Popești-Leordeni

The club was founded in 2011 under the name Club Sportiv Popești-Leordeni, with the aim of reviving senior football in the town following the dissolution in 2009 of Inter Gaz București and Viscofil Popești-Leordeni. The initiative was led by Petre Iacob, the future mayor of Popești-Leordeni, alongside Liviu Mirea and Petre Tănase, with the newly formed team being composed exclusively of local players.

The team was enrolled in Liga V Ilfov County, the fifth tier of the Romanian football league system and the second level of county football. In its debut season, under head coach Petre Pașculea, the White and Reds won the competition and secured promotion to Liga IV Ilfov County.

In the 2012–13 season, the team moved to the newly renovated Inter Gaz Stadium, with Petre Pașculea serving as technical director. The team was coached by Aurel Ungureanu until April 2013, when, following a short interim spell under Nicolae Laicu, former Romanian international Adrian Iencsi was appointed head coach, leading the team to a 2nd place finish both in the regular season and after the county play-off. The squad included among others Ed. Voicu, C. Nicolae, Popică, Moldoveanu, Țane, N. Dumitru, Oancea, C. Cristea, Zaharia, Nicolescu, C. Ene, Bernard, Șt. Alexandru, R. Gheorghe, Stoican, Ov. Dumitrescu, M. Ștefan, B. Nicu and Ciubeică.

However, in 2013, the club merged with Gloria Cornești, a newly promoted side from Liga IV Dâmbovița County, taking its place in Liga III under the name Gloria Popești-Leordeni and appointing Sorin Colceag as the new head coach. Competing in Series II, Gloria finished 5th in the regular season and qualified for the play-off round, where it ended the 2013–14 campaign in 6th place. Colceag left the Ilfov-based side during the summer break to join top-flight club Universitatea Cluj as an assistant coach and was replaced by Tudorel Stanciu, who guided the team to a 7th-place finish in the 2014–15 season.

During the winter break of the 2015–16 season, amid financial difficulties and administrative issues related to the club's funding, Gloria turned to local youngsters for the second half of the campaign, while Tudorel Stanciu was replaced by Viorel Dinu, who took over as player-coach and guided the team to an 11th-place finish.

In the following season, Popești-Leordeni started with Gabriel Ilaș as head coach, who led the team to the fourth round of the Cupa României before being replaced by Dan Păun during the first half of the campaign. Viorel Dinu took over during the winter break and guided the team to a 6th-place finish in Series II.