CSU Pitești

BCM U Piteşti
Leagues Liga Națională
Founded 2006
Arena Trivale Sporturilor Arena (capacity: 2000)
Location Piteşti , Romania
Team colors White and Blue
President Romania Dinu Gheorghe
Team manager Romania Sorin Caprarescu
Head coach Romania Hristu Șapera
Championships Romanian Championship Winners (2000)
Romanian Championship Final (2007)
Romanian Cup Winners (2012)
Romanian SuperCup Winners 2013))
EuroChallengeCup Group Stage(2013)
Website https://www.facebook.com/bcmupitesti
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History

CSU Piteşti (since 2011 it's called BCM U Pitesti) is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Piteşti, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, and has also been named in recent years CS Universitatea, BCM Piteşti and BCMUS Argeş Piteşti, CSU Piteşti and BCM U Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft.[1]

In 2013 Pitești held the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Hristu Șapera, BCM U Pitești coach was also the coach of the Romanian National Team Under-20.

2011-2012 season summary

In the season: 2011-2012, the team finished on 9th place after the regular season end therefore the team didn't qualify for the Play-Off. In the Romanian Cup the team won the Cup after a great win with 91-78 against BC Timișoara in the final game played at Bucharest.

2012-2013 season summary

In the season: 2012-2013, BCM U Piteşti won the Romanian SuperCup after winning against CSU Asesoft. After the regular season end, the team finished on 11th[2] place (13 wins - 17 losses) and went to play with CS Farul Constanta in Play-Out for remaining in the first national division. BCM U Pitesti win with 3-0 against CS Farul Constanta. Also the team participated in FIBA EuroChallengeCup, but the team finished last with 1 win and 5 losses.

2013-2014 season summary

In the season: 2013-2014, BCM U Pitești qualified in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup after beating U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca in the quarter finals but they lost in the Semi-Finals against CSM Oradea and against CSU Ploiești in the bronze medal game. After the regular season end, the team finished on 6th place and went to play with BC Mureș în the Play-Offs. BCM U Pitești lost the series with 3-1.

Seasons

Seasons Championships Cups Europe Coach Roster
2011–12 9th place Winner No tournament Tudor Costescu Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Alexandru Ziguli, Alexandru Neguț, Daniel Popescu, Octavian Calotă, Senai Isleam, Darko Vujacic, Georgian Păun, Ivan Stefanovic, Slobodan Popovic, Uros Velickovic
2012–13 11th place Quarter Finals EuroChallengeCup-group stage Tudor Costescu Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Daniel Popescu, Marcel Jones,Adobe Gennie, Slobodan Popovic, Alexandru Neguț, Corneliu Alexiu, Cosmin Mătăsaru, Octavian Calotă, Pancracije Barac, Drasko Albijanic
2013–14 6th place Semi-Finals No tournament Hristu Șapera Vlad Dogaru, Ante Krapic, Iulian Orbeanu, Iulian Corneanu, Marian Minea, Ousmane Barro, Pankracije Barac, Kenn Tutt, Lamonte Ulmer, Edi Sinadinovic, Marko Djurkovic, Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Vlad Corpodean,

2014-2015 roster

Nr. Name Nat. Hg. Position
1. Marko Šutalo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 193 cm G
2. Mirko Kovač  Serbia 199 cm F
3. Cezar Stanescu  Romania 191 cm SG
4. Radenko Pilčević  Serbia 188 cm SG
5. Iulian Orbeanu  Romania 204 cm C
6. Cornel Alexiu  Romania 196 cm PF
7. Ronald Ross  United States 188 cm PG
8. Stevan Milosevic  Montenegro 211 cm C
9. Krystopher Faber  United States 208 cm C
10. Yurii Frasenyuk  Ukraine 200 cm PF
11. Lucian Chirof  Romania 202 cm C
12. Alexandru Negut  Romania 198 cm SF

Last update: September 4, 2014

Current administration

Nr. Name Nat. Position
1. Hristu Sapera  Romania coach
2. Ziguli Alexandru  Romania assistant coach
3. Căprărescu Sorin  Romania manager

References

  1. ↑ "CSU Pitesti history (Romania-Div.A)". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  2. ↑ http://baschetromania.ro/bcm-u-pitesti-detalii-echipa/