Clubul Sportiv Ocna Mureș commonly known as CS Ocna Mureș or simply Ocna Mureș, is a

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n football club based in

Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Salinae, hu, Marosújvár, german: Miereschhall) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town is situated next to a large deposit of salt, mined in the ...

, Alba County, which currently competes in the Liga IV – Alba County, the fourth tier of the

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. The club was known in the interwar period as Solvay Uioara and as Soda Ocna Mureș between 1945 and 2007.

History

The club was founded in 1933 as Solvay Uioara, from the passion of the Belgian baron Solvay – the owner then of the soda factory – to continue the tradition of football in

, began by FC Ocna Mureș still before the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, when the precursor of the team from the town on the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Sali ...

has represented the city in the Hungarian Second Division in the 1913–14 season.

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 ...

*Runners-up (1): 1963–64 Liga IV – Alba County * Winners (7): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2017–18, 2019–20 * Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2016–17

Stadium

The stadium from Ocna Mureș was inaugurated on 30 August 1936 with the occasion of the match between Solvay Uioara and IAR Brașov (2-4), and was the first stadium with a lighting system in Romania. With the ultra-modern floodlights of those days, and the good training conditions, they made that the Romanian national team to establish its training camp in the town on the Mureș River. Stadionul Soda, known as Dragostei (Love) Stadium, holds 2000 seats, where 500 of them are covered. The field size is 105x65 with natural grass. There exists a circuit for athletics. In 2015, the stadium was renovated.

Notable former players

Bazil Marian Bazil Marian (7 November 1922 – 19 January 2008) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach. Club career Bazil Marian nicknamed "Bombardierul" (The Bomber) because of his powerful shots was born on 7 November 1922 in Uioara de Sus, Rom ...

* Iosif Lengheriu * Ioachim Moldoveanu * Cornel Cacoveanu *

Ion Voinescu Ion "Țop" Voinescu (18 April 1929 – 9 March 2018) was a Romanian footballer, who is often considered one of the finest goalkeepers Romania has ever produced. Voinescu joined his first club, Olympia București, in 1939 just before the start ...

Alexandru Moldovan Alexandru Moldovan (born 23 August 1950, in Ocna Mureș) is a Romanian football manager and former midfielder. Career Playing career Moldovan played for Dinamo Bucharest, Crişul Oradea, Jiul Petroșani, Progresul București, Victoria Bucur ...

* Sorin Corpodean *

Ovidiu Maier Ovidiu Maier (born 2 February 1971) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for CS Ocna Mureş. A precocious talent, Maier was given the nickname ''Motanul'' (The Tomcat), a name that stuck with him throughout his career. In summer 2022 ...

* Mircea Stanciu * Tiberiu Balan *

Ioan Andone Ioan Andone (; born 15 March 1960) is a Romanian football coach and former player. Club career Ioan Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul" was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca and when he was 14 years old he played basketball and football simultane ...

* Gicu Domșa

References

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