Combinatul de Industrializare a Lemnului Sighetu Marmației, commonly known as CIL Sighetu Marmației, was a

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n football club based in

Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; or ''Siget''; , ; ; ), until 1960 Sighet, is a city in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. Geography Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river o ...

, being one of the top teams of the

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...

during the

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, alongside

FC Baia Mare Minaur Baia Mare, known also as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, founded in 1947. It currently plays in Romania's third division, Liga III. It played for seven seasons ...

and Minerul Cavnic.

History

Early days

In 1936, along with the foundation of

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

, it was created the first football club from

, named ''Maramureșul''. After the dissolution of the third tier of Romanian football, Maramureșul continued to play in regional football leagues. When the

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ended, the team was renamed ''Tisa Sighet'', after the river

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, which separates Sighet from

Solotvyno Solotvyno (also Solotvina; ; ; or ; ; , ; ) is a rural settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River opposite the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmației. The village' ...

village found in

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. After the best

season since foundation, the team won the promotion to

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, but relegates after just one season back to the third tier, being renamed ''C.F.R.''.Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran, ''Fotbal de la A la Z'', Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1984 After another season,

was again dissolved, but, after six years, the competition was re-founded and the Sighet-based team played again under a new name : ''Recolta''. In the following years, the team is renamed several times: ''Tisa'', then ''Stăruința'' and ''Foresta''. In 1966, the team, under the name ''Forestiera Sighet'', relegates into

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C.I.L. Sighet

At the end of 1967–68 season, the team wins the promotion to

, changing for the last time its name, to CIL Sighetu Marmației, after the wood-processing factory based in the town. The 1974–75 season saw CIL Sighet winning the

10th group and the promotion to

for the second time. The first

season after twenty-seven years seals the club's best performance ever: the fifth position in the Romanian second tier. After only three seasons, the team relegates again to Liga III, but gains the promotion after only a season. The team spends another three seasons in Liga II, relegating at the end of 1983–84 season and promoting again after another year, when it played for the first time in the third league against another Sighet-based team: ISSM Sighetu Marmației. After the 1990–91 season, the team relegates for the last time to

Dissolution

After the

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, which sealed the

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, the team lost its financial support and struggled to survive for a year and a half. In 1990, the team won the promotion to Liga II, but after only a season, in 1991, CIL relegated to the third league. At the beginning of 1991–92 season, CIL Sighet, alongside Oaşul Negrești-Oaș and Rapid Jibou, retired from the championship and disappeared.

Notable players

* Grigore Arezanov * Vasile Caciureac * Iosif Roman *

Emerich Dembrovschi Emeric Dembroschi (born 6 October 1945) is a retired Romanian football striker. Club career Emerich Dembrovschi was born on 6 October 1945 in Câmpulung la Tisa, Romania and started to play football in the Romanian lower leagues at Foresta Sig ...

Notable Managers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sighetu Marmatiei Association football clubs established in 1936 Association football clubs disestablished in 1991 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Maramureș County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs 1936 establishments in Romania 1991 disestablishments in Romania