CSM Târgu Mureș (women's football)

CSM Târgu Mureş is a women's association football club from Târgu Mureş, Romania associated with the municipality of its host city.

CSM Târgu Mureș
Full nameClubul Sportiv Municipal Târgu Mureș
Nickname(s)Mureșencele
(Women from Mureș County)
Founded2005 (2005)
as City'US Târgu Mureș
2009 (2009)
as FCM Târgu Mureș
2018 (2018)
as CSM Târgu Mureș
GroundTrans-Sil
Capacity8,200
OwnerTârgu Mureş Municipality
ManagerCarol Secheș
LeagueLiga II
2018–191th (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The team was first created by professor Istvan Kiss[1] as a women's squad associated to his futsal club City'US Târgu Mureș. In 2008 a new entity that was to receive generous funding from the municipality of Târgu Mureş was formed, and the women's team switched to this club, participating in competitions under the name of FC Municipal Târgu Mureș, garnering success and immediately winning both the Liga I[2] and the Romanian Cup. As such, they participated in the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, where they won one of three matches, but failed to move on. In 2013 the club to which the team belonged changed its name to ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș. The team consistently played at the top of Romanian women's football, being either runners-up of winners of the two domestic competitions from 2010 until 2016, when it won its second and last Romanian Cup.

Financial difficulties became prevalent during the 2016–17 season, and especially during the 2017–18 one, when the team withdrew halfway through the championship, due to the municipality refusing to fund the club and others associated with it, citing irregularities that have been brewing in this period.[3][4]

Shortly after, the municipality founded a new club on 19 December 2017, with the intention of picking up the separate teams in various sports (like the women's basketball team BC Sirius) that were bankrupted, under the umbrella of the new legal entity called CSM Târgu Mureș. Meanwhile, most of the women football players signed with local side Ladies Târgu Mureș until the summer, when they were recalled in order to restore the refounded team to its previous glory.[5] However, since folding mid-season, they were relegated to the third tier of Romanian football by the federation.[6] Coach was to be Carol Secheș, the first coach from the founding days of the City'US era, which also lead the team in the Champions League in the FCM era[7] and later on as ASA.

CSM promptly promoted in its first season in Liga III [8] and was a serious contender to promote after just another season again to the Liga I, but was docked 6 points by the Federation's Ethics Committee in November 2019. [9]

Chronology of names
PeriodFull Club NameShort name
2005–2009Asociația Sportivă City'US Târgu MureșCity'US Târgu Mureș
2009–2013Asociația Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu MureșFCM Târgu Mureș
2013–2017Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu MureșASA Târgu Mureș
2018–presentClubul Sportiv Municipal Târgu MureșCSM Târgu Mureș

Kits and crest
The crest during the FCM era (2009-2013).
The crest during the ASA era (2013-2017).

The team originally used the crest of the club City'US Târgu Mureș. Between 2009 and 2013 club colours were orange and blue, and between 2013 and 2017 red and blue.

Since the CSM era, the team colors are white, blue and red. Thus, the main kit is all-white,[10] while the alternate kit is light blue,[11] though the team has on occasion mixed the shirts and shorts of the two kits.[12]

Kit used in the FCM era (2009–2013).
Alternate kit from the FCM era.
The main kit used in the ASA era (2013–2017).
Alternate kit used in the ASA era.

Achievements
  • Liga I
    • Winners (1): 2009–10
    • Runners-up (6): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Liga III
    • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Romanian Women's Cup:
    • Winners (2): 2009–10, 2015–16
    • Runners-up (5): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Season by season

  Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Promoted   Relegated

SeasonDivisionTierPlaceCupWCL
12005–06Divizia A1?QF–
22006–07Liga I16th?–
32007–08Liga I15thQF–
42008–09Liga I14th?–
52009–10Liga I11stW–
62010–11Liga I12ndFGrp
72011–12Liga I, Seria Est12ndF–
82012–13Liga I, Seria Est12ndF–
92013–14Superliga12ndF–
102014–15Superliga12ndF–
112015–16Superliga12ndW–
122016–17Superliga14thQF–
132017–18Liga I19thR16–
142018–19Liga III, Seria III31stR16–
152019–20Liga II, Seria II2TBD2R–

Notable former players

References
  1. "Târgu-Mureş: Kiss Istvan, preşedintele Cityus, înmormânat astăzi" [Târgu-Mureş: Kiss Istvan, president of Cityus, buried today] (in Romanian). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. League archive at Federation's website
  3. "Noi consilii directoare la BC Mureș, ASA, CSU și City'Us!" [New advisory boards at BC Mureș, ASA, CSU and City’Us!] (in Romanian). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "Adio bani de la buget pentru Cluburile sportive din Tîrgu Mureș" [Good bye to money from the budget for the sport clubs from Tîrgu Mureș] (in Romanian). 19 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. "Și fetele mai joacă fotbal" [And the girls are still playing football] (in Romanian). 13 September 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. "Mureșencele, fără gol primit" [Mureș girls, without any received goals] (in Romanian). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. "Fotbalul CSM, la drum, cu surprize: Astafei și Ndoye (!?)" [CSM Football, on the road, with surprises: Astafei and Ndoye (!?)] (in Romanian). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  8. Laureatele au prefațat finala. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian), accessed on 14 October 2019 Archived 13 October 2019 at Archive.today
  9. Doar victime! CSM, lasă-ne!. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian), accessed on 1 December 2019 Archived 1 December 2019 at Archive.today
  10. "CSM Târgu Mureș on fotbalfeminin.net" (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  11. "Derby-ul mureșean la fotbal feminin, la Adrianu Mare" [The women's football Mureș derby, at Adrianu Mare] (in Romanian). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  12. "Victorie pentru CSM Târgu Mureş în Cupa României" [Victory for CSM in the Romanian Cup] (in Romanian). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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