Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a

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Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county (județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''.

History

The club was founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani'' and over its history had various names like: ''Progresul'', ''Rapid'', ''Fructexport'', ''Acord'', ''Diplomatic'' and the most popular for

n football fans ''Unirea''. During its tumultuous history CSM Focșani had a lot of ups and downs and also another two refounding moments, in 2002 and 2006, but the highest level achieved by the team was only

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. Than the team was dissolved again in the summer of 2013, but only at senior level. In the summer of 2016, the senior team was refounded and enrolled in Liga IV – Vrancea County.

Chronology of names

Stadium

CSM Focșani plays its home matches on

Stadionul Milcovul Stadionul Milcovul, also known as Stadionul Milcovul Sud, is a multi-use stadium in Focşani, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known ...

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Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Cur ...

, which has a capacity of 8,500 seats.

Honours

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 ...

*Winners (5): 1973–74, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1998–99, 2006–07 *Runners-up (3): 1968–69, 1977–78, 2021–22 Liga IV – Vrancea County *Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

Official website
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CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''. History Th ...