CF Brăila

CF Brăila is a Romanian football club from Brăila. Between 1990 and 1994 he was one of the highest Romanian league, the Divizia A, to where it in the 1991/92 season with sixth place achieved the best result in their history. The biggest success to date is reaching the Romanian Cup Finals in 1993, where they lost the club. Since the season 2010/11 CF Brăila plays in the second- highest Romanian league, the League II

History

CF Braila was in 1922 under the name Dacia Brăila - named after the former province of Dacia romänischen who had been on the present territory of Romania - was founded. Shortly thereafter Dacia merged with local rivals Unirea Braila ( Unirea is the Romanian word for union). However, both teams played until 1928 under its original name further before they formed a joint team under the name Dacia Unirea Brăila.

After the team had previously participated only at the regional championships over the years, she could qualify for the first time as the winner of Galaţi region for the final round, where Dacia Unirea but the eventual champions Juventus Bucharest subject with 0:16 doors in 1930.

As the second highest Romanian football league that Divizia B, was founded in 1934, Dacia Unirea was one of its founding members. In the first season, the club won its season, but failed due to the rise of games to Divizia A. After renaming the club in DUIG Braila ( Dacia Unirea Ignatz Goldberg, known for a former player of the club ), this was made ​​up in 1937, as the upper house was extended for one year to 20 teams. After a 9th place in his squadron ( the Divizia A sat in the season 1937/38, two groups together) but the club was relegated the same again and renamed itself again into Dacia Unirea Brăila. In 1940, under the name FC Braila managed to return to the top flight before after the season 1940/41, the Second World War, the operation of gambling brought to a standstill.

After the Second World War, the club took the game operating under its old name Dacia Unirea Brăila again, played in the 1946/47 season but only in the third- highest division, the Divizia C. After renaming in Progresul Brăila, the association disappeared from the national leagues because the Divizia C was held only sporadically during this period.

Only in 1953, the club returned to the Divizia B back under the new name Metalul Brăila, but increased at the end of the 1954 season again from the Divizia B. After several re- renaming in Energia Braila ( 1956), Dinamo Braila ( 1957) and Industria Sârmei Braila ( 1958) played the club since 1960 under the name of CSM Braila ( workers' sports club) back in Divizia B. This was one of the club with two one-year breaks for the seasons 1963/64 and 1967/68 uninterruptedly until 1990. During this time, the club name was changed several times, so that the club after Progresul Braila ( 1962 Progress), Laminorul Braila (1963, rolling mill ), Constructorul Brăila (1965, Manufacturer ), again Progresul Braila ( 1967) and FC Braila ( 1975) from 1980 under the name FCM Progresul Braila ( Braila workers Football Club progress ) took.

In 1990 Progresul managed to return to the Divizia A, followed by the beginning of the 1990s, joined the most successful period of the club. After relegation in the 1990/91 season under the change in the association's name Dacia Unirea Brăila back in the team succeeded in the 1991/92 season with sixth place their best result ever. In the following season Dacia Unirea reached the final of the Cupa României, but it lost to Universitatea Craiova. At the end of the 1993/94 season the club was relegated from the Divizia A, however, again.

After Dacia Unirea had failed in 1995 and 1996 as runner-up respectively just outside the resurgence, the club the aisle in the Divizia C had in 1999 for the first time after almost 40 years again compete. There succeeded after two years to return before the club in 2007 - again descent into Divizia C - after a name change in 2006 under its present name CF Brăila. In 2010 again reached the summit, so that the Association for the 2010/11 season back in the second division, the League II took. At the end of the season of relegation in the league III could not be prevented and the 30 June 2011 ended the contract with coach Daniel Timofte was not renewed .. July 8th, 2011 CF Braila was used as substitutes for Unirea Urziceni in the League II announced and presented in mid-July 2011, Şerban Trofin a new president and a new coach Viorel Ion before.

Achievements

• Rise in the Divizia A: 1938, 1940, 1990
• Finalist in the Romanian Cup: 1993

Known player

• Romania Bănel Nicoliţă
• Romania Tudorel Pelin
• Romania Marius Şumudică
• Romania Iulian Calin
• Romania Marian Bodea

Former coach

• Romania Ion Balaur (2003 to )
• Romania Mihai Ciobanu (2008 to 2009)
• Romania Daniel Timofte (2010, November 2010 to 2011)
• Romania Liviu Ciobotariu (October 2010)
• Romania Viorel Ion (2011 to 2012)
• Romania Alin Panzaru (since 2012)