CSU Pitești

BCM U Piteşti
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Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	2006
Arena	Trivale Sporturilor Arena
Arena Capacity	2,000
Location	Piteşti , Romania
Team colors	White and Blue
President	Dinu Gheorghe
Team manager	Sorin Caprarescu
Head coach	Andjelko Mandic
Championships	Romanian Championship Winners (2000) Romanian Championship Final (2007) Romanian Cup Winners (2012) Romanian SuperCup Winners 2013)) EuroChallengeCup Group Stage(2013)
Website	https://www.facebook.com/bcmupitesti
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CSU Piteşti (since 2011 it's called BCM U Pitesti) is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Piteşti, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, and has also been named in recent years CS Universitatea, BCM Piteşti and BCMUS Argeş Piteşti, CSU Piteşti and BCM U Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft.

History

In 2013 Pitești held the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Hristu Șapera, BCM U Pitești coach was also the coach of the Romanian National Team Under-20.

2011-2012 season summary

In the season: 2011-2012, the team finished on 9th place after the regular season end therefore the team didn't qualify for the Play-Off. In the Romanian Cup the team won the Cup after a great win with 91-78 against BC Timișoara in the final game played at Bucharest.

2012-2013 season summary

In the season: 2012-2013, BCM U Piteşti won the Romanian SuperCup after winning against CSU Asesoft. After the regular season end, the team finished on 11th place (13 wins - 17 losses) and went to play with CS Farul Constanta in Play-Out for remaining in the first national division. BCM U Pitesti win with 3-0 against CS Farul Constanta. Also the team participated in FIBA EuroChallengeCup, but the team finished last with 1 win and 5 losses.

2013-2014 season summary

In the season: 2013-2014, BCM U Pitești qualified in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup after beating U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca in the quarter finals but they lost in the Semi-Finals against CSM Oradea and against CSU Ploiești in the bronze medal game. After the regular season end, the team finished on 6th place and went to play with BC Mureș in the Play-Offs. BCM U Pitești lost the series with 3-1.

2014-2015 season summary

In the season: 2014-2015, BCM U Pitești qualified for the second consecutive year in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup and they finished 3rd after losing against future winner BC Timișoara and won against CSU Sibiu in the small final. In the regular season, the team finished in 5th place but they lost the Play-Off series in the quarter finals against CS Energia Târgu Jiu with a final score: 3-0.

Seasons

Seasons	Championships	Cups	Europe	Coach	Roster
2011–12	9th place	Winner	No tournament	Tudor Costescu	Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Alexandru Ziguli, Alexandru Neguț, Daniel Popescu, Octavian Calotă, Senai Isleam, Darko Vujacic, Georgian Păun, Ivan Stefanovic, Slobodan Popovic, Uros Velickovic
2012–13	11th place	Quarter Finals	EuroChallengeCup-group stage	Tudor Costescu	Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Daniel Popescu, Marcel Jones,Adobe Gennie, Slobodan Popovic, Alexandru Neguț, Corneliu Alexiu, Cosmin Mătăsaru, Octavian Calotă, Pancracije Barac, Drasko Albijanic
2013–14	6th place	4th place	No tournament	Hristu Șapera	Vlad Dogaru, Ante Krapic, Iulian Orbeanu, Iulian Corneanu, Marian Minea, Ousmane Barro, Pankracije Barac, Kenn Tutt, Lamonte Ulmer, Edi Sinadinovic, Marko Djurkovic, Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Vlad Corpodean, Alexandru Neguț.
2014–15	5th place	3rd place	No tournament	Hristu Șapera	Iulian Orbeanu,Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Cezar Stănescu, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Yurii Fraseniuk, Mirko Kovac, Marko Sutalo, Radenko Pilcevic, Ronald Ross, Stevan Milosevic, Krystopher Faber, Nemanja Kovacevic, Nemanja Maric, Dalibor Djapa

2013-2014 roster

Nr.	Name	Nat.	Hg.	Age
1.	Vlad Dogaru	Romania	184 cm	28 years
2.	Iulian Orbeanu	Romania	204 cm	22 years
3.	Vlad Corpodean	Romania	194 cm	22 years
4.	Lucian Chirof	Romania	202 cm	22 years
5.	Cornel Alexiu	Romania	197 cm	21 years
6.	Marko Djurkovic	Serbia	205 cm	26 years
7.	Edi Sinadinovic	Serbia	191 cm	25 years
8.	Lamonte Ulmer	United States	198 cm	25 years
9.	Ken Tutt	United States	185 cm	29 years
10.	Barač Pankracije	Croatia	196 cm	32 years
11.	Alexandru Negut	Romania	196 cm	23 years
12.	Ousmane Barro	Senegal	208 cm	28 years
13.	Marian Minea	Romania	203 cm	29 years

2014-2015 roster

Nr.	Name	Nat.	Hg.	Position
1.	Marko Šutalo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	193 cm	G
2.	Mirko Kovač	Serbia	199 cm	F
3.	Cezar Stanescu	Romania	191 cm	SG
4.	Radenko Pilčević	Serbia	188 cm	SG
5.	Iulian Orbeanu	Romania	204 cm	C
6.	Cornel Alexiu	Romania	196 cm	PF
7.	Ronald Ross	United States	188 cm	PG
8.	Stevan Milosevic	Montenegro	211 cm	C
9.	Krystopher Faber	United States	208 cm	C
10.	Yurii Frasenyuk	Ukraine	200 cm	PF
11.	Lucian Chirof	Romania	202 cm	C
12.	Alexandru Negut	Romania	198 cm	SF

Last update: September 4, 2014

2015-2016 roster

Nr.	Name	Nat.	Hg.	Position
1.	Cătălin Vlaicu	Romania	203 cm	C
2.	Adrian Tudor	Romania	184 cm	PG
3.	Pedja Stamenkovic	Serbia	190 cm	PG
4.	Aleksandar Mladenovic	Serbia	207 cm	C
5.	Căprărescu Mihai	Romania	- cm	SF
6.	Bogdan Stăncuț	Romania	196 cm	SF
7.	Mircea Ghiță	Romania	178 cm	PG
8.	Vyacheslav Bobrov	Ukraine	1201 cm	PF
9.	Maxsym Pustozvonov	Ukraine	200 cm	SF
10.	Tauras Jogela	Lithuania	203 cm	PF
11.	Ghiță Balmuș	Romania	180 cm	PG
12.	Cornel Alexiu	Romania	196 cm	SF
13.	Ronald Ross	United States	188 cm	PG
14.	Lucian Chirof	Romania	202 cm	C
15.	Alexandru Negut	Romania	198 cm	SF

Last update: December 21, 2015

Current administration

Nr.	Name	Nat.	Position
1.	Andjelko Mandic	Serbia	coach
2.	Ziguli Alexandru	Romania	assistant coach
3.	Căprărescu Sorin	Romania	manager