Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional

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club from Focşani,

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''.

History

The club was founded in 1953, as ''Spartac Focșani'' and over its history had various names like: ''Progresul'', ''Rapid'', ''Fructexport'', ''Acord'', ''Diplomatic'' and the most popular for Romanian football fans ''Unirea''. During its tumultuous history CSM Focșani had a lot of ups and downs and also another two refounding moments, in 2002 and 2006, but the highest level achieved by the team was only Liga II. Than the team was dissolved again in the summer of 2013, but only at senior level. In the summer of 2016, the senior team was refounded and enrolled in Liga IV – Vrancea County.

Chronology of names

Stadium

CSM Focșani plays its home matches on

Stadionul Milcovul Stadionul Milcovul, also known as Stadionul Milcovul Sud, is a multi-use stadium in Focşani, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known ...

from Focșani, which has a capacity of 8,500 seats.

Honours

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

*Winners (5): 1973–74, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1998–99, 2006–07 *Runners-up (4): 1968–69, 1977–78, 2021–22, 2023-24 Liga IV – Vrancea County *Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Former managers

Valentin Stănescu Valentin Stănescu (20 November 1922 – 4 April 1994) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager. Club career Valentin Stănescu also known as "Tinel" or "Zimbrul" ( The bison) was born on 20 November 1922 in București, Romania and starte ...

(1958–1959) * Costică Marinescu (1972–1974) *

Costel Orac Costel Orac (born 22 January 1959) is a Romanian retired Association football, footballer and current coach. Club career Costel Orac was born on 22 January 1959 in Galați. He made his Liga I, Divizia A debut on 22 August 1976, playing for FCM ...

(1992–1994) *

Ioan Sdrobiș Ioan "Părintele" Sdrobiș (born 9 March 1946) is a Romanian former football manager. As a manager Sdrobiș was well known for promoting young players in the teams he trained and to be a team maker, hence the nickname, ''Părintele'' (The Father ...

(1999) * Ionuț Chirilă (2002–2004) *

Marius Bratu Marius Bratu (born 27 February 1973) is a Romanian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of CS Dinamo. He played as a goalkeeper for Rapid București, FCM Bacău or Astra Ploiești, among other teams. After retirement, he was the ...

(2019) *

(2021–2022) *

Octavian Grigore Octavian "Tavi" Grigore (15 July 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Urlați, Prahova County, Grigore played as a centre-back and spent his entire career at nearby team Petrolul Ploie� ...

(2023– )

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Focsani Multi-sport clubs in Romania Football clubs in Vrancea County Association football clubs established in 1953 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1953 establishments in Romania

CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional football club from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''. History The club was founded in 1953 as ''S ...