CS Crișul Aleșd

Club Sportiv Crișul Aleșd, commonly known as Crișul Aleșd, is a Romanian professional football club based in Aleșd, Romania, founded in 1921. Currently the team plays in Liga IV – Bihor County.

Crișul Aleșd

Full name	Club Sportiv Crișul Aleșd
Nickname(s)	Flăcăii Aleșdului (The Young Men of Aleșd) Alb-albaștrii (The White and Blue) Aleșdanii (The People from Aleșd)
Short name	Crișul
Founded	1921; 104 years ago (1921) as Stăruința Aleșd 2002; 23 years ago (2002) as Crișul Aleșd
Ground	Crișul
Capacity	800
Owner	Town of Aleșd
Manager	Ciprian Fogarași
League	Liga IV
2023–24	Liga IV, Bihor County, 12th of 18
Home colours Away colours

History

Crișul Aleșd was established in 1921, under the name of Stăruința Aleșd, but mostly played at the level of regional and county leagues. The first important performance of the "white and blues" was during the 1973–74 Cupa României season, when they achieved Round of 32, where they were eliminated by Universitatea Cluj, top-flight team at that time, score 0–6.^[1]

Crișul won its first and last 4th tier title at the end of the 1996–97 season and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they won 2–0 against AC Recaș, the Timiș County champions. Crișul survived for five consecutive seasons at the level of Divizia C, before it withdrew and enrolled back in the county leagues, due to financial reasons. During these seasons, Crișul achieved the following rankings: 7th (of 20), 7th (of 19), 9th (of 16), 8th (of 16), 10th (of 16).^[2]

In this period, Crișul equaled its best performance and achieved again the Round of 32 during the 1998–99 Cupa României season, where it was eliminated again, now with the score of 0–5 by Oțelul Galați, also a top-flight member at that time.^[3] Since 2002, Crișul played only in the county leagues with no notable results, but remained a constant presence at this level. On the other hand, "Flăcăii Aleșdului" achieved some important results at youth level, where they won the county league for two times and also achieved the quarter-finals of the national tournament, during the 2022–23 season.^[4]

Ground

The club plays its home matches on Crișul Stadium from Aleșd, with a capacity of 800 seats on the two existing stands.^[5]

Honours

Leagues

Liga IV – Bihor County

• Winners (1): 1996–97
• Runners-up (1): 2006–07

Cups

Cupa României

• Round of 32 (2): 1973–74, 1998–99

Other performances

• 5 seasons in Liga III

Players

First team squad

As of 1 March 2025

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 Elisei Pintea 2 DF  ROU Adrian Chiș (Captain) 3 MF  ROU Rareș Burlău 4 DF  ROU Darius Broinaș 5 DF  ROU Raul Pascar 6 MF  ROU Cosmin Abrudan 7 FW  ROU Gabriel Balogh 8 MF  ROU Andrei Boier 9 FW  ROU Mate Bendoni 10 MF  ROU Cristin Gubics 11 MF  ROU Vlad Țap 13 MF  ROU Paul Țap

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  ROU Sergiu Marușca 16 DF  ROU Răzvan Măgui 17 MF  ROU Sebastian Petruț 19 DF  ROU Sergiu Pîrcălab 20 MF  ROU Vlad Crăciune 21 FW  ROU Claudiu Pelmuș 23 DF  ROU Raul Prodan 29 FW  ROU Octavian Venczel 38 GK  ROU Robert Bodea 99 GK  ROU Gino Ardelean — MF  ROU Paul Buda — MF  ROU Narcis Lăzău

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 Town of Aleșd President Ciprian Fogarași

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Ciprian Fogarași Assistant coach Adrian Chiș

Notable former players

• Adrian Anca
• Ioan Ciursaș
• Iosif Erdei
• Ciprian Fogarași