Later, teams representing not very big Romanian cities or even municipalities appeared in League 1. For example, in the current season the smallest cities with first league football are Mioveni, Voluntari and Sfantu Gheorghe.

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In the 2022/2023 season, fans of the “royal sport” from Timisoara, Iași, Oradea or Bacău could only remember the periods when their favorite clubs played in the first stage of Romanian football. But there are municipalities or districts where not a single Super League match has been played.

Focsani (about 85,000 inhabitants) is the largest city in Romania that has never had a first league team. It is followed by Slatina, Deva or Zalău.

Founded in 1953 under the name Spartak Fokšani, the club from Vranci reached its peak between 1980 and 1994, when it finished third in the second division three times. The current CSM Focșani 2007 is in Group 2 of League 3…

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