Before World War II, the main local team of the city of Botoșani was "Venus". After the war ended, the team was successively named "Flamura Roșie", "Textila" and "Unirea", and played mostly in the regional championship and the third division (Divizia C) without significant performances. In 1973, the team was renamed "CS Botoșani". It won their series in the 1974–75 Divizia C and promoted for the first time to Divizia B, but only for a year. The team played again in Divizia B in the 1977–78 season, but was again relegated.