Club Sportiv OrÃÂÃÂenesc Ovidiu, commonly known as CSO Ovidiu, or simply as Ovidiu, is a Romanian amateur football team based in Ovidiu, ConstanÃÂa County, founded on 27 July 2004. The club is currently playing in the Liga IV â ConstanÃÂa County.
The team represents the football section of the multi-sport club CSO Ovidiu, which also include basketball, Rugby, Weightlifting, Martial arts, Gymnastics and Kayak-Canoe sections.
In 2005âÂÂ06 season, with Sevastian IovÃÂnescu as head coach, Ovidenii won the Divizia D â ConstanÃÂa County and the promotion play-off against Razim Jurilovca, the winner of the Divizia D â Tulcea County, 2âÂÂ0 on neutral ground at FeteÃÂti. The lineup was composed of following players: Nicola - Robert Dulan ('75 Claudiu Moraru), C.Oprea, MeiroÃÂu, Voiculescu ('70 Munteanu) - Della, Cristian CiuciuleacÃÂ, TÃÂbÃÂcaru, TÃÂnase - L. Curt ('75 Stavrositu), ArÃÂu (65 Iancu).
In Liga III, strengthened with some experienced players such as Marius Axinciuc, Norbert NiÃÂàand Constantin Borza or youngsters such as Vlad Achim, Cornel Ciobanu and M. Bejan, the team from Ovidiu has a very good start of the season being in the 2nd place after nine rounds, but IovÃÂnescu leaves the club for the second team of Farul ConstanÃÂa and the team was led until the end of the first part of the season by Axinciuc as a player-coach. From January 2007, Gheorghe Ciurea took over as manager for the rest of the campaign and led the team to finish the 2006âÂÂ07 season on 11th place.
At the end of the 2008âÂÂ09 Liga III season, the club finished 2nd in its series and took part in the promotion playoff to the Liga II. However, the club lost and then withdrew, being enrolled for the 2009âÂÂ10 season in the Liga IV.
Liga IV â ConstanÃÂa County