Gaz Metan Mediaș
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș |
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| Nickname(s) |
Lupii negri (The Black Wolves) Gaziştii (The Refinery Workers) Alb-Negrii (The White and Blacks) |
| Short name | Gaz Metan |
| Founded | 1945 as Karres Mediaș |
| Ground | Municipal Gaz Metan |
| Capacity | 7,814 |
| Owner | Corin Cindrea |
| Chairman | Ioan Mărginean |
| Manager | Cristian Pustai |
| League | Liga I |
| 2015–16 | Liga II, Seria II, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș, commonly known as Gaz Metan Mediaș, or simply as Gaz Metan, is a Romanian professional football club based in Mediaș, Sibiu County. It was founded in 1945 as Karres Mediaș and currently plays in the Liga I, the highest level of the Romanian football league system.
The club was founded in 1945 under the name Karres Mediaș and participated in the Romanian Second League (Liga II). The team achieved promotion to the Liga I in 1947. The name was changed to CSM Mediaș the same year. The team managed to secure a comfortable 12th position out of 16 teams in its first Liga I season. Financial troubles and inadequate training conditions plagued the club’s second Liga I season (1948–1949). After the second round, disgruntled players complaint to the press and the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) about the poor training conditions at the club. FRF decided to allow the factory "Zorile Rosii" to take ownership of the club. The name of the team was also changed to Zorile Rosii Mediaș. Later that season the team merged with Vitrometan Mediaș. The second half of the season brought another change in ownership but fortunately also the last one in the club’s history. The club was taken over by Ateliere Gaz Metan and the club’s name was changed to Gaz Metan Mediaș. The team relegated to Liga II the same season. The 1948–49 team was formed by Kodacek, Sulyak, Szobo, Serban, Molnar, Rasinaru, Pop, Coman, Guta, Szabo, Pologea.
This period is characterized by frequent name changes but also the most important performance ever achieved by the club: the Romanian Cup final. The club carried the following names: Partizanul (1950–51), Flacara (1951–56), Energia (1956–58), Gaz Metan (1958–60), and CSM Mediaș (1960–1963). The final name change took place in 1963 when the club reverted to its former Gaz Metan Mediaș name. In 1951, the club achieved its most significant domestic performance by reaching the final stage of the Romanian Cup. Led from the bench by the famous Ștefan Dobay, Flacara lost 3–1 in overtime against CCA București (current Steaua București). Goalscorer for Flacara Mediaș was Coman (min.71). Team: Varady – Luca, Szabo – Dumitrescu, Molnar I, Costea – Pop, Papay, Coman, Szasz, Moldovan
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