CSM Avântul Reghin
Romanian football club
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Club Sportiv Municipal Avântul Reghin, commonly known as Avântul Reghin is a Romanian professional football club from Reghin, Mureș County, which currently competes in the Liga IV Mureș County, one of the regional divisions of the fourth tier of Romanian football league system.
Avântul Reghin
(The White and Blues)
The club was founded in the summer of 1949 and, over time, has been known under several names, including IPEIL Reghin, Avântul Reghin and Avântul-Recolta Reghin, before reverting to the name Avântul Reghin in 1958. Avântul played in the Romanian first league during the 1955 season and, throughout its history, competed in the lower leagues of Romanian football. Following their withdrawal in the 1999–2000 season, Avântul returned to the national leagues in the 2002–03 season and, after twenty-three consecutive seasons in the third tier, was relegated to Liga IV in 2025.[1]
History
Football was played in Reghin in an organized manner even before the First World War, as noted by Professor Ioan Costea in the book Avântul Reghin – Football and Honor. In the interwar period, the strongest local team was Victoria, but with the development of the main factories in the city, several teams were established to motivate their workers. Thus, there appeared formations such as Foresta Română, Partizanul, Nautica, Producția, Recolta, Progresul and Rapid, which later formed the core and foundation of Avântul Reghin.[2]
In 1946, three of the strongest teams in Reghin – Foresta Română, Nautica and Cărămida – merged to form Foresta Reghin, driven by the desire for higher performance. The team quickly achieved notable results, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1947–48 Cupa României. In 1949, following the nationalization process in Romania and the reorganization of IPEIL, the factory that supported the club, Foresta was restructured under Wajda János. Established on 16 June 1949 as IPEIL Reghin, the club was renamed Avântul Reghin a few months later.[2]
In 1952, Avântul earned promotion to Divizia B after winning the Mureș Regional Championship and the promotion play-offs against Progresul Orașul Stalin, Avântul Sighetu Marmației and Metalul Hunedoara. In Divizia B, the White and Blues competed in Series II, finishing 11th in 1953 and winning the series in 1954 under coach Alexandru Schwartz, thereby earning promotion to Divizia A. The squad included Cojocaru, Szekes, Katona II, Bartha, Tonița, Veszi, Fehér, Lukacs, Katona I, Constantinescu, Balint, Nistor, Eles, Mateon, Farago, Munteanu and Asztalos I.[3]
The 1955 Divizia A season was a dismal one, as the team coached by Elemer Kocsis in the first half and by Stelian Lupu in the second recorded only three wins and finished last in the table, resulting in relegation. Nevertheless, Avântul reached the Round of 32 of the Cupa României, where it was eliminated 0–1 by Flacăra Mediaș.[4][5]
Back in Divizia B, Avântul competed in Series I in the 1956 season, during which it was renamed Avântul-Recolta in June and, under coach Vasile Gain, finished 11th, narrowly avoiding relegation.[6][7] The following season began in the summer of 1957, as Romanian football transitioned to an autumn–spring system, during which the club was renamed Partizanul Reghin, finished 13th and was relegated to Divizia C.[8] In the third tier, the club reverted to its traditional name, Avântul Reghin, competed in Series IV and finished 8th in the 1958–59 season. In 1959, after the dissolution of Divizia C, Avântul was placed in the regional championship.[9]
Avântul competed in Series I of the Mureș Regional Championship, finishing 2nd in the 1960–61 season and winning the series in 1961–62, qualified for the championship final, where it defeated Voința Târgu Mureș (1–0 away and 4–1 at home), winning the regional title and qualifying for the promotion play-off, where it finished 4th in Group III held in Mediaș. In 1962–63, when the regional championship was played in a single-series format, the club finished 6th.[10][11][12]
In 1963, Avântul ceded its place to Progresul Reghin and continued to compete in the raion championship, the second tier of the regional system and the fifth tier of Romanian football. The club returned to the Mureș Regional Championship in the 1965–66 season, competing in Series II and finishing 8th, before moving to Series I, where it finished 7th in 1966–67 and 3rd in 1967–68, with Ludovic Serfőző scoring 15 goals, earning promotion to Divizia C following the expansion of the third tier and returning to the national competitions after nine years of absence.[13]
In 2008, the team finished second in the third league and participated at the play-offs for the promotion to Liga II. It made a good impression[citation needed] but failed to qualify. Same in 2016.
Honours
Players
First team squad
- As of 10 September 2024
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Former managers
Elemér Kocsis (1955)- Stelian Lupu (1955)
- Vasile Gain (1956)
- Petre Grosu (1989–1990)
- Cristian Dulca (2004)
- Sorin Cigan (2008)
- Alexandru Schwartz
League and cup history
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