FCM Baia Mare
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Municipal Baia Mare |
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| Nickname(s) | Minerul (The Miner) |
| Short name | Baia Mare |
| Founded | 1948 as CSM Baia Mare 2012 as FCM Baia Mare |
| Ground | Viorel Mateianu |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Chairman | vacant |
| Manager | vacant |
| League | not active |
| 2015–16 | Liga II, Seria II, 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
FCM Baia Mare (previously known as FC Baia Mare) is a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, founded in 1948. The club was dissolved in the summer of 2010 because of financial problems, but was refounded in the summer of 2012 under the name of FCM Baia Mare. Baia Mare is currently inactive after withdrawing from the upcoming Liga II season due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016.
Not to be confused with FC Maramureș Universitar Baia Mare, founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2013.
The club was founded in 1948, from the merger of Phoenix Baia Mare (founded in 1932) and Minaur Baia Mare (founded in 1927).
The club's nickname is Minerul (The Miner), due to the mining industry, which developed in Baia Mare and the rest of Maramureş during the last century. Minerul is also an old name of the team, the one that is the most loved by the supporters. Since the decline of the mining sector in the county the club suffered from lack of funds and started it decline in the national football league. The increase in the local council and the new allocated major Catalin Chereches lead to the rebirth of the club and restore it to it previous glory.
FC Baia Mare was a finalist in the Romanian Cup in 1959 and 1982, while in the Liga I, their best performance was 4th out of 18 at the end of the 1979–80 season.
The club played in the Liga I in other few occasions: in 1964–65 (13th out of 14), 1978–79 (5th out of 18); 1980–81 (17th out of 18), 1983–84 (15th out of 18), 1984–85 (17th out of 18) and 1994–95 (17th out of 18).
The team played mainly in the Liga II where FC Baia Mare is ranked first in an all-time standing, obtaining the most points and scoring the most goals.
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