Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, 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 ...

n professional

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 Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

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

n 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 The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

. 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 from

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...

, 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 (3): 1968–69, 1977–78, 2021–22 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

References

External links

Official website
* {{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 ' ...