Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County, founded in 2007 as Damila MÃÂciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Liga II, the second-tier in the Romanian football system, but withdrew during the winter-break of the 2019âÂÂ20 season, due to financial problems.
The club was founded as Damila MÃÂciuca in the summer of 2007, the colours were white and green and the squad was enrolled in the Liga IV, Vâlcea County series. The owner of the club was Daniel NiÃÂu, businessman who owns Damila SRL, a company with an over 60 million⬠fiscal value in 2016 and one of the largest distributors of metallurgical products and construction materials in the south of Romania. Damila won Vâlcea County series and qualified for the Liga III promotion play-off where they played against Recolta StoicÃÂneÃÂti, Olt County champions. The match was held on the Extensiv Stadium from Craiova and was won with 1âÂÂ0 by Damila. Damila made a great Liga III season and finished on the 1st place in the 4th series, at 6 points from the 2nd place, occupied by Minerul Motru, promoting to the Liga II.
With Erik Lincar, then changed by Claudiu Niculescu in the technical leadership of the team, Damila has made a season far beyond expectations, even sensational, finishing on the 3rd place in the second series of the Liga II at only one point from a promotion place.
In the summer of 2013 after the over average performance of the team and also the ranking that was with 3 places and 10 points over CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea, county's first team, appeared the idea that Damila should be the new team of the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea. After several rounds of negotiations Daniel NiÃÂu (Damila's owner) and CÃÂtÃÂlin Rufà(CSM's owner) changed the camps, so Rufàbecame the new owner of the white and greens and also the squads were changed between them.
After the transaction RufÃÂ has received the financial support of the ReÃÂiÃÂa Municipality, with the condition that the club must change its name, headquarters, colors and stadium. So in the summer of 2013 Damila MÃÂciuca was renamed as CSM Metalul ReÃÂiÃÂa, moved from MÃÂciuca to ReÃÂiÃÂa, their colors were changed from white and green in red and black, the traditional colours of ReÃÂiÃÂa and the Damila Stadium has been replaced by Mircea Chivu Stadium. Financially supported by ReÃÂiÃÂa Municipality and CÃÂtÃÂlin RufÃÂ, with Alexandru Pelici, then changed by Marian PanÃÂ as coaches and Daniel OpriÃÂa at his last season as a player Metalul ended the regular season on the 2nd place, a promotional one, but failed to promote in the play-off when the new team from Valea Domanului, ended only on the 4th place.
In the 2014âÂÂ15 Liga II season, this time with OpriÃÂa as a coach Metalul made a new great season and finished on the 3rd place.
Though sustained at first by Guardia Rosso-Nera, CSM ÃÂcolar ReÃÂiÃÂa supporters, club that was at that time in a hard financial situation, the relationship between the owner and the supporters chilled subsequently and they went back to supporting their original club, CSM. Also in the summer of 2015 the relations between ReÃÂiÃÂa Municipality and CÃÂtÃÂlin RufÃÂ have become increasingly distant.
In the 2015âÂÂ16 Liga II season Metalul had major financial problems, many teams entering on the pitch with the banner: "Respect, ReÃÂiÃÂa!", campaign appeared after Metalul players refused to enter on the pitch at the match against Olimpia Satu Mare, the reason being the non-payment of wages. The situation has improved further, but the team finished the championship on the last place, with an incredible âÂÂ10 points in the league table, as a result of the deductions due to the financial problems. The more incredible it would be that the team remained in the second league also for the next season, due to lack of competitors, also the club recorded the biggest defeat of the season, 2âÂÂ11 against FC BraÃÂov.
2016âÂÂ17 season was again one of survival for the team owned now only by CÃÂtÃÂlin RufÃÂ. In the summer of 2016 Snagov Commune was interested in supporting the team, of course there was a new move in the business, this time from ReÃÂiÃÂa to Snagov. As the agreement was signed pretty late, Metalul could not change its name and headquarters, so Snagov Commune could not support financially the new team. With a very young squad, completed during the winter break with some experienced players, Metalul finished on the 16th place, with 21 points this time, but in fact was the last, all the teams from 17th to 20th place being dissolved or excluded.
A new last moment rescue came in the summer of 2017 when FC BraÃÂov went bankrupt, leaving a vacant place in the second league table, again occupied by Metalul. The club also changed its name again, this time from CSM Metalul ReÃÂiÃÂa to CS Sportul Snagov and their colors were changed from red and black in red and blue.
With the financial support of Snagov Commune, with a squad changed from its roots and with Valeriu RÃÂchitàas the new coach, the new Sportul was an enigma for almost everyone. In the first round the red and blues made a 1âÂÂ1 draw at Oradea, against LuceafÃÂrul, a team with promotion claims at that time, and the good form continued, the team was settling somewhere in the middle of the table and turned out to be a strong opponent for many teams.
On 31 January 2018 it was announced in a press conference that Victor Angelescu, a 34-year-old entrepreneur, that is working at the Romanian branch of APS Group and also a former football player, at youth level, bought 50% of the club's shares.
In the summer of 2019, Ovidiu OnosÃÂ, owner of Carmen BucureÃÂti took Sportul Snagov, but after a weak first part of the championship and due to historical debts of the club, OnosÃÂ withdrew and took the control of Liga III side Dacia Unirea BrÃÂila instead. Sportul Snagov was excluded subsequently and then dissolved.
Between 2007 and 2013, when the club was known as Damila MÃÂciuca, it played its home matches on Damila Stadium, from MÃÂciuca, with a capacity of 3,000 seats.
Between 2013 and 2016, when the club was known as Metalul ReÃÂiÃÂa, played its home matches on Mircea Chivu Stadium, with a capacity of 12,500 seats.
From 2016 Sportul Snagov plays its matches on VoinÃÂa Stadium from GhermÃÂneÃÂti (a village of Snagov Commune), with a capacity of 2,000 seats.
In February 2018 it was announced that Sportul will play in the second part of the championship on Dumitru MÃÂtÃÂrÃÂu Stadium from ÃÂtefÃÂneÃÂtii de Jos due to the changing of the surface from VoinÃÂa Stadium, a pitch with major problems in the past, in terms of quality.