CSM Alexandria

Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs of Teleorman County.

This article is about the football section of CSM Alexandria. For the women's basketball section, see CSM Alexandria (women's basketball).
CSM Alexandria
Full nameClub Sportiv Municipal Alexandria
Nickname(s)Alexăndrenii
(The Alexandria People)
Rulmentul
(The Bearing)
Short nameAlexandria
Founded1948 (1948)
as Unirea Alexandria
GroundPeco
Capacity1,000
OwnerAlexandria Municipality
ChairmanBogdan Ciobanu
ManagerTinel Petre
LeagueLiga III
2019–20Liga III, Seria III, 4th

Chronology of names
Name[1] Period
Unirea Alexandria 1948–1961
Progresul Alexandria 1961–1967
Comerţul Alexandria 1967–1972
Automatica Alexandria 1972–1976
Unirea Alexandria 1976–1978
Rulmentul Alexandria 1978–1981
Unirea Alexandria 1981–1985
Automatica Alexandria 1985–1988
Unirea Alexandria 1988–1990
Rulmentul Alexandria 1990–1991
Unirea Alexandria 1991–1996
FC Alexandria 1996–1997
Rulmentul Alexandria 1997–2008
FCM Alexandria 2008–2018
CSM Alexandria 2018–present

History

The club was founded under the name Unirea Alexandria in 1948.

The best known players are: Florea Voicilă (a player who represented the national team while playing in the second division for Alexandria) and Florică Mitroi – both home-grown players. Their best performance was 3rd place in the Romanian second league in 1982, above Rapid Bucharest ("Noi n-am uitat ca-n '82/ Voi ne-ati purtat prin Paradis/ Dupa Rapid erati si voi/ Pe locul 3, si n-a fost vis"-catren al regretatului dr. Jean Sardu...)

The club formed players like Dan Balauru, Valentin Badea and Basarab Panduru. These players played at the top level or even for the Romania national football team.

In 2009 the club lost the promotion play-off for Liga III losing 1–2 against Comprest București. In spite of losing the playoff, the club managed to promote by an administrative decision; the Romanian Football Association announced that FCM Alexandria would play in 2010 in Liga III, Seria IV.

In the 2009–2010 season FCM finished in the middle of the table in eighth place.

In 2013 the club was relegated to the 4th division, Liga IV.

Honours

Leagues

Other performances
  • Appearances in Liga II: 16
  • Best finish in Liga II: 3rd place in 1981–82

Players

First team squad
As of 1 November 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ROU Robert Apostol
— GK  ROU Iosif Cristică
— GK  ROU Florin Olteanu (Captain)
— DF  ROU Cosmin Ciocoteală
— DF  ROU Ovidiu Gheorghe
— DF  ROU Robert Lupoaica
— DF  ROU Robert Mohora
— DF  ROU Răzvan Olteanu (on loan from Sporting)
— DF  ROU Eduard Sîrbu
— DF  ROU Cornel Suciu
— MF  ROU Mihai Chiriac
— MF  ROU Cătălin Desculțu
— MF  ROU Gabriel Desculțu
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ROU Sabin Iakabfi (on loan from Vaslui)
— MF  ROU Mario Ioana
— MF  ROU Flavius Julea
— MF  ROU Leonard Manole
— MF  ROU Marius Mitran
— MF  ROU Ionuț Olteanu
— MF  ROU Antonio Popa
— MF  ROU Robert Tudor (on loan from FCU Craiova)
— MF  ROU Viorel Vîlcică
— MF  ROU Alexandru Vulpe (on loan from CSU II Craiova)
— FW  ROU Marius Matei
— FW  ROU Cosmin Neagu

Club officials

League history

Famous managers

References
  1. RomanianSoccer.ro, (r). "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor". www.romaniansoccer.ro.


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