 Prior to their promotion to Divizia B at the end of the 2002–03 season, the club had spent its entire history playing in the lower leagues of the Romanian football league system, mostly in Divizia C and Divizia D.

In 2003 the club was taken over by a new sponsor, Valahorum.At the end of the 2005–06 season the club finished second in the Seria 2 of the Divizia B.Following the play-offs, played against Forex Braşov and Bihor Oradea, at Stadionul Naţional, the club was promoted to the Liga I for the very first time in its history.