Clubul Sportiv Municipal Mihai Viteazu Vulcan, commonly known as CSM Vulcan, or unofficially as ''Minerul Vulcan'', is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in

Vulcan Vulcan may refer to: Mythology * Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in Roman mythology Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * Vulcan (''Star Trek''), name of a fictional race and their home p ...

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak as ...

. Founded in 1921 as CS Vulcan and re-founded in 2016 as CSM Mihai Viteazu Vulcan, the club currently playing in the Liga IV – Hunedoara County.

History

The club was established in 1921 and played for the first time in the 1922–23 season of the Arad Regional Championship, when it managed to occupied the 5th place. In 1924, CS Vulcan merged with

CAMP Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...

to form UCASP (Uniunea Cluburilor Sportive ale Societății Petroșani – Sports Club Association of Petroșani Society). From February 1926 the merger ceases, the team from Vulcan being renamed as Minerul. In 1927 a new merger takes place, this time the three teams from

Jiu Valley The Jiu Valley ( ro, Valea Jiului ) is a region in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and th ...

(CAMP, Jiul Lupeni and Minerul Vulcan) will played under the name of

Jiul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly known as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County which competes in Liga IV – Hunedoara County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. Establ ...

. The merger is abandoned In 1929, and the team from Vulcan will continue under the name of Minerul, but only for a short period because the mines in the locality are closing, and thus football is also abandoned. In 1939, the Vulcan team resumed its activity under the name of Antigaz, but only until 1944, when the Antigaz factory was closed. In 1955, with the reopening of the mine in the locality, the football team reappears, for which a stadium is also built in the Coroești area. In the 1957–58 season, Minerul Vulcan ocuppied 12th place in the Hunedoara Regional Championship. Follow ten consecutive seasons in the regional championship in which was ranked as follows: 7th (1958–59), 7th (1959–60) in the Valea Jiului Series, 1st (1960–61) in the Valea Jiului Series, losing the promotion play-off with Minerul Deva (1–1 and 0–3 on the green table after the team from Vulcan left the field dissatisfied with the refereeing), 4th (1961–62), 4th (1962–63), 7th (1963–64), 8th (1964–65), 9th (1965–66), 13th (1966–67), 10th (1967–68) in the Valea Jiului Series. After many years in the regional or county championships, Minerul Vulcan promoted in

Divizia C 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 ...

at the end of the 1976–77 season. With coach Gheorghe Kotormany on the bench and with players like Șarpe, Constantin, Viluț Oltean (goalkeepers), Polgar, Constantin Cătuți, Haiduc, Văduva, Achim, Croitoru, M. Pecsar, Dan Voicu, Justin Stoenescu, Ludovic Ferenczi, Octavian Popescu, Nemeș, Iacov, Zaharia Aruncuțeanu, Traian Moldovan among others, Minerul won Hunedoara County Championship and the promotion play-off against the winner of Arad County Championship, Libertatea Arad (1–2 away and 3–0 at home). Minerul was struggled to survive to third division, finishing the next three seasons in fourteenth place ( 1977–78) one point ahead of second-bottom, eleventh ( 1978–79) avoiding relegation by two points and eighth ( 1979–80) at just one point above the relegation zone. In the summer of 1980, Minerul Vulcan merged with Știinta Petroșani to form Minerul Știinta Vulcan.

Honours

Liga IV – Hunedoara County *Winners (4): 1976–77, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2011–12 *Runners-up (5): 1972–73, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2021–22

References

Hunedoara County Association football clubs established in 1921 Football clubs in Hunedoara County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1921 establishments in Romania Mining association football teams in Romania {{Romania-footyclub-stub