CS CIL Blaj

{{short description|Romanian football club}}

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| clubname = CIL Blaj

| image = CS CIL Blaj.png

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| fullname = Clubul Sportiv CIL Blaj

| nickname = Trupa Libertății
(The Freedom Band)

| short name = Blaj

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1961}}

| ground = CIL Veza

| capacity = 500

| owner = Blaj Municipality

| chairman = Matei Basarab

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Daniel Tătar

| league = Liga III

| season = 2023–24

| position = Liga IV, Alba County, 1st (promoted via play-offs)

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Clubul Sportiv CIL Blaj commonly known as CIL Blaj, is a Romanian football club based in Blaj, Alba County, currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football, following their promotion at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/romania/cil-blaj/66332/|title=Romania - CS CIL Blaj - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}{{cite web|url=https://ziarulunirea.ro/video-cil-blaj-a-promovat-in-liga-3-dupa-1-1-in-retur-cu-acsm-codlea-mica-roma-revine-dupa-16-ani-pe-a-treia-scena-889071/|title=CIL Blaj a promovat în Liga 3, după 1-1 în retur cu ACSM Codlea! "Mica Romă" revine după 16 ani pe a treia scenă!!!|language=ro|trans-title=CIL Blaj promoted to League 3, after a 1-1 draw in the second leg with ACSM Codlea! "Mica Roma" returns to the third stage after 16 years!!!|publisher=ziarulunirea.ro|date=23 June 2024|access-date=8 December 2024|archive-date=8 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208124731/https://ziarulunirea.ro/video-cil-blaj-a-promovat-in-liga-3-dupa-1-1-in-retur-cu-acsm-codlea-mica-roma-revine-dupa-16-ani-pe-a-treia-scena-889071/|url-status=live}}

History

The football club from Little Rome{{Cite web|url=https://www1.agerpres.ro/engleza-destinatie-romania/2014/06/18/destination-romania-alba-blaj-or-little-rome-as-eminescu-called-it-10-47-51|title=Blaj or "Little Rome", as Eminescu called it|date=18 June 2014|publisher=agerpres.ro|access-date=8 December 2024|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010714/https://www1.agerpres.ro/engleza-destinatie-romania/2014/06/18/destination-romania-alba-blaj-or-little-rome-as-eminescu-called-it-10-47-51|url-status=dead}} was founded in 1961 as CIL Blaj, coinciding with the opening of the Combinatul de Industrializare a Lemnului ({{Literal translation|Wood Industrialization Combine}}) in the town, which also supported the team. The club initially competed in the Mediaș District Championship, the fifth tier of Romanian football, and the second tier of the Brașov Regional Championship at that time.

The club reached the Round of 16 in the 1963–64 season of Cupa României, defeating Chimica Târnăveni 2–0, Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–1, Rapid Târgu Mureș 2–0 and managing one of the biggest surprises in Romanian Cup history by eliminating Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 {{aet}}, the winner of the trophy in the previous season and one of Romania's best teams of that period. However, in the Round of 16, CIL suffered a heavy defeat, losing 0–12 to Steaua București.{{cite web|url=https://sportescu.ro/cea-mai-mare-surpriza-din-istoria-cupei-romaniei-brutarul-mosneag-elimina-marea-echipa-a-petrolului/|title=Cea mai mare surpriză din istoria Cupei României: CIL Blaj, o trupă de județ, elimină marea echipă a Petrolului!|language=ro|trans-title=The biggest surprise in the history of the Romanian Cup: CIL Blaj, a county team, eliminates the great Petrolul!|publisher=sportescu.ro|date=28 April 2020|access-date=8 December 2024|archive-date=6 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606075149/https://sportescu.ro/cea-mai-mare-surpriza-din-istoria-cupei-romaniei-brutarul-mosneag-elimina-marea-echipa-a-petrolului/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://bibliotecadeva.eu:82/periodice/sportulpop/1964/06/sportul_popular_1964_06_4459.pdf|title=Restanță din optimile "Cupei R.P.R."|language=ro|trans-title=Postponed from the Round of 16 of the "R.P.R. Cup"|accessdate=8 December 2024|publisher=Sportul Popular|date=11 June 1964|page=3|via=bibliotecadeva.eu|archive-date=8 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208143324/http://bibliotecadeva.eu:82/periodice/sportulpop/1964/06/sportul_popular_1964_06_4459.pdf|url-status=live}}

CIL promoted to Divizia C for the first time at the end of the 1971–72 season, winning the Alba County Championship and the promotion play-off against Dacia Orăștie, the Hunedoara County Championship winner, 5–0 at home and 0–2 away.

In their first season in Divizia C, CIL Blaj finished 4th in Series IX. In the following seasons, the team narrowly avoided relegation by finishing 13th in Series XII in 1973–74 and 13th in Series IX in 1974–75. A slight improvement followed with a 10th-place finish in Series XI in the 1975–76 season, but the team was eventually relegated at the end of the 1976–77 season after finishing 15th in Series XII.

CIL quickly returned to Divizia C at the end of the following season, winning the county championship again and earning promotion without a play-off match, as a team from a less-represented county in the third division.

In the 1978–79 season, CIL finished 13th in Series VIII, two points above the relegation line. The following two seasons, 1979–80 and 1980–81, brought 7th-place finishes in Series XI. However, the stay in the third tier ended after the 1981–82 season, with a 15th-place finish leading to relegation.

CIL won the 1982–83 Alba County Championship but lost the promotion to Divizia C to Minerul Șuncuiuș, the Bihor County Championship winner, with a 2–3 aggregate score (2–1 at home and 0–2 away).

In 1983, the team was renamed Târnavele Blaj, after the Târnava river, formed by the confluence of Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in Blaj. The team earned promotion to the third division by winning the 1983–84 Alba County Championship and defeating Metalul Reghin, the Mureș County Championship winner, in the promotion play-off with a 4–3 aggregate score (0–2 away, 4–1 at home).

The stay in Divizia C was short, as Târnavele ranked last in Series XI the following season and were relegated back to the fourth division. However, Târnavele quickly returned to the third division, winning the Alba County Championship again in the 1985–86 season and beating CFR Arad, the Arad County Championship winner, in the promotion play-off with a 5–1 aggregate score (3–1 away, 2–0 at home).

Honours

Liga IV – Alba County

Liga VAlba County

  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

Players

=First team squad=

{{updated|10 September 2024}}

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{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Rareș Agârbiceanu}}

{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Zoltan Borșoi}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Mihai Drăgan}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Cristobal Oprișor}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Bogdan Jica}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Marius Cîmpean}}

{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Filip Taifas}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Darius Stănilă}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Rareș Iaru}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Călin Cristea}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Sebastian Roșian}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Daniel Șerban}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Raul Comșa}}

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{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Daniel Tătar}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Daniel Vlad}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=David Moldovan}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Daniel Olariu}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Daniel Nicula}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Raul Tomuță}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Radu Damian}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=George Păduraru}}

{{Fs player|no=46|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Adrian Cîrstean}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Romulus Cioară}}

{{Fs player|no=87|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Sebastian Magyari}}

{{Fs player|no=88|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Andrei Câmpean|other=Captain}}

{{Fs player|no=97|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Valentin Boldea}}

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=Out on loan=

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Club Officials

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=Board of directors=

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! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Name

Owner

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Municipality of Blaj

President

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Matei Basarab

Vice-president

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Mario Dumitriu

Board Member

| {{Flagicon|ROM}} Florin Ganea

Organizer of Competitions

| {{Flagicon|ROM}} Costică Gutunoiu

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=Current technical staff=

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! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Name

Technical director

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Marius Oprean

Head coach

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Daniel Tătar

Assistant manager

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Traian Pavel

Goalkeeping coach

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Matei Brînzan

Club Doctor

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Matei Ciolan

Kinetotherapist

| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Aurelian Matei

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League history

{{see also|Romanian football league system}}

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! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Tier

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Division

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Place

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Notes

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Cupa României

2024–253Liga III (Seria VII)TBD
2023–244Liga IV (AB)align=center bgcolor=gold| 1st (C)Promoted
2022–234Liga IV (AB)align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd
2021–224Liga IV (AB)4th

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! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Division

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Place

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Notes

! style="background:#f6d21c;color:#3d5aa8;border:1px solid #3d5aa8;" |Cupa României

2020–21

| align=center colspan=5| Not active due to the COVID 19-pandemic

2019–204Liga IV (AB)7th
2018–194Liga IV (AB)align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd
2017–184Liga IV (AB)8th

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References

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