CSM Reşiţa
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Municipal Școlar Reșița |
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| Nickname(s) |
Rosso-Nerii (The Red and Blacks) Milan din Banat (Milan from Banat) |
| Short name | CSMŞ Reșița |
| Founded | 1926 as UD Reșița |
| Ground | Mircea Chivu |
| Capacity | 12,500 |
| Owner | Reșița Municipality |
| Chairman | Viorel Lolea |
| Manager | Leontin Doană |
| League | Liga III |
| 2015–16 | Liga IV, Caraș-Severin County, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
CSM Școlar Reșița is a Romanian football team from Reșița, Caraș-Severin County founded in 1926.
The club is situated in Reșița, in Valea Domanului. In front of the football complex is the bust of Mircea Chivu, the most known Reșița coach, the father of the very-well known football player Cristian Chivu.
The club was founded in 1926, from a merger between two local teams. The new team was named UDR (Uzinele și Domeniile Reșița – Reșița Factories and Domains). In the 1930–31 season, it won the Romanian West League, qualifying in the national finals, where it defeated Prahova Ploiești and Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu. In the following season the club finished runners-up, after Bucharest powerhouse Venus.
After World War II and the advent of the Communist regime, professional football was forbidden. UDR was merged again, this time with the local labour union team, under the name Oțelul (Steel) Reșița. After changing its name several times, it settled to Metalul (Metal) Reșița.
The 1950s were a period of slow decline for the team. In 1954, Metalul Reșița was playing in the Romanian Second League (Divizia B), finishing the season on the 7th place. But in the Romanian Cup, the 1954 season brought its second trophy. The Reșița team, made up of steel factory workers, mechanics, electricians and railway workers, met in the Cup some of Romania's finest teams, including five from Divizia A. It defeated, in turn, Știința Timișoara (6th place in Divizia A in the 1954 season) 5–1, Locomotiva Tg. Mureș (10th place) 4–0, Locomotiva Timișoara (4th place) 2–0, and CCA București (2nd place) 1–0. In the final, on December 5, 1954, Metalul Reșița met, in Bucharest, Dinamo București (3rd place in Divizia A). The Reșița team won the game 2–0, with Szeles scoring twice ('30, '40). It was the first time that a team from the Romanian Second League had won the trophy.
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