CS Târgu Mureş

CS Târgu Mureş

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Târgu Mureş
Short name	CS Târgu Mureş
Founded	1944 as ASM Târgu Mureş
Dissolved	1960

CS Târgu Mureş was a football club based in Târgu Mureş, Mureş County in central Romania. It was founded in 1944 and it soon became one of the best teams from Mureş. The club was dissolved in 1960.

History

The team of the railway workers, that brought together the best players from Târgu Mureş, that previously played for MSE, MNKTE and MAV. The team participated in the local championship under the name of ASM Târgu Mureş.

In 1945 ASM became Dermagant and under this name the team promoted to Liga I in 1946 after a play-off match against Karres Mediaş. In 1948 the club changes its name to RATA, after the name of the factory, its main sponsor. In 1949 RATA becomes Locomotiva, and in 1955 it relegates to Liga II. In 1956 the club changes its name once again, this time to Avântul, and under this name it succeeds to promote for the second time to Liga I. But it is a short joy, because after only one season, the club returns to Liga II. At this moment the club becomes CS Târgu Mureş and at the end of the 1959-1960 season it relegates to the regional championship, and with this, the club is dissolved.

The club played for 9 consecutive seasons in Liga I and 10 in total, being the 2nd most successful team from Târgu Mureş, after ASA Târgu Mureş. Its best position was 4th place at the end of the Divizia A 1948–49 and Divizia A 1952.

After its dissolution, the football in Târgu Mureş was continued through ASA Târgu Mureş. And after ASA was dissolved in 2007, through FCM Târgu Mureş.

Honours

Liga I:

• Winners (0):, Best finnish: 4th 1948–49, 1952

Liga II:

• Winners (1): 1956

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