The club was founded in the summer of 2007 after the merger of Gaz Metan Podari and CFR Craiova.

They finished second in the series and participated in the play-offs for the promotion to the Liga II, but failed to qualify.

Worthy of notice, the club promoted to the Liga II just two years into its existence.

Gaz Metan lost only one game in the second part of the season and kept the third place in the championship until the end.

Because FC Timişoara, the team that finished first, didn't receive the licence for the first division, the Romanian Football Federation decided that the third place should promote instead.