Dunărea Galaţi is a Romania

Romania

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n professional football

Football (soccer)

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 club

Football team

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 from Galaţi

Galati

Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....

, Galaţi

Galati County

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 county

County

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, south-east Romania

Romania

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, founded in 1970.

They currently play in Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

, Seria I in the 2008-2009 season after finishing 7th in Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

, Seria I in the 2007-2008 season.

History

The club was founded in 1970 and has played for 5 seasons in the Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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For a brief period, it was Galaţi's main team, but after the rise of Oţelul

FC Otelul Galati

Fotbal Club Oțelul Galați is a Romanian football club based in Galați . They have spent the majority of the last few decades in the top division, securing several seasons of European football and enjoying success in the Romanian Cup. They won their first league title in the 2010–2011 season and...

 in the 1980s, it is seen only in the Liga II

Liga II

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 and the Liga III

Liga III

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They were supposed to be relegated to Liga III

Liga III

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 at the end of the 2007-08 season, but they managed to maintain their second league position due to the withrawal of FCM Câmpina

FCM Câmpina

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The 2009-10 season started well, the team reaching the Round of 32 of the Romanian Cup

2009–10 Cupa României

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, being eliminated by cup holders CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...

. They finished 11th in the league.

Honours

Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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• Winners (0):
• Best finish: 14th in 1979–80

Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

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• Winners (4): 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83
• Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1984–85, 1991–92

Liga III

Liga III

Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...

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• Winners (2): 1989-90, 2003–04
• Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91

European record

European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1976–77	First round	Boavista	2–3	0–2	2–5