FCM Târgoviște

The team was founded in 1948, during the post-war period, as Metalul Târgoviște and competed in the Prahova Regional Championship. After finishing as runners-up in the 1954 Regional Championship and missing out on promotion, the team merged with Flacăra Târgoviște, a club sustained by the Oil Equipment Factory in Târgoviște. The newly formed side won the 1955 Regional Championship and secured promotion to the newly re-established Divizia C. The squad included the following players Vila, Badea, M. Ionescu, Saita, E. Popescu, Sterescu, Iacob, Tini, Bâclea, Meșină, Bădin, Gruia, Al. Georgescu, Tabarcea, Enache, Borea, and Cătescu. Renamed Energia in 1956, the club finished 2nd at the end of that season in Series II. After reverting to the name Metalul Târgoviște in 1957, the team once again finished 2nd in the 1957–58 season. In 1958–59, a 3rd-place finish resulted in promotion to the second division due to the dissolution of Divizia C. Consequently, all 3rd-placed teams from the six series entered a promotion play-off. Metalul finished 2nd in Group I, behind Dinamo Miliție București and ahead of CS Piatra Neamț. Led by Valentin Stănescu from 1959, the club based under the Chindia Tower achieved a surprising turnaround after finishing only 7th in Series II of Divizia B in the 1959–60 season, Metalul went on to win Series I in the 1960–61 season and earned promotion to Divizia A. Among the key figures behind this first major success in Târgoviște’s football history were…

Liga II

Winners (4): 1960–61, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1995–96 Runners-up (3): 1962–63, 1963–64, 1969–70 Liga III

Winners (2): 1968–69, 1994–95 Runners-up (5): 1956, 1957–58, 1976–77, 2002–03, 2009–10 Ploiești Regional Championship

Winners (1): 1955 Runners-up (1): 1954