CSU Dunărea de Jos Galați

CSU Galați
Full name	Club Sportiv Universitatea; "Dunărea de Jos" Galați
Nickname(s)	Studenții (The Students); Alb-albaștrii (The White-Blues); Știința (The Science);
Short name	CSU Galați
Founded	1953 as Știința Galați; 1967 as Politehnica Galați; 2017 as CSU Dunărea de Jos Galați
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Portul Roșu
Capacity	5,000
2019–20	Liga III, Seria I, 14th, (relegated)
Website	http://csu-galati.ro/

Club Sportiv Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați commonly known as CS Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați, or simply as CSU Galați, was a Romanian football team based in Galați, Galați County. The team was founded in 1953, re-founded in 1967 and 2017, and was finally dissolved in 2020. In 1976, CSU played in the Cupa României final but lost 0–1 against Steaua București.^[1]^[2]

History

The team was founded in 1953 as a football section within the multi-sports club Știința Galați, which was founded in 1951 with the establishment of the Institute of Naval Mechanics.^[3]

Știința initially competed in the Galați Regional Championship, finishing 7th in the 1953 season and becoming the University Champion of the country in the same year. The students promoted to Divizia C after finishing 2nd in the 1955 season.^[3]

In the third division, Știința ranked 5th in Series I in the 1956 and 1957–58 seasons and 8th in the 1958–59 season, returning to the Galați Regional Championship after the dissolution of Divizia C in the summrer of 1959.

In the 1959–60 season, Știința won Series I of the Galați Regional Championship but lost the championship final against CSM Brăila, 2–4 on aggregate (1–1 at home and 1–3 away).

In the 1960–61 season, Știința won Series II and the championship final of the Regional Championship against Marina Brăila, the Series I winner, 5–1 on aggregate (3–1 away and 2–0 at home), qualified for the promotion play-off, and secured promotion to Divizia B after finishing 1st in Group I, held in Râmnicu Vâlcea. The squad led by I. Iovicin was composed of Bulancea, Dan, Morcovescu, Dumitru, Curt, Vlăsceanu, Lupea, Șerbănescu, Coman, Fălcuțescu, Păun, Voicu II, Zgardan, Venturini, Bădulescu, and Voicu I.^[4]^[5]

In Divizia B playing until 1965 when gives up its place in the Divizia B to Oțelul Galați.^[6]

In 1967 was refounded, under the name of Politehnica Galați and took the place of Siderurgistul Galați in Divizia B.

In 1972, the club changes its name to CSU Galați and after four years it has achieved the best performance in the club's history, qualifying in the final of the 1975–1976 season of Cupa României as a Divizia B team, where it lost in front of Steaua București.^[1]^[2] Because that year Steaua București also won the Divizia A championship, CSU Galați represented Romania in the European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated by the Portuguese team Boavista Porto.^[7]

In 1982 is merged with FCM Galați to form Dunărea CSU Galați.

In the summer of 2017 CSU Galați was refounded^[8]^[9] and after two season in Liga IV – Galați County was promoted in Liga III.^[10]

In 2020, during the winter break, CSU Galați withdrew from Liga III and was dissolved again.^[11]

Honours

Leagues

Liga II

Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1968–69

Liga III

Winners (1): 1979–80
Runners-up (1): 1978–79

Liga IV – Galați County

Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

Galați Regional Championship

Winners (1): 1960–61
Runners-up (1): 1955

Cups

Cupa României

Runners-up (1): 1975–76

Cupa României – Galați County

Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

European record

European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1976–77	First round	Boavista	2–3	0–2	2–5

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- First round (1) : 1976–77

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
2019–20	3	Liga III (Seria I)	14th	Relegated
2018–19	4	Liga IV (GL)	1st (C)	Promoted
2017–18	4	Liga IV (GL)	1st (C)
1982–17	Not active
1981–82	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	15th	Relegated
1980–81	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	11th
1979–80	3	Divizia C (Seria III)	1st (C)	Promoted
1978–79	3	Divizia C (Seria III)	2nd
1977–78	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	16th	Relegated
1976–77	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	7th		Round of 16
1975–76	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	4th		Final
1974–75	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	10th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
1973–74	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	11th
1972–73	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	16th
1971–72	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	4th
1970–71	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	14th
1969–70	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	3rd
1968–69	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	2nd		Round of 16
1967–68	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	2nd
1965–67	Not active
1964–65	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	5th	Disbanded	Round of 32
1963–64	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	12th		Round of 32
1962–63	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	8th		Round of 32
1961–62	2	Divizia B (Seria I)	9th

Former managers

Ion Zaharia (1964–1965)
Ion Zaharia (1966–1967)
Ion Zaharia (1972–1977)

References

^ ^a ^b "Performanță istorică! Hermannstadt e prima echipă din Liga 2 calificată în finala Cupei României, după 36 de ani" [Historical performance! Hermannstadt is the first team in Liga 2 to qualify for the Romanian Cup final, after 36 years] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României" [80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). theplaymaker.ro. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Istoric" [History] (PDF) (in Romanian). csu.ugal.ro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
^ "Știința Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, C.F.R. Arad, Carpați Sinaia și I.R.A.Tg. Mureș s-au calificat în Categoria B" [Știința Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, C.F.R. Arad, Carpați Sinaia and I.R.A.Tg. Mureș qualified to Category B] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 24 July 1961. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.
^ Mihai Ionescu & George Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z – Editura Sport-Turism 1984.
^ "În Galați apare Oțelul". echipedetraditie.ro. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "Boavista ne-a vizitat în '76" [Boavista visited us in '76] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
^ "O nouă echipă de fotbal în Galați" [A new football team in Galați] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.(in Romanian)
^ "A fost relansată echipa de fotbal a Universității "Dunărea de Jos"" [The football team of the "Dunărea de Jos" University has been relaunched] (in Romanian). presagalati.ro. 21 August 2017.
^ "O Universitate din România are echipă de fotbal în Liga a III-a" [A Romanian University has a football team in Liga III] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "S-a oficializat retragerea din Liga 3 a uneia dintre echipele gălățene" [The withdrawal from Liga 3 of one of the Galați teams has been made official] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

External links

CSU Dunărea de Jos Galați on Facebook

[digi-1] "Performanță istorică! Hermannstadt e prima echipă din Liga 2 calificată în finala Cupei României, după 36 de ani" [Historical performance! Hermannstadt is the first team in Liga 2 to qualify for the Romanian Cup final, after 36 years] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[play-2] "80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României" [80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). theplaymaker.ro. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[history-3] "Istoric" [History] (PDF) (in Romanian). csu.ugal.ro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

[4] "Știința Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, C.F.R. Arad, Carpați Sinaia și I.R.A.Tg. Mureș s-au calificat în Categoria B" [Știința Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, C.F.R. Arad, Carpați Sinaia and I.R.A.Tg. Mureș qualified to Category B] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 24 July 1961. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.

[5] Mihai Ionescu & George Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z – Editura Sport-Turism 1984.

[6] "În Galați apare Oțelul". echipedetraditie.ro. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[7] "Boavista ne-a vizitat în '76" [Boavista visited us in '76] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[8] "O nouă echipă de fotbal în Galați" [A new football team in Galați] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.(in Romanian)

[9] "A fost relansată echipa de fotbal a Universității "Dunărea de Jos"" [The football team of the "Dunărea de Jos" University has been relaunched] (in Romanian). presagalati.ro. 21 August 2017.

[10] "O Universitate din România are echipă de fotbal în Liga a III-a" [A Romanian University has a football team in Liga III] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[11] "S-a oficializat retragerea din Liga 3 a uneia dintre echipele gălățene" [The withdrawal from Liga 3 of one of the Galați teams has been made official] (in Romanian). viata-libera.ro. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

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