CSM Olimpia Salonta
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Municipal Olimpia Salonta |
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| Nickname(s) |
Salontanii (The People from Salonta) |
| Short name | Olimpia |
| Founded | 1911 as Nagyszalontai SC 2004 as CSM Olimpia Salonta |
| Ground | Municipal |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Owner | Salonta Municipality |
| Chairman | Mihály Fojka |
| Manager | Ruben Țirban |
| League | Liga IV |
| 2016–17 | Liga IV, Bihor County, 13th |
| Website | Club website |
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Olimpia Salonta, commonly known as Olimpia Salonta, is a Romanian professional football club based in Salonta, Romania, founded in 1911. Currently the team plays in Liga IV.
CSM Olimpia Salonta was founded in 1911 as Nagyszalontai SC - in Romanian: CS Salonta - when Transylvania was still part of Austria-Hungary.
Over the years, the team from the second city of Bihor County had several names like: SC, CS, CSM, Steaua Roşie, Metalul, Stăruința, Recolta or Olimpia, but regardless of the name, the club has become a regular presence of the 3rd and 4th league.
The best period in the history of the club was in the 60's and 70's, when Olimpia, named at that time as Steaua Roșie, Metalul and mostly Recolta played for 17 consecutive seasons in the Liga III. In the 80's the team had an oscillating route, traveling between Liga III and Liga IV, but at the end of the 1984-85, Recolta obtained the best result in its long history, 2nd place in the Liga III at only 4 points behind Înfrățirea Oradea.
In 1988 Recolta relegated again in Liga IV, being the subject of a rebranding process, the team name was changed in Olimpia and the colours were changed also, from green and yellow to white and blue. In the 90's the team had some isolated appearances in the Liga III, but with no important performances. At the end of the 2003-04 Liga IV-Bihor County season the team promoted back to Liga III after four years, but the team was disbanded due to the foundation of Liberty Salonta, club owned by Romanian businessman Marius Vizer, who also bought the stadium for 99 years and a place directly in Liga II from CSM Medgidia. Vizer built a strong football academy and modernized the stadium managing then the best period in the history of the football from Salonta, including a promotion to Liga I at the end of 2005–06 season, but Liberty never played there, after the place was sold to UTA Arad.
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