CSM Reşiţa is a Romania

Romania

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n football

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 team from Reşiţa

Resita

' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...

, Caraş-Severin County

Caras-Severin County

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 founded in 1926.

Chronology of names: UD Reşiţa (1926–48), Metalochimic Reşiţa (1948–49), Metalul Reşiţa (1949–56), Energia Reşiţa (1956–57), CSM Reşiţa (1957–75, 1982-05), FCM Reşiţa (1975–82, 2005–08).

Not to be confused with CS Muncitorul Reşiţa

CS Muncitorul Reşiţa

Muncitorul Reşiţa is a Romanian professional football club from Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin County, Romania, founded in 1911.They currently play in Liga III, Seria 5 in the 2009-2010 season after finishing 2nd in Liga IV, 2008-2009 season....

, founded in 1911, with its name also shortened to CSM Reşiţa.

History

The club was founded in 1926 and achieved success relatively soon, winning the Liga I

Liga I

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 at the end of the 1930-31 season. The following season the club finished runners-up.

In 1954 it managed to win the Romanian Cup

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 after a period of decline.

During its 84 year history it has played for 16 seasons in the Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

, the last time in the 1999–2000 season.

The club was dissolved in the autumn of 2008 because of the lack of financial support. In the summer of 2009 it was brought back to life, this time with the name of Şcolar Reşiţa.

The club finished 8th in the 2009-10 Liga III season.

Honours

The most successful team from Caraş-Severin County

Caras-Severin County

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Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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• Winners (1): 1930-31
• Runners-up (1): 1931–32

Liga II

Liga II

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• Winners (4): 1937–38, 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97
  Divizia B 1996–97
  The Divizia B 1996–97 season was the 57th season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A. The bottom two teams were relegated to the Divizia C.-Seria I:...
  
  
• Runners-up (5): 1948–49, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1967–68

Liga III

Liga III

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• Winners (1): 1936-37

Romanian Cup

Romanian Cup

The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...

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• Winners (1): 1954

Notable Players

• Adalbert Rech
• Iosif Czako
• Ioan Goanţă
• Mircea Chivu
• Cristi Chivu
• Alin Paleacu
• Daniel Opriţa
• Cosmin Moţi
• Alexandru Bădoiu
• Dan Potocianu
• George Ogăraru
• Darius Miclea
• Ovidiu Dănănae
• Ştefan Iovan
• Daniel Lupaşcu
• Valentin Ştefan
• Andrei Urai
• Cătălin Necula
• Ion Atodiresei
• Ion Florea
• Ion Timofte
• Ion Ibric
• Petru Mioc
• Cristian Puşcaş
• Valentin Stancu
• Dorinel Munteanu
• Basarab Panduru
• Adalbert Deşu
• Marius Saşu
• Ciprian Dianu
• Aurică Beldeanu
• Sandu Rocco
• Dorel Zotincă
• Leonard Doană
• Claudiu Balaci

Link

Şcolar Reşiţa's profile on romaniansoccer.ro