FC Botoșani

Predecessors

The first traces of organised football in Botoșani appear just after World War 1, when a team was established in 1919. 5 years later Venus Botoșani was founded, associated with the local Jewish Maccabi sports association. Venus made its first appearance in the Romanian football pyramid in the 1937–38 season, playing amateurishly in the Divizia C East. Following World War II, the team underwent several name changes: Flamura Roșie ("Red Flame") in 1949, Textila ("The Textile Factory") in 1957, and Unirea ("The Union") in 1963, after which it became a regular presence in Divizia C. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s these names alternated before the team eventually settled on CS Botoșani in 1973. The team subsequently won the 1974–75 Divizia C and achieved its first promotion to Divizia B, although it was immediately relegated. Throughout the rest of the 1970s, the team would oscillate between Divizia C and Divizia B. In the summer of 1979, CS Botoșani achieved its third promotion to Divizia B, and in the 1979–80 season season, they finished third in the league, the best performance the team had ever managed. After this season, results declined, and the team occupied places near the middle and bottom of the table. After eleven consecutive seasons in Divizia B, the team was relegated. In 1993, the club dropped from Divizia C to the county leagues and was eventually dissolved. One of Romania's greatest ever players, Nicolae Dobrin, ended his career at CS…

Domestic

Leagues

Liga II Winners (1): 2012–13 Divizia C / Liga III Winners (1): 2003–04 Runners-up (1): 2001–02