CSM Volei Alba Blaj
{{short description|Romanian volleyball club}}
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| clubname = CSM Volei Alba Blaj
| image = File:CSM_Volei_Alba_Blaj_logo.png
| short name = CSM; Alba Blaj
| fullname = Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011}}
| ground = Sala Transilvania
| capacity = 1,850
| chairman = {{flagicon|ROU}} Sergiu Ștefănescu
| manager = {{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo Naranjo Hernández
| league = Divizia A1
| season = 2023-2024
| position = Divizia A1, 2nd
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Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's volleyball club based in Blaj, Transylvania, Romania, that competed in the CEV Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=10577&ID=1036|title=CSM Volei Alba Blaj |work=CEV|accessdate=8 February 2018}}
== History ==
In 2018, Alba reached the CEV Champions League Final Four for the first time in their history.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?NewsID=27157&ID=1036|title=Facts and figures to know ahead of #CLF4Bucharest semis|publisher=European Volleyball Confederation|date=2 May 2018|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173532/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?NewsID=27157&ID=1036|archive-date=6 May 2018|url-status=dead}}
On 5 May 2018, they achieved a historic success for Romania by advancing to the final with 3–1 victory over Galatasaray SK Istanbul in Bucharest.{{cite web|url=http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=27160&ID=5|title=Romania celebrates! Alba BLAJ on to Champions League final!|publisher=European Volleyball Confederation|date=5 May 2018|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104026/http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=27160&ID=5|url-status=dead}} In its first-ever appearance in a continental championship match, Blaj lost in Sunday's grand final at Polyvalent Hall. Vakıfbank Istanbul — Champions League holders in 2017 and runners-up in 2016 — topped Alba 25–17, 25–11, 25–17.{{cite web|url=http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=27162&ID=5|title=Second consecutive and fourth overall Champions League gold for VakifBank!|publisher=European Volleyball Confederation|date=6 May 2018|access-date=6 May 2018|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003423/http://cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=27162&ID=5|url-status=dead}}
Also in 2018, the Blaj City Council and the Alba County Council decided together to support the construction of a new, 2000-seat arena. The new arena is expected to be ready for 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/volei/sala-noua-pentru-alba-blaj-cat-costa-si-cand-va-fi-gata-435458|title=Sală nouă pentru Alba Blaj. Cât costă şi când va fi gata |publisher=Digi Sport|date=26 April 2018|language=Romanian}}
Honours
= Domestic =
: Winners (7): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Cupa României
: Winners (5): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
- Supercupa României
: Winners (1): 2021
= European =
European Records
On 6 May 2018, in the final game of the 2018 Champions League, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a volleyball European cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 45 points: VakifBank Istanbul – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25–17, 25–11, 25–17).https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?mID=31287&ID=1036&CID=6034&PID=1565 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
On 19 March 2019, in the home game of the final match of the 2019 CEV Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 49 points. CSM Volei Alba Blaj – Unet e-work Busto Arsizio 0–3 (19–25, 16–25, 14–25).{{cite web |url=https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?mID=31644&ID=1120&CID=6077&PID=1623 |title=CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball |website=www.cev.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809074603/https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?mID=31644&ID=1120&CID=6077&PID=1623 |archive-date=2020-08-09}}
On 12 April 2023, in the away game of the final match of the 2023 CEV Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj broke their own record with a new worst score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 41 points. Savino Del Bene Scandicci – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25–18, 25–12, 25–11).{{Cite web |title=CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball |url=https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=64046&setN=0 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=www-old.cev.eu}} This is also the record of the worst score in all European cups' finals. The team's coach was the Serbian Stevan Ljubičić.
On 17 March 2021, in the home game of the final match of the 2021 Challenge Cup, CSM Volei Alba Blaj attained the record of the worst score in a Challenge Cup final since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 46 points. CSM Volei Alba Blaj – System9 Yesilyurt 0–3 (12–25, 18–25, 16–25).https://www.cev.eu/club/volleyball-challenge-cup/history/2021/women/#final-phase {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} This record was equaled one week later, on 24 March 2021, in the away game: System9 Yesilyurt – CSM Volei Alba Blaj: 3–0 (25–17, 25–17, 25–12).https://www.cev.eu/club/volleyball-challenge-cup/history/2021/women/#final-phase {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Team
=Current squad=
:Squad for the 2024-25 season
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Roxana Daiana Roman
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Raisa-Laura Ioan
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Diana-Teodora Vereș
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Alexandra Ciucu
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Lidia-Paula Partnoi
- {{flagicon|ROM}} Daria Maria Ocenic
- {{flagicon|Bosnia}} Iman Isanović
- {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Yelyzaveta Samadova-Ruban
- {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Olena Kharchenko
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Monika Krasteva
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Drussyla Costa
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Mara Ferreira Leão
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Isidora Kockarević
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Lenka Skalická
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Valková
- {{flagicon|POL}} Marta Matejko
== Selected former players==
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Adina Salaoru
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Roxana Bacșiș
- {{flagicon|CUB}} Ana Cleger
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Samara Almeida
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Gergana Dimitrova
- {{flagicon|GER}} Lena Möllers
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Victoriia Russu
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Tijana Malešević
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Nataša Krsmanović
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Bojana Milenković
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Jovana Vesović
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Antonijević
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Lazarević
- {{flagicon|TUR}} Selime İlyasoğlu
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=10577&ID=1036 CEV profile]
- [http://www.voleiromania.ro/echipe/csm-volei-alba-blaj-257.html Voleiromania profile]
{{Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)}}
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Category:Women's volleyball clubs in Romania
Category:2011 establishments in Romania