The highest position it achieved prior to the merger was fourth place on three occasions, and it also played a Cupa României final in 2005.

[note 1] Farul Constanța is known for its academy, which was inherited from Gheorghe Hagi, the joint top goalscorer of the Romania national team.

The new club was registered for the Divizia B play-off with four other regional champions: Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești, Dinamo Oltenița, Progresul CPCS București and Bucegi Câmpulung Pitești.

After the last game, an away 1–0 win against Dinamo Bârlad, the players were welcomed at Constanța's old train station by a large crowd which had come to celebrate the promotion.

The team consisted of Nebela, Doicescu, Zlotea, Mark, Tatomir, Jarnea (Bedivan, Manta), Vultur, Neli Ispas, Gogu Cojocaru, Sever, Cristof, Bobi Georgescu, Gigi Datcu, Linzoiu, Keszkei, coached by Ion Troancă.

The team was strengthened with players from Politehnica Timișoara, CFR București and Flamura Roșie Arad, and had a new coach: Eugen Mladin.

Its debut match, on 23 March 1955, was a fourth-round league game between Locomotiva and defending champions Flamura Roșie Arad.

Due to the failure of newcomers Brânzei, Stancu and Vasilescu to mesh with the team, at the end of the 1960–61 season Farul finished 13th and was relegated with CSMS Iași and Corvinul Hunedoara.

Farul Constanța won its second consecutive title in the U-19 league, with students of Gheorghe Smărăndescu defeating Dinamo București 2–1 in the final.

In 1963–64, they finished eighth after occupying third place at the end of the first half; all-time goal-scorer Marin Tufan scored 62 goals.

Their qualification for the 1964–66 Balkans Cup was their first participation in European competitions; on 28 April 1965, Farul drew away with Spartak Plovdiv 1–1.

The final of the competition was Romanian; Farul met Rapid București, but lost on aggregate after a 3–3 draw in Bucharest and a 0–2 loss in Constanța.

They could not replicate their home form in the away matches, however, losing all three: 0–4 against Vardar, 0–3 against AEK Athens, and 1–5 versus Lokomotiv Sofia.

Their results were 3–1 and 2–1 against Gençlerbirliği, two 1–2 losses at Shkodër and Stara Zagora, followed by a 2–1 win against Vllaznia in Constanța and a 1–2 defeat against Beroe.

The team was renamed FC Constanța during the summer of 1973, finished fourth at the end of the next season, and qualified for the 1975 Balkans Cup.

Despite weaker results, the team contributed Gheorghe Hagi, Constantin Gache, Ștefan Petcu, Ion Moldovan, and others to Romanian football.

Financial problems and lack of local municipal interest left their mark on the team in 1999–2000, after which the Sharks were relegated to Divizia B.

Before the last match, the Sailors were in 13th position; they then lost 1–2 against FC Onești and finished 15th, relegated after 12 years on the first stage of Romanian football.

[8] Motivated to return to the first stage, the Constănțenii and Sportul Studențesc dominated Divizia B and finished the 2000–01 season in second place with 74 points.

[8] Farul continued its good form during the next season, when it reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup before it was eliminated by Național București 2–4 on aggregate.

The next season was full of emotion, with the club receiving its Liga II license late because of growing financial problems and finishing 13th.

[12] The new club retained Farul's white-and-blue colors and adopted its old logo with Constanța's lighthouse, the Black Sea and a seagull in flight.

[14] In the summer of 2018, former Romanian international footballer Ciprian Marica bought the Farul Constanța brand for €49,150 (228,892 RON).

[17] Marica announced his plans for the club in his first press conference as Farul's owner, including promotion back to Liga I by 2020 and slowly building a team for the European competitions and league title.

The club's march towards their first league title experienced a setback after a 1–2 defeat loss to FCSB on match day four, reducing the gap between the teams to two points.

[22] A 1–0 victory by CFR ended Cluj's five-championship run, turning the league into a two-horse race between Farul and FCSB.

Originally known as Stadionul 1 Mai, the stadium was opened in 1955 and had the shape of the letter "U", but subsequently it was expanded with another stand, finally reaching the capacity of 15,520 seats.

[25] After the bankruptcy of the club in 2016, the new entity has encountered administrative problems that have prevented the team from playing on the stadium for more than a year and a half.

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