CSM Știința Baia Mare

Știința Baia Mare

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Full name	Clubul Sportiv Municipal Știința Baia Mare
Nickname(s)	Băimărenii (The People of Baia Mare) Maramureșenii (The People of Maramureș) Știința (The Science) Zimbriilor (The Bisons) Alb-albaștri (The White and Blues)
Founded	1 January 1977 (1 January 1977)
Location	Baia Mare, Romania
Ground(s)	Arena Zimbrilor (Capacity: 2,300)
President	Călin Matei
Coach(es)	Eugen Apjok
Captain(s)	Ovidiu Cojocaru
League(s)	CEC Bank SuperLiga
2021	1st
Official website
www.rugbybaiamare.ro

CSM Știința Baia Mare is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Baia Mare, which plays in the CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. Ever since the second part of the 2010s decade, they have been the most successful rugby union team in Romania, achieving three championship titles and two of the King`s cups.

History

CSM Știința Baia Mare was founded in 1977, although originally under the name of Racemin Baia Mare and would, after only a couple of years after their formation, become one of the powerhouses in the then known Divizia Naţională de Seniori alongside Steaua and Dinamo from the capital.

As the 1980–81 season had arrived, Baia Mare managed to win their first ever tournament, the Romanian cup by defeating Dinamo București 13–12 in what was a close and entertaining game as described by the locals of Baia Mare. Following the Romanian cup, Baia Mare then also became the champions of Romania for their first time ever in the 1989–90 season, where rugby in Romania was considered at its peak.

However, their successes were not able to be sustained as the Bison`s only managed to win two Romanian cups after their first championship title, once in 1990 and once again in 1999 before winning their second championship title 20 years later in 2009. At the turn of the decade, Știința Baia Mare had finally found their groove once again as they managed to win the championship five times within ten years and only faced major issues against SCM Rugby Timișoara during their championship campaigns.

Club honours

Domestic

• CEC Bank SuperLiga:
  • Winners (8): 1989–90, 2008–2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018–19, 2019-20, 2021
  • Runners-up (5): 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016–2017, 2017–18

• CEC Bank SuperLiga (in 12 players):
  • Winners (1): 2011

• Cupa României:
  • Winners (6): 1980–81, 1989–90, 1998–99, 2010, 2012, 2020
  • Runners-up (12): 1981–82, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017–18, 2021

• Cupa Regelui:
  • Winners (2) (record): 2016, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

European

• Energy Cup:
  • Winners (2) (record): 2010, 2011

Current squad

Știința Baia Mare Liga Națională de Rugby squad
Props Iulian Ailincăi Mihai Dico Revazi Dugladze Costel Grămadă Adrian Jipa Domițian Mureșan Constantin Pristăvița James Scott Hookers Levan Papidze Timothy Lilomaiava Adrian Țală Locks Mate Dardzulidze Marius Dănilă Ștefan Iancu Florian Roșu	Back row Alexandru Alexe Beka Bitsadze Silviu Grădinaru Nicolaas Immelman (c) Aleksandre Kalmakhelidze Andrei Pricopie Jeremiah Skelton Scrum-halves Vlăduț Bocăneț Alexandru Harasim Alexandru Țiglă Fly-halves Tute Grant Nikau McGregor Mihai Mureșan Luca Nichitean	Centres Sione Fakaʻosilea Darin Onț Jason Tomane Wings Adrian Apostol Mihai Lămboiu Kefentse Mahlo Brandon Mudzekenyedzi Taliaʻuli Sikuea* Fullbacks Jone Kubu Paul Popoaia
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Romania on residency or dual nationality.

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of Știința Baia Mare:

Name	Nationality	Role
Mihai Matei	ROU	Manager
Eugen Apjok	ROU	Head coach
Paul Rusu	ROU	Assistant coach
Marius Peride	ROU	Team doctor
Sebastian Cozmuța	ROU	Kinesiotherapist
Codrin Despea	ROU	Masseur

See also

• Rugby union in Romania
• Toyota Challenge

External links

• Official Website (in Romanian)
• SuperLiga Squad Details (in Romanian)
• itsrugby.co.uk Squad Details (in English)