CS Universitatea Craiova

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U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (Romanian pronunciation: [universiˈtate̯a kraˈjova]), CS U Craiova, U Craiova, or simply Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County. It competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian league system. Initially founded in 1948 as the football section of the CSU Craiova sports organisation, it remained within the structure until 1991, when its league place was taken by FC U Craiova following privatisation. Between 1948 and 1991, the club won four championship titles and five national cups. Following a series of reorganisations and the eventual disaffiliation of FC U, the sports club re-established its football section in 2013. The current entity asserts the honours of the original Universitatea Craiova, a position recognised by several court rulings and the LPF, although they remain disputed by an also re-established FC U Craiova side. In 2018, Craiova won the national cup, its first...

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