Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Viitorul Darabani, commonly known as Viitorul Darabani, is a
Romanian professional
football club based in
Darabani,
Botoșani County. The club last competed in the
2022–23 Liga III season before being excluded for two no-shows.[1][2]
The club has evolved throughout its existence under the names of Sănătatea Darabani, Recolta Darabani, CS Darabani and Sporting Darabani. The current name was adopted in the summer of 2022 after the club won the promotion to
Liga III.[3][4]
History
The team from the northernmost town of the country was founded in 1968 as Sănătatea Darabani and played mostly in the
Botoșani County Championship.
In the
2016–17 season, under the leadership of
Radu Cașuba, Sănătatea promoted for the first time in third division winning the Liga IV – Botoșani County and the promotion play-off against Viitorul Curița, the winner of Liga IV – Bacău County (1–0 at home and 4–3 away).[6][7][8]
In the
first season in
Liga III, Sănătatea avoided relegation from 12th place, but went down after finished 15th in the
2018–19 season, relegated after two years in the third division.
After the relegation, the club was reorganized in the
fifth league as Sporting Darabani being the in the 7th place of the North Series when the league was suspended in March 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[9]