Club Sportiv Municipal Roman, commonly known as CSM Roman, is a

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based in

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, currently competing in Liga IV – Neamț County, the fourth tier of

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. The team represents the men's football section of the

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CSM Roman, which also includes a women's handball team. Founded in 1954 as Laminorul Roman, the team was dissolved in 2018 due to poor results. However, the football section was re-founded in 2021 and enrolled in Liga IV – Neamț County, the fourth tier of the

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History

CSM Roman was founded in 1954 as Laminorul Roman by the syndicate of Întreprinderea de Țevi Roman () and played for twenty years in the regional and county championships. Laminorul Roman 1974

The team earned its first promotion to

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at the end of the 1973–74 season, winning the Neamț County Championship and the promotion play-off against the Iași County Championship winner, Șoimii Iași (2–1 at Roman and 1–1 at Iași). The team consisted of the following players: A. Bălan, Niserciu (goalkeepers) – Musceleanu, C. Iamandi, Onu, Procopoaia, Ene, Ciocârlan, Tudosie, Mircea, Maticiuc, N. Iamandi, Dinu, Peisic, and Ivanov. Țevarii played in Divizia C for sixteen consecutive years until the 1989–90 season, finishing 16th and suffering relegation to Divizia D – Neamț County. During this period, the club managed to finish as runner-up on four occasions. The following season brought a quick return to the third tier. However, despite securing 6th place at the end of the 1991–92 season, relegation followed due to the restructuring of Divizia C, which allowed only the top four teams from each series to remain in the third division. Laminorul won the next two seasons of the Neamț County Championship, each time missing out on promotion—first in 1992–93 against Rapid Miercurea Ciuc (0–4 away and 0–1 at Roman), and then in 1993–94 after matches against Mobila Iași (4–1 at home and 1–3 at Iași), finishing below the sixteen teams with the best aggregate results. For the pipefitters, two consecutive seasons followed, each ending in 2nd place behind Cimentul Bicaz. After five seasons in the fourth tier, Laminorul secured the 1996–97 Divizia D – Neamț County title and earned promotion by defeating Metalul Botoșani, the winner of Divizia D – Botoșani County, 8–2 at Emil Alexandrescu Stadium in

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. The squad, coached by Nicolae Zaharia, featured: Simionaș (46' Ionuț Nacu) - Costin, Claudiu Martin (40' Marius Tofan), Viorel Mocanu, Cristian Vizitiu - Corneliu Codreanu, Lucian Zaharia (82' Colobanea), Lucian Cozma, Gabriel Țapu - Bogdan Vizitiu, Ciprian Țigănuș. Back-to-back promotions followed, with Laminorul winning Series I of Divizia C in the following season under two coaches: Nicolae Zaharia in the first half and Ioan Radu in the second, finishing 11 points ahead of Chimica Târnaveni. In its first season in the second division, the team finished 5th in Series I, marking its best performance in history up to that point. A strong start to the following campaign resulted in an 8th-place finish at the end of the championship. Daniel Iftodi became

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in July 2006, leading the team to 13th place in the

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season. His assistant, Dan Dosan, took over for the following season and guided the club to 15th place, narrowly avoiding relegation. In July 2008,

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was appointed as head coach and remained in charge for three seasons, securing finishes of 6th in 2008–09 and 3rd in both 2009–10 and

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. During this period, the club changed its name in the summer of 2009 from Laminorul Roman to Petrotub Roman. Petrotub finished 3rd in the 2011–12 Liga III season under the leadership of Ovidiu Marc. In the following season, Gheorghe Poenaru guided the team to a 7th-place finish in

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. Vasile Avădanei then took charge and secured 3rd place in the regular season of 2013–14 before achieving 2nd place in the promotion play-offs. This was followed by a 5th-place finish in 2014–15 season. Avădanei left after the first part of the 2015–16 season and was replaced by Gabriel Țapu, who led the team to a 4th-place finish. In the summer of 2016, the club underwent another name change, becoming CSM Roman. The 2017–18 season saw them finish 3rd in Liga III. However, on 31 October 2018, CSM Roman announced its withdrawal from the league due to poor results. The football section was re-founded in 2021 and enrolled in Liga IV – Neamț County.

Honours

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*Winners (1): 1997–98 *Runners-up (7): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 2013–14 Liga IV – Neamț County *Winners (5): 1973–74, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97 *Runners-up (3):

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, 1994–95, 1995–96

Former managers

* Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1960–1961) * Gheorghe Dungu (1980–1982) * Nicolae Zaharia (1996–1998) * Ioan Radu (1998–2002) *

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(2002) * Gheorghe Poenaru (2003–2005) * Daniel Iftodi (2006–2007) * Dan Dosan (2007–2008) *

(2008–2011) * Ovidiu Marc (2011–2012) * Gheorghe Poenaru (2012–2013) * Vasile Avădanei (2013–2015) * Gabriel Țapu (2016–2018) * Ion Bocu * Ioan Zăloagă

League history

References

External links

Official website
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