CS Mioveni

CS Mioveni
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Mioveni
Nickname(s)	Galben-verzii (The Yellow and Greens)
Short name	Mioveni
Founded	15 August 2000; 24 years ago; as AS Mioveni 2000
Ground	Orășenesc
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Mioveni Town
Chairman	Claudiu Cojocaru
Head coach	Dragoș Stroe
League	Liga II
2023–24	Liga II, 5th of 20
Website	http://www.csmioveni.ro/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌklubul sporˈtiv mi.oˈvenʲ]), commonly known as CS Mioveni or simply Mioveni, is a Romanian professional football club based in Mioveni, Argeș County, that competes in the Liga II.

The team was founded in 2000 as AS Mioveni and began playing the fourth division. The following year, it merged with nearby Dacia Pitești and took its berth in the Divizia C. The club made its first appearance in the top division in the 2007–08 campaign as Dacia Mioveni, and in 2010 settled on the current name of CS Mioveni.

"The Yellow and Greens" play their home matches at the Stadionul Orășenesc, which has a seating capacity of 10,000 persons.

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 Liga IV, AS Mioveni merged with Dacia Pitești in 2001 and took its place in the Liga III, 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 Liga III. 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 Liga II 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 Liga II, Seria II, and promoted for the first time in history to the Liga I.

Dacia's best performance was the only appearance in the Liga I, 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 CFR Cluj, after an impressive win in the quarterfinals against Dinamo București, with 1–0.

Period	Name
2000–2001	AS Mioveni 2000
2001–2010	Dacia Mioveni
2010–present	CS Mioveni

In the summer of 2010 the club was renamed, CS Mioveni being the new name. The club officials took this decision because Automobile Dacia refused to sponsor the club, instead sponsoring Italian club Udinese Calcio.^{[citation needed]}

Even if the club had finished the 2010-11 Liga II season on the third position, the club promoted in the Liga I because the second placed FC Bihor Oradea had problems with the licence.^[2]

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

CS Mioveni relegated again in the Liga II 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 Romanian top-flight, the team from Automobile Dacia's town becoming a classic of the Liga II. 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 (2012–13, 2013–14) and 9th (2017–18).

Mioveni promoted back to the Liga I at the end of the 2020–21 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.^[3]

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 Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitești. 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 Argeș County, 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 Liga I, twice and important rivalries with FC Argeș were born.

Rivalries

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

Liga II
- Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2014–15
- Play-off Winners (1): 2020–21
Liga III
- Winners (1): 2002–03

Other performances

Appearances in Liga I: 4
Best finish in Liga I: 12th in 2021–22
Place 75 of 101 teams in Liga I All-time table
Semi-finalist of 2007–08 Cupa României

Players

First team squad

As of 15 November 2024^[4]^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ROU	Alexandru Core (on loan from Politehnica Iași)
3	DF	ROU	Laurențiu Corbu
4	DF	BRA	Rafael Garutti
5	DF	ROU	Alexandru Răuță (3rd captain)
6	DF	ROU	Ionuț Nadolu
7	MF	ROU	Remus Guțea
8	MF	ROU	Ionuț Șerban
9	FW	GRE	Theocharis Pozatzidis
10	MF	ROU	Valentin Coșereanu (Vice-captain)
11	MF	ROU	Alin Șerban
13	GK	ROU	Alexandru Bădescu
14	MF	ROU	Eduard Dănilă (on loan from Rapid București)
16	DF	ROU	Leonard Alexandrescu
17	DF	ROU	Andrei Răuță


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ROU	Gabriel Zamura
19	MF	ROU	Andrei Militaru
20	FW	ROU	Ianis Vencu (on loan from FCSB)
21	MF	ROU	Florentin Puiu
22	GK	ROU	Flavius Croitoru (Captain)
23	MF	ROU	Andrei Panait
25	FW	ROU	Octavian Staicu
28	MF	GRE	Georgios Neofytidis
30	MF	ROU	Cristian Bustea
68	GK	ROU	Valentin Sima
80	FW	ROU	Ovidiu Duțan
88	FW	ROU	Beniamin Lazăr
90	FW	ROU	Andrei Căprescu
—	DF	ROU	Teodor Peștișor

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Mioveni Town
President	Dumitru Olteanu
Vice-president	Marian Sima
Board Members	Ion Din Constantin Drăgan Gheorghe Căpățână Ion Oprescu
Executive President	Claudiu Cojocaru
Sporting director	Daniel Barbu
Directors of Organization	Doru Toma Șerban Gheorghe
Head of Youth Development	Iordan Eftimie
Club Administrator	Ion Țuțală
Secretary	Elena Ungureanu	-

Last updated: 23 September 2024
Source:^[6]

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Dragoș Stroe
Assistant coach	Cătălin Constantin
Goalkeeping coach	Iulian Ilie
Fitness coach	Romeo Tutunaru
Club Doctor	Horia Achim
Masseur	Ionuț Culcuș
Storeman	Gheorghe Tărîță

Last updated: 3 November 2024
Source:^[7]

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for CS Mioveni.

Romania

Notable former managers

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Cupa României
2024–25	2	Liga II	TBD	Third round
2023–24	2	Liga II	5th	Play-off round
2022–23	1	Liga I	16th (R)	Quarter-finals
2021–22	1	Liga I	12th	Round of 32
2020–21	2	Liga II	3rd (P)	Fourth Round
2019–20	2	Liga II	3rd	Round of 16
2018–19	2	Liga II	7th	Round of 16
2017–18	2	Liga II	9th	Round of 16
2016–17	2	Liga II	4th	Quarter-finals
2015–16	2	Liga II (Seria II)	4th	Round of 32
2014–15	2	Liga II (Seria II)	2nd	Quarter-finals
2013–14	2	Liga II (Seria II)	8th	Fourth Round
2012–13	2	Liga II (Seria II)	8th	Round of 32

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Cupa României
2011–12	1	Liga I	18th (R)	Round of 32
2010–11	2	Liga II (Seria II)	3rd (P)	Fourth Round
2009–10	2	Liga II (Seria II)	3rd	Round of 32
2008–09	2	Liga II (Seria II)	6th	Round of 32
2007–08	1	Liga I	16th (R)	Semi-finals
2006–07	2	Liga II (Seria II)	2nd (P)
2005–06	2	Divizia B (Seria II)	8th
2004–05	2	Divizia B (Seria II)	7th
2003–04	2	Divizia B (Seria II)	3rd	Round of 32
2002–03	3	Divizia C (Seria IV)	1st (C, P)
2001–02	3	Divizia C	3rd
2000–01	3	Divizia C	6th

References

^ "Stadion" [Stadium] (in Romanian). CS Mioveni. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "Decizie FRF: Dacia Mioveni a promovat, baraj intre Vointa Sibiu". 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ "Hermannstadt - CS Mioveni 1-2 » S-a încheiat prima finală pentru Liga 1! "Blestemul" a fost rupt: revine după 9 ani în "A"". gsp.ro. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Lot 2021-2022" [Squad] (in Romanian). CS Mioveni. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "CS MIOVENI" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Board of directors". Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^ Technical staff