Minaur Baia Mare

CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as Minerul Baia Mare, is a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, founded in 1948. It currently plays in the Liga III, after promoting at the end of the 2017–18 Liga IV season.

History

The club was founded in 1948, from the merger of Phoenix Baia Mare (founded in 1932) and Minaur Baia Mare (founded in 1927).

The club was dissolved in the summer of 2010 because of financial problems, but was refounded in the summer of 2012 under the name of FCM Baia Mare. Baia Mare was inactive for one season after withdrawing from the upcoming Liga II season due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016. After one season of inactivity the club was refounded as Minaur Baia Mare, the historical name of the sports club, also used by the handball teams. The club was enrolled in the Liga IV – Maramureș County. In contrast to the handball section, the football section is known unofficially as Minerul Baia Mare, one of the past names of the club and the most representative for supporters. Also the football section colours are different from those used for handball, if for handball squads the traditional colours are white, black and orange, for football are yellow and blue.

Timeline

• 1948 — CSM Baia Mare is founded;
• 1950 — The name is changed to Metalul Baia Mare;
• 1955 — Metalul Baia Mare is relegated in Liga III;
• 1956 — The team become Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare and win promotion in Liga II;
• 1957 — The team become Minerul Baia Mare;
• 1958 — Third name change in three years, this time back to CSM Baia Mare;
• 1959 — CSM Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup, only to be defeated by Dinamo București;
• 1962 — Another name change, this time back to Minerul Baia Mare;
• 1963 — Mircea Sasu become the first player ever

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