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Avântul Reghin
Full name	Club Sportiv Municipal; Avântul Reghin
Nickname(s)	Alb-Albaștrii; (The White and Blues)
Short name	Avântul
Founded	1949; 76 years ago
Ground	Municipal
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Reghin Municipality
Chairman	Ovidiu Marian
Manager	Vilmoș Stoica
League	Liga III
2023–24	Liga III, Seria IX, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Club Sportiv Municipal Avântul Reghin, commonly known as Avântul Reghin is a Romanian professional football club from Reghin, Mureș County and currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

The club was founded in summer 1949 and soon played in the Romanian first league, finishing 13th (last) in the 1955 season. Since then, it has played only in Liga II and Liga III.

Over time, the club has had several names: IPEIL Reghin (1949–1950), Avântul Reghin (1950–1957), Recolta Reghin (1957–1958), Partizanul Reghin (1958–1959), Avântul Reghin (1959–1965), Progresul Reghin (1965–1966), Voința Reghin (1966–1968), and since 1968 it is known as Avântul Reghin.^[1]

History

In Reghin, football was played in an organized way even before the First World War, as noted by Professor Ioan Costea in the book Avântul Reghin - Football and honor. In the interwar period the strongest local team was Victoria, but with the development of the economy of the main factories in the city they established their own teams to motivate their workers. This is how the formations Foresta Română, Partizanul, Nautica, Producția, Recolta, Progresul and Rapid appeared and these will later form the core and foundation of Avântul Reghin.^[2]

In 1946, three of the strongest Reghin football teams (Foresta Română, Nautica and Cărămida) merged out of the desire for performance to form the Foresta Reghin. The results are seen quite quickly, the team reaching the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup in the 1947–48 season, but in 1949, following the nationalization in Romania and of IPEIL, the factory that sustained the team, Foresta was metamorphoses into a new team led by Wajda Janos. The official date of establishment of the new team is 16 June 1949 under the name of IPEIL Reghin changed few months later to Avântul Reghin.^[2]

In 1952, Avântul managed to promoted to second division and, after an 11th place in the 1953 season, the white and blues won the Series II of the 1954 season of Divizia B and promoted to Divizia A. The squad led by Alexandru Schwartz was composed of: Cojocaru, Szekes - Katona II, Bartha, Tonița, Veszi, Feher, Lukacs, Katona I, Constantinescu, Balint, Nistor, Eles, Mateon, Farago, Munteanu and Asztalos I.^[3]

In 2008, the team finished second in the third league and participated at the play-offs for the promotion to Liga II. It made a good impression^{[citation needed]} but failed to qualify. Same in 2016.

Honours

Liga I

Best Finish 13th 1955

Liga II

Winners (1): 1954

Liga III

Winners (3): 1976–77, 1982–83, 1987–88
Runners-up (6): 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2007–08, 2015–16

Liga IV – Mureș County

Winners (2): 1972–73, 1998–99

Players

First team squad

As of 10 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	János Menyhárt (on loan from Sepsi)
2	DF	ROU	Cătălin Bugnar
3	DF	ROU	Cristian Merdariu
6	MF	ROU	Raul Suciu
7	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Panga
8	DF	ROU	Florin Truță (Captain)
9	FW	ROU	Răzvan Forgaci
10	MF	ROU	Petruț Chirlejan
11	MF	ROU	Mario Pop
12	GK	ROU	Marian Suciu
13	MF	ROU	István Fekete
14	DF	ROU	Cristian Dan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ROU	Dragoș Marinescu
17	MF	ROU	Florin Bidi
19	MF	ROU	Victor Căliani
20	MF	ROU	David Potor
21	MF	ROU	Tamas Moldovan
22	MF	ROU	Andrei Enescu
23	FW	ROU	Vlad Bujor
24	MF	ROU	Elin Degan
25	FW	ROU	Toni Suciu
26	MF	ROU	Sergiu Cengher
27	MF	ROU	Damian Minka

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Reghin Municipality
President	Ovidiu Marian
Sporting director	Răzvan Dan
Head of Youth Center	Paul Luca
Delegate	Viorel Cioată

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Vilmoș Stoica
Assistant coach	Florin Truța
Goalkeeping coach	Gabriel Tamaș
Masseur	Vilmos Zsigmond

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
2024–25	3	Liga III (Seria VII)	TBD
2023–24	3	Liga III (Seria IX)	8th		First round
2022–23	3	Liga III (Seria IX)	7th		First round
2021–22	3	Liga III (Seria IX)	8th		Second Round
2020–21	3	Liga III (Seria IX)	3rd		First round
2019–20	3	Liga III (Seria V)	8th		Fourth round
2018–19	3	Liga III (Seria V)	6th		Second Round
2017–18	3	Liga III (Seria V)	10th		Second Round
2016–17	3	Liga III (Seria V)	7th		Fourth round
2015–16	3	Liga III (Seria V)	2nd		First round
2014–15	3	Liga III (Seria V)	9th		Third round
2013–14	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	11th		First round
2012–13	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	7th		Third round
2011–12	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	5th		Second Round
2010–11	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	9th		Fourth round
2009–10	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	15th	Spared from (R)	First round
2008–09	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	8th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes
2007–08	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	2nd
2006–07	3	Liga III (Seria V)	13th
2005–06	3	Divizia C (Seria VIII)	5th
2004–05	3	Divizia C (Seria VIII)	6th
2003–04	3	Divizia C (Seria IX)	4th
2002–03	3	Divizia C (Seria VI)	11th
1999–00	3	Divizia C (Seria VI)	17th	Relegated
1998–99	4	Divizia D (MS)	1st (C)	Promoted
1994–95	3	Divizia C (Seria IV)	20th	Relegated
1993–94	3	Divizia C (Seria IV)	3rd
1992–93	3	Divizia C (Seria IV)	6th
1991–92	3	Divizia C (Seria VIII)	2nd
1990–91	3	Divizia C (Seria IX)	2nd
1989–90	3	Divizia C (Seria II)	2nd
1988–89	2	Divizia B (Seria III)	18th	Relegated
1987–88	3	Divizia C (Seria XI)	1st (C)	Promoted

Former managers

References

^ "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.(in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b "Istoria clubului" [Club history]. avantulreghin.ro. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "Avântul Reghin? între agonie şi extaz" [Avântul Reghin? between agony and ecstasy]. punctul.ro. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2023.