Club Sportiv Comunal 1599 Șelimbăr, commonly known as 1599 Șelimbăr or simply as Șelimbăr (), is a Romanian football club based in Șelimbăr, Sibiu County, currently playing in the Liga II.
1599 Șelimbăr was founded in 2016, under the name of Viitorul Șelimbăr in order to continue the football tradition in the commune, after the dissolution of the old team, Sevișul Șelimbăr.
History CSC 1599 Șelimbăr was founded in 2016, under the name of Viitorul Șelimbăr, by a group of youngsters from the commune, coordinated by Nicolae Preuteasa, in order to continue the football tradition in Șelimbăr after the dissolution of the old team, Sevișul Șelimbăr. The senior squad was enrolled directly in the Liga IV, Sibiu County Series being ranked 6th (2016–17) and 2nd (2017–18), before finishing 1st and to have the chance to play a promotion play-off match.
In the promotion play-off, Șelimbărenii passed of CS Gheorgheni (Harghita County champions), 5–3 on aggregate and promoted for the first time in their history to Liga III, but also at six years after the relegation of Sevișul from this tier.
After two seasons in the third tier, Viitorul Șelimbăr promoted in the Liga II, under the command of Florin Maxim. Viitorul is the first team from Șelimbăr that achieved this performance, in the history of the commune from Sibiu County. In the same summer Viitorul Șelimbăr was renamed as CSC 1599 Șelimbăr.
Grounds
1599 Șelimbăr plays its home matches on Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr, Sibiu County, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. Starting with the spring of 2019, the club moved on Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie, with a capacity of 2,450 seats (500 in the Main Stand and 1,950 in the Second Stand).,Stadion scos la închiriat pentru 3.000 de lei pe lună. turnulsfatului.ro due to the renovation and expansion works that started at their own stadium.
Honours Liga III: Winners (1): 2020–21 Liga IV – Sibiu County: Winners (1): 2018–19 Runners-up (1): 2017–18 Cupa României – Sibiu County: Winners (1): 2017–18 Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Players
First team squad
Club officials
Board of directors
RoleName Owner Șelimbăr Commune President Remus Șerban Vice-president Denisa Dogaru Delegate Marian Bordean Sporting director Ioan Luca Team manager Aurelian Rusu Head of youth development Alexandru Curtean Stadium Administrator Ioan Curtean Secretary Liviu Precup Press Officer Cătălin Crăciun
Current technical staff
RoleName Head coach Eugen Beza Assistant coach Bogdan Vișa Goalkeeping coach George Păun Fitness coaches Vlad Țăran Tudor Stoian Video analyst Claudiu Kucsinski Club Doctor Georgeta Motoc Kinetotherapist Andrei Bogățan Masseur Rareș Sabo Ovidiu Vaida
Notable former players The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for CSC 1599 Șelimbăr.
Romania
Robert Boboc Lucian Buzan Alexandru Ciocâlteu Adrian Cîrstean Radu Crișan Alexandru Curtean Alexandru Dandea George Monea Alexandru Neacșa Raul Palmeș Daniel Tătar Bogdan Vișa Cosmin Vâtcă Croatia Matko Babić Moldova Ion Cărăruș Portugal Yazalde Sweden Valmir Berisha
Former managers
Florin Maxim (2019–2021) Eugen Beza (2021–2022) Claudiu Niculescu (2022–2024) Constantin Schumacher (2024–) Mihai Ianc
League history
Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2025–26 2 Liga II 17th Third round 2024–25 2 Liga II 13th Third round 2023–24 2 Liga II 3rd Play-off round 2022–23 2 Liga II 13th Fourth round 2021–22 2 Liga II 14th Fourth round
Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria VII) 1st (C, P) Fourth round 2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria V) 3rd 2018–19 4 Liga IV (SB) 1st (C, P) 2017–18 4 Liga IV (SB) 2nd
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