Clubul Sportiv Ocna Mureș commonly known as CS Ocna Mureș or simply Ocna Mureș, is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n football club based in

Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; , , ) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town administers five villages: Cisteiu de Mureș (''Magyarcsesztve''), Micoșlaca (''Miklóslaka''), Războien ...

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

, which currently competes in the Liga IV – Alba County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football. The club was known in the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...

as Solvay Uioara and as Soda Ocna Mureș between 1945 and 2007.

History

The club was founded in 1933 as Solvay Uioara, from the passion of the Belgian baron Solvay – the owner then of the soda factory – to continue the tradition of football in

, began by FC Ocna Mureș still before the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, when the precursor of the team from the town on the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș, a town in Alba Cou ...

has represented the city in the Hungarian Second Division in the 1913–14 season. Solvay Uioara was part of the Northern League Championship (fourth tier) and promoted to

Divizia C 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 ...

at the end of the 1936–37 season winning the Aiud District Championship. In the 1937–38 season, Solvay finished 5th in the Series I of North League of Divizia C.

Honours

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 ...

*Runners-up (3): 1963–64, 1965–66, 2005–06 Liga IV – Alba County * Winners (7): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2017–18, 2019–20 * Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2016–17

Stadium

The stadium from Ocna Mureș was inaugurated on 30 August 1936 with the occasion of the match between Solvay Uioara and IAR Brașov (2–4), and was the first stadium with a lighting system in Romania. With the ultra-modern floodlights of those days, and the good training conditions, they made that the Romanian national team to establish its training camp in the town on the Mureș River. Stadionul Soda, known as Dragostei (Love) Stadium, holds 2000 seats, where 500 of them are covered. The field size is 105x65 with natural grass. There exists a circuit for athletics. In 2015, the stadium was renovated.

Notable former players

Bazil Marian Bazil Marian (7 November 1922 – 19 January 2008) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach. Club career Bazil Marian nicknamed "Bombardierul" (The Bomber) because of his powerful shots was born on 7 November 1922 in Uioara de Sus, Rom ...

* Iosif Lengheriu *

Ioachim Moldoveanu Constantin Ioachim Moldoveanu (17 August 1913 – 31 July 1981) was a Romanian football forward who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

* Cornel Cacoveanu * Ion Voinescu * Alexandru Moldovan * Sebastian Culda * Sorin Corpodean * Ovidiu Maier * Mircea Stanciu * Tiberiu Bălan * Gicu Domșa * Dan Roman

References

CS Ocna Mureș Football clubs in Alba County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1933 establishments in Romania Association football clubs established in 1933 {{romania-footyclub-stub