ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș

ASA Târgu Mureș

Full name	Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș[1]
Nickname(s)	Roș-Albaștrii (The Red-Blues) Mureșenii (The Mureș Men)
Founded	2004 (2004) as Trans-Sil Târgu Mureș[2][3] 2008 (2008) as FCM Târgu Mureș[4]
Ground	Trans-Sil
Ground Capacity	8,200[5]
Chairman	Ioan Man
Coach	Dan Alexa
League	Liga I
2015–16	Liga I, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș, commonly known as ASA Târgu Mureș, is a Romanian professional football club based in Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, currently playing in the Liga I.

It was founded in 2008 as FCM Târgu Mureș. In 2013, the club changed its name from Fotbal Club Municipal (FCM) to Asociația Sportivă Ardealul (ASA).

ASA Târgu Mureș won their first major trophy in 2015, after defeating Steaua București in the Supercupa României.

History

Early years

The team was founded in 2004 under the name of Trans-Sil Târgu Mureș and in 2008 summer changed the name to FCM Târgu Mureș, becoming the city's main football team, as a successor to CS Târgu Mureș (dissolved in 1960), Mureșul Târgu Mureș (dissolved in 1964), and the original ASA Târgu Mureș (dissolved in 2005). They bought a spot from the newly promoted Unirea Sânnicolau Mare, consequently playing in the 2008–09 Liga II. FCM outperformed the predictions and played well throughout the season, winning 16 games and drawing 9, while scoring 54 goals and receiving 27, the fewest in the Seria II. At the end of the season, the team was very close to promote to the Liga I, finishing third with 57 points.

The following season, the club finished first in their series with 69 points, winning 20 games, drawing 9 and losing 3. The team scored 52 goals and received 20 (the fewest goals received in their series, like the year before) and was promoted for the very first time in its history to the Liga I. Eighteen years had passed since the city's last presence in the Romanian top football league (1991–92 season with ASA).

Promotion to Liga I

FCM debuted in Liga I by finishing 9th in the table, the same amount of points as the defending champions, CFR Cluj, and Astra Ploiești. Ioan Ovidiu Sabău led the team to a fantastic streak, at ten points behind Gaz Metan Mediaș, the last team who took an UEFA Europa League spot.

The next season, the club failed to maintain its position in the Liga I, finishing 15th, the highest place in the relegation zone. One team from the second division, Politehnica Timișoara, didn't receive its licence for the first league, so the Romanian Football Federation had to decide whether to keep the first team under the relegation line, FCM Târgu Mureș, or to promote the team placed third in the Seria II, behind Timișoara. Finally, the FRF decided that Gaz Metan Severin should be promoted, thus FCM ended up being relegated.

Return to Liga II

Former logo

The board of directors fixed as an objective for the 2012–13 season the promotion back to the Liga I. However, the team couldn't keep the rhythm set by Corona Brașov and ACS Poli Timișoara, and after the first half of the season it was behind the earlier mentioned two in the league table. The second half of the season was even worse, FCM ending fifth in the West Division of Liga II, ten points behind ACS Poli, which took the second promoting place.

Name change and back to first division

In 2013, the club changed its name from Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu Mureș to Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș. At the end of 2013–14 Liga II they finished second and entered Liga I for the first time with the new name.

2014–15 season

On 16 July 2014, the team debuted in Cupa Ligii (English: League Cup), Romania's secondary club football tournament, and lost their first ever match in the competition against CSMS Iași. It was an extraordinary season for The Red-Blues, securing their very first qualification in a European competition, by finishing second, and winning against two-time defending champions Steaua București both home and away. After the away victory over Steaua, Târgu Mureș seized the first place and was close to obtain a historical league title, however, after a 1–3 loss to Astra Giurgiu, the team fell back to the second place. However, Târgu Mureș kept chances to winning the championship after Steaua's 0–0 draw against CSMS Iași, having to win against relegated Oțelul Galați. Mureș side went to a 1–0 lead, but lost the title after Oțelul turned the score to 1–2.

2015–16 season

On 9 July 2015, ASA earned its spot in the Romanian Super Cup as championship runners-up last season. The club faced Steaua in the final, which won the treble (Championship, Cup and League Cup), and defeated them 1–0, after a goal scored in the 63rd minute by Mircea Axente, who also received the "Man of the Match" title. The team was led by Dan Petrescu, who resigned after the match, due to the financial problems which had appeared in recent days. This was the club's first major trophy.^[6] Shortly after, it was revealed that Vasile Miriuță will become the new coach.

On July 17, it was announced that ASA would face French side AS Saint-Étienne in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.^[7]

Chronology of names

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Liga I

• Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Liga II

• Winners (1): 2009–10
• Runners-up (1): 2013–14

Cups

Supercupa României

• Winners (1): 2015

Other performances

Domestic

• Appearances in Liga I: 4
• Appearances in Cupa Ligii: 2
• Semi-finalists of 2015–16 Cupa României

European

• Appearances in European Competitions: 1
• Biggest European win: 2–1 AS Saint-Étienne in (2015–16 season)
• Third qualifying round of 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Liga I History

European Record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Saint-Étienne	0–3	2–1	2–4

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round

Players

First team squad

As of 6 September 2016. ^[11]

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Carlos Chertes 3 DF Tamas Szasz 4 DF Andrei Cordoș 5 DF Sebastian Bucur (on loan from Dinamo București) 6 MF Gabriel Mureșan (Captain) 7 MF Emil Dică 8 DF Claudiu Belu-Iordache 9 FW Andrei Ciolacu 10 FW Ianis Zicu 11 FW Benjamin Kuku 12 GK Adrian Viciu 13 MF Robert Candrea 14 DF Gabriel Matei 17 FW Ciprian Rus 19 FW Alexandru Ioniță 20 FW Romeo Surdu 21 MF Yasin Hamed

No. Position Player 22 MF Tiberiu Petriș 23 DF Marius Constantin 24 DF Alin Dobrosavlevici 28 FW Marvin Schieb 30 MF Adrian Borza 31 MF Yuval Jakobovich 33 GK Pedro Mingote 37 DF Gaston Mendy 70 DF Alon Netzer 77 FW Vlad Morar 78 MF Octavian Deaconu 89 FW Sergiu Păcurar 91 MF Florent André 94 MF Octavian Ursu 95 GK Bogdan Moga 96 MF Norbert Feketics 97 GK Alex Podar

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — MF Mihai Petra (at Brașov)

No. Position Player

Second team squad (ASA II)

As of 6 September 2016

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

No. Position Player — DF Victor Caliani — DF Peter Kanyaro — MF Alexandru Drăghici — MF Darius Ghirca — MF Tihamer Imreh — MF Zoltan Mihaly — MF Bogdan Onul

No. Position Player — MF Alexandru Ștefan — MF Adrian Șut — MF Attila Tamas — MF Szilard Toto — MF Alexandru Vlăescu — FW Răzvan Stoica — FW Laszlo Tuzes

Club officials

As of 22 July 2016 ^[11]

Board of directors Role Name President Ioan Man General Director Cristian Chertes Sporting Director Daniel Stanciu Sporting Manager Virgil Lăcătușu Economic Director Simona Belean Economic Consultant Ionuț Sterp Marketing Manager Bogdan Ilieș Youth Center Director Alexandru Andrași PR & Media Manager Vlad Podar Security Officer Vasile Tohănean Judicial Consultant Cătălin Ghere HR Director Mariana Sălcudean Sports Complex Administrator Marcel Dragomir

Current technical staff Name Role Manager Dan Alexa Assistant manager Costel Ilie Goalkeeping Coach Carol Fekete Fitness Coach Darius Miclea Club Doctor Gabriel Koszorus Club Doctor Dan Zolog Physiotherapist Cătălin Bălan Masseur Alexandru Levai Masseur Gyorgy Petre Second team manager Lucian Popa

Managerial history

Name	Years
Cosmin Bodea	July 1, 2008 – May 4, 2010
Adrian Falub	May 4, 2010 – Aug 31, 2010
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău	Sept 3, 2010 – Sept 27, 2011
Tibor Selymes	Sept 28, 2011 – Oct 31, 2011
Maurizio Trombetta	Nov 4, 2011 – Jan 20, 2012
Marius Lăcătuș	Jan 21, 2012 – March 18, 2012
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău	March 18, 2012 – June 30, 2012
Alexandru Pelici	July 3, 2012 – Aug 24, 2012
Daniel Isăilă	Aug 24, 2012 – March 11, 2013
Mircea Cojocaru	March 13, 2013 – April 22, 2013
Cristian Coroian	April 22, 2013 – June 19, 2013
Eduard Iordănescu	June 20, 2013 – Oct 9, 2013
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău	Oct 10, 2013 – March 22, 2014
Adrian Falub	March 25, 2014 – Sept 29, 2014
Cristian Pustai	Sept 30, 2014 – Dec 29, 2014
Liviu Ciobotariu	Jan 2, 2015 – June 4, 2015
Dan Petrescu	June 11, 2015 – July 9, 2015
Vasile Miriuță	July 9, 2015 – September 20, 2015
Cristiano Bergodi	September 22, 2015 – December 17, 2015
Petre Grigoraș	December 29, 2015 – February 21, 2016
George Ciorceri	March 9, 2016 – May 31, 2016
Dario Bonetti	June 17, 2016 – August 5, 2016
Dan Alexa	August 7, 2016 –

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Facebook profile
• ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș at UEFA
• ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș at LPF