Clubul Sportiv Ocna Mureș commonly known as CS Ocna Mureș or simply Ocna Mureș, is a Romanian football club based in Ocna Mureș, Alba County, which currently competes in the Liga IV Alba County, one of the regional divisions of the fourth tier of Romanian football.
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Ocna Mureș | ||
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| Nicknames | Ocna-Mureșenii (The people from Ocna Mureș) Alb-Albaștrii (The white and blues) | ||
| Short name | Ocna Mureș | ||
| Founded | 1933 as Solvay Uioara 1945 as Soda Ocna Mureș 2007 as CS Ocna Mureș | ||
| Ground | Soda | ||
| Capacity | 2.000 (1.500 seated) | ||
| Owner | Ocna Mureș Town | ||
| Chairman | Stelian Grozav | ||
| Manager | Romeo Arinar | ||
| League | Liga IV | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga IV, Alba County, 3rd of 15 | ||
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The club was known in the interwar period as Solvay Uioara and as Soda Ocna Mureș between 1945 and 2007.[1]
History
editThe club was founded in 1933 as Solvay Uioara, from the passion of the Belgian baron Solvay – the owner then of the soda factory – to continue the tradition of football in Ocna Mureș, began by FC Ocna Mureș still before the First World War, when the precursor of the team from the town on the Mureș River represented the town in the rural Hungarian second division in the 1913–14 season.[2][3]
Solvay Uioara competed in the Northern League Championship, the fourth tier, and was promoted to Divizia C at the end of the 1936–37 season after winning the Aiud District Championship. In the 1937–38 season, the team finished 5th in Series I of the North League of Divizia C. Following the dissolution of Divizia C, Solvay continued at regional level and, after football activity resumed in 1946 following a five-year suspension due to World War II, was promoted to Divizia B, finishing 7th in Series III in the 1946–47 season, 4th in Series IV in the 1947–48 season, and 12th in Series II in the 1948–49 season, returning to the regional championship after a short spell in the second tier.[4][5]
Following the nationalization started in 1948, the Solvay chemical plants became Uzinele Chimice Ocna Mureș, the club also changing its name to Soda Ocna Mureș, competing in the Cluj Regional Championship and managing to win the 1960–61 season, qualifying for the promotion play-off to the second division, but finishing 3rd behind Rapid Târgu Mureș and Crișul Oradea, missing promotion in the final round after a 1–2 defeat to Metrom Brașov in the tournament held at Sinaia.[6] Soda returned to national-level competitions at the end of the 1962–63 season, finishing as runners-up, one point behind Gloria Bistrița and tied with AS Aiud, thus earning promotion to the newly re-established Divizia C on goal difference.[7]
| Name[1] | Period |
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| Solvay Uioara | 1933–1949 |
| Soda Ocna Mureș | 1949–2007 |
| CS Ocna Mureș | 2007–present |
Honours
editGround
editThe stadium from Ocna Mureș was inaugurated on 30 August 1936 with the occasion of the match between Solvay Uioara and IAR Brașov (2–4), and was the first stadium with a lighting system in Romania. With the ultra-modern floodlights of those days, and the good training conditions, they made that the Romanian national team to establish its training camp in the town on the Mureș River.[2]
Stadionul Soda, known as Dragostei (Love) Stadium, holds 2000 seats, where 500 of them are covered. The field size is 105x65 with natural grass. There exists a circuit for athletics. In 2015, the stadium was renovated.
Notable former players
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years] (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- 1 2 "Solvay (Soda) Ocna Mureș, locul în care s-a aprins lumina în fotbalul românesc" [Solvay (Soda) Ocna Mureș, the place where the light came on in Romanian football] (in Romanian). ziarulunirea.ro. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Vidéki bajnokság – Erdélyi kerület 1913/1914" [Rural Championship - Transylvania District 1913/1914] (in Hungarian). magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "Document rar: raportul unui arbitru, după un meci de fotbal din anul 1935: "Muncitorii joacă cu elan! Schoturi, hands și goal"" [Rare document: a referee's report after a football match in 1935: "Workers play with enthusiasm! Shots, hands and goal"] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "Divizia C - Season 1937-38 - Edition 2". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "Soda a ratat calificarea după un meci dramatic" [Soda missed out on qualification after a dramatic match] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 27 July 1961. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
- ↑ "Curierul nostru" [Our Courier] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 4 July 1963. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
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