni * Apemin Borsec * Callatis Mangalia * Juventus Colentina ...

. It had a hard time surviving even in the

and in the winter break of the season the club withdrew from the championship. In ''2007'' the club ''Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin'' promoted to the

and changed its name to FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin, thus reviving the traditional club from Drobeta-Turnu Severin. In February ''2010'' FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin withdrew from the championship because its investors retreated from financing the club any longer.E OFICIAL: FC Drobeta s-a desfiinţat
/ref> It lost all its remaining matches with 3–0. This was the club's second dissolution after the one in 2002. In August 2010 it was announced that ''FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin'' was refounded once again and was enrolled in the

2010–11 Liga III The 2010–11 Liga III season was the 55th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 27, 2010 and ended on June 3, 2011. The winners of each series promoted to the 2011–12 Liga II ...

.Revine FC Drobeta!
/ref> The club finished 2nd the first half of the 2010–11 season, being in the run with

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for the 1st spot that assures a place for the

2011–12 Liga II The 2011–12 Liga II was the 72nd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The league structure had two series of 16 teams each. The first two teams in each series were promoted and the last three in each ser ...

. In April 2011 the club was dissolved for the third time in its history.E oficial: FC Drobeta s-a desfiinţat!
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Honours

**Runners-up (1): 1989–90 *

**Winners (4): 1971–72, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84 **Runners-up (7): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98

Former managers

Constantin Oțet Constantin 'Tică' Oțet (24 December 1940 – 19 February 1999) was a Romanian football coach. Career Oțet was born in 1940 in Poroina, a village in Șimian commune, Mehedinți County. In 1959, Oțet began playing for Metalul Turnu Seve ...

(1964) *

Viorel Mateianu Viorel Mateianu (1 June 1938 – 25 November 1997) was a Romanian football (soccer), football player and coach. Club career Mateianu was born in Lipănești, Prahova County, Prahova and started playing football in the Romanian lower leagues at F ...

(1987) *

Ilie Balaci Ilie Balaci (; 13 September 1956 – 21 October 2018) was a Romanian football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with Universitatea Craiova, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club a ...

(1989–1991) * Nicolae Manea (1991–1992) *

Nicolae Zamfir Nicolae Țică Zamfir (14 December 1944 – 14 September 2022) is a Romania, Romanian Association football, football manager. He coached CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Craiova, FC Bdin, Bdin Vidin, FC Universitatea Craiova, FC U Craiova ...

(1993–1994) *

Marian Bucurescu Marian may refer to: People * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places * Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queensland, a town in Australia * Marian, a village in toe co ...

(2007–2008) *

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(2009) * Eugen Neagoe (2009) *

Viorel Ion Viorel Ion (born 2 November 1967) is a Romanian football manager. Throughout his playing career, Viorel Ion played for several teams, including Oțelul Galați, Steaua București, VfL Bochum and Rapid București. He was player-manager of G ...

(2010) *

Nicolae Tilihoi Nicolae Tilihoi (9 December 1956 – 25 March 2018) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career with Universitatea Craiova, where he was an indispensable member of the golden generation known as ...

References

External links

Drobetina Blog
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