CS Făurei

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'''Clubul Sportiv Făurei''', commonly known as '''CS Făurei''', or simply as '''Făurei''', is a Romanian amateur football club based in Făurei, Brăila County, founded in 2002. The club is currently playing in the Liga IV.

Owner, manager and also player of the team is former Romanian international Bănel Nicoliță.

== History == '''CS Făurei''' was founded on 22 March 2002 to continue the football tradition in the town, football tradition started by Unirea Făurei, team that had as the best performance two consecutive seasons in the Divizia C, in the early 1990s.<ref name="Founded">{{cite web|url=https://www.frf-ajf.ro/braila/echipe/cs-faurei-1429.html|title=CS Faurei|publisher=frf-ajf.ro|language=Romanian|date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

Făurei is an important railway node in Romania, the 5th in the country according to the number of connections with other localities, of which three double, electrified lines. In the immediate vicinity and partly on its administrative territory is located the largest railway ring in South-Eastern Europe, inaugurated in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orasulfaurei.ro/|title=Orasul Faurei|publisher=orasulfaurei.ro|language=Romanian|date=1 November 2019}}</ref> Despite its important role in the transportation, Făurei is not an economical force in Romania, being ninth smallest city and the football team was also mainly a fourth tier team, even in the time of communism. After the dissolution of the historical team, Unirea, CS Făurei continued to play in the Liga IV reaching only meteorically Liga III, in the 2000s.

In 2016 Bănel Nicoliță, former player of Steaua București, Saint-Étienne or FC Nantes, among others, who is originally from Făurei, took over the club with the objective to promote back in the Liga III.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/cupa-romaniei/cs-faurei-cs-mioveni-1-5-video-foto-reportaj-din-faurei-cupa-viata-satului-pentru-2019-e-penibil-nu-putem-spune-ca-n-au-fost-emotii-578319.html|title=CS FĂUREI - CS MIOVENI 1-5 // VIDEO+FOTO Reportaj din Făurei » Cupa, viața satului: "Pentru 2019 e penibil! Nu putem spune că n-au fost emoții"|publisher=gsp.ro|language=Romanian|date=1 November 2019}}</ref> After a first season in which "the white and blues" were ranked only 2nd, CS Făurei won Liga IV – Brăila County series, went to the promotion play-off, where after a 7–4 on aggregate against CSU Galați, promoted back in the Liga III, after an absence of 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obiectivbr.ro/content/b%C4%83nel-nicoli%C5%A3%C4%83-%C5%9Fi-v%C4%83zut-visul-%C3%AEmplinit-cs-f%C4%83urei-promovat-%C3%AEn-liga-iii|title=Bănel Nicoliţă şi-a văzut visul împlinit: CS Făurei a promovat în Liga a III-a|publisher=obiectivbr.ro|language=Romanian|date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729011815/http://obiectivbr.ro/content/b%C4%83nel-nicoli%C5%A3%C4%83-%C5%9Fi-v%C4%83zut-visul-%C3%AEmplinit-cs-f%C4%83urei-promovat-%C3%AEn-liga-iii|archive-date=2018-07-29}}</ref>

==Grounds== {{main|Stadionul Orășenesc (Făurei)}} CS Făurei plays its home matches on Orășenesc Stadium in Făurei, Brăila County, with a capacity of 1,000 seats.

==Honours== '''Liga IV – Brăila County''' *'''Winners (2):''' 2004–05, 2017–18 *Runners-up (1): 2016–17

'''Cupa României – Brăila County''' *'''Winners (1):''' 2017–18 *Runners-up (1): 2016–17

===''Unirea Făurei''=== '''Liga IV – Brăila County''' *'''Winners (1):''' 1989–90

==League history==

{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Season ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Tier ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Division ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Place ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Notes ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Cupa României |- | 2022–23 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 8th || || First Round |- | 2021–22 || '''3''' || Liga III (Seria II) || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''9th''' || Relegated ||First Round |- | 2020–21 || '''3''' || Liga III (Seria II) || 10th || || |- | 2019–20 || '''3''' || Liga III (Seria II) || 8th || || Round of 32 |- | 2018–19 || '''3''' || Liga III (Seria II) || 8th || || |- | 2017–18 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st (C)''' || Promoted || |- | 2016–17 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || align=center bgcolor=silver| 2nd || || |- | 2015–16 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 9th || || |- | 2014–15 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 8th || || |} {{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Season ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Tier ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Division ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Place ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Notes ! style="background:#015a9f;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;" |Cupa României |- | 2013–14 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 5th || || |- | 2012–13 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 10th || || |- | 2011–12 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 11th || || |- | 2010–11 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 9th || || |- | 2009–10 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 10th || || |- | 2008–09 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || || || |- | 2007–08 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd || || |- | 2006–07 || '''4''' || Liga IV (BR) || 5th || || |- | 2005–06 || '''3''' || Divizia C (Seria II) || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''13th''' || Relegated || |- | 2004–05 || '''4''' || Divizia D (BR) || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st (C)''' || Promoted || |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist|}}

==External links== *{{facebook|CS-Făurei-1914810971914110}} *[https://www.frf-ajf.ro/braila/echipe/cs-faurei-1429.html/competitii CS Făurei] at AJF Brăila

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faurei}} Category:Association football clubs established in 2002 Category:Football clubs in Brăila County Category:Liga III clubs Category:Liga IV clubs Category:2002 establishments in Romania