Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a

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n football

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Alexandria, Romania Alexandria () is the capital city of the Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located south-west of Bucharest, towards the Bulgarian border, and has over 45,000 inhabitants. The 44th parallel north passes just north of the city. Geography ...

, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian

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and is one of the most important football clubs of

Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''crazy forest'' ...

Chronology of names

History

The club was founded under the name ''Unirea Alexandria'' in 1948. The best known players are: Florea Voicilă (a player who represented the

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while playing in the

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for Alexandria) and Florică Mitroi – both home-grown players. Their best performance was 3rd place in the Romanian second league in 1982, above Rapid Bucharest ("Noi n-am uitat ca-n '82/ Voi ne-ati purtat prin Paradis/ Dupa Rapid erati si voi/ Pe locul 3, si n-a fost vis"-catren al regretatului dr. Jean Sardu...) The club formed players like Dan Balauru, Valentin Badea and Basarab Panduru. These players played at the top level or even for the Romania national football team. In 2009 the club lost the promotion play-off for

losing 1–2 against Comprest București. In spite of losing the playoff, the club managed to promote by an administrative decision; the Romanian Football Association announced that FCM Alexandria would play in 2010 in

, Seria IV. In the 2009–2010 season FCM finished in the middle of the table in eighth place. In 2013 the club was relegated to the 4th division,

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Honours

Domestic

Leagues

**Winners (4): 1961–62, 1973–74, 1997–98, 2001–02 **Runners-up (6): 1969–70, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89,

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, 2017–18 * Liga IV – Teleorman County **Winners (4): 1960–61, 1967–68, 2008–09, 2015–16 **Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2014–15

Other performances

*Appearances in

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: 16 *Best finish in Liga II: 3rd place in 1981–82

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Famous managers

* Gheorghe Dungu * Gabriel Raksi

References

External links

* Football clubs in Teleorman County Alexandria, Romania Association football clubs established in 1948 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1948 establishments in Romania {{romania-footyclub-stub