# CSU Dunărea de Jos Galați

Club Sportiv Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați commonly known as CS Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" Galați, or simply as CSU Galați, was a Romanian football team based in Galați, Galați County. The team was founded in 1953, re-founded in 1967 and 2017, and was finally dissolved in 2020. In 1976, CSU played in the Cupa României final but lost 0–1 against Steaua București.

## History

The team was founded in 1953 as a football section within the multi-sports club Știința Galați, which was founded in 1951 with the establishment of the Institute of Naval Mechanics.
Știința initially competed in the Galați Regional Championship, finishing 7th in the 1953 season and becoming the University Champion of the country in the same year. The students promoted to Divizia C after finishing 2nd in the 1955 season.
In the third division, Știința ranked 5th in Series I in the 1956 and 1957–58 seasons and 8th in the 1958–59 season, returning to the Galați Regional Championship after the dissolution of Divizia C in the summrer of 1959.
In the 1959–60 season, Știința won Series I of the Galați Regional Championship but lost the championship final against CSM Brăila, 2–4 on aggregate (1–1 at home and 1–3 away).
In the 1960–61 season, Știința won Series II and the championship final of the Regional Championship against Marina Brăila, the Series I winner, 5–1 on aggregate (3–1 away and 2–0 at home), qualified for the promotion play-off, and secured promotion to Divizia B after finishing 1st in Group I, held in Râmnicu Vâlcea. The squad led by I. Iovicin was composed of Bulancea, Dan, Morcovescu, Dumitru, Curt, Vlăsceanu, Lupea, Șerbănescu, Coman, Fălcuțescu, Păun, Voicu II, Zgardan, Venturini, Bădulescu, and Voicu I.
In Divizia B playing until 1965 when gives up its place in the Divizia B to Oțelul Galați.
In 1967 was refounded, under the name of Politehnica Galați and took the place of Siderurgistul Galați in Divizia B.
In 1972, the club changes its name to CSU Galați and after four years it has achieved the best performance in the club's history, qualifying in the final of the 1975–1976 season of Cupa României as a Divizia B team, where it lost in front of Steaua București. Because that year Steaua București also won the Divizia A championship, CSU Galați represented Romania in the European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated by the Portuguese team Boavista Porto.
In 1982 is merged with FCM Galați to form Dunărea CSU Galați.
In the summer of 2017 CSU Galați was refounded and after two season in Liga IV – Galați County was promoted in Liga III.
In 2020, during the winter break, CSU Galați withdrew from Liga III and was dissolved again.

## Honours
### Leagues

Liga II
* Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1968–69
Liga III
* Winners (1): 1979–80
* Runners-up (1): 1978–79
Liga IV – Galați County
* Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
Galați Regional Championship
* Winners (1): 1960–61
* Runners-up (1): 1955

### Cups

Cupa României
* Runners-up (1): 1975–76
Cupa României – Galați County
* Winners (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

## European record

European Cup Winners' Cup
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1976–77 | First round | Boavista | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
** First round (1) : 1976–77

## League history

| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2019–20 | 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 14th | Relegated | |
| 2018–19 | 4 | Liga IV (GL) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2017–18 | 4 | Liga IV (GL) | 1st (C) | | |
| 1982–17 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| 1981–82 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 15th | Relegated | |
| 1980–81 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 11th | | |
| 1979–80 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria III) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 1978–79 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria III) | 2nd | | |
| 1977–78 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 16th | Relegated | |
| 1976–77 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 7th | | Round of 16 |
| 1975–76 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 4th | | Final |
| 1974–75 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 10th | | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 1973–74 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 11th | | |
| 1972–73 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 16th | | |
| 1971–72 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 4th | | |
| 1970–71 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 14th | | |
| 1969–70 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 3rd | | |
| 1968–69 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 2nd | | Round of 16 |
| 1967–68 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 2nd | | |
| 1965–67 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| 1964–65 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 5th | Disbanded | Round of 32 |
| 1963–64 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 12th | | Round of 32 |
| 1962–63 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 8th | | Round of 32 |
| 1961–62 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 9th | | |

## Former managers

* Ion Zaharia (1964–1965)
* Ion Zaharia (1966–1967)
* Ion Zaharia (1972–1977)