Clubul Sportiv Municipal Olimpia Satu Mare, commonly known as CSM Olimpia Satu Mare, or simply as Satu Mare, is a

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based in

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

Satu Mare County Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German language, Ge ...

, currently playing in the

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. This team represents the football section of the

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club CSM Satu Mare, which also include

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, volleyball and handball sections. CSM Satu Mare was established on 18 July 2007 and is fully supported by the Municipality of Satu Mare. The football section of CSM was established only in 2018, after the second dissolution of

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare, Olimpia MCMXXI or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 20 ...

and was enrolled in the Liga IV Satu Mare. Despite the promotion obtained in 2019, CSM was not accepted in the

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by the

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, after a late payment of the financial guarantee for participation in the

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season. The club based in

promoted one year later, after a promotion play-off disputed in

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, against

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and Someșul Dej.

History

In the winter break of the 2017–18 season,

withdrew from

due to financial problems, also having 70 points deducted. At the same time, the local authorities founded CSM Satu Mare, also known informally as ''CSM-Olimpia Satu Mare'', a new entity that pretend to be the successor of FC Olimpia, but has no legal connections with the old club. Despite that, the club uses Olimpia's traditional colors, yellow and blue. After this second dissolution of

, supporters, organized as ''Voluntarii Olimpiști'' (Olimpia's Volunteers), dissatisfied with the way the club has been administered in recent years, have created their own club, ''Olimpia MCMXXI'', a fan-owned phoenix club inspired by models such as: ASU Politehnica Timișoara, LSS Voința Sibiu or FC Argeș 1953 Pitești. This club also pretended to be the successor of FC Olimpia, but again, there was no legal connection between the old entity and this new one. In recent years, other football clubs from Romania were also refounded by their supporters, but subsequently were recognized as the official successors of the original clubs, among them: Petrolul Ploiești or Oțelul Galați. The football section of CSM was enrolled directly in the Liga IV Satu Mare. Despite the promotion obtained in 2019, CSM was not accepted in the

by the

, after a late payment of the financial guarantee for participation in the

season. The club based in

promoted one year later, after a promotion play-off disputed in

, against

and Someșul Dej.CSM Satu Mare a promovat Liga III
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Ground

CSM Satu Mare plays its home matches at the

Daniel Prodan Stadium The Daniel Prodan Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Satu Mare, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CSM Satu Mare. For almost all its existence, the stadium was the home ground of Olimpia Sat ...

, which has a capacity of 18,000 people (1,500 on seats). The stadium was known in the past as ''Olimpia Stadium'' and is the historical ground of

Honours

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...

–

*Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:CSM Satu Mare (football) Football clubs in Satu Mare County Satu Mare Association football clubs established in 2018 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2018 establishments in Romania