CSM Pașcani


Clubul Sportiv Municipal Pașcani, commonly known as CSM Pașcani or simply Pașcani, is a Romanian football team based in Pașcani, Iași County, currently competing in Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system, and having played for twenty-five seasons in Romania’s second football league between 1934 and 1990.
The team is the men’s football section of the multi-sport club CSM Pașcani, which also fields teams in handball, rugby, athletics, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and chess. Its most notable achievements include a include a 4th-place finish in the 1962–63 season of Divizia B and reaching the quarter-finals of the 1987–88 Cupa României.
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History

The team was founded in 1921 as CFR Pașcani by workers from the local railway carriage repair workshops and initially competed in district and regional championships. In 1930, the team changed its name to Unirea CFR Pașcani and became part of Căminul Cultural CFR Unirea, a social and cultural society that aimed to continue, on a new basis, the activities of the old Unirea reading club, founded in Pașcani in 1872. The team competed for the first time at national level in the 1934–35 season of Divizia B and later in the 1937–38 season of Divizia C, before being renamed again as CFR Pașcani in 1948.
The team adopted the name Locomotiva Pașcani in the early 1950s. In the 1956 season, Locomotiva finished 2nd in Series I of Divizia C, just one point behind Recolta Fălticeni, narrowly missing promotion to Divizia B, and ranked 4th in the 1957–58 season. In 1958, the club reverted to its original name, CFR Pașcani, and made up for the previous disappointment by winning the 1958–59 Divizia C under coach Gheorghe Bărbulescu. The squad included Cristescu, Panaite, I. Nedelcu, Brohanschi, Simina, Boboc, Andrieș, Rozolea, Atanasiu, Burcă, and Vornicu.
CFR then spent ten consecutive seasons in Series I of Divizia B, ranking 10th in 1959–60, 5th in 1960–61, and 12th in 1961–62. Under Marin Alexandru, who coached the team for the following four years, CFR achieved its best result of the decade with a 4th-place finish in the 1962–63 season, followed by 6th in 1963–64, 9th in 1964–65, and 11th in 1965–66. In the 1966–67 season, the team was coached by Virgil Rizea, finishing 11th, and then ranked 9th in 1967–68 before being relegated at the end of the 1968–69 season after finishing 15th.
CFR returned to Divizia B just one year later under the leadership of Marin Alexandru, after winning Series I of Divizia C and finishing 2nd in Promotion Group I held in Brașov, behind SN Oltenița and ahead of Metalul Plopeni and Autobuzul București. The squad included Catrina, Mocanu, Mag, Cosma, Rusu, Rîșniță, Drăgan, Fătu, Vochin, Dominte, Blejușcă, Rozorea, Ciupa, Bunea, Munteanu, Artenie, and Rățoi.
In the following seasons, the railwaymen competed in Series I of the second division, ranking 10th in 1970–71 and 9th in 1971–72, with Marin Alexandru coaching the first part of the season and Traian Iordache the second. Alexandru returned and led the team for the next three seasons, achieving 5th place, the best result of the decade, in 1972–73, followed by 9th in 1973–74 and 11th in 1974–75.
Former team player Viorel Simina took charge for the next three seasons, repeating the 5th-place finish in 1975–76, and after placing 11th in 1976–77, CFR Pașcani was eventually relegated again at the end of the 1977–78 season.
This time it was not possible to return immediately, finishing as runner-up in 1978–79 season behind CS Botoșani, the club remained in the third tier. After two seasons at the mid-table, 6th in 1979–80 and 5th in 1980–81, CFR missed the promotion in the 1981–82 season at goal difference in front of Minerul Gura Humorului. In the next season, Pășcănenii finished 3rd, behind Chimia Fălticeni and Zimbrul Siret.
At the end of the 1983–84 campaign, CFR Pașcani, with Constantin Dinu as head coach, won the Series I of Divizia C, returning to second division after six years of absence.
In Divizia B, CFR competed in Series I, finishing 12th in the 1984–85 season, and managed to place several times at mid-table, finishing 6th in 1985–86, 9th in 1986–87, and 6th in the 1987–88 season. The biggest success of that period came in the Cupa României, following victories against Flacăra Moreni and FC Olt Scornicești, CFR advanced to the quarter-finals, but was eliminated by Victoria București 0–2.
In the 1988–89 season, the team finished in 5th place, with Vasile Simionaș as head coach in the second half of the campaign. CFR Pașcani were relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season. After finishing 3rd in 1990–91, Pășcănenii won Series I of Divizia C in the 1991–92 season under Viorel Sălceanu, but due to the reorganization of the competitive system in the summer of 1992, dictated by the Romanian Football Federation, the club remained in the third division. Also, Sălceanu led the team during the 1992–93 season, which ended with a 16th-place finish.
CFR continued to compete in Series I of the third tier, ranking 15th in 1993–94, 9th in 1994–95, 10th in 1995–96, 14th in 1996–97, 3rd in 1997–98, 13th in 1998–99, and 9th in 1999–2000. In the 2000–01 season, CFR managed to leave the relegation battle behind and narrowly missed promotion behind Petrolul Moinești. The following season, 2001–02, began under coach Ioan Damian and was completed under Nicolae Zaharia in the second half, with the team finishing 6th. The Railwaymen then ranked 4th in both 2002–03 and 2003–04, both seasons under Emil Lupulescu, followed by 10th in 2004–05, 2nd in 2005–06 behind Politehnica Iași II, 12th in 2006–07, 8th in 2007–08, and 11th in 2008–09.
In the summer of 2009, the club changed its name to CSM Pașcani and has played continuously in Liga III. In 2012 it was renamed once again, this time as Kosarom Pașcani after the name of the main sponsor. In the summer of 2014 reverted to CSM Pașcani.
NamePeriod
CFR Pașcani1921–1934
Unirea CFR Pașcani1934–1948
CFR Pașcani1948–1950
Locomotiva Pașcani1950–1958
CFR Pașcani1958–2009
CSM Pașcani2009–2012
Kosarom Pașcani2012–2014
CSM Pașcani2014–present

Honours

Liga III
Liga IV – Iași County

League and Cup history

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceNotesCupa României
2024–254Liga IV2ndPlay-off Round
2023–244Liga IV2ndCounty phase - W
2022–234Liga IV4thFirst Round
2021–223Liga III10thRelegatedFirst Round
2020–213Liga III10thPlay-off winnerSecond Round
2019–203Liga III16thFirst Round
2018–193Liga III13thFirst Round
2017–183Liga III13thFirst Round
2016–173Liga III13th
2015–163Liga III8th
2014–153Liga III9th
2013–143Liga III5th
2012–133Liga III4th
2011–123Liga III10th
2010–113Liga III4th
2009–103Liga III14th
2008–093Liga III11th
2007–083Liga III8th

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceNotesCupa României
2006–073Liga III12th
2005–063Divizia C2nd
2004–053Divizia C10th
2003–043Divizia C4th
2002–033Divizia C4th
2001–023Divizia C6th
2000–013Divizia C2nd
1999–003Divizia C9th
1998–993Divizia C13th
1997–983Divizia C3rd
1996–973Divizia C14th
1995–963Divizia C10th
1994–953Divizia C9th
1993–943Divizia C15th
1992–933Divizia C16th
1991–923Divizia C1st
1990–913Divizia C3rd
1989–902Divizia B16thRelegated
1988–892Divizia B5th-

Former managers