Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's

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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 ('' ...

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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

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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

* Divizia A1 : Winners (7): 2015, 2016, 2017,

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, 2020, 2022, 2023 * Cupa României : Winners (5): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025 * Supercupa României : Winners (1): 2021

European

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: 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 ...

: Runners-Up (2):

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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 ...

* Drussyla Costa * Mara Ferreira Leão * Isidora Kockarević * Lenka Skalická * Kateřina Valková * Marta Matejko

Selected former players

* Adina Salaoru * Roxana Bacșiș * Ana Cleger *

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 ...

* Gergana Dimitrova * 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 ...

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 ...

* Bojana Milenković *

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 ...

* Ana Antonijević * Ana Lazarević *

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 ...

References

External links

CEV profile
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