Minaur Baia Mare

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Nicknames	Minerii (The Miners) Băimărenii (The People from Baia Mare)
Short name	Minaur, Baia Mare
Founded	1947
Ground	Viorel Mateianu
Capacity	15,500 (8,000 seated)
Owner	Baia Mare Municipality
Chairman	Iustin Balaj
Manager	Constantin Schumacher
League	Liga III
2024–25	Liga III, Seria X, 1st
Website	http://csminaur.ro/fotbal
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Active departments ofCS Minaur Baia Mare
Football Handball (Men's) Handball (Women's) Motorsports

Minaur Baia Mare, known also asMinerul Baia Mare, is a Romanianfootballclub, based inBaia 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 in1995.^[1]

Minaur was founded in 1947, afterPhoenix Baia Mare merged with the old club also named Minaur. Following this merger, the new club was namedCSM 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 ofFCM Baia Mare. Baia Mare was inactive for one season after withdrawing from the upcomingLiga II season due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016.^[2] After one season of inactivity the club was refounded asMinaur Baia Mare, the historical name of the sports club, also used by the handball teams. The club was enrolled in theLiga IV –Maramureș County.^[3] In contrast to the handball section, the football section is known unofficially asMinerul 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 they are yellow and blue.

• Note: 2 years of inactivity between 2010 and 2012, and the team was refounded as FCM Baia Mare in theLiga IV.
• Note: 1 year of inactivity between 2016 and 2017, and the team was refounded as CS Minaur Baia Mare in theLiga IV.

• 1947 —CSM Baia Mare after the merger
• 1950 — The name is changed toMetalul Baia Mare;
• 1955 — Metalul Baia Mare is relegated inLiga III;
• 1956 — The team becomeEnergia Trustul Miner Baia Mare and win promotion inLiga II;
• 1957 — The team becomeMinerul Baia Mare;
• 1958 — Third name change in three years, this time back toCSM Baia Mare;
• 1959 — CSM Baia Mare reach the final ofRomanian Cup, only to be defeated byDinamo București;
• 1962 — Another name change, this time back toMinerul Baia Mare;
• 1963 —Mircea Sasu become the first player ever to be selected from Minerul Baia Mare intothe national team of Romania;
• 1964 — Minerul Baia Mare win the second series of Liga II and win promotion intoLiga 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 becomeFC Baia Mare;
• 1978 — FC Baia Mare win promotion into Liga I. It is the third in the history. TheGolden 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 byDinamo București. For the first time in their history FC Baia Mare play inCup Winners' Cup, againstReal 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 toLiga II. TheGolden Era ends. The team becomeFC Maramureş Baia Mare.
• 1993 — TheSilver 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. TheSilver Era ends.
• 1998 — Another name change, this time back toFC 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 toLiga 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. BrazilianAyres 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 andSorin Iodi, thus becoming top favourites to win promotion into Liga II.
• 2009 – FC Baia Mare promoted to theLiga II after finishing first the2008–09 Liga III.
• 2010 – Finished 8th in the2009–10 Liga II season and was dissolved shortly after.
• 2012 – Refounded asFCM Baia Mare in theLiga IV.
• 2013 – Promoted to theLiga III.
• 2015 – Promoted to theLiga II.
• 2016 – Withdrew from the upcomingLiga II season due to financial difficulties.^[2]
• 2017 – Refounded asMinaur Baia Mare in theLiga IV.
• 2018 – Promoted to theLiga III.
• 2020 – Loses Promotion play-off toComuna Recea
• 2022 – Promoted to theLiga II after beatingHunedoara in the promotion play-off final
• 2023 – Relegation toLiga III. The team goes through its worst season, at one time, having just 1 point in 6 games.

FC Baia Mare was a finalist in theRomanian Cup in 1959 and 1982, while in theLiga I, their best performance was 4th out of 18 at the end of the1979–80 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 theLiga 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 inCup Winners' Cup againstReal Madrid then coached byAlfredo 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 onSantiago Bernabeu.

In the summer of 1982, FC Baia Mare played a friendly game againstAC Fiorentina in Italy and won 3 : 1.Giancarlo Antognoni andFrancesco Graziani, both world champions withItaly at the1982 World Cup, as well asDaniel Bertoni andDaniel Passarella, both world champions withArgentina at the1978 World Cup played forAC Fiorentina in that game. This is, without doubt, the greatest achievement of FC Baia Mare to date.

The largest win inDivizia A is againstFCM Galaţi, 7 : 1 in August 1979, however the club's finest hour in aDivizia A game came in June 1981 with a tremendous 5 : 0 win againstSteaua Bucharest.

• Liga I

• • Best finish: 4th, in1979–80

• Liga II

• • 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

• Liga III

• • Winners (7):1956,1999–2000,2005–06,2008–09,2014–15,2020–21,2021–22
  • Runners-up (1):2019–20

• Liga IV

• • Winners (2):2012–13,2017–18

• Cupa României
  • Runners-up (2):1958–59,1981–82
• Cupa României –Maramureș County
  • Winners (1): 2017–18

• European Cup Winners' Cup

* First Round (1):1982–83

15 September 1982 (1982-09-15)

FC Baia Mare	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

Stadionul 23 August,Baia Mare

Attendance: 25,000

Referee:Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

29 September 1982

Real Madrid	5–2	FC Baia Mare
Juanito 16' González 33' García Hernández 45' Santillana 47' Metgod 71'	Report	Koller 12' Buzgău 89'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,Madrid

Attendance: 20,200

Referee:Stefanos Chatzistefanou (Cyprus)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baia Mare	2–5	Real Madrid	0–0	2–5

As of 10 September 2024^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Denis Recean 2 DF  ROU David Băloi 4 DF  COL Jhon Mondragón 6 MF  ROU Raul Saroși 7 MF  ROU Sergiu Ciocan 8 MF  ROU Denis Matei 9 FW  ROU David Ciubăncan 10 MF  ROU Mircea Dionca(Captain) 11 FW  ROU Raphael Stănescu 12 GK  ROU Raul Dumitru 14 DF  ROU Abel Stan 17 MF  ROU Denis Buhai 19 MF  ROU Raul Vitan 20 MF  ROU Carlo Erdei 21 DF  ROU Marius Potcoavă

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ROU Darius Mureșan 27 DF  ROU David Simion 28 DF  ROU Ionuț Albu 29 FW  ROU Paul Batin 30 MF  ROU Alexandru Dulca 44 DF  ROU Denis Ispas 47 MF  ROU Andrei Orosz 77 GK  ROU Emanuel Breban 80 MF  ROU Antonio Suciu 81 MF  ROU Florin Chitaș 88 MF  ROU Mario Coza 93 FW  ROU Alexandru Pop 97 DF  ROU Laurențiu Achim 99 FW  ROU Rareș Babiciu

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

Board of directors [edit] Role Name Owner Baia Mare Municipality President Iustin Balaj Director of Football Ovidiu Mic Sporting director Cosmin Butuza Youth Center Manager Paul Juhász Organizer of Competitions Cosmin Filip Press Officer Daniel Pop Media Daniel Zoicaș Team Manager Florin Achim

Current technical staff [edit] Role Name Manager Marius Popescu Assistant manager Romulus Buia Goalkeeping coach Vasile Șleam Fitness coach Ciprian Duruș Club Doctor Carmen Neagu-Morariu Masseur Bogdan Șomcutean Delegate Dionisiu Bumb Storeman Robert Blasz

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level.

Statistics — Domestic Leagues

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