Club Sportiv Minerul 1947 Ocna Dej, commonly known as Minerul Ocna Dej, formerly known as SomeÃÂul Dej, was a Romanian football club based in Ocna Dejului, Cluj County, which at its best competed in the Liga III.
The club was founded in 1947 as Minerul Ocna Dej by the workers of the mining exploitation and played most of its history in the fifth tier and more than thirty-five seasons in the fourth league.
Minerul promoted for the first time to third division winning the Divizia D â Cluj County at the end of the 1998âÂÂ99 season, but after was ranked 11th in the 1999âÂÂ2000 season âÂÂThe Minersâ relegated after finished in 15th-place in the next season.
For miners followed more than twenty seasons in the fourth and fifth division. In 2016, the club was taken over by the local businessman VicenÃÂiu ÃÂtir who founded in 2017 another club, ACS VicenÃÂiu Dej.
VicenÃÂiu Dej promoted to 4th league after was finished 2nd in the Dej Zone of the 2017âÂÂ18 season of the Liga V â Cluj County and was renamed as SomeÃÂul Dej before the next season.
After the 2019âÂÂ20 season was suspended in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, SomeÃÂul won the Liga IV â Cluj County championship play-off in the 90th minute against Victoria Cluj and, despite finished last in the promotion group, the team led by Gheorghe Barbu promoted to Liga III benefiting from the withdraw of VoinÃÂa Budeasa.
In the first season in Liga III, SomeÃÂul, with Alpár Mészáros as head coach, who replaced Mircea Bolba after five rounds, finished in 7th place in the Series X, 6 points ahead of CSM Satu Mare and Progresul ÃÂomcuta Mare, thus avoiding relegation in the fourth league.
SomeÃÂul began the 2021âÂÂ22 season with DÃÂnuàÃÂomcherechi on the bench, but the former defender from FC Argeàor OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi in the early 2000s was sacked after qualifying the team for the Series X play-off and replaced with Tiberiu BÃÂlan, that led the club to obtained the highest league finish as ranked 4th in the Series X play-off.
SomeÃÂul merged in the summer of 2022, with the other club financially sustained by VicenÃÂiu ÃÂtir, Minerul Ocna Dej, to form Minerul 1947 Ocna Dej.
The Miners played its home matches at the Vad Sport Base, based in Vad, which holds 650 seats and having natural grass.
Liga V â Cluj County
The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Minerul and also played in Liga I for another team.