Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Filiași, commonly known as CSO Filiași, or simply as Filiași, is a Romanian football club based in Filiași, Dolj County, currently playing in the Liga III.

CSO Filiași
Full nameClubul Sportiv Orășenesc Filiași
Nickname(s)Filieșenii
(The People from Filiași)
Alb-Albaștrii
(The White-Blues)
Short nameFiliași
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
GroundOrășenesc
Capacity1,360
OwnerFiliași Town
General managerFlorin Spânu
ManagerVictor Naicu
LeagueLiga III
2022–23Liga III, Seria VII, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 2008, CSO Filiași played at the amateur level until 2014, when it promoted to Liga III after winning a promotion play-off match against Flacăra Horezu, Vâlcea County champion. In the third tier, Filieșenii have consecrated themselves as a middle-table team, best rank being a 5th place obtained at the end of the 2018–19 season.

History edit

CSO Filiași was founded in 2008 and played at amateur level (Liga IV) until 2014, when it promoted to Liga III after winning Dolj County series and also the promotion play-off match against Flacăra Horezu, Vâlcea County champion.[1][2] In the third tier, Filieșenii have consecrated themselves as a middle-table team, obtaining following results: 7th out of 13 (2014–15), 14th out of 15 (2015–16), 10th out of 15 (2016–17), 7th out of 15 (2017–18) and 5th out of 16 (2018–19).

During these years, the white and blue team had important managers, among them, Florin Șoavă, Silviu Lung or Mugur Gușatu.[3][4]

Grounds edit

CSO Filiași plays its home matches on Orășenesc Stadium in Filiași, with a capacity of 1,360 seats. During the construction of the new stadium, CSO played on Oltenia Stadium in Ișalnița, with a capacity of 2,000 seats.

Honours edit

Players edit

First team squad edit

As of 6 September 2023

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 Yanis Găgeatu (on loan from CSU II Craiova)
2 DF   ROU Cosmin Calu (Captain)
3 DF   ROU Eduard Udrea
4 DF   ROU Cosmin Dobre
5 DF   ROU Dănuț Scuturoiu
6 MF   ROU David Stăiculescu
7 MF   ROU Viorel Vîlcică
8 MF   ROU Daniel Rogoveanu
9 FW   ROU Alexandru Fotescu (Vice-Captain)
10 MF   ROU Alexandru Armășelu
11 MF   ROU Robert Petre
12 GK   ROU Dragoș Constantinescu
14 FW   ROU Sorin Popa
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   ROU Cătălin Albu (on loan from FCU Craiova)
17 MF   ROU Cătălin Manolache
18 MF   ROU Alexandru Vulpe
19 DF   ROU Eduard Dina
20 MF   ROU Marius Florea
21 DF   ROU Robert Tudor
23 DF   ROU Costinel Gugu
24 MF   ROU Robert Oprea
25 MF   ITA Vincenzo Foresti
26 MF   ROU Denis Tudorescu
29 FW   ROU Florin Cioablă
30 MF   ROU Alexandru Duriță

Out on loan edit

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 edit

League history edit

Notable former managers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Filiași". firme.info. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Fotbal – CSO Filiaşi a promovat în Liga III-a". gds.ro. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Fotbal / Liga 3-a : Silviu Lung, antrenor principal după 20 de ani la CSO Filiasi". jurnaldecraiova.ro. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Fotbal / EXCLUSIV: CSO Filiași are un nou antrenor. „Vreau să jucăm un fotbal frumos"". gds.ro. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

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