Timeline

• 1947 — CSM Baia Mare after the merger
• 1950 — The name is changed to Metalul Baia Mare;
• 1955 — Metalul Baia Mare is relegated in Liga III;
• 1956 — The team become Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare and win promotion in Liga II;
• 1957 — The team become Minerul Baia Mare;
• 1958 — Third name change in three years, this time back to CSM Baia Mare;
• 1959 — CSM Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup, only to be defeated by Dinamo București;
• 1962 — Another name change, this time back to Minerul Baia Mare;
• 1963 — Mircea Sasu become the first player ever to be selected from Minerul Baia Mare into the national team of Romania;
• 1964 — Minerul Baia Mare win the second series of Liga II and win promotion into Liga I for the first time in their history, Phoenix / Carpati Baia Mare played before the World War II in the First League.
• 1965 — As the team finish only 13th out of 14 in Liga I, they are relegated after only one year;
• 1975 — The team become FC Baia Mare;
• 1978 — FC Baia Mare win promotion into Liga I. It is the third in the history. The Golden Age starts;
• 1979 — FC Baia Mare finish 5th out of 18 in Liga I;
• 1980 — The best performance in Liga I as they finish 4th out of 18;
• 1981 — A poor year followed by relegation back to Liga II, mainly due to internal issues;
• 1982 — FC Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup where they are defeated by Dinamo București. For the first time in their history FC Baia Mare play in Cup Winners' Cup, against Real Madrid of Spain.
• 1983 — FC Baia Mare win the fourth promotion in their history into Liga I;
• 1984 — A poor season in Liga I where the team finish 15th out of 18 but save themselves from relegation;
• 1985 — FC Baia Mare is relegated back to Liga II. The Golden Era ends. The team become FC Maramureş Baia Mare.
• 1993 — The Silver Era starts as FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the semifinals of Romanian Cup;
• 1994 — After a series of average and poor seasons in Liga II during the past decade, FC Maramureş Baia Mare win promotion in Liga I for the fifth time in their history;
• 1995 — FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the quarter-finals of Romanian Cup, but at the end of the season is relegated back to Liga II. The Silver Era ends.
• 1998 — Another name change, this time back to FC Baia Mare;
• 1999 — FC Baia Mare is relegated to Liga III for the second time in their history;
• 2000 — The team promote back to Liga II;
• 2001 — Second promotion in only two years, this time in Liga I, as FC Baia Mare win the promotion play-offs, however, the team's owner decides to trade the team's place in Liga I to another team, arguing the lack of financial resources to keep them over the competitional season. FC Baia Mare return to Liga II;
• 2002 — FC Baia Mare qualify again for promotion play-offs but do not win promotion;
• 2004 — Relegation in Liga III;
• 2006 — After two years in Liga III, FC Baia Mare win promotion to Liga II;
• 2007 — The club is relegated back to Liga III and face serious financial issues. Brazilian Ayres Cerqueira Simao becomes the first foreign player ever to play for FC Baia Mare;
• 2008 — Despite being in the frame for a promotion back to Liga II, a series of poor results and a players strike due to unpaid wages and bonuses left the club in Liga III for at least one more year. Yet, at the beginning of the 2008 – 09 season the club manage to transfer some players with good experience in Liga I, such as: Daniel Rednic and Sorin Iodi, thus becoming top favourites to win promotion into Liga II.
• 2009 – FC Baia Mare promoted to the Liga II after finishing first the 2008–09 Liga III.
• 2010 – Finished 8th in the 2009–10 Liga II season and was dissolved shortly after.
• 2012 – Refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the Liga IV.
• 2013 – Promoted to the Liga III.
• 2015 – Promoted to the Liga II.
• 2016 – Withdrew from the upcoming Liga II season due to financial difficulties.^[2]
• 2017 – Refounded as Minaur Baia Mare in the Liga IV.
• 2018 – Promoted to the Liga III.
• 2020 – Loses Promotion play-off to Comuna Recea
• 2022 – Promoted to the Liga II after beating Hunedoara in the promotion play-off final
• 2023 – Relegation to Liga III. The team goes through its worst season, at one time, having just 1 point in 6 games.

Team's records

• Liga I - 10 present

• 1937 - 1938; 1938 - 1939; 1939 - 1940; 1940 - 1941; 1964 - 1965; 1978 - 1979; 1979 - 1980; 1980 - 1981; 1983 - 1984; 1984 - 1985; 1994 - 1995.

• Liga I
  • Best finish: 4th 1979–1980
• Liga II
  • Winners (5): 1936 - 1937; 1963 - 1964; 1977 - 1978; 1982 - 1983; 1993 - 1994.
  • Runners-up (11): 1959 – 1960; 1960 – 1961; 1965 – 1966; 1966 – 1967; 1971 – 1972; 1981 – 1982; 1985 – 1986; 1986 – 1987; 1991 – 1992; 2000 – 2001; 2001 –2002.
• Liga III
  • Winners (7): 1955 - 1956; 1999 – 2000; 2005 – 2006; 2008 – 2009; 2014 – 2015; 2020 – 2021; 2021 – 2022.
  • Runners-up (1): 2019–20
• Liga IV – Maramureș County
  • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2017–18

Cups

• Cupa României
  • Runners-up (2): 1958–59, 1981–82
• Cupa României – Maramureș County
  • Winners (1): 2017–18

International

• European Cup Winners' Cup

* First Round (1): 1982–83

First leg

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FC Baia Mare	0–0	Real Madrid
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Second leg

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Real Madrid	5–2	FC Baia Mare
Juanito 16' González 33' García Hernández 45' Santillana 47' Metgod 71'	Report	Koller 12' Buzgău 89'

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baia Mare	2–5	Real Madrid	0–0	2–5

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First team squad

As of 6 September 2023^[4]

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Balázs Dombrádi 5 DF  ROU Ionuț Pisuc 6 DF  ROU Richard Cin 7 FW  ROU Darius Gherman 8 MF  ROU Denis Matei 10 MF  MDA Ivan Urvanțev 11 MF  ROU Fedor Buciuta 13 MF  MDA Valeriu Macrițchii 15 MF  ROU Mario Leș 16 MF  ROU Bogdan Burcea 17 FW  ROU Mario Maroșan 19 MF  ROU Romario Hidigan 21 DF  ROU Marius Potcoavă 23 MF  ROU Cătălin Ștefănescu 26 FW  ROU Bogdan Jeler 27 DF  ROU David Simion (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  ROU Daniel Stoian 29 GK  ROU Emanuel Breban 36 MF  ROU Ionuț Ilieș 64 MF  ROU Cristian Raicu 70 MF  ROU Tiberiu Serediuc 72 FW  ROU Erik Piroska 88 DF  ROU Alexandru Cîmpan 97 DF  ROU Laurențiu Achim 98 MF  ROU Calvin Cândea — MF  ROU Balázs Csiszér — DF  ROU Răzvan Lazăr — DF  ROU Darius Mureșan — FW  ROU Raphael Stanescu — DF  ROU Răzvan Tincu — FW  ROU Paul Batin

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Out on loan

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