CSM Cetatea Turnu Măgurele
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Cetatea Turnu Măgurele, commonly known as Cetatea Turnu Măgurele, or simply Cetatea, is a Romanian football club based in Turnu Măgurele, Teleorman County, founded in 1962 and refounded in 2021.
| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Municipal Cetatea Turnu Măgurele | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Leuții Turnenii (People of Turnu Măgurele) Teleormănenii (People of Teleorman County) Dunărenii (Danube People) Chimiștii (The Chemists) | ||
| Short name | Cetatea | ||
| Founded | 1962 as Chimia Turnu Măgurele 2021 (refounded) as Dunărea Turris Turnu Măguele | ||
| Ground | Turnu Măgurele Municipal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | Turnu Măgurele Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Ionuț Babadac | ||
| Manager | Valentin Bădoi | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga III, Seria VI, 5th | ||
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The team was established in 1962 under the name of Chimia Turnu Măgurele and until 1990 was financially sustained by the local chemical plant. After the Romanian Revolution, the club was in an almost constant battle for surviving, changing its name, as well as the ownership for a few times.
After 20 years of struggling, in which the club was balancing between the third tier (Liga III) and fourth tier (Liga IV), in 2010 it entered on a "sloppy road", with finances cut several times and last moment avoidance from bankruptcy. Finally, the club was dissolved in 2013, when its owners, Mihai Ionescu and Municipality of Turnu Măgurele refused to continue the financing. Since then, the football legacy of Turnu Măgurele was continued initially by Sporting Turnu Măgurele, then by Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, both private entities. The "new Turris" achieved again the second tier in 2019, first presence of the town at that level since 1984, when Chimia represented the town near the Danube.
In the summer of 2021, after the dissolution of Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, the Municipality of Turnu Măgurele revived the old club, CS Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele and enrolled the team in the Liga IV.