CSM Moinești
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| Full name | Club Sportiv Municipal Moinești | ||
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| Short name | Moinești | ||
| Founded | 1948 as Petrolul Moinești 2009 as CSM Moinești | ||
| Ground | Petrolul | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Owner | Moinești Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Nelu Hirlea | ||
| Manager | Sorin Trofin | ||
| League | Liga IV | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga IV, Bacău County, 4th of 22 | ||
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Club Sportiv Municipal Moinești, commonly known as CSM Moinești, or simply as Moinești, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Moinești, Bacău County, founded in 1948 under the name of Petrolul Moinești. The club was declared bankrupt in 2008 and was re-founded as CSM Moinești. CSM is currently playing in the Liga IV and never played higher than Liga II, second tier of the Romanian football league system.
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1948 as Petrolul Moinești and takes its name from the oil production in the Moinești region. In 1950 the name was changed to Flacăra Moinești. Renamed as Energia Moinești, the club played for the first time in Divizia C in the 1956 season finishing 8th in Series I. The next season took again the name Petrolul Moinești finishing the 1957–58 season in 7th place.[1]
The Oilmen finished the 1958–59 season on 4th place, but Divizia C ceased operations in 1959 and Petrolul resumed playing in the regional league before returning to Divizia C in 1963.[1]
Petrolul finished the 1991–92 season in 9th place in Series II but was relegated to the fourth division due to the reorganization of the competitive system. One year later, Petrolul Moinești won the Bacău County Championship and returned to the third division by defeating Rulmentul Bârlad, the Vaslui County champions, over two legs, 4–2 away and 2–1 at home. The team finished the 1993–94 season in 2nd place in Series I, seven points behind Cetatea Târgu Neamț. After a 6th-place finish in 1994–95, Petrolul claimed first place at the end of the 1995–96 season, securing promotion to Divizia B.[1]
A 5th-place finish in the 1996–97 season ensured their survival in the second division for the first time. In the following season, Petrolul ended in the upper half of the table in 6th place, but dropped to 15th in 1998–99 and was eventually relegated to Divizia C at the end of the 1999–2000 season. The team bounced back quickly, winning Series I of Divizia C in the 2000–01 season to return to the second division.[2]
In the 2001–02 Divizia B season, Petrolul competed in Series I, finished 16th and was relegated, but also managed to reach the Round of 32 in the Cupa României, where it lost 0–3 in front of FCM Bacău.[2]
Led by Emil Vlăduț, Petrolul Moinești won Series I of the 2002–03 Divizia C season, finishing three points ahead of the main contenders FC Vaslui and Laminorul Roman and earning immediate promotion back to the second division. Assigned to Series I, Petrolul then spent the next three seasons in Divizia B, where in 2003–04 under Petre Grigoraș, the team ranked 4th and also reached the Round of 16 of the Cupa României, losing 0–1 to FC Argeș Pitești. Petrolul continued with a 6th-place finish in 2004–05 under Giani Florian, before being relegated at the end of the 2005–06 campaign after finishing 13th under Dan Moței.[2][3][4][5]
Chronology of names
[edit]| Name [6] | Period |
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| Petrolul Moinești | 1948–1950 |
| Flacăra Moinești | 1950–1956 |
| Energia Moinești | 1956–1958 |
| Petrolul Moinești | 1958–2012 |
| CSM Moinești | 2012–present |
Honours
[edit]- Winners (4): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Runners-up (5): 1965–66, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1993–94
- Winners (1): 1954
League and Cup history
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Notable former players
[edit]The footballers mentioned below have played at least one season for CSM Moinești and also played in Liga I for another team.
Former managers
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Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1957)- Gheorghe Poenaru (1992–1999)
- Petre Grigoraș (2003–2004)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Liga 3 clasamente" [Liga 3 tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Liga 2 clasamente" [Liga 2 tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ ""Moineștenii" au promis promovarea și s-au ținut de cuvînt" [„Moineștenii” promised the promotion and kept their word] (in Romanian). ziaruldebacau.ro. 16 June 2003. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Grigoraș pentru doi ani la Petrolul" [Grigoraș for two years at Petrolul] (in Romanian). ziaruldebacau.ro. 23 July 2003. Archived from the original on 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "Lotul echipei Petrolul Moinești" [Petrolul Moinești team squad] (in Romanian). ziaruldebacau.ro. 22 August 2003. Archived from the original on 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years] (in Romanian). www.romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.