Chindia Targoviste

FCM Târgoviște (1948–2010)

The first football team in the city was founded 1948 and had several names throughout its history, including Metalul Târgoviște (twice), Energia, CS, Oțelul, Chindia and FCM. Despite only spending nine seasons in the top division of Romanian football, the club had a notable generation of players in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which achieved the best ranking in the history of the club—a seventh place at the end of the 1978–79 championship. This "golden generation" included players such as Nicolae Dobrin and Silviu Dumitrescu.

After being relegated in 1984, the club did not recover and only reached the first division again in 1996 under the name of CF Chindia. Even if it was probably not as good as Dumitrescu's generation, this squad consisted of local players and earned the nickname Micul Ajax ("the Little Ajax") for its playing style.

After the team faced financial issues and almost withdrew from the Divizia B championship in 2004, businessman Ghiorghi Zotic took over as owner. However, Zotic's relationship with the Târgoviște Municipality and supporters started to strain, and in March 2010 the Eugen Popescu Stadium rental agreement expired and was not extended. FCM Târgoviște then moved to the Alpan Stadium in Șotânga and started to decline completely; Zotic dissolved the club's senior squad in 2015, keeping only the women's football team. After one year, FCM Târgoviște enrolled in the sixth tier but was dissolved again after two seasons.

Rebirth as Chindia (2010–present)

On 11 August 2010, after the split between Zotic and the Târgoviște Municipality and supporters, the Municipality, together with Romanian former footballer Gheorghe Popescu and in association with former international referee Ion Crăciunescu, set up a new football club named FC Chindia. The club was first conceived as a football academy, similar to the model of the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy within Viitorul Constanța.

After only one season, the club was promoted to the Liga II, but after a seventh place at the end of the 2011–12 edition it relegated back to the Liga III. This relegation resulted in tensions within the club, with Popescu and Crăciunescu choosing to leave the project. Owned by Târgoviște Municipality and Dâmbovița County Council, Chindia returned to the second tier after two seasons, led from the bench by Nicolae Croitoru. After the second promotion to Liga II, Chindia became a more homogeneous team, consisting mostly of local players, as in the previous times of success of its predecessor (late 1970s, early 1980s and mid-1990s). "The Little Ajax" achieved a third place and then a fifth place, before missing out on promotion after a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off against Voluntari at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Finally, Chindia secured its promotion to Liga I at the end of the 2018–19 campaign by winning the second division outright. The promotion meant that the supporters were able to see a team from Târgoviște in the top flight again after 21 years of absence, the last time being when the defunct FCM Târgoviște played in the 1997–98 Divizia A. Chindia finished its inaugural Liga I season on the last place in the table, but was spared from relegation after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against Mioveni. The following year, the club equalled FCM's best result in the league championship by winning the relegation play-outs and coming seventh overall.

In 2023, Chindia returned to the Liga II after four years by finishing the 2022–23 season on the 15th place overall.