CSM Oradea (men's basketball)

CSM Oradea
CSM Oradea
Leagues	Liga Națională; FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	2003; 21 years ago
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

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

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

CSM Oradea roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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)	27 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997
SF	11	Igna, Raul	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	19 – (2005-05-11)11 May 2005
C	14	Schmidt, Marian	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	20 – (2004-08-14)14 August 2004
SF	20	Mureșan, Raul	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2001-10-28)28 October 2001
G/F	21	Vescan, Enzo	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (2002-07-26)26 July 2002
SF	22	Bostic, Josh	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	37 – (1987-05-12)12 May 1987
SG	23	Năstruț, Luca	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	21 – (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)	36 – (1988-08-26)26 August 1988
C	35	Ogden, Mark	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994
PF	44	Marković, Nikola	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	35 – (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

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.

References

External links

[1] Baschet masculin | CSM Oradea a câștigat în premieră titlul de campioană națională

[2] "CSM CSU Oradea a castigat in premiera SuperCupa Romaniei".

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