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

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club from

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

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 ...

and is one of the most important football clubs of Teleorman County.

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 national team 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 Valentin Vasile Badea (born 23 October 1982 in Alexandria) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a striker. His last contract was with Liga II team UTA Arad. Club career *On 2001 Jiul bought Badea for €1,000 from Rulmentul Alex ...

and

Basarab Panduru Basarab Nică Panduru (born 11 July 1970) is a Romanian retired footballer and currently television pundit for Telekom Sport. Playing career Born in Mârzănești, Romania, Panduru started his professional career with CSM Reşiţa where he pla ...

. These players played at the top level or even for the

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. 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, Liga IV.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

**Winners (4): 1961–62, 1973–74, 1997–98, 2001–02 **Runners-up (6): 1969–70, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 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 Gheorghe Dungu (5 April 1929 – 15 June 2023) was a Romanian football manager and footballer. Club career Gheorghe Dungu was born on 5 April 1929 in Bucharest, Romania and when he was 6 years old his family moved to Făgăraș where he started ...

Gabriel Raksi Gabriel Raksi (1 November 1938 – 12 April 2002) was a Romanian international football player. Career He made his first steps in the football career ever since 1951, joining the team Metalul Oradea (coached by Al. Pop). The next team he j ...

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