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Club Sportiv Tunari, commonly known as CS Tunari, or simply as Tunari, is a Romanian football club based in Tunari, Ilfov County. Founded in 1992 the club situated near Bucharest was re-branded as CS Tunari in 2004, reaching the Liga III in 2009, where it plays since then.

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CS Tunari

Full name	Club Sportiv Tunari
Nickname(s)	Tunarii (The Gunners) Arsenal
Short name	Tunari
Founded	1980; 42 years ago (1980)
Ground	Comunal
Capacity	1,000
Owner	Tunari Commune
Chairman	Florin Vlădilă
Manager	Alin Ilin (caretaker)
League	Liga III
2021–22	Liga III, Seria IV, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

History

CS Tunari was founded in 1980 under the name of Arsenal Tunari, the name change occuring in 2004, when they were forced to give up the "Arsenal" name because of copyright.[1] In the same period in the commune near Bucharest was built a new stadium and Tunari obtained a place in the third tier in 2009, since then being a constant presence at this level, registering the following rankings: 9th (2009–10), 7th (2010–11), 10th (2011–12), 13th (2012–13), 8th (2013–14), 4th (2014–15), 12th (2015–16), 3rd (2016–17), 7th (2017–18), 6th (2018–19), 4th (2019-20), 5th (2020-21) and 2nd (2021-22).

Tunari means Gunners in Romanian and the commune has on its Coat of Arms a cannon, fact that brought the original name, a tribute to English football club Arsenal F.C. and the nickname "The Gunners". In 2018 the club changed its logo and colors choosing a white and red combination instead of red and blue, also adding on the logo the name "Arsenal", but without changing the club name. In 2009, in an interview granted to sport.ro, Lucian Costache, chairman of the club reported how in 1996, when the club was still named Arsenal Tunari, they sent a letter to the English club asking for some original kits, but no answer was ever received.[2]

Ground

CS Tunari plays its home matches on the Comunal Stadium in Tunari, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. The stadium was renovated and expanded in 2004 for the sum of 400,000 lei, at that time approximately 84,000 €.[1] In 2017 the stadium was renovated again and the pitch was changed.[3]

Chronology of names

Name	Period
Arsenal Tunari	1992–2004
CS Tunari	2004–present

Honours

Liga III

• Runners-up (1): 2021–22

Players

First team squad

As of 6 September 2022

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  AUS Harrison Devenish-Meares (Vice-Captain) 2 DF  ROU Teodor Badea 4 DF  ROU Alexandru Catrici (on loan from Rapid) 5 MF  ROU Lucian Ion 6 DF  ROU Robert Stănici 7 MF  ROU Andrei Zătreanu 8 MF  ROU Bogdan Barbu 9 FW  ROU Alexandru Dane 10 MF  ROU Vasile Mihai 11 MF  ROU Daniel Cîrjan 12 GK  ROU Corneliu Fulga 13 MF  ROU Liviu Oșca (Captain) 14 DF  ROU Alexandru Gheorghe 15 MF  ROU Marian Mihalcea

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ROU Ciprian Popescu 17 MF  ROU Ștefan Ghinea 18 MF  ROU Mario Tunsu (on loan from Rapid) 19 FW  ROU Gabriel Plumbuitu 20 MF  ROU Marian Mihai 21 FW  ROU Alexandru Stoian 22 MF  ROU Antonio Dumitrescu (on loan from Rapid) 23 DF  ROU Gabriel Goicea 24 GK  ROU Valentin Meciu (on loan from FCSB II) 25 MF  ROU Alexandru Atomei 26 MF  ROU Florin Avădanei 33 GK  ROU Alexandru Nedelcu 35 DF  ROU Dragoș Barabaș 77 DF  ROU Alexandru Stan

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

Notable former managers

References

External links

• CS Tunari at soccerway.com
• CS Tunari at liga2.prosport.ro
• CS Tunari on Facebook

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