Clubul Sportiv Bihorul Beiuș, commonly known as Bihorul Beiuș, is a Romanian professional football club based in Beiuș, Romania. The club was founded in 1921 and the team currently competes in the Liga IV.

CS Bihorul Beiuș
Full nameClubul Sportiv Bihorul Beiuș
Nickname(s)Beiușenii
(The People from Beiuș)
Short nameBihorul Beiuș
Founded7 July 1921; 103 years ago (1921-07-07)
as Aurora Beiuș
1 July 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07-01)
as CF Bihorul Beiuș
GroundFrancisc Matei
Capacity2,000
OwnerBeiuș Municipality
General managerSilviu Odobasianu
ManagerVlad Silaghi
LeagueLiga IV
2023–24Liga IV, Bihor County, 4th of 18

History

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Clubul Sportiv Bihorul Beiuș was founded on 7 July 1921 as Aurora Beiuș by a group of young players led by professor Ioan Buşiţia. It was considered the most representative club of the Beiuș Depression and the city of Beiuș.[1]

The team evolved for the most part of its existence in Liga IV – Bihor County, with the first appearance in national football in the 1978–79 season of Divizia C, finishing on 5th place in the 9th series.[2] This first season was followed by another 4 seasons for the team in Divizia C: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83, but with weaker rankings. At the end of 1982–83 season, the team was relegated back to Liga IV.

Beiușenii returned in Divizia C in 1985 under the name of Gloria Beiuș and remained at this level until 1990, but with no notable performances. In the middle of the 1989–90 season the club was liquidated, but was restarted in 1996 as CF Bihorul Beiuș at the initiative of a group of 14 people, including the mayor of Beiuș from that period, Octavian Codreanu.[3]

The club was promoted back to Diviza C in 2004 after 14 years of absence, this time under the name of Bihorul Beiuș. The team has been a constant presence at this level and at the end of the 2008–09 Liga III the club showed off its best performance, coming in 5th place at its debut in Liga III.[4] Then at the end of the 2011–12 Liga III season Bihorul Beiuș finished in 3rd place earning the best performance in the history of the club. Due to a lack of solid funding during that same summer the team chose to withdraw from Liga III and join Liga IV.[5]

Name Period
Aurora Beiuș 1921–1978
Tricolorul Beiuș 1978–1981
Bihorul Beiuș 1981–1983
Gloria Beiuș 1983–1989
Bihorul Beiuș 1996–present

After the withdrawal, the club was reorganized at the management level and started to put more emphasis on youth growth. At the end of the 2014–15 season the team was crowned vice-champions of Romania at the U–21 level for teams belonging to amateur football.[6] Also at the end of the 2016–17 season the senior squad finished in 2nd place and the U–21 squad was crowned the champion of Bihor County for the third consecutive year.[7]

Stadium

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The club plays its home matches on Francsic Matei Stadium from Beiuș.

Rivalries

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Bihorul Beiuș has had several rivalries over time, especially with teams from the Beiuș Depression. The main rivals were the two main teams from Ștei, a small industrial town, Minerul Ștei and Oțelul Ștei, both common presences in Liga III and Liga IV. After the fall of the mining and steel industry both teams were dissolved and a new team was formed, CSO Ștei, which is now the main rival of Bihorul Beiuș.[8]

Honours

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Leagues

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Liga IV – Bihor County

Liga VBihor County

  • Winners (1): 2012–13

Cups

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Cupa RomânieiBihor County

  • Winners (1): 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Other performances

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Players

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First-team squad

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As of 10 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ROU Flaviu Bodea
3 DF   ROU Răzvan Tirla
4 DF   ROU Sebastian Oșvat
5 DF   ROU Denis Laza
6 MF   ROU Dacian Ușvat
7 MF   ROU Vlad Degău (Captain)
8 MF   ROU Raul Ember
9 FW   ROU Ricardo Bartha
10 MF   NGA Cyrus Habakuk
11 DF   ROU Laviniu Dărăban
13 MF   ROU Alexandru Lezeu
14 FW   ROU Florin Pop
15 FW   ROU Claudiu Bercea
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   ROU Marius Balogh
17 DF   ROU Alexandru Jurcuț
19 FW   ROU Lucas Niculuț
20 MF   ROU Cristian Copil (Vice-Captain)
23 MF   ROU Fabian Diniș
24 DF   ROU Darius Diniș
25 MF   ROU Șerban Cornea
26 DF   ROU Ciprian Păstor
28 MF   ROU Cătălin Dan
29 FW   ROU Andrei Fărcănea
88 GK   ROU Oreste Nicolae
94 MF   ROU Adrian Micaș

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

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References

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