ACS Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe or commonly Sepsi SIC is a

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professional club based in

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between ...

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. The former club was ''Sepsi BC'', but it was dissolved in 2012 and replaced by Sepsi SIC. The club competes in the

Romanian First League Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

and for the first time in the

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in the 2013–14 season.

History

At the beginning of the 2012–2013 season, the objective of the club was to bring the fans back to the arena, in order to forget the chaotic precedent season. The objective was to qualify for the championships' playoffs. This was realised, Sepsi SIC played in the playoffs but was eliminated by

CSU Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Alba Iulia, also known as CS Universitatea Alba Iulia, or simply as CSU Alba Iulia, is a Romanian football team based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, which currently plays in Liga III, the third tier of Romanian footbal ...

. The club also took part in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup in

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...

. Finally, Sepsi SIC ended the season at the fifth place. No club decided to register to the 2013–14 EuroCup, therefore Sepsi SIC, whose financial situation was solid, was given a vacant Romanian place. * In the 2007/2008 season the team finished in the 2nd place in the regular season, and lost the final (2-3) against

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, but they won the Romanian Cup. * In the 2008/2009 season the team finished in the 3rd position after the regular season and they lost in the final (0-3) against MCM Târgoviște. * In the 2008/2009 season ''LMK Sepsi BC'' played in the FIBA EuroCup Women. In the EuroCup Women 2008–09, the team was drawn in Group B with

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(Russia), Bnot Hasharon (Israel), and Challes-les-Eaux (France). They finished in the 3rd place with 3 wins and 3 losses. In the Sixteenth-Finals they met Taranto Cras Basket (Italy) and they lost both games. * LMK Sepsi BC participated in EuroCup Women 2009–10 and was drawn in Group G with

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, and

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. They finished in the 3rd place with 2 wins and 4 defeats. In the Sixteenth-Finals they met Mann Filter Zaragoza and they lost both games. * In the 2009/2010 season the team finished in the 2nd position after the regular season, but they lost in the semifinals of the play-off against BC ICIM Univ. Vasile Goldiș Arad (1–2). They finished in the 3rd place beating CSM Satu Mare (2–0) and they won the bronze medals in the Romanian Championship and in the Romanian Cup too. * In the 2010/2011 season the team finished in the 3rd position after the regular season, they lost in the semifinals of the play-off against BC ICIM Univ. Vasile Goldiș Arad (1–2). They finished in the 3rd place beating BCM Danzio Timișoara (2–0) and they won the bronze medals in the Romanian Championship and in the Romanian Cup too. *In the 2015–2016 season the club won the Romanian Cup and for the first time won the Romanian Championship, beating in the Final

(3–0).

Honours

Liga Națională : Disc Plain yellow dark

Winners (7): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 : Silver medal blank

Runners-up (1): 2014–15 Campioana Romania

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

Winners (9): 2007–08, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 : Silver medal blank

Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2016–17

Current roster

References

External links

Official website

FIBA Europe profil
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