Asociația Sport Club Ciucaș Tărlungeni, commonly known as Ciucaș Tărlungeni, simply as Ciucaș, is a professional footballclub based in Tărlungeni, Brașov County, founded in 1983 under the name of Unirea Tărlungeni and which is currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football.
For most of its existence, Ciucaș has been a constant presence in the 4th tier of the Romanian football league system. At its best, the team from Brașov County reached the second division, where it played for four seasons. In the 2016–17 season, due to financial difficulties, the team was relocated to Ștefăneștii de Jos, Ilfov County, but the club could not be financially saved.[1]
In the same year, to continue the football tradition in Tărlungeni, Inter Tărlungeni was founded, later renamed Ciucaș Tărlungeni in 2018, and by 2023, the club once again reached the national leagues.[2]
In 2010, the team was taken over by former Unirea Urziceni player László Balint. After six seasons in the third division, in 2013 Unirea Tărlungeni finished 1st in the sixth series of the competition and earned promotion to Liga II for the first time in its history.[7]
On 18 September 2013 Unirea Tărlungeni was defeated by former national champion Rapid București, relegated to the second echelon by decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne for financial reasons and after a barrage of maintaining played with Concordia Chiajna with the score 0 -1, at home in a match counting for the third stage of the second league. It was a first for Tărlungeni football club in the first match being televised encounter a team of Romanian football tradition, with numerous participations in European cups and titles.
In the summer of 2016, Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos, but the club could not be financially saved.[1] In the same year 2016, the football club from Tărlungeni was re-founded, under the name of Ciucaș Tărlungeni, and in 2023 reached again the national leagues.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^"Unirea Tărlungeni a revenit în iarbă" [Unirea Tărlungeni is back on the grass] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^"Daniel Bona va fi schimbat astăzi" [Daniel Bona will be replaced today] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
