CSM Fetești
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| Full name | Club Sportiv Municipal Fetești | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Feteștenii (The People from Fetești) | ||
| Short name | Fetești | ||
| Founded | 1945 as Locomotiva CFR Fetești 1972 as Rapid Fetești 2018 as CSM Fetești | ||
| Ground | Municipal | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Owner | Fetești Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Dragoș Țonea | ||
| Manager | Claudiu Ionescu | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga IV, Ialomița, 1st (promoted via play-offs) | ||
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Club Sportiv Municipal Fetești, commonly known as CSM Fetești, or simply as Fetești is a Romanian football club based in Fetești, Ialomița County and currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The club has played eighteen seasons in the Romanian third division between 1973 and 2025.
History
[edit]Founding and Early Years (1945–1972)
[edit]The team was founded in 1945 under the name Locomotiva CFR Fetești, at the initiative of a large number of workers from the Fetești Railway Complex, who had a love for sports. Notable individuals involved in its creation include Oprea Cojocaru, Petre Ion, and Ștefan Iacob.
During this period, several other teams emerged in the city, such as Progresul (the town hall's team), Ogorul (the team of the State Agricultural Enterprise), and Autobuzul (the team of the Regional Transport Enterprise), which played in the lower divisions. Progresul and Ogorul later merged to form a new team, called Viticola. In the summer of 1972, after Viticola lost the promotion play-off to Divizia C, the two leading clubs of the city, Viticola and Locomotiva CFR, decided to merge to create a stronger club for Fetești. Thus, Rapid Fetești was born.
Rise and Fall (1972–2018)
[edit]In the first season, Rapid Fetești managed to win the Ialomița County Championship and earned promotion to Divizia C, where it played for the next three seasons, finishing 10th in Series IV in the 1973–74 season, 9th in the same series in the 1974–75 season, and relegating back to the fourth division after the 1975–76 season, when ranked 16th in Series V.[1]
After missing promotion in the 1977–78 season, losing the play-off against Voința Constanța, the winner of the Constanța County Championship (2–0 at home and 0–4 away), Rapid Fetești returned to Divizia C at the end of the 1978–79 season, winning the County Championship for the second consecutive time. This time, the team was promoted directly, without needing to play a promotion play-off, taking advantage of the fact that Ialomița County was less represented in the third division.
Feteștenii spent the next six seasons in Series IV of Divizia C, ranking as follows: 12th in 1979–80, 5th in 1980–81, 3rd in 1981–82 – the best performance in the club's history up to that point – 10th in 1982–83, 8th in 1983–84, and 15th in 1984–85, after which it was relegated.[1]
The club managed to return to Divizia C in 1989, but once again without notable results: narrowly avoided relegation in the 1989–90 season, finishing 14th out of 16, then placed 11th in 1990–91, and was relegated again at the end of the 1991–92 season, after finishing 15th.[1]
Another comeback followed in 1993, but after finishing 13th in the 1993–94 season, the club faced major financial difficulties in the following year due to the withdrawal of its main sponsor, Elcom, and withdrew from Divizia C after just nine rounds.[1]
Between 1994 and 2002, Rapid Fetești became a consistent top-half finisher in the first football division of Ialomița County. In the 2001–02 season, the club won Divizia D – Ialomița County for the fifth time, but failed to secure promotion after losing the play-off against Turistul Pietroasa Haleș, the champions of Divizia D – Buzău County, with a score of 1–4 in the match played at Strejnic.[2]
After a long spell of eighteen seasons in the fourth league, Rapid Fetești achieved promotion to Liga III at the end of a successful 2011–12 campaign. The team won LLiga IV – Ialomița County and secured promotion after defeating the champions of Liga IV – Brăila County, Victoria Traian, 3–0 on penalty shoot-out in the promotion play-off, played on neutral ground in Berca.[3]
In the 2012–13 season, Rapid endured a difficult campaign in the third tier, finishing in 9th place and narrowly avoiding relegation only due to the withdrawal of other teams.[4] However, the following season ended in relegation, with a finish of 11th out of 12.
In the 2014–15 season, due to financial difficulties, the club enrolled in Liga V – Ialomița County, the fifth tier of Romanian football, and secured immediate promotion back to Liga IV, finishing the season unbeaten.[5]
Upon returning to first football division of Ialomița County, Rapid Fetești finished 3rd in two consecutive seasons (2015–16 and 2016–17), but withdrew for financial reasons during the winter break of the 2017–18 season. All remaining matches were lost by default (0–3) under competition rules, and the season concluded with a 14th-place finish.[6]
| Name | Period |
| 1945–1972 | Locomotiva CFR Fetești |
| 1972–1993 | Rapid Fetești |
| 1993–1994 | Rapid Elcom Fetești |
| 1994–2018 | Rapid Fetești |
| 2018–present | CSM Fetești |
Revival and the Formation of CSM Fetești (2018–Present)
[edit]In the summer of 2018, to continue the football legacy, the Fetești municipality founded Club Sportiv Municipal Fetești, which does not carry the official record of the former Rapid Fetești team. At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, CSM Fetești purchased the fourth division spot of newly promoted Fulgerul Fierbinți and finished the championship in 9th place.[7][8]
The 2019–20 season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, with the team sitting in 10th place at the time.
Under the management of Mircea Ștefan, CSM Fetești won the shortened 2020–21 Liga IV – Ialomița County short tournament and secured promotion by winning the play-off on away goals against Liga III side CS Făurei (2–2 at Făurei and 0–0 at Fetești), marking a return to the third division after a seven-year absence.[9][10][11]
However, relegation followed at the end of the next season, with a 9th-place finish in Series III of Liga III. Feteștenii ranked 2nd in the East Series of the regular season and finished as runners-up at the end of the 2022–23 campaign. In the following season, 1st place was secured in both the East Series and the championship play-off, earning promotion back to Liga III after a play-off victory against Venus Independența, the Călărași County winners, with a 4–0 win away and a 1–3 loss at home.
Honours
[edit]- Winners (11): 1972–73, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2020–21, 2023–24
- Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2022–23
- Winners (1): 2014–15
Cupa României – Ialomița County
- Winners (1): 2001–02
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 10 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
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Board of directors[edit]
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Current technical staff[edit]
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League history
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Former managers
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Dumitru Dumitriu (1977–1978)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Clasamente Divizia C" [Divizia C league tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Fotbal – Meciurile de baraj pentru Divizia C" [Football - Playoff matches for Divizia C] (in Romanian). bzi.ro. 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Rapidul Fetești, învingătoare la penalty-uri în fața Victoriei din Traian" [Rapid Fetești, winner on penalties in front of Victoria from Traian] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Rapid Fetești rămîne în "C"" [Rapid Fetești remains in "C"] (in Romanian). independentonline.ro. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Liga a V-a, Seria I- Seniori, sezon 2014/2015" [Liga V, Series I- Seniors, 2014/2015 season] (in Romanian). frf-ajf.ro. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Rapid Fetești s-a retras din Campionat" [Rapid Fetești withdrew from the Championship] (in Romanian). independentonline.ro. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "CSM Fetești" (in Romanian). frf-ajf.ro. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Liga a IV-a se pune în mișcare" [Liga IV is set in motion] (in Romanian). independentonline.ro. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "CSM Fetești, campioana județului" [CSM Fetești, the county champion] (in Romanian). independentonline.ro. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Promovarea se joacă la Fetești" [The promotion is played at Fetești] (in Romanian). independentonline.ro. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "CSM Fetești a promovat în Liga 3" [CSM Fetești promoted to League 3] (in Romanian). infoialomita.ro. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.