CS Speranța Jucu

Club Sportiv Speranța Jucu, commonly known as Speranța Jucu, is a Romanian football club based in Jucu, Cluj County, currently playing in the Liga IV – Cluj County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1]

Speranța Jucu

Full name	Club Sportiv Speranța Jucu
Nickname(s)	Jucanii (The Jucu People)
Short name	Jucu
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974) as Unirea Jucu 2017; 8 years ago (2017) as Speranța Jucu
Ground	Unirea
Capacity	800
Owner	Jucu Commune
Chairman	Adrian Popescu
Manager	Laur Aștilean
League	Liga V
2023–24	Liga IV, Cluj County, 10th of 12 (withdrew)
Home colours Away colours

The club was originally founded in 1974, under the name of Unirea Jucu, and for most of its existence played at amateur level, until 2013, when "jucanii" promoted to Liga III. The football club of Jucu played at the level of third tier between 2013 and 2017, when it was dissolved and then re-established in the fifth tier, under the name of Speranța Jucu.

History

Former logo, as Unirea Jucu.

Amateur leagues

Speranța Jucu was founded in 1974, under the name of Unirea Jucu, and played for 39 years at amateur level, Liga IV and Liga V.

In the 2012–13 season, Unirea promoted to Liga III, winning the Liga IV – Cluj County after finishing 1st one point ahead of the second place CFR Cluj II and the promotion play-off against the Liga IV – Satu Mare County champion, Someșul Cărășeu, with 1–0, goal scored by Mănășturean, on neutral ground at the Măgura Stadium in Șimleu Silvaniei. The squad included following players: Andrei Ursu – Daniel Moldovan, Tudor Oprean, C.Grigoroșcuță, Ștefan Contraș, Ciprian Suciu, George Cotuț, V. Sântejudean, Vlad Mănășturean, D. Pop, Cristian Loghin. Substitutes: Zsolt Torkos, R.Moț, Horațiu Popa, Paul Mocan, A. Anca.^[2][3][4]

Liga III

In their first three Liga III seasons they finished on 8th (2013–14), 7th (2014–15) and 4th place (2015–16). In the summer of 2016 the club almost withdrew from Liga III after Jucu Municipality withdrew some funding, but a new investor bought the club and set an ambitious target, promotion to Liga II finishing 4th at the end of 2016–17 season.^[5] In the summer of 2017, the club was dissolved due to financial problems, but re-founded in the same period as Speranța Jucu and enrolled in the fifth tier.^[6]

Honours

Liga IV – Cluj County

• Winners (1): 2012–13

Former managers

• Alpár Mészáros (2016–2017)
• Adrian Iencsi (2017)

References

1. "Unirea Jucu-Liga III". Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
2. "Someșul Cărășeu joacă miercuri barajul de promovare în Liga a III-a" [Someșul Cărășeu plays wednesday the promotion play-off in the 3rd League]. informatia-zilei.ro. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.(in Romanian)
3. "Unirea Jucu a promovat în Liga a 3-a!" [Unirea Jucu promoted to 3rd League!]. monitorulcj.ro. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.(in Romanian)
4. "Cărășeu a jucat, Jucu a promovat" [Carășeu played, Jucu promoted]. informatia-zilei.ro. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.(in Romanian)
5. "Viitorul Feleacu s-a mutat la Jucu, cu tot cu investitori și jucători. Noua Unirea se va reuni marți, sub comanda lui Alpar Meszaros" [Viitorul Feleacu moved to Jucu, along with investors and players. The new Unirea will meet on Tuesday, under the command of Alpar Meszaros]. cjsport.ro. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.(in Romanian)
6. "Cluj/Jucu: Zilele Comunei, sub pecetea Centenarului" [Cluj/Jucu: Days of the Commune, under the seal of the Centenary]. viatasatului.ro. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.(in Romanian)

External links

• CS Speranța Jucu at frf-ajf.ro
• Soccerway profile