CSM Mediaș (basketball)

For the football team, see CS Gaz Metan Mediaş.

Clubul Sportiv Municipal Mediaș, commonly known as CSM Mediaș or simply Mediaș, is a Romanian basketball club based in Mediaș. currently participates in the Liga Națională, the top-tier league in Romania.

CSM Mediaș
Nickname	Medieșenii (The People from Mediaș) Găzarii (The Refinery Workers)
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003) as Gaz Metan Mediaș 2017; 7 years ago (2017) as CSM Mediaș
History	Gaz Metan Mediaș (2003–2015) CSM Mediaș (2017–present)
Arena	Sala Sporturilor
Capacity	462
Location	Mediaș, Romania
Team colors	White, Grey, Blue
President	Eugen Pârvulescu
Team manager	Ovidiu Lazăr
Head coach	Mihai Popa
Championships	2 Romanian Cups
Home Away

The team was founded in 2003 as Gaz Metan Mediaș and promoted for the first time in Liga Națională in 2004. The best place since then has been 2nd, in 2010.^[1] In the 2010–11 and 2012–13 season, the club won the Romanian Cup. In 2015 the basketball section of Gaz Metan was dissolved and in 2016 the entire club went into insolvency.^[2]

In 2017 the basketball section was refounded as a section of the Municipality of Mediaș sports club, CSM Mediaș and initially played in the second-tier, Liga I. However, in 2018 the league was merged with the top-tier Liga Națională.^[3]

Trophies

• Romanian Cup

Champions (2): 2011, 2013

Current roster

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

CSM Mediaș roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 4 Vulić, Milan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 5 Andrei, Dragoș 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 9 Barbu, Nicolas 10 Vrîncian, Radu F 11 Cioacătă, Cornel 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) PG 12 Storey, Kareem 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PG 13 Rosemond, Steve 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PF 14 Nicoară, Titus (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PF 17 Simović, Andrija 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 25 Paul, Adam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PF 49 Sajin, Ștefan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) F/C 98 Banciu, Daniel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Head coach Popa, Mihai Assistant coach(es) Popa, Dan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 6 December 2018

Season by season

Former logo, as Gaz Metan Mediaș.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Romanian Cup	European competitions
2010–11	1	Liga Națională	3rd	Champions
2011–12	1	Liga Națională	3rd
2012–13	1	Liga Națională	4th	Champions	3 EuroChallenge	T16
2013–14	1	Liga Națională	11th		3 EuroChallenge	T16
2014–15	1	Liga Națională	9th
2015–16	1	Liga Națională	12th

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Deven Mitchell
• Marko Dimitrijević

References

1. "CS Gaz Metan Medias history (Romania-Div.A)". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
2. Încă un club din Liga 1 afectat de probleme financiare! Gaz Metan Mediaş a intrat în insolvenţă.. telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
3. Cum va arăta Liga Națională de Baschet Masculin sezonul viitor. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)

External links

• CSM Mediaș on Facebook
• CSM Mediaș at totalbaschet.ro