Club Sportiv Crișul Aleșd, commonly known as Crișul Aleșd, is a Romanian professional football club based in Aleșd, Romania, founded in 1921. Currently the team plays in Liga IV – Bihor County.

History

Crișul Aleșd was established in 1921, under the name of Stăruința Aleșd, but mostly played at the level of regional and county leagues. The first important performance of the "white and blues" was during the 1973–74 Cupa României season, when they achieved Round of 32, where they were eliminated by Universitatea Cluj, top-flight team at that time, score 0–6.

Crișul won its first and last 4th tier title at the end of the 1996–97 season and qualified for the promotion play-offs, where they won 2–0 against AC Recaș, the Timiș County champions. Crișul survived for five consecutive seasons at the level of Divizia C, before it withdrew and enrolled back in the county leagues, due to financial reasons. During these seasons, Crișul achieved the following rankings: 7th (of 20), 7th (of 19), 9th (of 16), 8th (of 16), 10th (of 16).

In this period, Crișul equaled its best performance and achieved again the Round of 32 during the 1998–99 Cupa României season, where it was eliminated again, now with the score of 0–5 by Oțelul Galați, also a top-flight member at that time. Since 2002, Crișul played only in the county leagues with no notable results, but remained a constant presence at this level. On the other hand, "Flăcăii Aleșdului" achieved some important results at youth level, where they won the county league for two times and also achieved the quarter-finals of the national tournament, during the 2022–23 season.

Ground

The club plays its home matches on Crișul Stadium from Aleșd, with a capacity of 800 seats on the two existing stands.

Honours

Leagues

Liga IV – Bihor County

  • Winners (1): 1996–97
  • Runners-up (1): 2006–07

Cups

Cupa României

Other performances

Players

First team squad

As of 1 March 2025

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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK ROU Elisei Pintea 2 DF ROU Adrian Chiș (Captain) 3 MF ROU Rareș Burlău 4 DF ROU Darius Broinaș 5 DF ROU Raul Pascar 6 MF ROU Cosmin Abrudan 7 FW ROU Gabriel Balogh 8 MF ROU Andrei Boier 9 FW ROU Mate Bendoni 10 MF ROU Cristin Gubics 11 MF ROU Vlad Țap 13 MF ROU Paul ȚapNo. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW ROU Sergiu Marușca 16 DF ROU Răzvan Măgui 17 MF ROU Sebastian Petruț 19 DF ROU Sergiu Pîrcălab 20 MF ROU Vlad Crăciune 21 FW ROU Claudiu Pelmuș 23 DF ROU Raul Prodan 29 FW ROU Octavian Venczel 38 GK ROU Robert Bodea 99 GK ROU Gino Ardelean — MF ROU Paul Buda — MF ROU Narcis Lăzău
1GKROUElisei Pintea
2DFROUAdrian Chiș (Captain)
3MFROURareș Burlău
4DFROUDarius Broinaș
5DFROURaul Pascar
6MFROUCosmin Abrudan
7FWROUGabriel Balogh
8MFROUAndrei Boier
9FWROUMate Bendoni
10MFROUCristin Gubics
11MFROUVlad Țap
13MFROUPaul Țap
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15FWROUSergiu Marușca
16DFROURăzvan Măgui
17MFROUSebastian Petruț
19DFROUSergiu Pîrcălab
20MFROUVlad Crăciune
21FWROUClaudiu Pelmuș
23DFROURaul Prodan
29FWROUOctavian Venczel
38GKROURobert Bodea
99GKROUGino Ardelean
—MFROUPaul Buda
—MFROUNarcis Lăzău

Out on loan

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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation PlayerNo. Pos. Nation Player
No.Pos.NationPlayer

Club officials

RoleName
Board of directors Role Name Owner Romania Town of Aleșd President Romania Ciprian FogarașiCurrent technical staff Role Name Manager Romania Ciprian Fogarași Assistant coach Romania Adrian Chiș
OwnerRomania Town of Aleșd
PresidentRomania Ciprian Fogarași
RoleName
ManagerRomania Ciprian Fogarași
Assistant coachRomania Adrian Chiș

Notable former players

External links

  • at Facebook
  • at frf-ajf.ro