# CSM Corona Brașov (football)

Clubul Sportiv Municipal Corona Brașov, commonly known as Corona Brașov or simply as Corona, is a Romanian football team based in Brașov, Brașov County, currently competes in Liga IV – Brașov County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football.
The team represents the men's football section of the multi-sport club CSM Corona Brașov that include women's handball, ice hockey, men's basketball, ice skating, skiing, swimming, water polo, women's and men's volley sections.

## History

The team was founded in 2008 as the football section of Sport Club Municipal Brașov and, under the guidance of Daniel Bona, promoted to Liga IV – Brașov County at the end of 2008–09 season.
The next season, strengthened with experienced players in second and third divisions such as Marian Măuță, Remus Ciolănel and Cătălin Ailincăi, SCM achieved its second consecutive promotion, winning the Brașov county league and the promotion play-off against FC Zagon, 2–1 on neutral ground at Petrolul Stadium in Berca.
Corona managed to promote for the first time in history to the Liga I in June 2013. It advanced from the Liga IV to the Liga I in only four years. Only FC Victoria Brănești succeeded to do so before. The participation in the first league was short-lived. Corona was relegated after only one season. In Liga I, Corona won only two games, against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and FC Vaslui. The team finished last, with only 14 points in 34 games, with the weakest attack and the weakest defense lines in the championship. Only days after the end of the season, the mayor of Brașov, George Scripcaru, announced that the football section of the club financed by the mayorship ended its activities.
The club was refounded in the summer of 2016, but it activated only at youth level until the summer of 2019, when the senior squad was refounded as CSM Corona Brașov.
In the summer of 2021, Corona promoted back to Liga II, but after promotion it was absorbed by FC Brașov (2021), in a merge process that also involved ACS Scotch Club. FC Brașov (2021) took Corona place in the second division.

## Grounds

Until the promotion to the Liga I, Corona played its home matches on the Carpați Stadium but was forced to move from there because it didn't meet the requirements for top football. In the first division, the team shared the Silviu Ploeșteanu Stadium with FC Brașov. In 2016, the club moved again on the Carpați Stadium.
In 2020, Carpați Stadium was demolished and Corona Brașov moved back to Silviu Ploeșteanu Stadium.

## Honours

Liga II
* Winners (1): 2012–13
Liga III
* Winners (2): 2011–12, 2020–21
Liga IV – Brașov County
* Winners (2): 2009–10, 2019–20
Liga V – Brașov County
* Winners (1): 2008–09

## League history

| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2024–25 | 4 | Liga IV (BV) | TBD | | |
| 2021–24 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| 2020–21 | 3 | Liga III (Seria V) | 1st (C) | Disbanded | |
| 2019–20 | 4 | Liga IV (BV) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2014–19 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga I | 18th | Relegated | Round of 16 |
| 2012–13 | 2 | Liga II (Seria II) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2011–12 | 3 | Liga III (Seria VI) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2010–11 | 3 | Liga III (Seria VI) | 4th | | |
| 2009–10 | 4 | Liga IV (BV) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2008-09 | 5 | Liga V (BV) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |

## Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 50 caps for CSM Corona Brașov.
* Valentin Balint
* Sergiu Buș
* Răzvan Damian
* Wilfried Kanon
* Alexandru Marc
* Alexandru Tudose

## Former managers

* Daniel Bona (July 1, 2009 – June 20, 2013)
* Nicolae Manea (June 20, 2013 – September 2, 2013)
* Ionel Gane (September 2, 2013 – April 14, 2014)
* Adrian Hârlab (April 14, 2014 – May 5, 2014)
* Daniel Bona (May 5, 2014 – May 23, 2014)