in the middle part of the table: 1965–66 – 7th, 1966–67 – 9th, 1967–68 – 5th and 1968–69 – 5th, in this last season, when they equaled the best performance up to that point, achieved just one year before, the team was coached by the well-known Petre Steinbach and the squad included players such as: Mitrofan, Argeșanu, Olteanu, Iencsi, Gheorghe, Zaharia, Dragu, Seceleanu, Onica, Negustoru, Pătrașcu, Meder, Ciocârlan or Niţă. After his departure, the team had a fall and finished the 1969–70 season only in the 12th place, but enough to ensure its participation in the next edition of the championship. Followed a few seasons with mediocre rankings: 1970–71 – 8th, 1971–72 – 10th, 1972–73 – 13th and 1973–74 – 6th. In the 1974–75 season the squad had a great course under the coach Al.Constantinescu, surpassing their best performance ever until then and finishing the championship on the 4th place, at only 1 point behind 3rd place (Gloria Buzău) and 4 points behind the 2nd place (Progresul Brăila). As well as at its last notable performance the team fell in the following seasons, occupying places in the middle to bottom area of the league table: 1975–76 – 13th, 1976–77 – 10th and 1977–78 – 12th. In the summer of 1978 the club changed its name from Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț to Relon Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and made one of the weakest seasons since its last promotion in 1965, finishing on the 15th place out of 18 and relegating to Divizia C, after 14 years in the second league. To note the more than tight league table of the first series in that season, between 4th place (FC Constanța) and 17th place (Victoria Tecuci) being a difference of just 6 points. In the summer of 1979 Relon Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț changed its name again, back to the old one, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Ceahlăul turned out to be again a much stronger team that the level of the third league and promoted back in the second league after only one season, finishing the 1st, with 7 points more than the 2nd place, occupied by Foresta Fălticeni. Back in the Divizia B, Ceahlăul started with a new coach, Dumitru Dumitriu, but also started again its middle table evolutions: 1980–81 – 9th, 1981–82 – 10th and 1982–83 – 7th. In 1983 V.Copil was hired as the new coach and the team seemed to regain its