# CSM Moinești

Club Sportiv Municipal Moinești, commonly known as CSM Moinești, or simply as Moinești, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Moinești, Bacău County, founded in 1948 under the name of Petrolul Moinești. The club was declared bankrupt in 2008 and was re-founded as CSM Moinești. CSM is currently playing in the Liga IV and never played higher than Liga II, second tier of the Romanian football league system.

## History

The club was founded in 1948 as Petrolul Moinești and takes its name from the oil production in the Moinești region. In 1950 the name was changed to Flacăra Moinești. Renamed as Energia Moinești, the club played for the first time in Divizia C in the 1956 season finishing eighth in Series I. The next season took again the name Petrolul Moinești finishing the 1957–58 season in seventh place.
The oilmen finished the 1958–59 season on fourth place, but Divizia C ceased operations in 1959 and Petrolul resumed playing in the regional league before returning to Divizia C in 1963.
Led by Emil Vlăduț, Petrolul Moinești won the Series I of the 2002–03 Divizia C season, with three points in front of the main contenders FC Vaslui and Laminorul Roman, gaining immediate promotion back to second division.

## Chronology of names

| Name | Period |
| Petrolul Moinești | 1948–1950 |
| Flacăra Moinești | 1950–1956 |
| Energia Moinești | 1956–1958 |
| Petrolul Moinești | 1958–2012 |
| CSM Moinești | 2012–present |

## Honours

Liga III
* Winners (4): 1971–72, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2002–03
* Runners-up (5): 1965–66, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1993–94
Liga IV – Bacău County
* Winners (4): 1954, 1992–93, 2007–08, 2011–12

## League history

| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2023–24 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) (Seria II) | 4th | | |
| 2022–23 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) (Seria II) | 3rd | | |
| 2021–22 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) (Seria II) | 3rd | | |
| 2020–21 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| 2019–20 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) (Seria II) | 3rd | | |
| 2018–19 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 5th | | |
| 2017–18 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 11th | | |
| 2016–17 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 9th | | |
| 2015–16 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 11th | | |
| 2014–15 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 6th | | |
| 2013–14 | 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 8th | Withdrew | |
| 2012–13 | 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 3rd | | |
| 2011–12 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2010–11 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 4th | | |
| 2009–10 | 5 | Liga V (BC) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2008–09 | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active | Not active |
| 2007–08 | 4 | Liga IV (BC) | 1st (C) | Withdrew | |
| 2006–07 | 3 | Liga III (Seria I) | 16th | Relegated | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2005–06 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 13th | Relegated | |
| 2004–05 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 6th | | |
| 2003–04 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 4th | | Round of 16 |
| 2002–03 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 2001–02 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 14th | Relegated | Round of 32 |
| 2000–01 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 1999–00 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 15th | Relegated | |
| 1998–99 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 15th | | |
| 1997–98 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 6th | | |
| 1996–97 | 2 | Divizia B (Seria I) | 5th | | Round of 32 |
| 1995–96 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 1994–95 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 6th | | |
| 1993–94 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria I) | 2nd | | |
| 1992–93 | 4 | Divizia D (BC) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |
| 1991–92 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria II) | 9th | Relegated | |
| 1990–91 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria II) | 9th | | |
| 1989–90 | 3 | Divizia C (Seria II) | 5th | | |

## Former managers

* Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1957)
* Gheorghe Poenaru (1992–1999)