CSM Oradea (men's basketball)

CSM Oradea
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
History	CSM Oradea (2003–present)
Arena	Oradea Arena
Capacity	5,200
Location	Oradea , Romania
Team colors	Red, Blue, White
President	Şerban Sere
Head coach	Cristian Achim
Championships	3 Romanian Leagues
Website	csmoradea.ro
Home Away

Active departments of CSM Oradea
Football Basketball(Men's) Basketball (Women's) Water Polo Handball (Men's) Judo Fencing Athletics Tennis

CSM Oradea, also known as simply Oradea, is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Oradea. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the highest level of basketball in Romania.

History

CSM Oradea was founded in 2003, but the team promoted to the first division in 2005. The team best performance was in 2012 when they reached Romanian Cup semi-finals and in 2013 when the team won the 3rd place.

In the 2012–2013 season the team finished on second place at the end of the regular season (23 wins and 7 losses) and qualify for the Play-offs. In the first round the team lost with 3–1 against U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca, and then the team lost 3–1 against future champions Asesoft Ploieşti. The team played for the 3rd place against Gaz Metan Mediaş and won with 2–1.

In the 2013–14 season the team made its first European appearance, as they would play in the third tier EuroChallenge. It also made the Cup Final for the first time, as well as the Liga Nationala Final.

In the 2015–16 season, Oradea won its first Romanian national championship, after beating BC Mureș in the Finals.^[1] Following their historic achievement, Oradea played in the Basketball Champions League during the 2016–17 season and one year later, achieved their second league title.

Honours

• Liga Națională

Champions (3): 2016, 2018, 2019

Runners-up (1): 2014, 2021, 2023

3rd Place (2): 2013, 2017

• Romanian Cup

Runners-up (7): 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023

• Romanian Supercup

Champions (1): (2020)^[2]

• FIBA Europe Cup

3rd Place (1): 2021

Current roster

CSM Oradea roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 0 Richard, Kris 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 PG 3 Neal, Erick 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 PF 5 Tarolis, Donatas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 G/F 6 Carter, Justin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1987-04-21)21 April 1987 PG 7 Gheorghe, Tudor 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 SF 11 Igna, Raul 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2005-05-11)11 May 2005 C 14 Schmidt, Marian 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – (2004-08-14)14 August 2004 SF 20 Mureșan, Raul 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2001-10-28)28 October 2001 G/F 21 Vescan, Enzo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-07-26)26 July 2002 SF 22 Bostic, Josh 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 SG 23 Năstruț, Luca 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2003-08-10)10 August 2003 SF 24 Nicolescu, Bogdan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 C 26 Baciu, Cătălin 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 35 – (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 C 35 Ogden, Mark 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 PF 44 Marković, Nikola 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1989-07-07)7 July 1989	Head coach Cristian Achim Assistant coach(es) Radovan Marković Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 8, 2023

Notable players

References

External links

• CSM Oradea
• CSM Oradea on BaschetRomania.ro
• Eurobasket.com CSMU Oradea Page