CSM Avântul Reghin

Club Sportiv Municipal Avântul Reghin, commonly known as Avântul Reghin is a Romanian professional football club from Reghin, Mureș County and currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

Avântul Reghin

Full name	Club Sportiv Municipal Avântul Reghin
Nickname(s)	Alb-Albaștrii (The White and Blues)
Short name	Avântul
Founded	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Ground	Municipal
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Reghin Municipality
Chairman	Ovidiu Marian
Manager	Vilmoș Stoica
League	Liga IV
2024–25	Liga III, Seria VII, 9th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

The club was founded in summer 1949 and soon played in the Romanian first league, finishing 13th (last) in the 1955 season. Since then, it has played only in Liga II and Liga III.

Over time, the club has had several names: IPEIL Reghin (1949–1950), Avântul Reghin (1950–1957), Recolta Reghin (1957–1958), Partizanul Reghin (1958–1959), Avântul Reghin (1959–1965), Progresul Reghin (1965–1966), Voința Reghin (1966–1968), and since 1968 it is known as Avântul Reghin.^[1]

History

In Reghin, football was played in an organized way even before the First World War, as noted by Professor Ioan Costea in the book Avântul Reghin - Football and honor. In the interwar period the strongest local team was Victoria, but with the development of the economy of the main factories in the city they established their own teams to motivate their workers. This is how the formations Foresta Română, Partizanul, Nautica, Producția, Recolta, Progresul and Rapid appeared and these will later form the core and foundation of Avântul Reghin.^[2]

In 1946, three of the strongest Reghin football teams (Foresta Română, Nautica and Cărămida) merged out of the desire for performance to form the Foresta Reghin. The results are seen quite quickly, the team reaching the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup in the 1947–48 season, but in 1949, following the nationalization in Romania and of IPEIL, the factory that sustained the team, Foresta was metamorphoses into a new team led by Wajda Janos. The official date of establishment of the new team is 16 June 1949 under the name of IPEIL Reghin changed few months later to Avântul Reghin.^[2]

In 1952, Avântul managed to promoted to second division and, after an 11th place in the 1953 season, the white and blues won the Series II of the 1954 season of Divizia B and promoted to Divizia A. The squad led by Alexandru Schwartz was composed of: Cojocaru, Szekes - Katona II, Bartha, Tonița, Veszi, Feher, Lukacs, Katona I, Constantinescu, Balint, Nistor, Eles, Mateon, Farago, Munteanu and Asztalos I.^[3]

In 2008, the team finished second in the third league and participated at the play-offs for the promotion to Liga II. It made a good impression^{[citation needed]} but failed to qualify. Same in 2016.

Honours

Liga I

• Best Finish 13th 1955

Liga II

• Winners (1): 1954

Liga III

• Winners (3): 1976–77, 1982–83, 1987–88
• Runners-up (6): 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2007–08, 2015–16

Liga IV – Mureș County

• Winners (2): 1972–73, 1998–99

Players

First team squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU János Menyhárt (on loan from Sepsi) 2 DF  ROU Cătălin Bugnar 3 DF  ROU Cristian Merdariu 6 MF  ROU Raul Suciu 7 MF  ROU Ovidiu Panga 8 DF  ROU Florin Truță (Captain) 9 FW  ROU Răzvan Forgaci 10 MF  ROU Petruț Chirlejan 11 MF  ROU Mario Pop 12 GK  ROU Marian Suciu 13 MF  ROU István Fekete 14 DF  ROU Cristian Dan

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ROU Dragoș Marinescu 17 MF  ROU Florin Bidi 19 MF  ROU Victor Căliani 20 MF  ROU David Potor 21 MF  ROU Tamas Moldovan 22 MF  ROU Andrei Enescu 23 FW  ROU Vlad Bujor 24 MF  ROU Elin Degan 25 FW  ROU Toni Suciu 26 MF  ROU Sergiu Cengher 27 MF  ROU Damian Minka

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Reghin Municipality President Ovidiu Marian Sporting director Răzvan Dan Head of Youth Center Paul Luca Delegate Viorel Cioată

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Vilmoș Stoica Assistant coach Florin Truța Goalkeeping coach Gabriel Tamaș Masseur Vilmos Zsigmond

League history

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria VII) 9th Relegated 2023–24 3 Liga III (Seria IX) 8th First round 2022–23 3 Liga III (Seria IX) 7th First round 2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria IX) 8th Second Round 2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria IX) 3rd First round 2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria V) 8th Fourth round 2018–19 3 Liga III (Seria V) 6th Second Round 2017–18 3 Liga III (Seria V) 10th Second Round 2016–17 3 Liga III (Seria V) 7th Fourth round 2015–16 3 Liga III (Seria V) 2nd First round 2014–15 3 Liga III (Seria V) 9th Third round 2013–14 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 11th First round 2012–13 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 7th Third round 2011–12 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 5th Second Round 2010–11 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 9th Fourth round 2009–10 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 15th Spared from (R) First round 2008–09 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 8th

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2007–08 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 2nd 2006–07 3 Liga III (Seria V) 13th 2005–06 3 Divizia C (Seria VIII) 5th 2004–05 3 Divizia C (Seria VIII) 6th 2003–04 3 Divizia C (Seria IX) 4th 2002–03 3 Divizia C (Seria VI) 11th 1999–00 3 Divizia C (Seria VI) 17th Relegated 1998–99 4 Divizia D (MS) 1st (C) Promoted 1994–95 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 20th Relegated 1993–94 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 3rd 1992–93 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 6th 1991–92 3 Divizia C (Seria VIII) 2nd 1990–91 3 Divizia C (Seria IX) 2nd 1989–90 3 Divizia C (Seria II) 2nd 1988–89 2 Divizia B (Seria III) 18th Relegated 1987–88 3 Divizia C (Seria XI) 1st (C) Promoted

Former managers

• Elemér Kocsis (1955)
• Vasile Gain (1956)
• Petre Grosu (1989–1990)
• Cristian Dulca (2004)
• Sorin Cigan (2008)
• Alexandru Schwartz