CS Chimia Brazi

Club Sportiv Chimia Brazi, commonly known as Chimia Brazi, was a Romanian football club based in Brazi, Prahova County. Established in 1968, the club was dissolved in the summer of 2012 after the merge with Prahova Tomșani to form Fortuna Brazi.^[1][2]

Chimia Brazi

Full name	Club Sportiv Chimia Brazi
Nickname(s)	Chimiștii (The Chemists)
Founded	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Dissolved	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Ground	Chimia
Capacity	2,000

Chimia played on two occasion in the Romanian Second Division and managed to reach the Round of 16 of Cupa României in the 1978–79 season, as well the Round of 32 in the 1982–83, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.^[3][4]

History

The club was founded in 1968 as Chimia Brazi, being financially sustained by the Brazi oil refinery.^[5] Chimia managed, under the guidance of Gheorghe Pahonțu, to promoted in Prahova County Championship at the end of 1970–71 season winning the Ploiești Municipal Championship and the promotion play-off tournament.^[6]

Chimia won the 1971–72 season of Prahova County Championship qualified for promotion play-off to third division, where they faced the winner of București Municipal Championship UREMOAS București, winning without major difficulties (4–0 at Brazi and 1–1 at București) and promoted for the first time in Divizia C.^[7]

Honours

Liga III

• Winners (2): 1977–78, 2005–06
• Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05, 2010–11

Liga IV – Prahova County

• Winners (2): 1971–72, 1997–98

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Chimia Brazi and also played in Liga I for another team.

• Valentin Lazăr
• Ștefan Preda
• Cătălin Cursaru
• Nicolae Constantin
• Sergiu Arnăutu
• Florin Pârvu
• Daniel Stana
• Viorel Dinu

Former managers

• Ștefan Preda (2006–2007)
• Vasile Cosarek (2007)
• Ștefan Preda (2008–2009)
• Octavian Grigore (2010)
• Octavian Grigore (2011–2012)
• Valentin Negoiță
• Mihai Mocanu
• Gheorghe Pahonțu
• Petre Dragomir
• Răzvan Vlad