CSM Vulcan
Full name | Clubul Sportiv Municipal "Mihai Viteazu" Vulcan | ||
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Nickname(s) | Minerii (The Miners) Vulcănenii (The Vulcan People) | ||
Short name | CSM Vulcan | ||
Founded | 1921 as CS Vulcan 2016 as CSM Mihai Viteazu Vulcan | ||
Ground | Central | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Owner | Vulcan Municipality | ||
Chairman | Daniel Duna | ||
League | Liga IV | ||
2022–23 | Liga IV, Hunedoara, 10th of 11 | ||
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Clubul Sportiv Municipal Mihai Viteazu Vulcan, commonly known as CSM Vulcan, or unofficially as Minerul Vulcan, is a
History
The club was established in 1921 and played for the first time in the 1922–23 season of the Arad Regional Championship, where it managed to occupied the 5th place.[1]
In 1924, CS Vulcan merged with
The merger was abandoned In 1929, and the team from Vulcan would continue under the name of Minerul, but only for a short period because the mines in the locality closed, and thus football was also abandoned. In 1939, the Vulcan team resumed its activity under the name of Antigaz, but only until 1944, when the Antigaz factory was closed. In 1955, with the reopening of the mine in the locality, the football team reappeared, and a stadium was built for them in the Coroești area.[2]
The Miners occupied 12th place in the 1957–58 season and 7th in the following two seasons, 1958–59 and 1959–60, of the Hunedoara Regional Championship.
In the
There followed fifteen consecutive seasons in the regional and county championship in which was ranked as follows: 4th (
After many years in the regional or county championships, Minerul Vulcan promoted in
Minerul was struggled to survive to third division, finishing the next three seasons in fourteenth place (1977–78) one point ahead of second-bottom, eleventh (1978–79) avoiding relegation by two points and eighth (1979–80) at just one point above the relegation zone.
In the summer of 1980, Minerul Vulcan merged with Știinta Petroșani to form Minerul Știinta Vulcan.[4]
Honours
- Winners (4): 1976–77, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2011–12
- Runners-up (5): 1972–73, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2021–22
Hunedoara Regional Championship
- Runners-up (5): 1960–61
References
- ^ "Romania 1922/23". rsssf.org. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Clubul Sportiv Vulcan - Pagina de istorie" [History page]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Fotbal. Amintiri din Divizia "C"" [Football. Memories from Divizia „C”]. cronicavj.ro. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Sportul universitar la Petroșani (ep.31) Știința, volumul 2!" [University sports at Petroșani (ep.31) Știința, volume 2!]. cronicavj.ro. 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.(in Romanian)