SCM Dunărea Giurgiu

Sport Club Municipal Dunărea Giurgiu, commonly known as SCM Dunărea Giurgiu or Dunărea Giurgiu, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County and currently playing in the Liga III, the 3rd tier of the Romanian football league system.

For the reserve squad of Astra Giurgiu, see FC Astra II.
Dunărea Giurgiu
Full nameSport Club Municipal
Dunărea Giurgiu
Nickname(s)
  • Giurgiuvenii
    (The People from Giurgiu)
  • Acvilele albastre
    (The Blue Eagles)
  • Alb-Albaștrii
    (The White and Blues)
  • Gruparea de la Dunăre
    (The Team near the Danube)
Short nameDunărea
Founded1948 (1948)
2013 (2013) (refounded)
GroundMarin Anastasovici
Capacity8,500
OwnerGiurgiu Municipality
ChairmanMirel Marin
ManagerAndrei Nemțescu
LeagueLiga III
2022–23Liga IV, Giurgiu County, 1st
(promoted via play-offs)

The team was founded in 1948 and until the summer of 2010 it was known as FC Dunărea Giurgiu. Then it was renamed Astra II after it was bought by Ioan Niculae, owner of Liga I squad FC Astra Giurgiu. In the summer of 2012 the club was dissolved after its owner decided to cut back on expenses. Then the club was refounded in the summer of 2013 as CSM Dunărea Giurgiu.

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