Full name | Clubul Sportiv Sporting Juniorul Vaslui[1] | |||
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Short name | Vaslui, Sporting | |||
Founded | 2002 2014 (refounded) | |||
Ground | Municipal | |||
Capacity | 9,240 | |||
Owners | Sporting Juniorul (50%) ASS FC Vaslui (50%) | |||
Chairman | Dumitru Buzatu | |||
Manager | Costinel Botez | |||
League | Liga V | |||
2023–24 | Liga IV, Vaslui County, 10th of 12 (relegated) | |||
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CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (Romanian pronunciation: [vasˈluj]), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently competing in the Liga V. Its official club colours are yellow and green, hence the nickname "the Yellow and Greens". The club is currently owned by CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui and FC Vaslui Supporters Association and has the legal right to use FC Vaslui Brand.
The club was founded in 2002 as Fotbal Club Vaslui and became one of the most prominent football clubs in the country after its promotion to the Liga I, three years later. Vasluienii earned a European spot in five consecutive seasons, lost a Cupa României final in 2010 and narrowly missed the league title in 2012, before being relegated in 2014 because of financial issues. In July 2014, the team was re-established by the association of supporters, under the name of ASS FC Vaslui. ASS FC Vaslui was enrolled in the Liga III and ensured unofficially the football's continuity of the original club, but due to the limited budget it failed to promote in the Liga II, despite some appreciated evolutions at the level of the fourth tier.
In January 2020, ASS FC Vaslui announced that started an association with Sporting Juniorul Vaslui, both clubs succeeding, after almost 6 years since the original club was dissolved, to enter in the possession of FC Vaslui brand and record. In the summer of 2020, the two entitites will merge to bring back to life the most important football team in the history of Vaslui County.