{{Short description|Basketball team in Bihor County, Romania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = white | color2 = #DD261E | color3 = #2C5084 | name = CSM Oradea | nickname = | logo = CSM Oradea logo-en.png | imagesize = 170px | leagues = Liga Națională | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|2003}} | history = '''CSM Oradea''' <br> (2003–present) | arena = Oradea Arena | capacity = 5,200 | location = Oradea, Romania | colors = Red, Blue, White | president = Şerban Sere | coach = Cristian Achim | championships = '''3''' Romanian Leagues | website ={{url|csmoradea.ro/}} | h_body=FFFFF |h_pattern_b=_thinredsides |h_shorts=FFFFF |h_pattern_s=_redsides | a_body=DD261E |a_pattern_b=_thinbluesides |a_shorts=DD261E |a_pattern_s=_bluesides }} {{CSM Oradea sections}}
'''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, and the team was promoted to the first division in 2005. The club's best results came in 2012, when it reached the Romanian Cup semi-finals, and in 2013, when it finished in third place.
In the 2012–13 season, the team finished in second place at the end of the regular season, with 23 wins and 7 losses, and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round, the team lost the series 3–1 against "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca, and the team then lost 3–1 against eventual champions Asesoft Ploieşti. In the third-place series, the team defeated Gaz Metan Mediaş 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.<ref>[http://www.digi24.ro/Stiri/Digi24/Sport/Alte+sporturi/CSM+Oradea+a+castigat+in+premiera+titlul+de+campioana+nationala Baschet masculin | CSM Oradea a câștigat în premieră titlul de campioană națională]</ref> 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''' :15px'''Champions (3):''' 2016, 2018, 2019 :15pxRunners-up (3): 2014, 2021, 2023, 2024,2025 :15px3rd Place (3): 2013, 2017, 2022
*'''Romanian Cup''' :15pxRunners-up (7): 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025,2026
*'''Romanian Supercup''' :15px'''Champions (1):''' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frbaschet.ro/stiri/stiri/csm-csu-oradea-a-castigat-in-premiera-supercupa-romaniei-0|title = CSM CSU Oradea a castigat in premiera SuperCupa Romaniei}}</ref>
*'''FIBA Europe Cup''' :15px3rd Place (1): 2021
==Current roster== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header|team= CSM Oradea | color1 = white | bg1 = #DD261E | color2 = white| bg2 = #2C5084 | h = y | wt = n | age = y }} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | num = 0 |nat = ROU | first = Kris | last = Richard |pos = G | m = 1.96 | year = 1989 | month = 03 | date = 01 | dab = basketball}} {{player3 | num = 3 |nat = LBR | first = Thomas | last = Bropleh |pos = SF| m = 1.96 | year = 1991 | month = 08 | date = 17}} {{player3 | num = 4 |nat = CAM | first = Sayeed | last = Pridgett |pos = GF| m = 1.96 | year = 1998 | month = 05 | date = 22}} {{player3 | num = 5 |nat = FRA | first = Bandja | last = Sy |pos = FC| m = 2.05 | year = 1990 | month = 07 | date = 30|nat2=MLI}} {{player3 | num = 8 |nat = ROU | first = Patrick | last = Tirb |pos = F | m = 1.96 | year = 2007 | month = 08 | date = 17}} {{player3 | num = 11|nat = ROU | first = Eduard | last = Toth Şerbescu |pos = G | m = 1.77 | year = 2008 | month = 11 | date = 06}} {{player3 | num = 13|nat = USA | first = Kalif | last = Young |pos = F | m = 2.06 | year = 1997 | month = 04 | date = 05}} {{player3 | num = 14|nat = ROU | first = Rolland | last = Török |pos = PF| m = 2.02 | year = 1990 | month = 11 | date = 25}} {{player3 | num = 15|nat = NED | first = Emmanuel| last = Nzekwesi |pos = C | m = 2.03 | year = 1997 | month = 09 | date = 05}} {{player3 | num = 17|nat = ROU | first = Andrei | last = Topai |pos = G | m = 1.91 | year = 2008 | month = 11 | date = 17}} {{player3 | num = 22|nat = USA | first = Jaizec | last = Lottie |pos = PG| m = 1.88 | year = 1998 | month = 02 | date = 16}} {{player3 | num = 23|nat = ROU | first = Luca | last = Năstruț |pos = SG| m = 1.93 | year = 2003 | month = 08 | date = 10}} {{player3 | num = 24|nat = ROU | first = Bogdan | last = Nicolescu |pos = SF| m = 1.99 | year = 1997 | month = 01 | date = 03}} {{player3 | num = 25|nat = ROU | first = Ionut | last = Berceanu |pos = FC| m = 2.05 | year = 1998 | month = 05 | date = 21}} {{player3 | num = 35|nat = ROU | first = Marian | last = Schmidt |pos = C | m = 2.06 | year = 2004 | month = 08 | date = 14 | dab = basketball}} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = *{{flagicon|ROU}} Cristian Achim | asst_coach = *{{flagicon|SRB}} Radovan Marković *{{flagicon|HUN}} David Karsai | roster_url = https://www.frbaschet.ro/baschet/team?teamId=21665&seasonId=122915# | accessdate = September 19, 2025 }}
==Notable players== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|# * {{flagicon|ROM}} Rares Apostol * {{flagicon|ROM}} Mihai Gavrilă * {{flagicon|ROM}} László Lázár * {{flagicon|ROM}} Bogdan Țîbîrnă * {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Dillon * {{flagicon|MDA}} Vladimir Colesnicov * {{flagicon|USA}} Will Franklin * {{flagicon|SLO}} Miha Zupan * {{flagicon|SRB}} Uroš Lučić * {{flagicon|USA}} Sean Barnette * {{flagicon|USA}} T. J. Carter * {{flagicon|USA}} Martin Zeno }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.csmoradea.ro/ CSM Oradea] *[http://baschetromania.ro/team/csm-csu-oradea/ CSM Oradea on BaschetRomania.ro] *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Romania/CSM-CSU-Oradea/1294 Eurobasket.com CSMU Oradea Page]
{{CSM U Oradea current roster}} {{Liga Națională (men's basketball)}}
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