AS Minerul Cavnic is a Romania

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Cavnic

Cavnic is a former mining town situated in the valley of the same name, east of Baia Mare, in Maramureş County, northern Romania. The town covers , at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1050 meters above sea level.- History :...

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Maramures County

Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...

, founded in 1934. Minerul currently plays in Liga IV

Liga IV

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History

The club was founded in 1934 and played, until 1971, in the county football leagues. At the end of the 1970-71 season, Minerul Cavnic won the promotion to Divizia C, the third tier of romanian football.

After only two seasons, Minerul Cavnic gained the promotion to Divizia B, finishing the 1972-73 season on the second place, which assured a second division place in the next season. After relegating at the end of the season, Minerul won the promotion back in 1976, but relegated again.

The team established itself as a Divizia B regular after the 1977-78 season, when Minerul promoted for the third time in the second division and managed to avoid relegation back to Divizia C for the first time. After this third promotion, Minerul played nine consecutive editions in the second division, finishing two times on the sixth position, their all-time best performance.

The team relegated at the end of 1986-87 season, returned again after just one season to the second division, but then relegated to Divizia C. Minerul played in the third tier until 1996, when the team relegated in Divizia D. Since then, the team plays in the fourth division.

Notable former players

Lucian Bălan Lucian Balan Lucian Bălan is a former Romanian football player and coach, winner of the European Cup in 1986 and the European Supercup in 1987, both with Steaua Bucureşti and current coach at a football school in Baia Mare....  Alexandru Terheş Alexandru Terhes Alexandru Terheş. . is a former football player, who currently works for FRF.He played for Minerul Cavnic, FC Baia Mare, Sportul Studenţesc Bucharest, FC Braşov and FC Bihor Oradea....  Romulus Buia Romulus Buia Romulus Buia is a Romanian former football player, currently the manager of FC Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare. He was nicknamed "Figo from Berceni" by the fans of Rocar Bucharest which played the home games on a field in the Berceni Neighborhood in Bucharest, because of the similarities with the... Aurel Coman Ioan Pavel Ioan Medrea

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