AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele

FC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, commonly known as Turris Turnu Măgurele, or simply Turris, is a Romanian professional football club based in Turnu Măgurele, Teleorman County.

This article is about the currently active association football club. For the dissolved club, see CS Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele.

FC Turris Turnu Măgurele
Full nameFotbal Club Turris-Oltul
Turnu Măgurele
Nickname(s)Turnenii
(Tele-Olteni)
Short nameTurris
Founded1965 (1965)
as Voința Saelele
GroundMunicipal
Capacity2,000
OwnerValentin Dragnea
ChairmanMădălin Ioniță
ManagerErik Lincar
LeagueLiga II
2019–20Liga II, 4th of 20
WebsiteClub website

The team was founded as Voința Saelele in 1965 and was originally based in Saelele, Teleorman County. The club played only at amateur level, Liga IV and Liga V, until 2017 when it won Liga IV – Teleorman County and the promotion play-off against CS Strehaia ensuring its first Liga III presence. In the summer of the same year the club was moved from Saelele to Turnu Măgurele and changed its name in Voința Turnu Măgurele, then in the summer of 2018 in Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele.

History

AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele was founded in 1965 as Voința Saelele and played for almost all its history at county level, Liga IV and Liga V. Voința won for the first time Divizia D at the end of the 2003–04 season, but withdrew from the third tier before the start of the new campaign, selling its place to Petrolul Videle.[1] At the end of 2016–17 Liga IV season, the team was crowned the champion of Teleorman County and went to the promotion play-off match where they defeated Mehedinți County champions, CS Strehaia, 12–2 on aggregate and promoted to Liga III for the first time in the history of the club.[1]

In the summer of 2017 Voința changed its ownership and moved its headquarters from Saelele to Turnu Măgurele, also changing its name from Voința Saelele to Voința Turnu Măgurele.[2] After a strong campaign of transfers and rebranding, Voința has set as its goal a promotion to Liga II, but finally was ranked only 3rd, after Petrolul Ploiești and FCM Alexandria.[3] In the summer of 2018 the club moved also its home ground to Turnu Măgurele and was renamed again, this time as Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, a name much closer to the football past of the city, this being actually the first name used by the old football club, Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele.[4]

Turris-Oltul is the third football team in the history of Turnu Măgurele, after Dunărea Turris and Sporting.

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele promoted to Liga II for the first time in its history, after winning the third series of the Liga III, being ranked ahead teams such as FC U Craiova, CSM Alexandria or SR Brașov.[5]

Grounds

Stadionul Comunal

Between 1965 and 2018, when the club was known as Voința Saelele or Voința Turnu Măgurele, played its home matches on Comunal Stadium, from Saelele, Teleorman County with a capacity of 1,000.

Stadionul Municipal

From 2018 Turris-Oltul plays its home matches on Municipal Stadium, with a capacity of 2,000 people. Between 2017 and 2018 the stadium was completely renovated with an investment of 3 million€.[6][7]

Chronology of names
Name Period
Voința Saelele 1965–2017
Voința Turnu Măgurele 2017–2018
Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele 2018–present

Honours

Players

First team squad
As of 4 April 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Aurelian Păun
4 DF  ROU Bogdan Matei
5 DF  ROU Alexandru Sălcianu
6 DF  ROU Florinel Mitrea
8 MF  SEN Pape Gassama
9 FW  ROU Albert Voinea
10 MF  ROU Florian Haită (on loan from Viitorul)
11 MF  ROU Cristian Ciobanu
12 GK  ROU Dragoș Petrișor (on loan from Dinamo)
14 MF  ROU Ionuț Cioinac
15 MF  ROU Silviu Pană (Captain)
16 DF  ROU Cătălin Pârvulescu
17 DF  ROU Denis Ispas (Vice-Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ROU Claudiu Moisie
19 FW  ROU Adrian Voicu
20 MF  ROU Alin Buleică
21 GK  ROU David Duțu
23 DF  NGA Samson Nwabueze
30 MF  ROU George Călințaru
41 FW  ROU Dragoș Tescan
77 MF  ROU Tiberiu Serediuc
80 MF  ROU Paul Pațurcă
93 MF  ROU Sergiu Negruț
99 MF  ROU Robert Neacșu
— MF  ROU Daniel Vîlsan (on loan from Sport Team)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

League history
gollark: You don't have that much money.
gollark: Not really.
gollark: We're alts.
gollark: Time for phase two (2 (²)), DISSOCIATED TRIGONOMETRY.
gollark: Like bees™.

References
  1. "Voința Saelele a promovat în Liga a III-a" [Voința Saelele promoted to Liga III]. ziarulteleormanul.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. "Oficial, Vointa Saelele a devenit Vointa Turnu Magurele" [Officially, Voința Saelele became Voința Turnu Măgurele]. teresport.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. "Vointa Turnu Magurele s-a despartit de mai multi jucatori la finalul acestui sezon" [Vointa Turnu Magurele fired more players at the end of this season]. teresport.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. "Cu un nou nume, un nou antrenor şi 13 achiziţii importante, echipa din Turnu Măgurele visează la promovare. Lincar: "Oricine vrea să facă performanţă are infrastructura necesară aici"" [With a new name, a new coach and 13 important transfers, the team from Turnu Magurele dreams of promotion. Lincar: "Anyone who is wanting to do performance has the necessary infrastructure here"]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. "Erik Lincar s-a retras oficial din activitatea de fotbalist, la 40 de ani. Momentul ales, meciul de sărbătoare a promovării în Liga 2" [Erik Lincar has officially retired as a footballer, at 40 years old. The chosen moment, the match of the promotion celebration to League 2]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  6. Cum arată noul stadion al echipei Voinţa Turnu Măgurele, controlată de fiul lui Liviu Dragnea. digi24.ro (in Romanian)
  7. A fost inaugurat Stadionul Municipal Turnu Măgurele (Teleorman), făcut cu bani de la buget. sport.hotnews.ro (in Romanian)
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