Clubul Sportiv Academica Recea, commonly known Academica Recea, or simply as Recea, is a semi-pro Romanian football club based in Recea, MaramureÃÂ County.
The team was founded in 2013 and promoted to Liga III at the end of the 2014âÂÂ15 season, after a promotion play-off against VoinÃÂa Cetate, winners of BistriÃÂa-NÃÂsÃÂud County series. After a two-legged tie Recea won 5âÂÂ4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga III. Even if the club was founded in 2013, on the club's logo appear 2015 as the year of foundation, this year being the one in which the club was legally reorganized and changed its name from AS Comuna Recea to ACSF Comuna Recea. After it was relegated, in the summer of 2021 from the Liga II back to the Liga III, the club was dissolved.
After one year of inactivity the football club was re-founded as Academica Recea and enrolled in the Liga IV.
Even if the current club was founded in 2013, the history of football from Recea started back in 1959, when Dinamo SÃÂsar, club based in the village of SÃÂsar, Recea Commune, was founded. The team was in tight relation with Dinamo BucureÃÂti, having a fulminating ascent and promoting in the second league at the end of the 1959âÂÂ60 season. The club played for two years in the second tier, then relegated and never came back.
The club was founded in 2013, under the name of AS Comuna Recea and was enrolled in the fourth tier, Liga IV, South series. In its first season Comuna Recea finished 3rd after FCM Baia Mare's second squad and SperanÃÂa ColtÃÂu. In the second season Recenii won the series, four points ahead Viitorul Ulmeni and played the final of MaramureàCounty series against North series winners, Bradul ViÃÂeu. The final was played on Viorel Mateianu Stadium in Baia Mare and Recea won 2âÂÂ1 after extra time and qualified for the Liga III promotion play-off where after a two-legged tie against VoinÃÂa Cetate, champions of BistriÃÂa-NÃÂsÃÂud County, won 5âÂÂ4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga III.
After it was relegated in the summer of 2021, from the Liga II back to the Liga III it was dissolved, then after one year of inactivity the football club was re-founded as Academica Recea and enrolled in the Liga IV.
Academica Recea plays its home matches on Central Stadium in Recea. The stadium was opened on 9 May 2018, having a covered stand of 600 seats, a pitch covered with grass and a second training ground. The total cost of the construction was amount â¬300,000.
Between 2014 and 2018, when the stadium was under construction, Recenii played their home matches on Comunal Stadium, in the village of SÃÂsar, Recea commune, with a capacity of 100 seats. In the 2013âÂÂ14 season, the first after foundation, the team played on the Mocira Stadium, in the village of Mocira, same Recea commune.
Liga IV â MaramureàCounty