AS Athletic Comănești

Athletic Comănești
Full name	Asociația Sportivă Athletic Comănești
Nickname(s)	Leii albi (The White Lions)
Short name	Athletic
Founded	2007; 17 years ago
Dissolved	2014; 10 years ago
Ground	Rafinăria
Capacity	500
Home colours	Away colours

Asociația Sportivă Athletic 2007 Comănești, commonly known as Athletic Comănești, was a Romanian football club based in Comănești, Bacău County, founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2014.

History

In 2007, in an attempt to revive football in Comănești, at the initiative of former footballers and several fans and with the support of local authorities and a group of friends from the Basque Country and concluding a partnership with Athletic Bilbao^[1] was founded Athletic 2007 Comănești.

Athletic played on its debut in Liga V – Bacău County, and after only one season, 2007–08, it managed to promote to Liga IV – Bacău County.^[2]
After the promotion, hit by the lack of interest from local authorities, the club are forced to move the team to the city of Dărmănești, and for the next two seasons, in which it finished on the following positions: 2008–09 – 6th and 2009–10 – 14th, the team name was AS Athletic 2007 Dărmănești.^[3]

In 2010, after Athletic Bilbao withdrew from the partnership and after the local authorities from Comănești returned to better feelings towards the club, Athletic returns to Comănești.

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes
2013–14	4	Liga IV (BC)	14th
2012–13	4	Liga IV (BC)	14th
2011–12	4	Liga IV (BC)	16th
2010–11	4	Liga IV (BC)	13th
2009–10	4	Liga IV (BC)	14th
2008–09	4	Liga IV (BC)	6th
2007–08	5	Liga V (BC)	3rd	Promoted

References

^ "Athletic Dărmănești, un club mic, dar cu o baza sportiva de invidiat" [Athletic Dărmănești, a small club, but with an enviable sports base]. zdbc.ro. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.(in Romanian)
^ "Athletic Comănești a promovat în Liga a IV-a" [Athletic Comănești promoted to Liga IV]. zdbc.ro. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2008.(in Romanian)
^ "Athletic se mută la Dărmănești" [Athletic moves to Dărmănești]. zdbc.ro. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2008.(in Romanian)

External links

Official website
Athletic Comănești at frf-ajf.ro
Bacău County Sport website Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Athletic Dărmănești, un club mic, dar cu o baza sportiva de invidiat" [Athletic Dărmănești, a small club, but with an enviable sports base]. zdbc.ro. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.(in Romanian)

[2] "Athletic Comănești a promovat în Liga a IV-a" [Athletic Comănești promoted to Liga IV]. zdbc.ro. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2008.(in Romanian)

[3] "Athletic se mută la Dărmănești" [Athletic moves to Dărmănești]. zdbc.ro. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2008.(in Romanian)

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