Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional footballclub from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as Spartac Focșani.
The club was founded in 1953 as Spartac Focșani and over its history had various names like: Progresul, Rapid, Fructexport, Acord, Diplomatic and the most popular for Romanian football fans Unirea.
During its tumultuous history CSM Focșani had a lot of ups and downs and also another two refounding moments, in 2002 and 2006,[1] but the highest level achieved by the team was only Liga II.
Than the team was dissolved again in the summer of 2013, but only at senior level.[2] In the summer of 2016, the senior team was refounded and enrolled in Liga IV – Vrancea County.[3]
Chronology of names
Role
Period
Spartac Focșani
1953–1955
Progresul Focșani
1955–1957
Unirea Focșani
1957–1960
Rapid Focșani
1960–1963
Fructexport Focșani
1963–1966
Unirea Focșani
1966–1980
Unirea Dinamo Focșani
1980–1989
Unirea Focșani
1989–1993
Acord Focșani
1993–1997
Diplomatic Focșani
1997–2002
Unirea 2002 Focșani
2002–2007
CSM Focșani
2007–present
Stadium
CSM Focșani plays its home matches on Stadionul Milcovul from Focșani, which has a capacity of 8,500 seats.