CS Gaz Metan Mediaș
Association football club in Mediaș / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌklubul sporˈtiv ˈgaz meˈtan ˈmedi.aʃ]), commonly known as Gaz Metan Mediaș or simply as Gaz Metan, was a Romanian professional football club based in Mediaș, Sibiu County.
Full name | Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș | |||
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Short name | Gaz Metan | |||
Founded | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) (as Karres Mediaș) | |||
Dissolved | 2022; 2 years ago (2022) | |||
Ground | Gaz Metan | |||
Capacity | 7,814 | |||
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Founded in 1945 as Karres Mediaș, the team spent most of its existence in the second division. It also participated in 16 seasons of the Liga I, the highest level of the Romanian league system, and lost a Cupa României final to CCA București in 1951. Gaz Metan registered its debut in European competitions in the 2011–12 campaign, when it defeated KuPS and Mainz 05 prior to being eliminated by Austria Wien in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
After the dissolution of the club in 2022, some of its former players and coaches founded ACS Mediaș 2022, which has the purpose of continuing the football tradition in the town.