CS Metalurgistul Cugir
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| Full name | Club Sportiv Metalurgistul Cugir | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Trupa de sub Drăgana (The Band Below Drăgana Hill) | ||
| Short name | Cugir | ||
| Founded | 1939 as Metalurgistul Cugir 2008 as CSO Cugir | ||
| Ground | Arena Cugir | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 (1,200 seated) | ||
| Owner | Cugir Town | ||
| Chairman | Ciprian Pahone | ||
| Head Coach | Lucian Itu | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga III, Seria IX, 7th | ||
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Club Sportiv Metalurgistul Cugir commonly known as Metalurgistul Cugir, is a Romanian football club based in Cugir, Alba County, currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football.[1]
Metalurgistul Cugir was founded in 1939 and played twenty-six seasons in the second tier of Romanian football, along with two seasons in the Heroes' Cup, a competition that replaced Divizia B during the war period.
History
[edit]The team was founded in 1939 with the support of the management of the Cugir Metallurgical Plant, under the name Asociația Sportivă Metalurgistul Cugir (ASM Cugir).
Romania's entry into World War II suspended sports competitions. However, during the war, the Romanian Football Federation organized the War Championship and the Heroes Cup. The 1942–43 season of the Heroes Cup – a competition that replaced the second division between 1942 and 1944 – was organized into three series based on geographical criteria. The "Uzinele Metalurgice Cugir" team, guided by player-coach Grațian Sepi – a former Romania national football team player with 14 goals in 23 appearances – dominated the strong Serie II, consisting of ten teams, finishing with a three-point lead over Jiul Petroșani. In the promotion play-off against UA Brașov, the winner of Series III, "Cugirenii" won the first match played in Cugir 5–0, and a week later in Brașov, the match ended in a 1–1 draw. In the end, UM Cugir missed promotion to the War Championship – the first division at that time – losing to UD Reșița, the winner of Series I, after a spectacular two-legged tie (5–3 and 0–5).[2][3][4]
After the end of World War II, UM Cugir competed in the 1946–47 season of Divizia C, finishing 8th out of 10 in Series X, and reached the Round of 32 of the Cupa României in the 1947–48 season, being eliminated by CFR Timișoara, 1–4. The team also participated in the 1948–49 season of the third division, this time under the name Metalul Cugir. By the time Divizia C was shut down in February 1949, the team was in last place out of 14 in Series I.
In the 1961–62 season, AS Cugir won the Hunedoara Regional Championship title and was subsequently promoted to Divizia B after finishing 1st in Series III of the promotion play-off held in Mediaș. Among those who were part of the team led by player-coach Iosif Petschovschi were goalkeeper Rusu and field players Niculescu, Sadi, Dumitru Dinea, Munteanu, Tîrnoveanu, Dumitru, Focșa, Bulbucan, Boitoș, Petschovschi II and Mihai.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Liga III
- Liga IV – Alba County
- Liga V – Alba County
- Winners (1): 2009–10
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Players
[edit]First team squad
[edit]- As of 10 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
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Board of directors[edit]
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Current technical staff[edit]
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Former players
[edit]Former managers
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Rudolf Kotormány (1954–1956)- Iosif Petschovschi (1961–1962)
- Colea Vâlcov (1962–1964)
- Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1964)
- Gheorghe Dungu (1965–1966)
- Ștefan Onisie (1979–1981)
- Ion Barbu (1982–1983)
- Călin Moldovan (2015–2019)
- Lucian Itu (2019–)
- Ladislau Băcuț
League history
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References
[edit]- ^ "Romania - CF Metalurgistul Cugir 1939 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Season 1942-43". rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "„Stegarii" în sezonul 1942-1943 al Cupei Eroilor/Divizia B" ["Stegarii" in the 1942-1943 Heroes' Cup/Division B season] (in Romanian). lastegaru.net. 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Fotbalul din județul Alba în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial / Activitatea echipelor de tradiție Unirea Mihai Viteazul Alba Iulia și UM Cugir în perioada 1941-1944" [Football in Alba County during World War II / The activity of the traditional teams Unirea Mihai Viteazul Alba Iulia and UM Cugir during 1941-1944] (in Romanian). ziarulunirea.ro. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Dumitru Dinea, simbolul fotbalistic al Metalurgistului Cugir, a plecat la Îngeri! 22 de ani petrecuți în „roș-albastru" și prezent la prima promovare în Divizia B" [Dumitru Dinea, the football symbol of Metalurgist Cugir, left for Îngeli! 22 years spent in the "red-blue" and present at the first promotion to Division B] (in Romanian). ziarulunirea.ro. 10 December 2024. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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