CSM Alexandria

This article is about the football section of CSM Alexandria. For the women's football section, see CSM Alexandria (women's football). For the women's basketball section, see CSM Alexandria (women's basketball).
CSM Alexandria
Full nameClub Sportiv Municipal Alexandria
Nickname(s)Alexăndrenii
(The Alexandria People)
Rulmentul
(The Bearing)
Short nameAlexandria
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
as Unirea Alexandria
GroundMunicipal Turnu Măgurele / Peco
Capacity2,000 / 600
OwnerAlexandria Municipality
PresidentBogdan Ciobanu
Head coachSorin Albeanu
LeagueLiga III
2023–24Liga II, 19th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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,[1] being one of the most important football team of Teleorman County.

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.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 1 January 2024.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference voicila was invoked but never defined (see the help page).