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Full name | Clubul Sportiv Municipal Politehnica Iași |
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Short name | Poli Iași |
Founded | 16 August 2010 as ACSMU Politehnica Iași |
Ground | Emil Alexandrescu |
Capacity | 11,390 |
Owner | Iaşi municipality |
Chairman | Adrian Ambrosie |
Manager | Flavius Stoican |
League | Liga I |
2016–17 | Liga I, 7th |
Website | Club website |
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Politehnica Iași (Romanian pronunciation: [jaʃʲ]), commonly known as Politehnica Iași, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Iași, Iași County.
The team was founded in 2010 as ACSMU Politehnica Iași and currently plays in the Liga I.
On August 2010, Tricolorul Breaza merged with Navoby Iași and formed ACSMU Politehnica Iași. Playing in the Liga II, the club's objective was to return to the first tier of Romanian football. In the summer of 2011, the club was renamed Clubul Sportiv Municipal Studenţesc Iași or CSMS Iași.
In the summer of 2010, Ionuț Popa was appointed manager and Grigore Sichitiu as executive president.
For the second half of the 2011–12 season ex-Romanian international Florin Prunea was brought in as manager. On June 2, 2012, after two years in the second tier of Romanian football, they gained promotion to Liga I after the 4–2 victory against Farul Constanța.
After the exodus of players such as Cristian Hăisan, Yamoudou Camara and Rodoljub Marjanović, the team went into reconstruction, with players such as Petar Jovanović,Cezar Lungu and Claudiu Ionescu joining CSMS Iași.