FCM Târgu Mureș

FCM Târgu Mureş
Full name Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu Mureş
Nickname(s) Portocala mecanică (Clockwork Orange)
Founded 2004
Ground Trans-Sil
(Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman Claudiu Maior
Head coach Maurizio Trombetta
League Liga I
2010–11 Liga I, 9th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu Mureş is a football club based in Târgu Mureş, in central-northern Romania. It was founded in 2004[1] under the name "Trans-Sil Tîrgu Mureş" and since 2010 is playing in Romania's top football league, Liga I.

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History

FCM Târgu Mureş is the city's main football team, a successor in this sense of CS Târgu Mureş (dissolved in 1960) and ASA Târgu Mureş (dissolved in 2007), two great clubs that sum up the football history in Târgu Mureş in the second part of the 20th century.

The club was founded in 2004 under the name "Trans-Sil Târgu Mureş" and played four seasons in the Liga III.

In the summer of 2008 the club changed its name to the current one and bought a Liga II spot from the newly promoted Unirea Sânnicolau Mare.

2008-09 season

In the club's first season in the Liga II, FCM outperformed the predictions and played well throughout the season, winning 16 games and drawing 9, while scoring 54 goals and receiving 27, the fewest in the Seria 2. At the end of the season the team was very close to promote to the Liga I, finishing 3rd with 57 points, just 7 away from the second best-placed team in the series, Internaţional Curtea de Argeş.

2009-10 season

The club finished 1st in the series with 69 points, winning 20 games, drawing 9 and losing 3. The team scored 52 goals and allowed 20 (like the year before the fewest goals allowed in their series) and was promoted for the very first time in its history to the Liga I. 18 years passed since the last city's presence in the Romanian top football league (1991-1992 season with ASA).

2010-11 season

FCM outperformed itsfelf and finished 9th in the table, in front of last years champions, CFR Cluj. Ioan Ovidiu Sabău led the team to a fantastic run, at one point being in the run for a UEFA Europa League spot.

2011-12 season

FCM plans to finish better than last season, a UEFA Europa League spot being targeted. For that, it must finish 1-4 in the table, or win the Romanian Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 29 June 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Călin Albuț
2 MF Jamal Mohammed
4 DF Costinel Gugu
5 DF Mario Donadoni
6 DF Milan Bortel
7 MF Răzvan Pădurețu
8 FW Celsinho
10 MF Robert Ilyeș (captain)
12 GK Alin Goia
16 DF Epaminonda Nicu
17 DF Adrian Iencsi
19 MF Florin Dan (vice-captain)
20 FW Danijel Subotić
21 MF Victoraș Astafei
22 GK Dragoș Balauru
23 DF Dan Matei
No. Position Player
24 DF Loránd Szilágyi
25 DF Alexandru Vagner
27 MF Petre Goge
28 FW Sergiu Buș
29 FW Didi
32 DF Borislav Topić
42 DF Sorin Ghionea
53 GK Alessandro Caparco
83 MF Ciprian Vasilache
90 MF Issa Ba
94 MF Claudiu Bumba
99 FW Diego Ruiz
MF Amet Enghin
DF Andrei Cordoș
MF Dragoș Firțulescu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
18 FW Salifou Fofana (at FC Arieşul Turda)

Technical staff

Name Role
Maurizio Trombetta Manager
Gabriel Manu Assistant manager
Fekete Carol Goalkeeping coach
Gabriel Koszoru Medic
Alexandru Levai Physiotherapist
Ionica Marian Physiotherapist
George Pop Physiotherapist

Managerial history

Name Years
Adrian Falub 2004-2010
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău 2010-2011
Tibor Selymes 2011
Maurizio Trombetta 2011-

Honours

Liga II:

References

  1. ^ "FCM Târgu Mureş team info". Liga1.ro. http://www.liga1.ro/html/informatii_echipa/FCM_Tg._Mures-42.html. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 

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