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| image = FC_Minerul_Baia_Mare_logo.png
| fullname = Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
| short name = Minaur, Baia Mare
| nickname = ''Minerii'' (The Miners)<br/>''Băimărenii''<br/>(The People from Baia Mare)
| founded = 1947
| ground = [[Viorel Mateianu Stadium|Viorel Mateianu]]
| capacity = 15,500 (8,000 seated)
| owner = Baia Mare Municipality
| chairman = Iustin Balaj
| manager = [[Marius Popescu]]
| league = [[Liga III]]
| season = [[2023–24 Liga III#Seria X|2023–24]]
| position = Liga III, Seria X, 7th
| website = http://csminaur.ro/fotbal
| current = 2024–25 CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) season
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'''Minaur Baia Mare''', known also as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian [[association football|football]] [[Football club|club]], based in [[Baia Mare]], [[Maramureș County]], northern Romania, founded in 1947. It currently plays in Romania's third division, [[Liga III]]. It played for seven seasons in Romania's first league, [[Liga I]], last in [[1994–95 Divizia A#League_table|1995]].
==Chronology of names==
{| style="font-size:95%; text-align: left;"
|-
! style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;" |Name<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm|title=Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor|first=(r)|last=RomanianSoccer.ro|website=www.romaniansoccer.ro|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>
!style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;"  |Period
|-
| ''Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare'' || 1947–1950
|-
| ''Metalul Baia Mare'' || 1950–1956
|-
| '''Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare''' || 1956–1957
|-
| '''Minerul Baia Mare''' || 1957–1958
|-
| ''Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare'' || 1958–1962
|-
| '''Minerul Baia Mare''' || 1962–1975
|-
| ''FC Baia Mare'' || 1975–1985
|-
| ''FC Maramureș Baia Mare'' || 1985–1998
|-
| ''FC Baia Mare'' || 1998–2010
|-
| ''FCM Baia Mare'' || 2012–2016
|-
| '''Minaur Baia Mare''' || 2017–present
|}
*'''Note:''' 2 years of inactivity between 2010 and 2012, and the team was refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the [[Liga IV]].
*'''Note:''' 1 year of inactivity between 2016 and 2017, and the team was refounded as CS Minaur Baia Mare in the [[Liga IV]].
==History==
Minaur was founded in 1947, after [[Phoenix Baia Mare]] merged with the old club also named Minaur. Following this merger, the new club was named ''CSM Baia Mare''.
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 was inactive for one season after withdrawing from the upcoming [[2016–17 Liga II|Liga II season]] due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016.<ref name="aug2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.druckeria.ro/liga-ii-fcm-baia-mare-abandon-cu-o-zi-inaintea-startului-acs-berceni-ramane-ilfov/|title=FCM Baia Mare, abandon cu o zi înaintea startului; ACS Berceni rămâne în Ilfov|date=5 August 2016|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref> After one season of inactivity the club was refounded as '''Minaur Baia Mare''', the historical name of the sports club, also used by the handball teams. The club was enrolled in the [[Liga IV]] – [[Maramureș County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minaur.ro/inceput-de-drum-pentru-minerul-baia-mare/|title=Început de drum pentru Minerul Baia Mare|date=13 July 2017|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> In contrast to the handball section, the football section is known unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', one of the past names of the club and the most representative for supporters. Also the football section colours are different from those used for handball, if for handball squads the traditional colours are white, black and orange, for football are yellow and blue.
===Timeline===
* 1947&nbsp;— '''CSM Baia Mare'''  after the merger
* 1950&nbsp;— The name is changed to '''Metalul Baia Mare''';
* 1955&nbsp;— Metalul Baia Mare is relegated in [[Liga III]];
* 1956&nbsp;— The team become '''Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare''' and win promotion in [[Liga II]];
* 1957&nbsp;— The team become '''Minerul Baia Mare''';
* 1958&nbsp;— Third name change in three years, this time back to '''CSM Baia Mare''';
* 1959&nbsp;— CSM Baia Mare reach the final of [[Romanian Cup]], only to be defeated by [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]];
* 1962&nbsp;— Another name change, this time back to '''Minerul Baia Mare''';
* 1963&nbsp;— [[Mircea Sasu]] become the first player ever to be selected from Minerul Baia Mare into [[Romania national football team|the national team of Romania]];
* 1964&nbsp;— Minerul Baia Mare win the second series of Liga II and win promotion into [[Liga I]] for the first time in their history, Phoenix / Carpati Baia Mare played before the World War II in the First League.
* 1965&nbsp;— As the team finish only 13th out of 14 in Liga I, they are relegated after only one year;
* 1975&nbsp;— The team become '''FC Baia Mare''';
* 1978&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare win promotion into Liga I. It is the third in the history. The ''Golden Age'' starts;
* 1979&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare finish 5th out of 18 in Liga I;
* 1980&nbsp;— The best performance in Liga I as they finish 4th out of 18;
* 1981&nbsp;— A poor year followed by relegation back to Liga II, mainly due to internal issues;
* 1982&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup where they are defeated by [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]. For the first time in their history FC Baia Mare play in [[Cup Winners' Cup]], against [[Real Madrid]] of Spain.
* 1983&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare win the fourth promotion in their history into Liga I;
* 1984&nbsp;— A poor season in Liga I where the team finish 15th out of 18 but save themselves from relegation;
* 1985&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare is relegated back to [[Liga II]]. The ''Golden Era'' ends. The team become '''FC Maramureş Baia Mare'''.
* 1993&nbsp;— The ''Silver Era'' starts as FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the semifinals of Romanian Cup;
* 1994&nbsp;— After a series of average and poor seasons in Liga II during the past decade, FC Maramureş Baia Mare win promotion in Liga I for the fifth time in their history;
* 1995&nbsp;— FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the quarter-finals of Romanian Cup, but at the end of the season is relegated back to Liga II. The ''Silver Era'' ends.
* 1998&nbsp;— Another name change, this time back to '''FC Baia Mare''';
* 1999&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare is relegated to Liga III for the second time in their history;
* 2000&nbsp;— The team promote back to Liga II;
* 2001&nbsp;— Second promotion in only two years, this time in Liga I, as FC Baia Mare win the promotion play-offs, however, the team's owner decides to trade the team's place in Liga I to another team, arguing the lack of financial resources to keep them over the competitional season. FC Baia Mare return to [[Liga II]];
* 2002&nbsp;— FC Baia Mare qualify again for promotion play-offs but do not win promotion;
* 2004&nbsp;— Relegation in Liga III;
* 2006&nbsp;— After two years in Liga III, FC Baia Mare win promotion to Liga II;
* 2007&nbsp;— The club is relegated back to Liga III and face serious financial issues. Brazilian [[Ayres Cerqueira Simao]] becomes the first foreign player ever to play for FC Baia Mare;
* 2008&nbsp;— Despite being in the frame for a promotion back to Liga II, a series of poor results and a players strike due to unpaid wages and bonuses left the club in Liga III for at least one more year. Yet, at the beginning of the 2008&nbsp;– 09 season the club manage to transfer some players with good experience in Liga I, such as: [[Daniel Rednic]] and [[Sorin Iodi]], thus becoming top favourites to win promotion into Liga II.
* 2009&nbsp;– FC Baia Mare promoted to the [[Liga II]] after finishing first the [[2008–09 Liga III#Seria VI|2008–09 Liga III]].
* 2010&nbsp;– Finished 8th in the [[2009–10 Liga II#Seria II|2009–10 Liga II]] season and was dissolved shortly after.
* 2012&nbsp;– Refounded as '''FCM Baia Mare''' in the [[Liga IV]].
* 2013&nbsp;– Promoted to the [[Liga III]].
* 2015&nbsp;– Promoted to the [[Liga II]].
* 2016&nbsp;– Withdrew from the upcoming [[2016–17 Liga II|Liga II season]] due to financial difficulties.<ref name="aug2016" />
* 2017&nbsp;– Refounded as '''Minaur Baia Mare''' in the [[Liga IV]].
* 2018&nbsp;– Promoted to the [[Liga III]].
* 2020&nbsp;– Loses Promotion play-off to [[CS Academica Recea|Comuna Recea]]
* 2022&nbsp;– Promoted to the [[2022–23 Liga II|Liga II]] after beating [[CS Corvinul Hunedoara|Hunedoara]] in the promotion play-off final
* 2023&nbsp;– Relegation to [[2023-24 Liga III|Liga III]]. The team goes through its worst season, at one time, having just 1 point in 6 games.
==Performances==
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 [[Divizia A 1979–80|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.
In 1982–83 FC Baia Mare played in [[Cup Winners' Cup]] against [[Real Madrid]] then coached by [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]. After 0 : 0 in the first leg, FC Baia Mare lost 2–5 in the second leg. [[Alexandru Koller|Koller]] and Buzgău scored for the Romanian side on [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabeu]].
In the summer of 1982, FC Baia Mare played a friendly game against [[AC Fiorentina]] in Italy and won 3 : 1. [[Giancarlo Antognoni]] and [[Francesco Graziani]], both world champions with [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at the [[1982 World Cup]], as well as [[Daniel Bertoni]] and [[Daniel Passarella]], both world champions with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] at the [[1978 World Cup]] played for [[AC Fiorentina]] in that game. This is, without doubt, the greatest achievement of FC Baia Mare to date.
The largest win in [[Divizia A]] is against [[Oţelul Galaţi|FCM Galaţi]], 7 : 1 in August 1979, however the club's finest hour in a [[Divizia A]] game came in June 1981 with a tremendous 5 : 0 win against [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]].
=== Team's records ===
* '''[[Liga I]]'''
** Best finish: 4th, in [[1979–80 Divizia A#League table|1979–80]]
* '''[[Liga II]]'''
** '''Winners (4):''' [[1963–64 Divizia B|1963–64]], [[1977–78 Divizia B|1977–78]], [[1982–83 Divizia B|1982–83]], [[1993–94 Divizia B|1993–94]]
** Runners-up (11): [[1959–60 Divizia B|1959–60]], [[1960–61 Divizia B|1960–61]], [[1965–66 Divizia B|1965–66]], [[1966–67 Divizia B|1966–67]], [[1971–72 Divizia B|1971–72]], [[1981–82 Divizia B|1981–82]], [[1985–86 Divizia B|1985–86]], [[1986–87 Divizia B|1986–87]], [[1991–92 Divizia B|1991–92]], [[2000–01 Divizia B|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Divizia B|2001–02]]
* '''[[Liga III]]'''
** '''Winners (7):''' [[1956 Divizia C|1956]], [[1999–2000 Divizia C|1999–2000]], [[2005–06 Divizia C|2005–06]], [[2008–09 Liga III|2008–09]], [[2014–15 Liga III|2014–15]], [[2020–21 Liga III|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Liga III|2021–22]]
** Runners-up (1): [[2019–20 Liga III|2019–20]]
* '''[[Liga IV]]'''
** '''Winners (2):''' [[2012–13 Liga IV|2012–13]], [[2017–18 Liga IV#Maramureș County|2017–18]]
=== Cups ===
* '''[[Cupa României]]'''
** Runners-up (2): [[1958–59 Cupa României|1958–59]], [[1981–82 Cupa României|1981–82]]
* '''[[Cupa României]] – [[Maramureș County]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2017–18
=== International===
* '''[[European Cup Winners' Cup]]'''
: * First Round (1): [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982–83]]
=== First leg ===
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|date           = {{Start date|1982|9|15||df=y}}
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|score          = 0–0
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|team2          = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|goals1         =
|goals2         =
|stadium        = [[Stadionul Viorel Mateianu|Stadionul 23 August]]
|location       = [[Baia Mare]]
|attendance     = 25,000
|referee        = [[Franz Wöhrer]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
=== Second leg ===
{{football box
|date=29 September 1982
|time=
|team1=[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] {{flagicon|ESP}}
|score=5–2
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20040430053422/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/ECWC/AllTimeStatistics/season=1982/Round=869/match=60903/index.html
|team2={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[CS Minaur Baia Mare (football)|FC Baia Mare]]
|goals1=[[Juanito (footballer, born 1954)|Juanito]] {{goal|16|}}<br />[[Isidro Díaz (footballer, born 1954)|González]] {{goal|33|}}<br />[[Francisco García Hernández|García Hernández]] {{goal|45|}}<br />[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] {{goal|47|}}<br />[[John Metgod|Metgod]] {{goal|71|}}
|goals2=[[Alexandru Koller|Koller]] {{goal|12|}}<br />[[Viorel Buzgău|Buzgău]] {{goal|89|}}
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
|attendance=20,200
|referee=[[Stefanos Chatzistefanou]] ([[Cyprus Football Association|Cyprus]])
}}
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[FC Baia Mare|Baia Mare]] {{flagicon|ROM|1965}}||2–5|'''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]'''|ESP|0–0|2–5}}
{{end}}
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!width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
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!width="35" style="background:#DCDCDC"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
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|align=left|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] / [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
|1||2||0||1||1||2||5||–3
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| '''Total'''
|'''1'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''5'''||'''–3'''
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==Players==
===First team squad===
{{updated|10 September 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minaur.ro/cs-minaur-pleaca-la-drum-cu-26-de-jucatori-in-sezonul-2019-2020/|title=CS Minaur pleacă la drum cu 26 de jucători în sezonul 2019–2020|date=19 August 2019|trans-title=CS Minaur starts the 2019–2020 season with 26 players|publisher=minaur.ro|language=ro|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
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{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=ROU|name=Denis Recean}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=David Băloi}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=COL|name=[[Jhon Mondragón]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Raul Saroși}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=[[Sergiu Robert Ciocan|Sergiu Ciocan]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Denis Matei}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=David Ciubăncan}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Mircea Dionca|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=[[Raphael Stănescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=ROU|name=Raul Dumitru}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=Abel Stan}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Denis Buhai}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Raul Vitan}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=[[Carlo Erdei]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=Marius Potcoavă}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=Darius Mureșan}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=David Simion}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=Ionuț Albu}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Paul Batin]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Alexandru Dulca}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=[[Denis Ispas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Andrei Orosz}}
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=GK|nat=ROU|name=Emanuel Breban}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Antonio Suciu}}
{{Fs player|no=81|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Florin Chitaș}}
{{Fs player|no=88|pos=MF|nat=ROU|name=Mario Coza}}
{{Fs player|no=93|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=Alexandru Pop}}
{{Fs player|no=97|pos=DF|nat=ROU|name=Laurențiu Achim}}
{{Fs player|no=99|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=Rareș Babiciu}}
{{Fs end}}
===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs end}}
==Club Officials==
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===Board of directors===
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;" |Role
! style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;" |Name
|-
| Owner
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Baia Mare Municipality
|-
| President
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Iustin Balaj
|-
| Director of Football
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Ovidiu Mic
|-
| Sporting director
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Cosmin Butuza
|-
| Youth Center Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Paul Juhász
|-
| Organizer of Competitions
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Cosmin Filip
|-
| Press Officer
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Daniel Pop
|-
| Media
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Daniel Zoicaș
|-
| Team Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Florin Achim]]
|}
{{col-4}}
===Current technical staff===
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;" |Role
! style="background:#faea00;color:#04428b;border:1px solid #04428b;" |Name
|-
| Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Marius Popescu]]
|-
| Assistant manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Romulus Buia]]
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Vasile Șleam
|-
| Fitness coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Ciprian Duruș
|-
| Club Doctor
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Carmen Neagu-Morariu
|-
| Masseur
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Bogdan Șomcutean
|-
| Delegate
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Dionisiu Bumb]]
|-
| Storeman
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Robert Blasz
|}
{{col-end}}
==Statistics&nbsp;— Domestic Leagues==
''Up to and including the end of 2024–25 season''
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!width=40%|
!width=5%|Pts
!width=5%|Pld
!width=5%|W
!width=5%|D
!width=5%|L
!width=5%|GF
!width=5%|GA
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga I]] (7 seasons)
|'''284'''||230||83||35||112||267||370
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga II]] (50 seasons)
|'''1625'''||1442||680||265||497||2308||1696
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga III]] (14 seasons)
|'''266'''||170||113||30||27||353||122
|}
|-
|}
==League and Cup History==
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|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Tier
! League
! Pos.
! [[Cupa României]]
! Europe
|-
| [[2024–25 Liga III|2024–25]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] || TBD || [[2024–25 Cupa României|Play-off round]] ||
|-
| [[2023–24 Liga III#Seria X|2023–24]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]]  || 7th || [[2023–24 Cupa României#Third Round|Third Round]] ||
|-
| [[2022–23 Liga II#Relegation play-out|2022–23]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''18th (R)''' || [[2022–23 Cupa României#Group stage|Group Stage]] ||
|-
| [[2021–22 Liga III#Promotion play-offs|2021–22]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st (C, P)''' || [[2021–22 Cupa României#Round of 16|Round of 16]] ||
|-
|[[2020–21 Liga III#Promotion play-offs|2020–21]]
|'''3'''
|[[Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st (C)'''
| [[2020–21 Cupa României#Third round|Third round]]
||
|-
|[[2019–20 Liga III#Promotion play-offs|2019–20]]
|'''3'''
|[[Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
| [[2019–20 Cupa României#Third round|Third round]]
||
|-
|[[2018–19 Liga III#Seria V|2018–19]]
|'''3'''
|[[Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
| [[2018–19 Cupa României#Third round|Third round]]
||
|-
|[[2017–18 Liga IV#Maramureș County|2017–18]]
|'''4'''
|[[Liga IV]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|2016–17
| -
| -
|align=center |'''-'''
| [[2016–17 Cupa României#Fourth round|Fourth round]]
||
|-
|[[2015–16 Liga II#Seria II 2|2015–16]]
|'''2'''
|[[Liga II]]
|align=center |6th
|[[2015–16 Cupa României#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
||
|-
|[[2014–15 Liga III#Seria V|2014–15]]
|'''3'''
|[[Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|[[2014–15 Cupa României#Third round|Third round]]
||
|-
|[[2013–14 Liga III#Seria V|2013–14]]
|'''3'''
|[[Liga III]]
|align=center |6th
|Third Round
||
|-
|[[2012–13 Liga IV#Maramureș County|2012–13]]
|'''4'''
|[[Liga IV]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|2011–12
| -
| -
|align=center |'''-'''
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|-
|2010–11
| -
| -
|align=center |'''-'''
| Fourth Round
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|-
|2009–10
|'''2'''
|[[2009–10 Liga II#Seria II|Liga II]]
|align=center |8th
| Fourth Round
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|-
|2008–09
|'''3'''
|[[2008–09 Liga III#Seria VI|Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
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|-
|2007–08
|'''3'''
|[[2007–08 Liga III#Seria VI|Liga III]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
| [[2007–08 Cupa României#Round of 32|Round of 32]]
||
|-
|2006–07
|'''2'''
|[[2006–07 Liga II#Seria II|Liga II]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''16th''' '''(R)'''
|
||
|-
|2005–06
|'''3'''
|[[2005–06 Divizia C|Divizia C]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|2004–05
|'''3'''
|[[2004–05 Divizia C|Divizia C]]
|align=center |9th
|
||
|-
|2003–04
|'''2'''
|[[2003–04 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''15th''' '''(R)'''
|
||
|-
|2002–03
|'''2'''
|[[2002–03 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center |14th
| Round of 16
||
|-
|2001–02
|'''2'''
|[[2001–02 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|2000–01
|'''2'''
|[[2000–01 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1999–00
|'''3'''
|[[1999–2000 Divizia C|Divizia C]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|1998–99
|'''2'''
|[[1998–99 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''17th''' '''(R)'''
|
||
|-
|1997–98
|'''2'''
|[[1997–98 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1996–97
|'''2'''
|[[1996–97 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center |14th
|
||
|-
|1995–96
|'''2'''
|[[1995–96 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center |13th
|
||
|-
|1994–95
|'''1'''
|[[1994–95 Divizia A|Divizia A]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''17th''' '''(R)'''
| Quarter-finals
||
|-
|1993–94
|'''2'''
|[[1993–94 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|1992–93
|'''2'''
|[[1992–93 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center |6th
| Semi-finals
||
|-
|1991–92
|'''2'''
|[[1991–92 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|1990–91
|'''2'''
|[[1990–91 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
|
||
|-
|1989–90
|'''2'''
|[[1989–90 Divizia B|Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
|
||
|-
|1988–89
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |6th
|
||
|-
|1987–88
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
| Round of 16
||
|}
{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Tier
! League
! Pos.
! [[Cupa României]]
! Europe
|-
|1986–87
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|1985–86
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|1984–85
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1984–85|Divizia A]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''17th''' '''(R)'''
| Quarter-finals
||
|-
|1983–84
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1983–84|Divizia A]]
|align=center |15th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1982–83
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
|[[1982–83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup#First round|UCWC]]
|-
|1981–82
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|bgcolor=silver | Final
||
|-
|1980–81
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1980–81|Divizia A]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''17th''' '''(R)'''
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1979–80
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1979–80|Divizia A]]
|align=center |4th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1978–79
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1978–79|Divizia A]]
|align=center |5th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1977–78
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|1976–77
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
|
||
|-
|1975–76
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1974–75
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
|
||
|-
|1973–74
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |5th
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1972–73
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
|
||
|-
|1971–72
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1970–71
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |10th
|
||
|-
|1969–70
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
|
||
|-
|1968–69
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |13th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1967–68
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1966–67
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
| Quarter-finals
||
|-
|1965–66
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1964–65
|'''1'''
|[[Divizia A 1964–65|Divizia A]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''13th''' '''(R)'''
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1963–64
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1962–63
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
| Quarter-finals
||
|-
|1961–62
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |6th
| Round of 16
||
|-
|1960–61
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|1959–60
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|2nd
|
||
|-
|1958–59
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |9th
|bgcolor=silver |Final
||
|-
|1957–58
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
|
||
|-
|1956
|'''3'''
|[[Divizia C]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold |'''1st''' '''(C, P)'''
|
||
|-
|1955
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=FFCCCC|'''14th''' '''(R)'''
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1954
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
|
||
|-
|1953
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |13th
| Round of 32
||
|-
|1952
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |6th
|
||
|-
|1951
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |4th
|
||
|-
|1950
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center |6th
|Round of 32
||
|-
|1948–49
|'''2'''
|[[Divizia B]]
|align=center bgcolor=bronze|3rd
|
||
|}
{{col-end}}
==From Minaur Baia Mare to Romania National Football Team==
* [[Mircea Sasu]] <sup>1</sup> (6 caps / 1 goal): 1963: vs. ''Denmark'' (1 goal); 1964: vs. ''Bulgaria'', vs. ''Hungary''; 1965: vs. ''Czechoslovakia''; 1966: vs. ''Portugal'', vs. ''Czechoslovakia'';<br /><sup>1</sup> [[Mircea Sasu]] played an extra three games for [[Romania national football team|Romania]] after he left FC Baia Mare and scored one goal: 1967: vs. East Germany, vs. Congo (1 goal); 1968: vs. Austria.
* [[Alexandru Koller]]: (5 caps / 0 goals): 1976: vs. ''Iran''; 1978: vs. ''Poland''; 1979: vs. ''East Germany'', vs. ''Poland'', vs. ''USSR''
* [[Alexandru Terheş]]: (3 caps / 0 goals): 1978: vs. ''Poland''; 1979: vs. ''East Germany''; 1980: ''Hungary''
* [[Romulus Buia]]: (2 caps / 0 goals): 1991: vs. ''USA''; 1992 vs. ''Mexico''
==Famous players==
The following players who played for the club also had caps for their national team.
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Necula Răducanu]]&nbsp;– 61 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], including at [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]. Also played for [[FC Rapid București|Rapid Bucharest]] and [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]].
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Vasile Zavoda]]&nbsp;– 20 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], also played for [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Vasile Gergely]]&nbsp;– 36 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], including at [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]. Also played for [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]] and [[Hertha BSC Berlin]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Leontin Grozavu]]&nbsp;– 1 cap for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], played for [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]] and [[FC Saarbrücken]].
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} {{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Vasile Miriuţă]]&nbsp;– 9 caps for [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]. Also played for [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]], [[Ferencvárosi TC]], [[Energie Cottbus]] and [[MSV Duisburg]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Francisc Zavoda]]&nbsp;– 8 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], also played for [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Mircea Sasu]]&nbsp;– 9 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. Also played for [[UT Arad]], [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]] and [[Fenerbahçe SK]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Zoltan Crişan]]&nbsp;– 46 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. Also played for [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]];
*{{Flagicon|ROM}}[[Ioan Condruc]] - the captain from the golden period of Viorel Mateianu. He played also for UTA Arad when UTA won the title and defeated Feyenoord in ECC.
*{{ Flagicon | ROM}} [[Lucian Balan]] he won the ECC, European Super Cup, and was finalist in Intercontinental Cup final.
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Alexandru Koller]]&nbsp;– 5 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]].
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Alexandru Terheş]]&nbsp;– 3 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]].
*{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Romulus Buia]]&nbsp;– 2 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. Also played for [[Germinal Ekeren]], [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] and [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]].
==Famous coaches==
* {{Flagicon|Hungary}} [[Gyula Bíró]]&nbsp;– coached in several countries including Hungary, Germany, Romania, Poland, Spain and Mexico;
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Florin Halagian]]&nbsp;– won several [[Liga I]] championships with [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeș Pitești]] and [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]];
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Ştefan Onisie]]&nbsp;– won one [[Liga I]] championship with [[FC Steaua București|Steaua Bucharest]];
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Viorel Mateianu]]&nbsp;– coached FC Baia Mare during their golden era when he invented some [[football (soccer)|football]] techniques used today by [[Mircea Lucescu]];
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Nicolae Dumitru (footballer)|Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor]]&nbsp;– won several [[Liga I]] championships with [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]];
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Ion Nunweiller]]&nbsp;– won two [[Liga I]] championships with [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucharest]];
* {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Ioan Sdrobiş]]&nbsp;– well known for promoting youngsters in the teams he coached. He discovered [[Cristian Chivu]] amongst many others.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{citation style|date=February 2020}}
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/baia_mare_fc/fc_baia_mare.shtml RomanianSoccer.ro]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190407230627/http://www.labtof.ro/ Labtof.ro]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110104012346/http://www.informatia-zilei.ro/BM/index.htm Informatia Zilei]
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