page_title: CSM Jiul Petroșani
section_title: Years of consolidation (1937–1966)
hierarchical_section_title: CSM Jiul Petroșani / History / Years of consolidation (1937–1966)
caption_attribution_description: English: Jiul Petroșani squad 1965-1966 Divizia B season.
context_page_description: Clubul Sportiv Municipal Jiul Petroșani, commonly known as Jiul Petroșani, or simply as Jiul, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Petroșani, Hunedoara County, founded in 1919 under the name of CAM Petroșani.
  Jiul Petroșani is one of the oldest clubs in Romania that is still active. Founded before teams such as Steaua București, Dinamo București or Rapid București, Jiul, at its best, was ranked 2nd in the top-flight, but despite the ups and downs, Jiul was for most of its existence, a constant presence in the first two tiers of the Romanian football league system, fact that made it a traditional club in the country.
  After 1990, the miners had their moments of brilliance, but the closure of the mines in the Jiu Valley, the main engine of the local economy led to the decay of the team, being almost annually in danger of bankruptcy.
context_section_description: Until the end of World War II (1939–1945), Jiul Petroșani oscillated between Divizia A (1937–38) and Divizia B (1938–41), the elite players of that period were: Emil Cosma, Ernest Skovrán (who played also for Romania B), Gheorghe Vâjdea, Teodor Bulea, Remus Radu, Gusti Emmerich, Géza Medve, Iosif Medve II, Ladislau Medve III, Béla Pop and Traian Simandean. After winning the 2nd series of the second league at the end of the 1940–41 season, due to the war, the championship was interrupted and was resumed only in 1946 with Jiul Petroșani in the first league. For the miners followed a so-called "golden age" and at the end of the 1948–49 Divizia A season, the club achieved the best performance in its entire history, occupying the 3rd place, after ICO Oradea and CFR București, after ended the previous season only on the 10th place. It was an excellent place also obtained due to the transfers made during those years, Ion Panait, Costică Marinescu or Tudor Paraschiva, who along with Pop IV, Ion Nicșa, Costică Morar, Oroszi, Mihai Nemeș, Dez Szilaghi, Tiberiu Bone, Andrei Roman or Janos Balogh have formed a strong squad, one of the strongest in the club's history. Even though between 1950 and 1956 Divizia A was played by the Soviet model in a spring-autumn system and the team had other typical names of that moment like: Partizanul (The Partisan), Flacăra (The Flame) or Minerul (The Miner), Jiul Petroșani "flew" through Divizia A in the next years with middle table places until its relegation at the end of the 1959–60 season. The white and blacks have been 13 consecutive years in the first league due to the constant and seriousness of the coaches of that time, Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu or Andrei Sepci, but also due to the dedication of footballers such as Aurel Crâsnic, Tudor Paraschiva, Gheorghe Romoșan, Costică Moraru, Petre Vasiu, Ion Nicșa, Ștefan Szőke, Costică Marinescu, Gheorghe Anisia, Ștefan Coidum, Iuliu Farkaș I, Emeric Farkaș II, Emil Ciurdărescu, Ion Ghibea, Ion Panait, Iosif "Bontu" Deleanu or Gheorghe "Gică" Nertea. Then came a period of rebound, in which the importance of the 1950s squad names could not be counterbalanced by those who came after 1960. After a season in Divizia B (1960–61), even without Panait and Deleanu who retired, but with the ambitious Bazil Marian at the helm of the team, Jiul returned to the first league by winning the series in front of CSM Baia Mare. It was a tight struggle in three teams, then Jiul tasted the first tier again, but only for one season (1961–62). Further petroșenenii played again four years (1962–66) in the second league. In this period appeared at Jiul remarkable players like Frank Baldwin, Victor Zamfir, Florea Martinovici, Cornel Pavlovici, Mihai Ciornoavă, Emil Dumitriu, Marin Peronescu, Ioan Achim, Petre Libardi, Mircea Crăciun, Ion Vasile, Teodor Pop or Andrei Stocker. At the end of the 1965–66 season, Jiul returned to the first league under the leadership of coach Eugen Mladin.
caption: Jiul Petroșani (1965–1966).
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