CSM Avântul Reghin

Avântul Reghin
Full nameClub Sportiv Municipal
Avântul Reghin
Nickname(s)Alb-Albaștrii
(The White and Blues)
Short nameAvântul
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
GroundMunicipal
Capacity5,000
OwnerReghin Municipality
ChairmanOvidiu Marian
ManagerSandu Borș
LeagueLiga III
2023–24Liga III, Seria IX, 8th

Club Sportiv Municipal Avântul Reghin, commonly known as Avântul Reghin is a Romanian professional football club from Reghin, Mureș County and currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

The club was founded in summer 1949 and soon played in the Romanian first league, finishing 13th (last) in the 1955 season. Since then, it has played only in Liga II and Liga III.

Over time, the club has had several names: IPEIL Reghin (1949–1950), Avântul Reghin (1950–1957), Recolta Reghin (1957–1958), Partizanul Reghin (1958–1959), Avântul Reghin (1959–1965), Progresul Reghin (1965–1966), Voința Reghin (1966–1968), and since 1968 it is known as Avântul Reghin.[1]

History

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In Reghin, football was played in an organized way even before the First World War, as noted by Professor Ioan Costea in the book Avântul Reghin - Football and honor. In the interwar period the strongest local team was Victoria, but with the development of the economy of the main factories in the city they established their own teams to motivate their workers. This is how the formations Foresta Română, Partizanul, Nautica, Producția, Recolta, Progresul and Rapid appeared and these will later form the core and foundation of Avântul Reghin.[2]

In 1946, three of the strongest Reghin football teams (Foresta Română, Nautica and Cărămida) merged out of the desire for performance to form the Foresta Reghin. The results are seen quite quickly, the team reaching the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup in the 1947–48 season, but in 1949, following the nationalization in Romania and of IPEIL, the factory that sustained the team, Foresta was metamorphoses into a new team led by Wajda Janos. The official date of establishment of the new team is 16 June 1949 under the name of IPEIL Reghin changed few months later to Avântul Reghin.[2]

In 1952, Avântul managed to promoted to second division and, after an 11th place in the 1953 season, the white and blues won the Series II of the 1954 season of Divizia B and promoted to Divizia A. The squad led by Alexandru Schwartz was composed of: Cojocaru, Szekes - Katona II, Bartha, Tonița, Veszi, Feher, Lukacs, Katona I, Constantinescu, Balint, Nistor, Eles, Mateon, Farago, Munteanu and Asztalos I.[3]

In 2008, the team finished second in the third league and participated at the play-offs for the promotion to Liga II. It made a good impression[citation needed] but failed to qualify. Same in 2016.

Honours

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Liga I

  • Best Finish 13th 1955

Liga II

Liga III

Liga IV – Mureș County

Players

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First team squad

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As of 6 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Claudiu Bucin (Captain)
2 DF Romania ROU Cătălin Bugnar
3 DF Romania ROU Cristian Merdariu
4 MF Romania ROU Sergiu Luca (on loan from CFR II Cluj)
6 MF Romania ROU Raul Suciu
7 MF Romania ROU Marian Șerbănați
8 DF Romania ROU Florin Truță (Vice-Captain)
9 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Ghiță (on loan from Bistrița)
10 MF Romania ROU Petruț Chirlejan
11 MF Romania ROU Mario Pop
12 GK Romania ROU Erik Grosz
13 MF Romania ROU Paul Luca
14 MF Romania ROU Cristian Dumitru
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Bucur
18 DF Romania ROU Bogdan Oltean
19 MF Romania ROU Ovidiu Panga
20 MF Romania ROU David Potor
21 FW Romania ROU Adrian Murar
22 MF Romania ROU Andrei Enescu
23 FW Romania ROU Vlad Bujor
24 DF Romania ROU Dragoș Marinescu
25 DF Romania ROU Emanuel Șipoș
29 MF Romania ROU Csaba Boni
33 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Chirilă
99 GK Romania ROU Attila Gál

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

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League history

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Former managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Istoria clubului" [Club history]. avantulreghin.ro. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Avântul Reghin? între agonie şi extaz" [Avântul Reghin? between agony and ecstasy]. punctul.ro. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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