CSA Axiopolis Cernavodă

Clubul Sportiv Asociația Axiopolis Sport Cernavodă, commonly known as Axiopolis Sport Cernavodă, Axiopolis Cernavodă or simply as Axiopolis, is a Romanian football club based in Cernavodă, Constanța County, currently playing in the Liga III.

Axiopolis Cernavodă
Full nameClubul Sportiv Asociația
Axiopolis Sport Cernavodă
Nickname(s)
  • Cernăvodenii
    (The People from Cernavodă)
  • Galben-Albaștrii
    (The Yellow and Blues)
  • Gruparea de la Dunăre
    (The Team near the Danube)
  • Șoimii (The Falcons)
Short nameAxiopolis
Founded1927 (1927)
as Mercur Cernavodă
1949 (1949)
as Dunărea Cernavodă
2001 (2001)
as Axiopolis Cernavodă
GroundTrust
Capacity5,000 (100 seated)
OwnerCernavodă Town
ChairmanGheorghe Stănculescu
ManagerTiberiu Bălan
LeagueLiga III
2019–20Liga III, Seria II, 13th

Axipolis was originally founded in 1927, under the name of Mercur Cernavodă and played its first home ground match in 1930. After the end of World War II the club was re-founded as Dunărea Cernavodă and for the next approx. 20 years played mostly at county and regional level under various names, such as Ideal Cernavodă, Progresul Cernavodă, Constructorul Cernavodă or Dunărea Cernavodă. Dunărea promoted for the second time in the third tier in 1974, and remained at that level until 1984, when it relegated back. In this period, the team based in Cernavodă obtained its best ranking, a 3rd place at the end of the 1979–80 season. Renamed as Șoimii Cernavodă in 1976, the team remained at county level for the next 21 years, in 2005 promoting again, this time under the name of Axiopolis Cernavodă. Axiopolis relegated back after only one season and promoted again only 10 years later, now running its second best period in the history of the club.

History

Axiopolis Cernavodă was originally founded in 1927, under the name of Mercur Cernavodă.[1] In 1930, Mercur played its first home match (and the first football match in the history of Cernavodă), a 6–0 victory against the team of Medgidia.[2]

After the end of World War II, in 1949, Mercur was re-founded under the name of Dunărea Cernavodă.[2] For the next 18 years (between 1950 and 1968) Dunărea played in the county and regional championships (also under names such as Progresul Cernavodă or Constructorul Cernavodă), finally promoting to Divizia C at the end of the 1967–68 season, but this time under the name of Ideal Cernavodă.[1] The squad that obtained this performance was composed of the following players: Marinciu, Goagă, Ardeleanu, Pisică, Hristu, Badea, Coroiu, Gora, Izet, Bușteanu, Marinescu, Conete, Gropoșilă, Catrina, Iulian, Constantinescu, Valerică, Vlădăreanu, Poenaru, Ghelase and Cozma.[1] The miracle lasted only for one season, in 1969 Ideal was relegated back to county championship, after a bad ranking, 15th out of 16.[3] Until 1974, Ideal played only at the level of Divizia D, a period in which it lost the promotion to the detriment of teams such as Victoria Medgidia, Șantierul Naval Constanța, Știința Constanța or Voința Constanța.

In 1974, cernăvodenii promoted back to Divizia C, again under the name of Dunărea Cernavodă. This promotion was followed by the most fruitful period in the history of football from Cernavodă, Dunărea (then renamed since 1976 as Șoimii Cernavodă) playing for 11 consecutive seasons at the level of the third tier.[1] The first six seasons were very good for "the Team near the Danube", which was ranked as follows: 8th out of 16 (1974–75 and 1976–77), 9th out of 16 (1975–76 and 1977–78), 5th out of 16 (1978–79) and 3rd out of 16 (1979–80).[3] The 3rd place obtained at the end of the 1979–80 was the best ranking in the history of the club, then Șoimii fell in the last part of the league table, finishing 14th out of 16 (1980–81), 15th out of 16 (1981–82), 13th out of 16 (1982–83) and 16th out of 16 (1983–84), this last ranking also brought the relegation to Divizia D, level where "the yellow and blues" remained for the next 21 years.[3]

In 2001, Șoimii Cernavodă was renamed as Axiopolis Cernavodă, then at the end of the 2004–05 season, the team based in Cernavodă promoted back to Divizia C, but the joy was short-lived one, similar to the 1968 promotion, the team relegated back after only one season, after it was ranked last in its series (14th out of 14).[4] Ten years later, Axiopolis won Liga IV Constanța and the promotion play-off against Venus Independeța (Liga IV Călărași winners), thus promoting back to Liga III.

Since the 2016 promotion, Axiopolis is still runnig the second best period in the history of the club, now reaching its fifth consecutive season in the third tier, also obtaining at the end of the 2017–18 season the second best ranking in the history of "the yellow and blues", 4th place (out of 14).

Ground

Axiopolis Cernavodă plays its home matches on Trust Stadium in Cernavodă, Constanța County, with a capacity of 5,000 people (100 on seats). First football match played here was in 1930, a match between local team, Mercur Cernavodă, and a team from Medgidia, match ended with the victory of Mercur, 6–0.[2]

Honours

Players

First team squad

As of 1 November 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Robert Dogaru
2 DF  ROU Aurelian Dane
3 DF  ROU Ciprian Cheia
4 DF  ROU Ștefan Marin (on loan from Viitorul II)
5 DF  ROU Vlad Ștefănescu (on loan from Viitorul II)
6 MF  ROU Raul Vintilă
7 MF  ROU Valentin Colcigeanu
8 MF  ROU Marius Tudorică (Captain)
9 FW  ROU Cosmin Ionică
10 MF  ROU Raphael Stănescu
11 MF  ROU Liviu Gheorghe (on loan from Dinamo II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK  ROU Eduard Belibrov (on loan from Poli Iași)
13 DF  ROU Stelian Mișilăricu
14 MF  ROU Marius Anton
15 DF  ROU George Rusu
18 MF  ROU Alexandru Vlăescu
20 MF  ROU Alexandru Vieru
21 MF  ROU Eduardo Răducanu
23 FW  ROU Mădălin Martin
24 DF  ROU Adrian Marin
25 DF  ROU David Petrache
97 MF  ROU Rafael Licu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club Officials

Chronology of names

Name Period
Mercur Cernavodă 1927–1949
Dunărea Cernavodă 1949–1960
Progresul Cernavodă 1960–1964
Constructorul Cernavodă 1964–1966
Ideal Cernavodă 1966–1970
Dunărea Cernavodă 1970–1976
Șoimii Cernavodă 1976–2001
Axiopolis Cernavodă 2001–2010
CS Cernavodă 2010–2013
Axiopolis Cernavodă 2013–present

League history

References

  1. "Data de naştere a clubului Axiopolis se pierde în negura timpului" [The birth date of Axiopolis is lost in the mists of time] (in Romanian). ziuaconstanta.ro. 10 November 2020.
  2. "Istoria orașului Cernavoda" [History of Cernavoda] (in Romanian). primaria-cernavoda.ro. 10 November 2020.
  3. "Clasamente Divizia C" [Divizia C league tables] (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. 10 November 2020.
  4. "Cluburi sportive publice" [Public sport clubs] (in Romanian). dsjconstanta.ro. 10 November 2020.
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