CFR Turnu Severin
Squad
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Career & Clubs
Original club (1928–1958)
Foundation and rise to Divizia B
The club was founded in 1928 as Sborul Turnu Severin and initially played in the regional championship. It later adopted the CFR name, representing the railway workers of Turnu Severin. CFR appeared in the national Divizia C in 1936–37, but withdrew in April 1937 and its results were annulled. The club reached the national stage of the 1938–39 Cupa României, losing 0–1 to Prahova Ploiești in the Round of 32. CFR returned to national league football in 1939–40. It finished eighth in Series II with 15 points from eighteen matches. The following season was the club's best league campaign. CFR won Series I of 1940–41, with twelve wins, three draws and three defeats, and earned promotion to Divizia A. The outbreak and expansion of the Second World War halted the regular national championship after 1940–41, so CFR never made an official Divizia A appearance. In the 1940–41 Cupa României, CFR defeated FC Craiova 3–1 before losing 1–2 to Rapid Timișoara in the Round of 16.
War years and the 1943 Romanian Cup
No official Romanian league championship was held in 1941–42. CFR nevertheless took part in the wartime competitions and reached the final of the unofficial Cupa Basarabiei, losing 1–2 to Rapid București. In 1942–43, CFR competed in the unofficial Campionatul de Război, finishing fifth with 23 points from 22 matches. The 1942–43 Cupa României, however, retained official status. CFR…
Legacy
Original club
Divizia B
Winners (1): 1940–41 Cupa României
Winners (1): 1942–43
Revived club
Cupa României – Mehedinți County stage
Winners (1): 2024–25
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Club Sportiv CFR Turnu Severin 1943, commonly known as CFR Turnu Severin, is a Romanian sports club based in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, whose senior football team is currently inactive. The organisation established in 2018 revived the name and identity of the historic CFR Turnu Severin, a railway workers' football club founded in 1928 and dissolved in 1958.
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