CS Minaur Baia Mare (football)

Minaur Baia Mare
Full nameClubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Nickname(s)Minerii (The Miners)
Băimărenii
(The People from Baia Mare)
Short nameMinaur, Baia Mare
Founded1947
GroundViorel Mateianu
Capacity15,500 (8,000 seated)
OwnerBaia Mare Municipality
ChairmanIustin Balaj
ManagerMarius Popescu
LeagueLiga III
2023–24Liga III, Seria X, 7th
Websitehttp://csminaur.ro/fotbal
Current season
Active departments of CS Minaur Baia Mare
Football Handball
(Men's)		 Handball
(Women's)
Motorsports

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 in Romania's first league, Liga I, last in 1995.

Chronology of names

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Name[1] Period
Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare 1947–1950
Metalul Baia Mare 1950–1956
Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare 1956–1957
Minerul Baia Mare 1957–1958
Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare 1958–1962
Minerul Baia Mare 1962–1975
FC Baia Mare 1975–1985
FC Maramureș Baia Mare 1985–1998
FC Baia Mare 1998–2010
FCM Baia Mare 2012–2016
Minaur Baia Mare 2017–present
  • Note: 2 years of inactivity between 2010 and 2012, and the team was refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the Liga IV.
  • Note: 1 year of inactivity between 2016 and 2017, and the team was refounded as CS Minaur Baia Mare in the Liga IV.

History

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Minaur was founded in 1947, after Phoenix Baia Mare merged with the old club also named Minaur. Following this merger, the new club was named CSM Baia Mare.

The club was dissolved in the summer of 2010 because of financial problems, but was refounded in the summer of 2012 under the name of FCM Baia Mare. Baia Mare was inactive for one season after withdrawing from the upcoming Liga II season due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016.[2] After one season of inactivity the club was refounded as Minaur Baia Mare, the historical name of the sports club, also used by the handball teams. The club was enrolled in the Liga IV – Maramureș County.[3] In contrast to the handball section, the football section is known unofficially as Minerul Baia Mare, one of the past names of the club and the most representative for supporters. Also the football section colours are different from those used for handball, if for handball squads the traditional colours are white, black and orange, for football are yellow and blue.

Timeline

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  • 1947 — CSM Baia Mare after the merger
  • 1950 — The name is changed to Metalul Baia Mare;
  • 1955 — Metalul Baia Mare is relegated in Liga III;
  • 1956 — The team become Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare and win promotion in Liga II;
  • 1957 — The team become Minerul Baia Mare;
  • 1958 — Third name change in three years, this time back to CSM Baia Mare;
  • 1959 — CSM Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup, only to be defeated by Dinamo București;
  • 1962 — Another name change, this time back to Minerul Baia Mare;
  • 1963 — Mircea Sasu become the first player ever to be selected from Minerul Baia Mare into the national team of Romania;
  • 1964 — Minerul Baia Mare win the second series of Liga II and win promotion into Liga I for the first time in their history, Phoenix / Carpati Baia Mare played before the World War II in the First League.
  • 1965 — As the team finish only 13th out of 14 in Liga I, they are relegated after only one year;
  • 1975 — The team become FC Baia Mare;
  • 1978 — FC Baia Mare win promotion into Liga I. It is the third in the history. The Golden Age starts;
  • 1979 — FC Baia Mare finish 5th out of 18 in Liga I;
  • 1980 — The best performance in Liga I as they finish 4th out of 18;
  • 1981 — A poor year followed by relegation back to Liga II, mainly due to internal issues;
  • 1982 — FC Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup where they are defeated by Dinamo București. For the first time in their history FC Baia Mare play in Cup Winners' Cup, against Real Madrid of Spain.
  • 1983 — FC Baia Mare win the fourth promotion in their history into Liga I;
  • 1984 — A poor season in Liga I where the team finish 15th out of 18 but save themselves from relegation;
  • 1985 — FC Baia Mare is relegated back to Liga II. The Golden Era ends. The team become FC Maramureş Baia Mare.
  • 1993 — The Silver Era starts as FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the semifinals of Romanian Cup;
  • 1994 — After a series of average and poor seasons in Liga II during the past decade, FC Maramureş Baia Mare win promotion in Liga I for the fifth time in their history;
  • 1995 — FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the quarter-finals of Romanian Cup, but at the end of the season is relegated back to Liga II. The Silver Era ends.
  • 1998 — Another name change, this time back to FC Baia Mare;
  • 1999 — FC Baia Mare is relegated to Liga III for the second time in their history;
  • 2000 — The team promote back to Liga II;
  • 2001 — Second promotion in only two years, this time in Liga I, as FC Baia Mare win the promotion play-offs, however, the team's owner decides to trade the team's place in Liga I to another team, arguing the lack of financial resources to keep them over the competitional season. FC Baia Mare return to Liga II;
  • 2002 — FC Baia Mare qualify again for promotion play-offs but do not win promotion;
  • 2004 — Relegation in Liga III;
  • 2006 — After two years in Liga III, FC Baia Mare win promotion to Liga II;
  • 2007 — The club is relegated back to Liga III and face serious financial issues. Brazilian Ayres Cerqueira Simao becomes the first foreign player ever to play for FC Baia Mare;
  • 2008 — Despite being in the frame for a promotion back to Liga II, a series of poor results and a players strike due to unpaid wages and bonuses left the club in Liga III for at least one more year. Yet, at the beginning of the 2008 – 09 season the club manage to transfer some players with good experience in Liga I, such as: Daniel Rednic and Sorin Iodi, thus becoming top favourites to win promotion into Liga II.
  • 2009 – FC Baia Mare promoted to the Liga II after finishing first the 2008–09 Liga III.
  • 2010 – Finished 8th in the 2009–10 Liga II season and was dissolved shortly after.
  • 2012 – Refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the Liga IV.
  • 2013 – Promoted to the Liga III.
  • 2015 – Promoted to the Liga II.
  • 2016 – Withdrew from the upcoming Liga II season due to financial difficulties.[2]
  • 2017 – Refounded as Minaur Baia Mare in the Liga IV.
  • 2018 – Promoted to the Liga III.
  • 2020 – Loses Promotion play-off to Comuna Recea
  • 2022 – Promoted to the Liga II after beating Hunedoara in the promotion play-off final
  • 2023 – Relegation to Liga III. The team goes through its worst season, at one time, having just 1 point in 6 games.

Performances

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FC Baia Mare was a finalist in the Romanian Cup in 1959 and 1982, while in the Liga I, their best performance was 4th out of 18 at the end of the 1979–80 season.

The club played in the Liga I in other few occasions: in 1964–65 (13th out of 14), 1978–79 (5th out of 18); 1980–81 (17th out of 18), 1983–84 (15th out of 18), 1984–85 (17th out of 18) and 1994–95 (17th out of 18).

The team played mainly in the Liga II where FC Baia Mare is ranked first in an all-time standing, obtaining the most points and scoring the most goals.

In 1982–83 FC Baia Mare played in Cup Winners' Cup against Real Madrid then coached by Alfredo Di Stéfano. After 0 : 0 in the first leg, FC Baia Mare lost 2–5 in the second leg. Koller and Buzgău scored for the Romanian side on Santiago Bernabeu.

In the summer of 1982, FC Baia Mare played a friendly game against AC Fiorentina in Italy and won 3 : 1. Giancarlo Antognoni and Francesco Graziani, both world champions with Italy at the 1982 World Cup, as well as Daniel Bertoni and Daniel Passarella, both world champions with Argentina at the 1978 World Cup played for AC Fiorentina in that game. This is, without doubt, the greatest achievement of FC Baia Mare to date.

The largest win in Divizia A is against FCM Galaţi, 7 : 1 in August 1979, however the club's finest hour in a Divizia A game came in June 1981 with a tremendous 5 : 0 win against Steaua Bucharest.

Team's records

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    • Winners (4): 1963–64, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1993–94,
    • Runners-up (11): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2001–02
    • Winners (7): 1956, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22
    • Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Cups

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International

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* First Round (1): 1982–83

First leg

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FC Baia Mare Romania0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Second leg

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Real Madrid Spain5–2Romania FC Baia Mare
 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg


Baia Mare Romania 2–5 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 2–5
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 –3
Total 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 –3

Players

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First team squad

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As of 10 September 2024[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Denis Recean
2 DF Romania ROU David Băloi
4 DF Colombia COL Jhon Mondragón
6 MF Romania ROU Raul Saroși
7 MF Romania ROU Sergiu Ciocan
8 MF Romania ROU Denis Matei
9 FW Romania ROU David Ciubăncan
10 MF Romania ROU Mircea Dionca (Captain)
11 FW Romania ROU Raphael Stănescu
12 GK Romania ROU Raul Dumitru
14 DF Romania ROU Abel Stan
17 MF Romania ROU Denis Buhai
19 MF Romania ROU Raul Vitan
20 MF Romania ROU Carlo Erdei
21 DF Romania ROU Marius Potcoavă
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Romania ROU Darius Mureșan
27 DF Romania ROU David Simion
28 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Albu
29 FW Romania ROU Paul Batin
30 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Dulca
44 DF Romania ROU Denis Ispas
47 MF Romania ROU Andrei Orosz
77 GK Romania ROU Emanuel Breban
80 MF Romania ROU Antonio Suciu
81 MF Romania ROU Florin Chitaș
88 MF Romania ROU Mario Coza
93 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Pop
97 DF Romania ROU Laurențiu Achim
99 FW Romania ROU Rareș Babiciu

Out on loan

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

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

Club Officials

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Statistics — Domestic Leagues

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Up to and including the end of 2024–25 season

Pts Pld W D L GF GA
In Liga I (7 seasons) 284 230 83 35 112 267 370
In Liga II (50 seasons) 1625 1442 680 265 497 2308 1696
In Liga III (14 seasons) 266 170 113 30 27 353 122

League and Cup History

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From Minaur Baia Mare to Romania National Football Team

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  • Mircea Sasu 1 (6 caps / 1 goal): 1963: vs. Denmark (1 goal); 1964: vs. Bulgaria, vs. Hungary; 1965: vs. Czechoslovakia; 1966: vs. Portugal, vs. Czechoslovakia;
    1 Mircea Sasu played an extra three games for Romania after he left FC Baia Mare and scored one goal: 1967: vs. East Germany, vs. Congo (1 goal); 1968: vs. Austria.
  • Alexandru Koller: (5 caps / 0 goals): 1976: vs. Iran; 1978: vs. Poland; 1979: vs. East Germany, vs. Poland, vs. USSR
  • Alexandru Terheş: (3 caps / 0 goals): 1978: vs. Poland; 1979: vs. East Germany; 1980: Hungary
  • Romulus Buia: (2 caps / 0 goals): 1991: vs. USA; 1992 vs. Mexico

Famous players

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The following players who played for the club also had caps for their national team.

Famous coaches

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References

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  1. ^ RomanianSoccer.ro, (r). "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor". www.romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "FCM Baia Mare, abandon cu o zi înaintea startului; ACS Berceni rămâne în Ilfov". 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Început de drum pentru Minerul Baia Mare". 13 July 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. ^ "CS Minaur pleacă la drum cu 26 de jucători în sezonul 2019–2020" [CS Minaur starts the 2019–2020 season with 26 players] (in Romanian). minaur.ro. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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