Asociația Club Sportiv Fotbal Comuna Recea, commonly known as ACS Fotbal Comuna Recea, ACSF Comuna Recea or simply Comuna Recea, is a professional Romanian football club based in Recea, MaramureșCounty. The team was founded in 2013 and promoted to Liga III at the end of the 2014–15season, after a promotion play-off against Voința Cetate, winners of Bistrița-Năsăud Countyseries. After a two-legged tie Recea won 5–4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga III. Even if the club was founded in 2013, on the club's logo appear 2015 as the year of foundation, this year being the one in which the club was legally reorganized and changed its name from AS Comuna Recea to ACSF Comuna Recea.
History
Even if the current club was founded in 2013, the history of football from Recea started back in 1959, when Dinamo Săsar, club based in the village of Săsar, Recea Commune, was founded. The team was in tight relation which Dinamo București, having a fulminating ascent and promoting in the second league at the end of the 1959–60 season. The club played for two years in the second tier, then relegated and never came back. ACSF Comuna Recea was founded in 2013 as AS Comuna Recea and was enrolled in the fourth tier, Liga IV, South series. In its first season Comuna Recea finished 3rd after FCM Baia Mare's second squad and Speranța Coltău. In the second season Recenii won the series, four points ahead Viitorul Ulmeni and played the final of Maramureș County series against North series winners, Bradul Vișeu. The final was played on Viorel Mateianu Stadium in Baia Mare and Recea won 2–1 after extra time and qualified for the Liga III promotion play-off where after a two-legged tie against Voința Cetate, champions of Bistrița-Năsăud County, won 5–4 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga III. After the promotion Romulus Buia was named as the new manager and the team started to grow from season to season, finishing 7th, 5th and 2nd. The progress of the team has reached its peak during the 2018–19 season, when after a half of season Recea entered the winter break as the leader of the Seria V, ahead of teams with much bigger budgets and expectations, as: Minaur Baia Mare or FK Miercurea Ciuc.
Grounds
ACSF Comuna Recea plays its home matches on Central Stadium in Recea. The stadium was opened on 9 May 2018, having a covered stand of 600 seats, a pitch covered with grass and a second training ground. The total cost of the construction was amount €300,000. Between 2014 and 2018, when the stadium was under construction, Recenii played their home matches on Comunal Stadium, in the village of Săsar, Recea commune, with a capacity of 100 seats. In the 2013–14 season, the first after foundation, the team played on the Mocira Stadium, in the village of Mocira, same Recea commune.
