In 1976, CSU played the Cupa României Final, but lost 0–1 against Steaua București.

[1][2] Știința Galați was founded in 1953 as a football section within the multi-sports club with the same name.

In 1972, the club changes its name to CSU Galați and after four years it has achieved the best performance in the club's history, qualifying in the final of the 1975–1976 season of Cupa României as a Divizia B team, where it lost in front of Steaua București.

[1][2] Because that year Steaua București also won the Divizia A championship, CSU Galați represented Romania in the European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated by the Portuguese team Boavista Porto.

[7] In 2020, during the winter break, CSU Galați withdrew from Liga III and was dissolved again.