CSO Voluntari

CSO Voluntari
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Arena	Sala Sp. Gabriela Szabo
Capacity	1,100
Location	Voluntari, Romania
Team colors	White, Blue
President	Adrian Moldovan
Team manager	Ionuț Georgescu
Head coach	Ainars Bagatskis
Championships	2 Romanian Cup
Website	csovoluntari.ro
Home Away

Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Voluntari 2005, commonly known as CSO Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Voluntari who was founded at the initiative of the office of the Mayor of Voluntari. The club currently has 13 active departments ranging from basketball to contact sports like kickboxing, and even dance sport. As of 2021, the club has over 1000 active children in its departments. In March 2021, the club won the Romanian Basketball Cup,^[1] and played the Semifinal of the 2020–21 Liga Națională.

In the 2021–22 season, Voluntari entered the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking the club's debut in European competitions.^[2]

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

• Liga Națională
  • Runners-up (1): 2022

• Romanian Cup
  • Champions (2): 2021, 2022

European competitions[edit]

• European North Basketball League
  • Runners-up (1): 2024

Departments[edit]

Active branches:

• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Dancesport
• Field Hockey
• Handball
• Karate Goju-Ryu
• Karate Shotokan
• Kickboxing
• Swimming (sport)
• Table tennis
• Volleyball

Current men's basketball roster[edit]

CSO Voluntari roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Gotcher, Toddrick 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-03-14)14 March 1993 G 2 Cotton, Tekele 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1993-05-27)27 May 1993 G 3 Voicu, Daniel 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-07-04)4 July 2003 PG 4 Tohatan, Lucas 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 SF 5 Axinte, Dragos 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 C 6 Planinić, Darko 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1990-11-22)22 November 1990 PG 10 Watson, Maurice 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 31 – (1993-03-08)8 March 1993 PF 11 Balteanu, Matei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2000-05-11)11 May 2000 PF 14 Torok, Rolland 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 F 18 Cusu, Cristian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2003-01-18)18 January 2003 F 23 Moore, Rasheed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-05-13)13 May 1995 G/F 25 Vida, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-07-27)27 July 1999 C 32 Thompson, Eric 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 G 35 Dragila, Mihai 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-03-05)5 March 1999 PG 50 Dan, Robert 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004	Head coach Ainars Bagatskis Assistant coach(es) Dan Ioan Alin Sipos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 28, 2022

In Europe[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
2021–22	FIBA Europe Cup	Second qualifying round	Benfica	77–83 (in Groningen)

Notable players[edit]

• Anthony Hickey (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Current women's volleyball roster[edit]

As of January 2022

No.	Player	Date of Birth	Height (m)	Position	Country
1	Sânziana Ioana Motroc	28 June 1996	1.77	Outside hitter	Romania
2	Diana-Teodora Vereș	27 November 2001	1.71	Libero	Romania
4	Melisa Cenović	24 August 1998	1.70	Libero	Montenegro
5	Gabriela-Florina Dan	3 April 1995	1.73	Outside hitter	Romania
6	Barbara Zakościelna	24 July 1998	1.83	Outside hitter	Poland
7	Marija Milović	16 July 1989	1.88	Middle blocker	Montenegro
9	Miljana Glušac	3 September 2000	1.85	Middle blocker	Serbia
10	Eli Silvi Uattara	21 August 1994	1.85	Outside hitter	Russia
11	Alexandra Babaș	17 April 1997	1.78	Setter	Romania
12	Dijana Vuković	22 March 1999	1.88	Opposite	Montenegro
13	Darya Valadzko	29 August 1989	1.86	Middle blocker	Belarus
14	Alice Kapelovies	12 October 1989	1.83	Setter	Romania
18	Nneka Onyejekwe	18 August 1989	1.89	Middle blocker	Romania
25	Małgorzata Jasek	14 March 1995	1.91	Opposite	Poland

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Official website