For the first time, Csikszereda promoted mathematically in Superliga! All information about the team funded by the Hungarian Government + Club History

After last year the team of Robert Ilyeș lost the promotion dam in front of Dinamo (0-2 and 0-0), Csikszereda authoritarian dominated the Liga 2 season, ensuring mathematically four stages before the end of the play-off.

Csikszereda, briefly: Ascension impossible to ignore in recent years

Red-blacks promoted in the second league in 2019and since then they have been transformed into one of the uncomfortable teams of the second league, especially in the parties held on the modernized “municipal” in Miercurea Ciuc. The place where Dinamo was eliminated from the Romanian Cup seven years ago and, at the same time, a modernized complex in the past years with money from the Hungarian government.

Now, Csikszeredaa club re -established in 2010 under the title of CSM Miercurea Ciucwill evolve into the superlig.

The club registered a huge profit in 2024, with revenues of 8.6 million euros, comparable to those of the University of Cluj, a band-off-off. A Exceeded several clubs from Superliga from this point of view: Gloria Buzău, Unirea Slobozia, Petrol Ploiești, UTA Arad, FC Botosani or Steel Galați.

• Csikszereda is part of Harghita County, where Hungarians represent 85% of the total population. Miercurea Ciuc has a population of almost 40,000 people, of whom 78.5% and Romanians 16.8%

CSM Resita has 40 points, Csikszereda 52. The band prepared by Flavius ​​Stoican has four disputes and 12 points put into play, so I can no longer detach Ciucani, The main criterion of separation in the second step is the number of points obtained in the regular season. Csiskzereda has finished on #1.

78.5%From the population of Miercurea Ciuc are Hungarians, while Romanians represent below 17%

The star has no right to promote, and Robert Ilyeș's band can no longer lose one of the positions that ensure promotion in L1.

The first goal was achieved: at the middle of the play-off, It was officially decided that FK Csíkszereda will promote directly in the first Romanian league in the next season, so there will be no pressure on the team on Saturday.

This is due to the equality result, 1-1, between Reșița and Metaloglobus, so the difference between us and these two teams is 12 points before our Saturday match.

Reșița and Metaloglobus have only 12 points to win in the remaining four stages, and even if one of them wins all the matches, And FK Csíkszereda, absurd speaking, would not get any point in the next five parties, it would still be on equal points with us.

According to the current regulation of the federation, in case of equal play-off, the first criterion is whether there was rounding (which was not the case in Liga 2), and the second criterion is the number of points accumulated in the regular season: Being the winners of the regular season, we have, of course, accumulated more points than Reșița and Metaloglobus.

– Csikszereda communicated

The anthem and flags of the Szeklerland are not missing from Miercurea Ciuc

At all the matches that Csikszereda disputes on their own ground, on the stadium fences are placed flags with the Secuiesc Land. DIt is also the supporters sing before and at the end the hymn of the respective land. Through the Szekler County is meant a territory formed by Covasna, Harghita and part of Mureș county.

History of Csikszereda

The history of football in Miercurea Ciuc dates from 1904, There is written evidence from the newspaper “Csikszereda”, on June 25, 1904, that “Sunday, 19 this month, the Miercurea Ciuc football club was established in our city on the background of a great interest.” In the beginning, sport was practiced at an amateur level, without serious results.

In 1919 they changed their names in the Association of Physical Education Csíkszereda, in 1943-44 they debuted in the third line of the National Championship of Hungary, then in 1944-45 in the National Championship II.

• From the Second World War, Csíkszereda did not play in the Hungarian League, and afterwards, during communism, he stayed only in the lower leagues.
• Until 1971, Csíkszereda played in Division D, at “county”, then continued in Division C under the name of AS Miercurea Ciuc in 1971-72 and stayed at this level until 1976.
• Since then, the name of the football team from Miercurea Ciuc has always taken the name of the given sponsor, so, for example, for two seasons they started as IUPS (the company and spare parts). It was followed by the name of the tractor between 1978 and 1987, after the tractor factory in Miercurea Ciuc became the main sponsor of the team.

They evolved in the third division for five seasons, on the 7th place in 1978-79, on the 14th place in 1979-80, on the 6th place in 1980-81, on the 7th place in 1981-82 and on the 16th place in 1982-83. After five years, in 1988, he was promoted again in the third division, but then under the name of Rapid. In that season, the band from Miercurea Ciuc finished in third place in the standings, so for the first time from the beginning it was close to advanced on the second line. The next season did not go so well, they finished 14th in the 16 -team league and relegated again.

In the 2014-15 season, the team finished in 6th place, in 2015-16, in 5th place, in 2016-17, in third place, in 2017-18, in second place, it was the best period in history until then, because this was the season in which FK Csíkszereda won the third division and was promoted in the second league for the first time in 115 years!

Csikszereda, financed massively from Budapest

The football club in Mirecurea Ciuc has received huge amounts from the Hungarian government in recent years, led by Viktor Orban. In the autumn of 2018, in an official response to the Sports Gazette, the Budapest Executive revealed that he granted Csikszereda and Sepsi no less than 1 billion forint, around 3.2 million.

The financing continued and subsequently, the amounts from Hungary being used for the development of infrastructure, but also of the centers and academies of children and juniors.

What the ranking in the Play-off of the League 2 looks like: