Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
club based in
Blaj
Blaj (; archaically spelled as ''Blaș''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Blußendref'') is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 17,816 inhabitants as of 2021.
The city administers eight villages: Deleni-Obârșie ('' ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
,
Romania
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, that competed in the
CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year.
Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
.
History
In 2018, Alba reached the
CEV Champions League Final Four for the first time in their history.
On 5 May 2018, they achieved a historic success for Romania by advancing to the final with 3–1 victory over
Galatasaray SK Istanbul in
Bucharest
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. In its first-ever appearance in a continental championship match, Blaj lost in Sunday's grand final at
Polyvalent Hall.
Vakıfbank Istanbul — Champions League holders in 2017 and runners-up in 2016 — topped Alba 25–17, 25–11, 25–17.
Also in 2018, the Blaj City Council and the Alba County Council decided together to support the construction of a new, 2000-seat arena. The new arena is expected to be ready for 2020.
Honours
Domestic
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Divizia A1
: Winners (7): 2015, 2016, 2017,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, 2020, 2022, 2023
* Cupa României
: Winners (5): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
* Supercupa României
: Winners (1): 2021
European
*
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tota ...
: Runners-Up (1):
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
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CEV Cup
The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year.
Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
: Runners-Up (2):
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2023
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CEV Challenge Cup
The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe.
The competition started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to CEV Challenge Cup.
History
* # ...
: Runners-Up (1):
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
European Records
On 6 May 2018, in the final game of the 2018 Champions League, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a volleyball European cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 45 points: VakifBank Istanbul – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25–17, 25–11, 25–17).
On 19 March 2019, in the home game of the final match of the 2019 CEV Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 49 points. CSM Volei Alba Blaj – Unet e-work Busto Arsizio 0–3 (19–25, 16–25, 14–25).
On 12 April 2023, in the away game of the final match of the 2023 CEV Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj broke their own record with a new worst score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 41 points. Savino Del Bene Scandicci – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25–18, 25–12, 25–11). This is also the record of the worst score in all European cups' finals. The team's coach was the Serbian Stevan Ljubičić.
On 17 March 2021, in the home game of the final match of the 2021 Challenge Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a Challenge Cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 46 points. CSM Volei Alba Blaj – System9 Yesilyurt 0–3 (12–25, 18–25, 16–25). This record was equaled one week later, on 24 March 2021, in the away game: System9 Yesilyurt – CSM Volei Alba Blaj: 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–12).
[https://www.cev.eu/club/volleyball-challenge-cup/history/2021/women/#final-phase ]
Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2024-25 season''
* Roxana Daiana Roman
* Raisa-Laura Ioan
* Diana-Teodora Vereș
* Alexandra Ciucu
* Lidia-Paula Partnoi
* Daria Maria Ocenic
* Iman Isanović
* Yelyzaveta Samadova-Ruban
* Olena Kharchenko
*
Monika Krasteva
Monika Krasteva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Моника Кръстева; born 9 May 1999) is an international volleyball player from Bulgaria.
She competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League squads, 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nati ...
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Drussyla Costa
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Mara Ferreira Leão
* Isidora Kockarević
* Lenka Skalická
*
Kateřina Valková
* Marta Matejko
Selected former players
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Adina Salaoru
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Roxana Bacșiș
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Ana Cleger
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Samara Almeida
Samara Rodrigues de Almeida (born 16 July 1992) is a Brazilian female volleyball player. With her club Sollys Nestlé Osasco she competed at the 2011 and 2012 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. She was elected the Most Valuable Pla ...
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Gergana Dimitrova
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Lena Möllers
* Victoriia Russu
*
Tijana Malešević
Tijana Malešević ( sr-cyrl, Тијана Малешевић; born 18 March 1991) is a Serbian volleyball player, who plays for OK Crvena zvezda, and was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the ...
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Nataša Krsmanović
Nataša Krsmanović ( sr-cyrl, Наташа Крсмановић, born 19 June 1985) is a Serbian volleyball player, who plays as a middle-blocker for Seramiksan in Turkish Women's Volleyball League. She was a member of the national teams that ...
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Bojana Milenković
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Jovana Vesović
Jovana Vesović (; born 21 June 1987) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an internation ...
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Ana Antonijević
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Ana Lazarević
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Selime İlyasoğlu
Selime İlyasoğlu (born November 18, 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 183 cm and plays as outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team, Galatasaray Daikin.
Awards
National Team
*2011 Women's European Vol ...
See also
*
Romania women's national volleyball team
References
External links
CEV profile
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Women's volleyball clubs in Romania
Blaj
2011 establishments in Romania
Volleyball clubs established in 2011
Sport in Alba County