Club Sportiv Lotus Băile Felix, commonly known as Lotus Băile Felix, or simply as Lotus, is a

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based in

Băile Felix Băile Felix () is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin, Bihor, Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. Băile Felix is at a close distance to Oradea, a major city in western Romania. History Thermal springs were valued i ...

, Sânmartin,

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, currently playing in the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. Lotus Băile Felix originally founded in the 1970s (Metalul Baile Felix) and was disbanded in the 2000s, after some merger processes with Luceafărul Oradea and Știința Bacău. The club was re-founded on 16 June 2009 under the name of ''CSC Sânmartin'' and played for most of its existence at the amateur level, in the

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 ...

. Promoted in 2014 in the third tier, the club resisted only one season before withdrawing due to financial difficulties. In 2019, with the financial support of the Commune of Sânmartin, the biggest and one of the richest communes in

, fact owed to the presence of thermal waters in the area, CSC managed to won

, Bihor County series and also the promotion play-off, promoting back to

. In the summer of 2021, the club went through a process of re-branding, changing its name from ''CSC Sânmartin'' to CS Lotus Băile Felix, bringing in the front the name of

, a

n well known thermal spa resort that is under Sânmartin Commune administration.

History

Lotus Băile Felix was originally founded in the early 1970s and never exceed the level of the fourth tier until the 2005–06 season. In the summer of 2006, Lotus Băile Felix merged with a youth club Luceafărul Oradea and formed Luceafărul-Lotus Băile Felix, club that was active for 2 years, then was absorbed in Știința Bacău. On 16 June 2009 the club was re-established, now under the name of ''CSC Sânmartin'' and until 2014 played only at the amateur level. At the end of the 2013–14 season, CSC managed to won

series, as well as the promotion play-off against Sportul Șimleu Silvaniei and was promoted for the first time in its history in the

. After only one season, the club withdrew due to financial difficulties and played again at amateur level until it managed to promote at the end of the 2018–19 campaign, this time financially supported by the Commune of Sânmartin. Under the command of Călin Cheregi, former manager of

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, ''sânmartinenii'' won Bihor County series after a tough battle against

Club Atletic Oradea Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

, then winning the promotion play-off with 4–0 on aggregate, against

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champions, CS Florești. In the summer of 2021, the club went through a process of re-branding, changing its name from ''CSC Sânmartin'' to CS Lotus Băile Felix, bringing in the front the name of

, a

n well known thermal spa resort that is under Sânmartin Commune administration.

Grounds

Over its relatively short history, Lotus Băile Felix played its home matches on various grounds such as Luceafărul Stadium, Cordău Stadium or Sântion Stadium. In 2018 the club started to build its own ground near the stadium of the local rival, Luceafărul Oradea. In the summer of 2020, Comunal Stadium was opened, with a capacity of 261.

Honours

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**Winners (3): 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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–

**Winners (1): 2018–19

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 50 caps for CS Lotus Băile Felix. *

Salif Nogo Salif Nogo (born 1 January 1986) is a Burkinabé-French former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Nogo started his career in Burkina Faso at US Ouagadougou, then in 2006 he arrived in Romania at Oțelul Galați, afterwards fo ...

* Cristian Oroș * Alexandru Sorian

Former managers

* Ciprian Dianu (2011) *

Ion Dumitra Ion Dumitra (born 30 January 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Bihor Oradea, Jiul Petroșani, Minerul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly referred to as Mineru ...

(2012–2013) * Daniel Lupașcu (2015–2017) *

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(2019) *

(2023)

League history

References

External links

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