CSM Știința Baia Mare, commonly referred to as Știința Baia Mare (), is a Romanian professional rugby union club based in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

that competes in the Liga de Rugby Kaufland, Romania's top division of rugby.

History

Originally founded in 1977 as Racemin Baia Mare, Știința Baia Mare quickly rose to prominence in the Romanian rugby scene. Despite encountering formidable competition from clubs such as Steaua București and Dinamo București, Baia Mare solidified its position as a dominant force in the Romanian rugby championship. The pinnacle of their early success came in the 1980–81 season when they clinched their first tournament victory, the Romanian Cup, in a thrilling match against Dinamo București, which left the local fans in Baia Mare ecstatic. Building on this momentum, Baia Mare secured their inaugural Romanian championship in the 1989–90 season, during what is often regarded as the golden era of Romanian rugby throughout the 1980s. However, sustaining their initial success proved challenging, and Baia Mare experienced a period of fluctuating fortunes. They managed to add two more Romanian Cup trophies to their cabinet in 1990 and 1999, respectively, but significant championship titles eluded them until 2009 when they clinched their second championship title, two decades after their first. In the subsequent years, Știința Baia Mare regained their dominance in Romanian rugby, winning the championship four times within the last decade. However, unlike in previous years, they faced stiff competition from USV Timișoara during their championship campaigns.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

* Liga de Rugby Kaufland **Winners (9): 1989–90, 2008–09,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 2011, 2014, 2018–19, 2019–20,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

**Runners-up (8): 1987–88, 1990–91, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18,

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Cups

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 (6): 1980–81, 1989–90, 1998–99, 2010, 2012, 2020 **Runners-up (13): 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017–18,

*Cupa Regelui **Winners (2) – Record: 2016, 2017 **Runners-up (1): 2015

Continental

*Central and Eastern European Rugby Union Cup **Winners (2) – Record: 2009–10, 2010–11

Current squad

Coaching staff

References

External links

Liga de Rugby Kaufland Squad Details
{{Liga de Rugby Kaufland Rugby union teams in Romania Rugby clubs established in 1977 1977 establishments in Romania Sport in Baia Mare