Club Sportiv Municipal Râmnicu Sărat (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌklub sporˈtiv ˈrɨmniku ˌrɨmniku səˈrat]), commonly known as CSM Râmnicu Sărat or Râmnicu Sărat, is a Romanian professional football club based in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, currently competes in Liga III, the third level of the Romanian football.

The team has been known over time by various names, including Spartac, Flamura Roșie, Voința, Progresul, Ferodoul, Acvaterm, and Olimpia, and plays its home matches at Râmnicu Sărat Municipal Stadium.

In the 1982–83 season, Râmnicenii finished 1st in Series III of Divizia C and earned promotion to Divizia B. In the following seasons, Olimpia was assigned to Series I in Divizia B, ranking 12th in the 1983–84 campaign under Marin Mustață in the first half of the season and Cornel Negoescu in the second, 7th in the 1984–85 season, 12th in the 1985–86 season, 10th in the 1986–87 season, and 17th in the 1987–88 season, resulting in relegation back to Divizia C.

In the 1988–89 season, under the guidance of Ion Moldovan, Olimpia won Series III of Divizia C, finishing eleven points ahead of the 2nd-placed team and returning to the second division after just one year. The squad included the following players: Cristea, Stoian, Nițu, Cerbu, Stanciu, Aramă, Ioniță, Trocea, Marin Roșu, Roșca, Gabriel Roșu, Mitracu, Stănițel, Ion Cățoi, Răduță, Dulea, Badea, Tigoianu (15 goals), Răileanu, Petre, and Stănescu.^[1]

Back in Divizia B, Olimpia competed for three seasons, finishing 6th in the 1989–90 season, 12th in the 1990–91 season, and 14th in the 1991–92 season, when it was relegated to the third division due to the second division being reduced from three series to only two series of eighteen teams. The decline continued in the 1992–93 season of the third division, as Olimpia finished 18th out of 20 in Series II and was relegated to the fourth division.

In the fourth division, Olimpia spent five seasons, winning the Buzău County Championship twice but failing to secure promotion each time. In the 1994–95 season, the play-off was lost against Prod Câmpineanca, the Vrancea County winners, with scores of 1–2 and 2–3. In the 1996–97 season, although a 2–1 victory after extra time was achieved against Textila Prejmer, the Brașov County winners, promotion was missed, as the team did not rank among the top sixteen in the special standings of the best-performing teams in the promotion play-off.

Although in the 2012–13 season finished 4th in Series II of Liga III, the club withdrew to fourth league due to financial reasons.

Reorganized in Liga IV – Buzău County, as Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat, the team lead by Dănuț Paveliuc finished 4th in the 2013–14 season.

Leading by Marius Tîrîlă, Olimpia promoted at the end of 2014–15 season, winning the Liga IV – Buzău County and the promotion play-off against Avântul Valea Mărului, the winner of Liga IV – Galați County, 1–1 at Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Sărat and 6–0 at Prof. Costică Popovici Stadium in Valea Mărului.^[2]

Liga III

• Winners (4): 1975–76, 1982–83, 1988–89, 2008–09
• Runners-up (3): 2005–06, 2015–16, 2022–23

Liga IV – Buzău County

• Winners (5): 1969–70, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2014–15, 2019–20
• Runners-up (1): 1968–69

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 Rareș Șerban 2 MF  ROU Dănuț Oprea (Vice-Captain) 3 MF  ROU Mihăiță Trandafir 4 MF  CMR Alexandre Song 5 DF  ROU Matteo Tănăsele 6 DF  ROU Marius Ioniță 7 MF  ROU Florin Alexandru 8 MF  ROU Bogdan Danciu (Captain) 9 FW  ROU Dănuț Bătrînu 10 MF  ROU Andrei Ignat 11 MF  ROU Mădălin Socol

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  ROU George Onel 15 MF  ROU Cosmin Ionescu 16 MF  ROU Ionuț Legănuț 17 MF  ROU Ionuț Dima 18 MF  ROU Claudiu Ionescu-Racovițeanu 19 MF  ROU Mario Micu 20 MF  ROU Silvian Calotă 23 MF  ROU Alessio Mocanu 30 MF  ROU Iasmin Puiu 33 GK  ROU Costin Râpeanu 80 MF  ROU Robert Tănase

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

Board of directors Role Name Owner Râmnicu Sărat Municipality President Gheorghe Lăpuște Sporting director Costică Roșca Team manager Iulian Grigoraș

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Marius Tărîlă Assistant managers Dănuț Paveliuc Viorel Bodan Goalkeeping coach Ionuț Popa Club doctor Marius Roșca

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