| Clubname: | CSM Focșani |
| Fullname: | Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani |
| Short Name: | CSM Focșani |
| Founded: | as Spartac Focșani as Unirea 2002 Focșani as CSM Focșani (refounded) |
| Ground: | Milcovul |
| Capacity: | 8,500 |
| Owner: | Focșani Municipality |
| Chairman: | Costel Lazăr |
| Manager: | Călin Ion Moldovan |
| League: | Liga II |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Liga III, Seria II, 2nd (promoted via play-offs) |
| Website: | http://www.csmfocsani2007.ro/ |
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Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional football club from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as Spartac Focșani.
The club was founded in 1953, as Spartac Focșani and over its history had various names like: Progresul, Rapid, Fructexport, Acord, Diplomatic and the most popular for Romanian football fans Unirea.
During its tumultuous history CSM Focșani had a lot of ups and downs and also another two refounding moments, in 2002 and 2006,[1] but the highest level achieved by the team was only Liga II.
Than the team was dissolved again in the summer of 2013, but only at senior level.[2] In the summer of 2016, the senior team was refounded and enrolled in Liga IV – Vrancea County.[3]
| Role | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Spartac Focșani | 1953–1955 | |
| Progresul Focșani | 1955–1957 | |
| Unirea Focșani | 1957–1960 | |
| Rapid Focșani | 1960–1963 | |
| Fructexport Focșani | 1963–1966 | |
| Unirea Focșani | 1966–1980 | |
| Unirea Dinamo Focșani | 1980–1989 | |
| Unirea Focșani | 1989–1993 | |
| Acord Focșani | 1993–1997 | |
| Diplomatic Focșani | 1997–2002 | |
| Unirea 2002 Focșani | 2002–2007 | |
| CSM Focșani | 2007–present |
CSM Focșani plays its home matches on Stadionul Milcovul from Focșani, which has a capacity of 8,500 seats.
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Focșani Municipality | |
| President | Marius Batog | |
| Board members | Cristian Zîrnă Liviu Macovei Paul Alecsandrescu | |
| Executive President | Costel Lazăr | |
| Sporting director | Marius Radu | |
| Delegate | Gabriel Pleșa |
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Octavian Grigore | |
| Assistant manager | Adrian Senin | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Gabriel Lazăr | |
| Fitness coach | Cristian Naciu | |
| Club doctor | Gabriel Bratu |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Cupa României | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | TBD | |||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd (P) | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | 6th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | align=center bgcolor=bronze | 3rd | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 5th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 6th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 10th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (VN) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C, P) | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 12th (R) | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 12th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 13th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 11th | ||||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 4th | ||||
| 2 | Liga II (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 16th (R) |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Cupa României | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C, P) | ||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 15th (R) | ||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 8th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 10th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 11th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 12th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 13th | |||
| 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C, P) | Round of 32 | |
| 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 4th | Round of 32 | ||
| 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 17th (R) | ||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 17th (R) | ||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 4th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 6th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 12th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 9th | |||
| 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 10th |
Valentin Stănescu (1958–1959) Costică Marinescu (1972–1974) Costel Orac (1992–1994) Ioan Sdrobiș (1999) Ionuț Chirilă (2002–2004) Marius Bratu (2019) Marius Bratu (2021–2022) Octavian Grigore (2023–)