# CS Axintele

Club Sportiv Axintele, commonly known as Axintele, is a Romanian football club based in Axintele, Ialomița County currently playing in the Liga IV – Ialomița County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The club was founded in 2002 under the name of Viitorul Axintele and played for several years in the third tier.

## History

The club was founded in 2002 under the name Viitorul Axintele and played in the Ialomița County Championships. Viitorul finished 5th out of 16 in the 2009–10 season of Liga IV – Ialomița County and won the County phase of the Cupa României, defeating Recolta Gheorghe Lazăr 3–1.
Viitorul Axintele promoted to Liga III for the first time in its history at the end of the 2010–11 season. The White and Greens won Liga IV – Ialomița County and the promotion play-off against the winner of Liga IV – Buzău County, Luceafărul C.A. Rosetti, 2–0 (Zaharia '46 and Cană '61) on neutral ground at Ștefan Vrăbioru Stadium in Ianca. The team led by Ion Nica was composed of: I. Sava – Păun, Dumitru, George Grecea (56' Pascale), Nichita, Dănilă – Toader (50' Mihai Cană), Borcea, Dragoș Zaharia, Nicolae, and Adrian Velu.
In its first season in Liga III, Viitorul secured a respectable fifth-place finish but was eliminated in the First round of Cupa României, losing 0–1 to Viitorul Chirnogi.
The 2012–13 season saw the team coached by Ion Nica fighting for promotion to Liga II. Viitorul finished 9 points ahead of the main contender, Gloria Buzău. However, a Romanian Football Federation inquiry proved that Viitorul did not have three youth teams in the county-level competition, as required by Liga III regulations, and gave Viitorul a 9-point penalty that led Gloria Buzău finishing first.
The White and Greens reached the play-off and finished as runners-up in the 2013–14 season. Also, was qualified in the Fourth round of Cupa României, but lost 1–3 to Farul Constanța.
Viitorul Axintele, with Cristian Sava as technical director and Ion Nica as head coach, started the 2014–15 season with the goal of promotion to second division. After a good start of the season - fifth place after seven rounds at two points from first place, Cristian Sava leaves the club to be Gheorghe Hagi's assistant at Viitorul Constanța, being replaced by Costel Pană as head coach, and Ion Nica as assistant. However, Costel Pană was sacked at the end of the first part of the season and Octavian Grigore was appointed as head coach in March, after two rounds from the second half of the season. With three rounds before the end of season, the club withdrew from the competition and lost all matches from the second part of the season with 0–3, ranking eleventh and relegated to Liga IV.
Viitorul Axintele spent the next years in the Liga IV – Ialomița County often ranking in the middle of the table - 5th (2015–16), 10th (2016–17), 3rd (2017–18), 7th (2018–19), 6th (2019–20) after the season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season did not participate due to the high costs generated by medical protocol imposed by the FRF.
The 2021–22 season saw the White and Greens finish in 10th place. In the following season, Viitorul placed 8th in the West Series of Liga IV – Ialomița County and finished 12th overall after the championship play-out.

## Honours

Liga III
* Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
Liga IV – Ialomița County
* Winners (1): 2010–11
Cupa României – Ialomița County
* Winners (2): 2009–10, 2017–18

## Former managers

* Ion Nica (2014)
* Costel Pană (2014)
* Octavian Grigore (2015)
* Valentin Negru (2015)