CSM Alexandria

Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian professional football club based in Alexandria, Teleorman County, currently competes in Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football.

The team that represents the men's football section of multi-sport club CSM Alexandria, which also include a women's football team and a women's basketball team, was founded in 1948 and during over time has had several names such as: Unirea, Progresul, Comerțul, Automatica, Rulmentul, FC Alexandria and FCM Alexandria, being one of the most important football team of Teleorman County.

In June 2023 it returned Liga II after 18 years of absence.

History
The club was founded under the name Unirea Alexandria in 1948.

The best known players are: Florea Voicilă (a player who represented the national team while playing in the second division for Alexandria) and Florică Mitroi – both home-grown players. Their best performance was 3rd place in the Romanian second league in 1982, above Rapid București ("Noi n-am uitat că-n '82/ Voi ne-ați purtat prin Paradis/ După Rapid erați și voi/ Pe locul 3, și n-a fost vis"- catren al regretatului dr. Jean Sardu...)

The club formed players like Dan Balauru, Valentin Badea and Basarab Panduru. These players played at the top level or even for the Romania national football team.

In the 2008–09 season, the club won the Liga IV – Teleorman County, but lost the promotion play-off for Liga III losing 1–2 against Comprest București. In spite of losing the play-off, the club managed to promote by an administrative decision; the Romanian Football Association announced that FCM Alexandria would play in the Series IV of 2009–10 Liga III season, FCM finished at the middle of the table in 8th place.

The following season, Alexandria finished 14th out of 16 in Series III and was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of other teams from the competition. The 2011–12 season saw the team from Alexandria finished in 8th place.

Led by three coaches during the season, Alexandru Gheorghe, Marian Botea and Sorin Albeanu, the club was relegated to the fourth division at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Following the relegation, Mircea Cristescu was appointed as the new head coach. Cristescu guided the team to finish 2nd in the Liga IV – Teleorman County, 10 points behind Sporting Roșiori.

The failure of promotion led to the dismissal of Cristescu to be replaced by Gabriel Lungu for 2014–15 season, but Lungu was sacked after the defeat from 8th round, 0–1 against Sporting Turnu Măgurele, the main contender for promotion, and Romulus Ciobanu was announced as the next head coach. “Alexăndrenii” finishing eventually as runners-up, 8th points behind its rival from Turnu Măgurele.

With Ciobanu in charge, FCM Alexandria made the comeback to third league, winning the 2015–16 Liga IV –Teleorman County season and the promotion play-off against Andrias Andrășești (3–1 at home and 1–1 away), the winner of Liga IV – Ialomița County.

In June 2023 it returned to second league after 18 years of absence – beating CSO Plopeni and Viitorul Dăești over two legs in the promotion play-offs.

Honours
Liga III Liga IV – Teleorman County Bucharest Regional Championship:
 * Winners (4): 1973–74, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2022–23
 * Runners-up (6): 1969–70, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2017–18
 * Winners (3): 1996–97, 2008–09, 2015–16
 * Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
 * Winners (2): 1961–62, 1967–68

Other performances

 * Appearances in Liga II: 16
 * Best finish in Liga II: 3rd place in 1981–82

Notable former players

 * Romania


 * 🇷🇴 Eugen Anghel
 * 🇷🇴 Valentin Badea
 * 🇷🇴 Dan Balauru
 * 🇷🇴 Valentin Bădoi
 * 🇷🇴 Cosmin Ciocoteală
 * 🇷🇴 Gigel Ene
 * 🇷🇴 Viorel Ion
 * 🇷🇴 Gheorghe Mihăiță
 * 🇷🇴 Cosmin Neagu
 * 🇷🇴 Florin Olteanu
 * 🇷🇴 Constantin Pană
 * 🇷🇴 Ilie Radu
 * 🇷🇴 Constantin Stănici
 * 🇷🇴 Bogdan Vișan
 * 🇷🇴 Dănuț Voicilă
 * 🇷🇴 Florea Voicilă
 * 🇷🇴 Ionuț Voicu

Former managers

 * 🇷🇴 Gheorghe Dungu (1963–1964)
 * 🇷🇴 Gheorghe Dungu (1977–1980)
 * 🇷🇴 Viorel Ion (2003–2004)
 * 🇷🇴 Romulus Ciobanu (2008–2009)
 * 🇷🇴 Emil Ursu (2011)
 * 🇷🇴 Romulus Ciobanu (2014–2017)
 * 🇷🇴 Alin Chița (2018)
 * 🇷🇴 Alin Pânzaru (2019)
 * 🇷🇴 Laurențiu Diniță (2020)
 * 🇷🇴 Eugen Trică (2023–2024)
 * 🇷🇴 Nicolae Lupescu
 * 🇷🇴 Cornel Popa
 * 🇷🇴 Gabriel Raksi
 * 🇷🇴 Florea Voicilă