CSM U Oradea

CSM U Oradea
Nickname Leii Roșii
(Red Lions)
Leagues Liga Națională
Basketball Champions League
Founded 2003 (2003)
History CSM Oradea
(2003–present)
Arena Arena Antonio Alexe
Capacity 2,000
Location Oradea , Romania
Team colors Red, Blue, White
              
President Şerban Sere
Head coach Cristian Achim
Championships 2 Romanian Leagues
Website Official website
Uniforms
Active departments of CSM Oradea
Football Basketball
(Men's)		 Basketball
(Women's)
Water Polo Handball
(Men's)		 Judo
Fencing Athletics Tennis

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

History

CSM U 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 semifinals 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 won 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

Champions (2): 2015–16, 2017–18
Runners-up (1): 2013–14
3rd Place (2): 2012–13, 2016–17

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

CSM U Oradea roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
SG 0 United States Richard, Kristoffer 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PF 7 Lithuania Valeika, Arturas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
G 8 Lithuania Kariniauskas, Vaidas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
PF 13 Romania Gavrilă, Mihai 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
C 14 Romania Lázár, László 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
G 15 Canada Denison, Sean 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 21 Romania Țîbîrnă, Bogdan (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
PG 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Pašalić, Muhamed 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 24 Romania Nicolescu, Bogdan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F United States Barnette, Sean 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
PG United States Watson, Giordan 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
SF United States Ginyard, Marcus 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
  • Romania Achim, Cristian
Assistant coach(es)
  • Serbia Mitrović, Milan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 6 September 2018

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

References

  1. ↑ Baschet masculin | CSM Oradea a câștigat în premieră titlul de campioană națională
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