CS Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești

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In the 1997–98 season, Gilortul, led from the bench by Cristinel Răducan, won the Divizia D – Gorj County, but lost the promotion play-off against Șoimii Pâncota, the winner of Divizia D – Arad County, 1–2 at Cetate Stadium in Deva. The squad was composed amongst others by Dan Nițu – Sârbulescu, Udrescu, Mihai Constantinescu, Nicolae, Gheorghe Bujor, Vâlceanu, Silviu Sporiș, Udrea, Dumitru Mogoșanu, Ionuț Zorlescu, Brănescu, Luță and N.Bilan.^[2]

Gilortul promoted to Divizia C at the end of the next season, after won again the county championship. The coach Cornel Tigveanu had at his disposal the following players: Sorin Bunea, Badalea, Sârbulescu, Gheorghe Bujor, Valentin Belu, Silviu Sporiș, Udrea, Ion Cănăvoiu, Vasile Luță, Ovidiu Aniniș, Constantin Luță, Ciortea, Daniel Stanciu, Eugen Coteț, Mitrofan, Brănescu and Florea. Also, the team managed to win the county phase of the Romanian Cup, defeating Vox Târgu Jiu 4–0 in the final.

Gilortul was reformed in the 2011–12 season in Liga V – Gorj County, the fifth tier of Romanian football league system and the second at the county level, earning promotion under coach Ion Rădulescu after finishing first in the East Series.^[3] In the 2012–13 season, the team performed strongly under Rădulescu, who left after the 19th round and was replaced by assistants Constantin Munteanu and Ciprian Dudău, finishing the season in 2nd place.^[4]

In the 2013–14 season, Gilortul, led by Sergiu Găman, won the Liga IV – Gorj County title but lost the promotion play-off to Liga III against Minerul Mehedinți, the Mehedinți County champions, 0–2 after extra time at 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina.^[5][6]

Gilortul, under Marius Ionel, captured the Gorj County championship for a second consecutive season but again fell short in the promotion play-off, losing 2–8 away and 1–3 at home to Cetate Deva, the Hunedoara County champions.^[7][8][9]

Led by Mihai Dinu, Gilortul won the 2015–16 season but missed promotion to the third division for the third consecutive time, losing the play-off to Hermannstadt, the Sibiu County champions. After a narrow 0–1 defeat at the Municipal Stadium in Sibiu, the white-and-blues suffered a heavy 1–5 loss at home in Târgu Cărbunești.^[10]

In 2016–17, Gilortul finished 3rd under Mihai Dinu,^[11] and in 2017–18 ended the season in 5th place under player-coach Alexandru Avrămescu.^[12]

Promotion to Liga III finally came at the end of 2018–19 under coach Octavian Iordache, winning the county title and the play-off against CS Strehaia, the Mehedinți County champions, overturning a 1–2 away defeat with a 3–0 home victory. The squad that earned promotion included Novabilschi, Buzurin, Dolcescu, Dăianu, Manole, Cocioabă, Almăjanu, Cârstoiu, Avrămescu (captain), Dumitru, Popete, Codin, Meliță, Mihăilescu, and Purece.^[13][14]

Liga IV – Gorj County

• Winners (8): 1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
• Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Liga V – Gorj County

• Winners (1): 2011–12

Cupa României – Gorj County

• Winners (3): 1998–99, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Runners-up (1): 2012–13

First team squad

As of 10 September 2024

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Mihai Iuțalîm 3 DF  MDA Cristian Martin 4 DF  ROU Robert Dănescu 5 DF  ROU Ionuț Mitrache 6 DF  ROU Leonard Gheorghe 7 MF  ROU Constantin Roncea 8 MF  ROU Alexandru Avrămescu (Captain) 9 FW  ROU Ionuț Gîlcescu 10 MF  ROU Răzvan Vespe 11 MF  ROU Dragoș Săulescu 12 GK  ROU Luis Spînu

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  CMR Ulrich Siewe 17 MF  ROU Bogdan Oprișa (Vice-Captain) 18 MF  ROU Eric Popescu 20 MF  ROU Rareș Brujan 21 MF  ROU Marius Miruță 26 MF  ROU Patrick Rădulescu (on loan from CSU Craiova) 30 MF  ROU Mario Urlan 80 MF  ROU Paolo Viespe 90 MF  ROU Andrei Lazăr 97 DF  ROU Florin Marica 99 MF  ROU Denis Bucur

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