CS Municipal Studențesc Iași

CSMS Iași

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Municipal Studențesc Iași
Nickname(s)	Alb-Albaştrii (The White and Blues)
Founded	16 August 2010 (2010-08-16)
Ground	Emil Alexandrescu
Ground Capacity	11,390
Owner	Leonida Antohi
Chairman	Florin Prunea
Head coach	Nicolò Napoli
League	Liga I
2014-15	Liga I, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Clubul Sportiv Municipal Studențesc Iași is a professional football club from Iași, Romania. The club was founded in 2010^[1] and currently plays in the Liga I.

History

2010–2012 (Liga II)

On August 2010, Tricolorul Breaza merged with Navoby Iași and formed ACSMU Politehnica Iași.^[2] While in the Liga II, the club's objective was to return to the first tier of Romanian football. Ionuț Popa was appointed manager and Grigore Sichitiu as executive president.^[3] In the summer of 2011 the club was renamed to Clubul Sportiv Municipal Studenţesc Iași.

For the second half of the 2011-12 season ex-Romanian international Florin Prunea was brought as manager.^[4] There were major changes in the rooster, the coach considering almost half of the players unfit for attacking promotion. On June 2, 2012, after two years in the second tier of romanian football, CSMS Iași gained promotion to Liga I^[5] after the 4-2 victory against Farul Constanța.^[6]

2012–2013 (Liga I)

After the exodus of players such as Cristian Hăisan, Yamoudou Camara and Rodoljub Marjanović,^[7] the team went into reconstruction, with players such as Petar Jovanović,^[8] Cezar Lungu^[9] and Claudiu Ionescu joining CSMS Iași.^[10] On 29 August Liviu Ciobotariu was appointed head coach.^[11]

CSMS Iași finished the 2012–13 season on 17th place and was relegated to the second division.

2013–2014 (Liga II)

Even though there were hopes that CSMS Iași would be accepted for the 2013–14 Liga I season, eventually CS Concordia Chiajna secured the last place in the first league, due to the relegation of FC Rapid București for financial issues.^[12]

For the 2013–14 Liga II season, promising young coach Costel Enache was brought to head a team that retained the services of its young talent, the likes of: Alexandru Crețu, Adrian Avrămia and Andrei Herghelegiu.^[13] To supplement the departure of players to Liga I teams, manager Florin Prunea brought in Bogdan Miron, Ionuț Bădescu and Tomi Petrescu among others.

2014–2015 (Liga I)

With Marius Lăcătuș as the head coach they finished 1st on 2013–14 Liga II and promote back to Liga I. For the 2014-2015 season the team debuted for the first time in Cupa Ligii with a win over ASA Tîrgu Mureș (2013) in competition play-off and the team andvances to Last 16 where they defeated a former Romanian Cup and Liga I winner CFR Cluj.

Stadium

CSMS Iași plays its home matches at the Emil Alexandrescu stadium. It is located in the burough of Copou near the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. It has a capacity of 11,390.^[14]

Emil Alexandrescu Stadium.

Current squad

As of 11 February 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alessandro Caparco 4 DF Ovidiu Mihalache 5 MF Narcis Bădic 6 DF Alexandru Crețu 7 MF Vasile Gheorghe 8 DF Gabriel Bosoi 9 FW Alexandru Boiciuc 10 FW Andrei Cristea 11 FW Gianmarco Piccioni 12 GK Branko Grahovac 13 MF Andrei Enescu 14 FW Bojan Golubović

No. Position Player 16 MF Nuno Viveiros 19 DF Mădălin Ciucă 20 DF Ionuț Voicu (Captain) 21 MF Lukács Bőle 22 DF Milan Mitić 23 DF Cosmin Frăsinescu 27 FW Azdren Llullaku 30 MF Alexandru Țigănașu 33 GK Dumitru Hotoboc 44 DF Ante Sarić 88 MF Petre Goge 99 FW Gomo Onduku

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 25 MF Marius Chelaru (at Metalurgistul Cugir) 77 DF Andu Moisii (at Bucovina Pojorâta) 92 GK Nicușor Grecu (at Universitatea Cluj)

No. Position Player DF Alin Huțanu (at Metalurgistul Cugir) FW Mădălin Crengăniș (at Hunedoara)

Club Officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Leonida Antohi President Florin Prunea Vice-President Cristian Stărică Vice-President Mircea Ursu Vice-President Ion Apostol Secretary Ovidiu Postolache Economic Director Ecaterina Dumitriu Responsible for Order and Safety Alexandru Grierosu Sporting Director Ovidiu Pancu Sports Complex Administrator Virgil Grierosu Organizer of Competitions Tiberiu Ştefănescu Marketing Manager Sergiu Melinte Economist Florenţa Strujan Press Officer Mircea Ungureanu Cashier Carmen Dabija Cameraman Emil Isac

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Nicolò Napoli Assistant Manager Adrian Kereszy Goalkeeping Coach Benone Dohoţ Fitness Coach Cezar Honceriu Physiotherapist Gheorghe Timofte Club Doctor Constantin Barbăroşie Club Doctor Alexandru Pătraşcu Masseur Marius Mereu Masseur Eduard Apintiliesei Storeman Gheorghe Ungheanu

Coach history

• Ionuț Popa (Sept 1, 2010–Oct 15, 2010)
• Adrian Falub (Oct 20, 2010–June 30, 2011)
• Marius Baciu (June 16, 2011–Aug 28, 2011)
• Ionuț Popa (Aug 28, 2011–Aug 28, 2012)
• Liviu Ciobotariu (Aug 29, 2012–April 22, 2013)
• Sorin Cârțu (April 22, 2013–June 4, 2013)
• Costel Enache (June 20, 2013–Oct 12, 2013)
• Marius Lăcătuş (Oct 15, 2013–Aug 28, 2014)
• Ionuț Chirilă (Aug 28, 2014–Oct 9, 2014)

Honours

Domestic

League

Liga II

• Winners (2): 2011–12, 2013–14

Other Performances

• Appearances in Liga I: 3
• Best finish in Liga I: 10/18 in 2014–15
• Appearances in Cupa Ligii: 2
• Quarter-finalists of 2014–15 Cupa Ligii

Statistics

References

External links

• CS Municipal Studenţesc Iaşi official website
• CS Municipal Studenţesc Iaşi at Soccerway.com