SCM U Craiova (basketball)

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SCMU Craiova
Nickname	Alb-Albaștrii (The White and Blues)
League	Liga Națională Europe Cup
Founded	2007; 19 years ago (2007)
History	CSM Universitatea Craiova (2007–2008) CSM Craiova (2008–2009) SCM U Craiova (2009–present)
Arena	Polyvalent Hall
Capacity	4,215
Location	Craiova, Romania
Team colors	White, Blue
President	Bogdan Bălan
Team manager	Marius Toma
Head coach	Zare Markovski
Website	Official website
Home Away

SCM Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Craiova. The club competes in Liga Națională, the top tier of Romanian basketball.

History

Over the last few years, the team has also been named SCM CSS Craiova. SCM U Craiova reemerged last year on the big stage of Romanian basketball, after many years in the second division, and after withdrawing from the championship altogether, between 2004 and 2007.

In the 2012–2013 season, SCM U Craiova finished on the 4th place (21 wins - 9 losses) at the end of the season and qualified for the Play-Offs. In the first round they played against CS Gaz Metan Medias and lost with 3–0. For the 2013–2014 season, the team announced that they will play in the Balkan International Basketball League.

Honours

• Liga Națională

3rd Place (1): 2026

• Romanian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2022

Current roster

SCM U Craiova roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Muresan, Andrei Cristian 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2003-08-30)30 August 2003 PF/C 2 Dishman, De Andre Ramon 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998 PG 3 Toma, Matei 22 – (2004-10-12)12 October 2004 SG 5 Nistor, Vlad Razvan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2004-05-16)16 May 2004 F 7 Beaubrun, Jalil 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 8 Mariescu, Leonardo 20 – (2005-11-19)19 November 2005 G 9 Polite III, Ronald 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2002-03-18)18 March 2002 PG 12 Lilly, Kino 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2002-09-09)9 September 2002 SF 13 Trif, Robert 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2006-05-01)1 May 2006 PF/C 21 Tibirna, Bogdan (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 35 – (1991-06-07)7 June 1991 F 22 Davis, Demetrius 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 F 24 Gordon, Justin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 F 25 Vida, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1999-07-27)27 July 1999	Head coach Zare Markovski Assistant coach(es) Oleh Honcharov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 07 October 2026

Notable players

• Sam Sessoms
• Austin Crowley
• Daniel Dolenc
• Vitaliy Zotov
• Shawn Hopkins
• Topias Palmi
• Josh Hawley

Season by season

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com SCM U Craiova Page
• Team profile on baschetromania.ro (in Romanian)