Turris Turnu Magurele

AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Magurele, commonly known as Turris Turnu Magurele, or simply Turris, was a Romanian professional football club based in Turnu Magurele, Teleorman County.

The team was founded as Voința Saelele in 1965 and was originally based in Saelele, Teleorman County. The club played only at amateur level, Liga IV and Liga V, until 2017 when it won Liga IV – Teleorman County and the promotion play-off against CS Strehaia ensuring its first Liga III presence. In the summer of the same year the club was moved from Saelele to Turnu Magurele and changed its name in Voința Turnu Magurele, then in the summer of 2018 in Turris-Oltul Turnu Magurele.

History

AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Magurele was founded in 1965 as Voința Saelele and played for almost all its history at county level, Liga IV and Liga V. Voința won for the first time Divizia D at the end of the 2003–04 season, but withdrew from the third tier before the start of the new campaign, selling its place to Petrolul Videle. At the end of 2016–17 Liga IV season, the team was crowned the champion of Teleorman County and went to the promotion play-off match where they defeated Mehedinți County champions, CS Strehaia, 12–2 on aggregate and promoted to Liga III for the first time in the history of the club.

In the summer of 2017 Voința changed its ownership and moved its headquarters from Saelele to Turnu Magurele, also changing its name from Voința Saelele to Voința Turnu Magurele. After a strong campaign of transfers and rebranding, Voința has set as its goal a promotion to Liga II, but finally was ranked only 3rd, after Petrolul Ploiești and FCM Alexandria. In the summer of 2018 the club moved also its home ground to Turnu Magurele and was renamed again, this time as Turris-Oltul Turnu Magurele, a name much closer to the football past of the city, this being actually the first name used by the old football club, Dunarea Turris Turnu Magurele.

Turris-Oltul was the third football team in the history