Club Sportiv Municipal Lugoj, commonly known as CSM Lugoj, or simply as Lugoj, is a Romanian

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club from

Lugoj Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș, Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. Th ...

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

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. The club was named in the past, ''Vulturii Textila'', after a textile company in the

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. CSM Lugoj was founded under the name ''Vulturii Lugoj'' in 1920. The club is currently playing in

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, the third tier of the

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History

The club was promoted in 1934 to the newly formed

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(The League II). It had previously only played in the regional championship of

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where it had fared well since its founding. Through three seasons of constantly improving football in Divizia B, in 1937, the club made history. It convincingly defeated Mureșul Târgu Mureș, and then beat Sportul Studențesc București in the quarter-finals of the prestigious

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. Despite this good run, they were eliminated in the semi-finals by the first division club Juventus București. After the great season of 1937, the club rose to the top flight because the

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

League had been increased in that same year from 12 to 20 teams. Unfortunately, the club was pushed into relegation and back to a lower division the following year. Divizia A had once again decided to reduce itself to twelve participating clubs. In the years following, Vulturii was unable to show any kind of progress. They could not replay the amazing football they had once brought to the field in 1937. The club played in

and placed themselves around the middle of the league standings. Then

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led to interruption in the league's functioning. After play resumed following the end of the war, the club dropped further and was relegated to the lowest division,

Divizia C 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 ...

. This lasted for just one season. The club was relegated once again in the regional leagues. Vulturii Textila Lugoj played for almost twenty years in the regional leagues of the

, before the club managed to return to

in 1968. There, they were able to rise to second place and were then promoted during the year 1970–71, for a one-season into

, before being dropped again. Over the next 30 years, they constantly oscillated between the Divizia B and Divizia C. In 2002 the club was dissolved and a new team was founded under the name Auxerre Lugoj. In the summer of 2009, after the dissolution of Auxerre Lugoj, CSM Lugoj, which was founded in 2002 as a multi-sports club, also founded a football section, to replace the defunct Auxerre. In the 2011–12 season, Lugoj, guided by Cosmin Stan, won the Liga IV – Timiș County and the promotion play-off against Pandurii Cerneți, the winner of Liga IV – Mehedinți County, 3–0 at Mircea Chivu Stadium in

Reșița Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...

. In the summer of 2012, ''CSM Lugoj'' was renamed as Vulturii Lugoj. In the summer of 2015, the club changed its name from ''Vulturii Lugoj'' back to CSM Lugoj.

Chronology of names

*Note: 7 years of inactivity between 2002 and 2009, and the team was refounded as CSM Lugoj in the

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Divizia A history

Honours

Leagues

*Winners (2): 1970–71, 1989–90 *Runners-up (4): 1969–70, 1972–73, 1985–86, 1988–89 Liga IV – Timiș County *Winners (1): 2011–12 *Runners-up (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Cups

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– Regional Phase (West) *Winners (1): 2022–23

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Former managers

* Vilmos Zombori (1949–1951)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lugoj Lugoj Association football clubs established in 1920 Football clubs in Timiș County Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1920 establishments in Romania