CS Minerul Mehedinți

Clubul Sportiv Minerul Mehedinți, commonly known as Minerul Mehedinți or Minerul Valea Copcii, was a Romanian football club based in Valea Copcii, Mehedinți County, founded in 1994 and dissolved in 2015.^[1] At its best, Minerul was ranked 3rd in the Liga III.^[2]

Minerul Mehedinți

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Minerul Mehedinți
Nickname(s)	Minerii (The Miners)
Short name	Minerul
Founded	1994 2010 (refounded)
Dissolved	2015
Ground	Minerul
Capacity	500
2014–15	Liga III, Seria IV, 13th (relegated)

History

Minerul Mehedinți achieved promotion to Divizia C at the end of the 2002–03 season after winning the Divizia D – Mehedinți County Championship, with Dorian Gugu as player-coach.^[2]

In the following seven consecutive seasons spent in the third tier of Romanian football, the club based in Valea Copcii consistently ranked among the top six teams: 5th in 2003–04 with Florin Cioroianu as head coach, 6th in 2004–05 under Marian Brihac and, from November 2004, Florin Cioroianu, 4th in 2005–06, 3rd in 2006–07, 5th in 2007–08, 3rd in 2008–09, both seasons coached by Cornel Mihart, and 6th in 2009–10 with Flavius Stoican as head coach.^[3]

In 2010, due to the financial withdrawal of its main sponsor, the National Company of Lignite Oltenia, the club ceded its Liga III place to Minerul Motru.^[4]

Minerul, coached by Cristian Boboescu, returned to Liga III at the end of the 2013–14 season, winning the Liga IV – Mehedinți County and the promotion play-off match against Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, the Liga IV – Gorj County champion, 2–0 after extra time, at the 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina.^[5]

Honours

Liga IV – Mehedinți County

• Winners (2): 2002–03, 2013–14

Former managers

• Dorian Gugu
• Florin Cioroianu (2003−2004)
• Mari­an Brihac (2004)
• Florin Cioroianu (2004−2004)
• Valeriu Tița
• Dumitru Vizitiu
• Emerich Vascko
• Cornel Mihart (2007−2009)
• Flavius Stoican (2009−2010)

References

1. "Liga 3: FRF a programat meciul din C4 ACSV Municipal Craiova – Minerul Mehedinți, dar oaspeții s-au desființat în această iarnă" [League 3: FRF has scheduled the match from C4 ACSV Municipal Craiova - Minerul Mehedinți, but the guests were disbanded this winter] (in Romanian). sportuldoljean.ro. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
2. ""Nu ne vom desființa"" ["We will not disband"] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
3. "Stoican, principal la Minerul Mehedinți Valea Copcii" [Stoican, head coach at Minerul Mehedinți Valea Copcii] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 6 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
4. "Minerul Mehedinți a cedat locul Minerului Motru!" [Minerul Mehedinți ceded the place to Minerul Motru!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
5. "Minerii mehedințeni revin în Liga a 3-a" [The miners from Mehedinți return to the 3rd League] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.