Olimpia Satu Mare was founded in 1921, competing at first in the Oradea district championships, and among the first players registered at that time were Mihalca, Gh. Șuta, D. Pop, Gross, Nyul, Frank, Rațiu, Sabău, Winkler, Șoranu, Hotyar, and Kokenessi. Later evolving in the district championships of Maramureș and Satu Mare, Olimpia won the title four times. In the
1925–26 season, Olimpia reached the preliminary round of the national championship, losing 3–4 to Stăruința Oradea. In the following two seasons, Olimpia was again eliminated by the same team: 0–1 in 1926–27 and 0–1 in 1927–28. In the 1931–32 season, the club reached the first round of the Northern League but lost, after two matches, to
Crișana Oradea. In 1934, Olimpia CFR reached the quarter-finals of the first-ever
Cupa României, defeating
Brașovia Brașov 6–1 and
Crișana Oradea 3–1, before being eliminated 1–6 by
Universitatea Cluj. The squad included Baros, Abrudan, Szabo, Vajda II, Szerenyi I, Rakosi, Huniade, Popp, Vajda I, Szerenyi II, and Matișan. Olimpia participated in the
inaugural season of Divizia B and finished 2nd in Series III the
following year. After finishing 4th in the West Series of the
1936–37 season, the team was promoted to Divizia A due to the expansion of the top division, which allowed the top four teams from each second-division series to move up. Unfortunately, Olimpia finished last in Group I of the
1937–38 Divizia A season and was relegated. Back in the second division, the team placed 6th in the North-West Series in
1938–39 and 8th in Series III in
1939–40. After being renamed Voința Satu Mare in 1959, they finished 3rd in Series I of the
1959–60 Baia Mare Regional Championship and won the
1960–61 season of the renamed Maramureș Regional Championship, although they finished last in Series III of the promotion play-off held at Sinaia. In 1961, the second-division side Dinamo Săsar was moved to Satu Mare, merged with Voința Satu Mare, and renamed ASMD (Asociația Sportivă Muncitorească Dinamovistă, literally 'Workers’ Dinamo Sports Association') Satu Mare, competed in Series III of Divizia B, ranking 12th in
1961–62 and 10th in
1962–63. In 1968, Metalul merged with Unio Satu Mare, the team of
Întreprinderea de Utilaj Minier (), which would later be re-established in the county championship, to form Olimpia Satu Mare. Olimpia won Series VII of the
1968–69 season and finished 1st in Group II of the promotion play-off held in Cluj, earning promotion to Divizia B. The squad coached by Alexandru Pop included Șt. Báthori, Feher, Less, Jula, I. Popa, Knoblau, Bocșa, Gero,
Both, I. Pop, Bokor, Borota, Kincses, Filip, I. Báthori, and Șamu. In the second division, Olimpia competed in Series II, finishing 6th in both the
1969–70 and
1970–71 seasons under coach Alexandru Pop. From 1971, the team was taken over by
Gheorghe Staicu, who led Olimpia to 9th place in
1971–72, and 3rd in
1972–73. At the end of the
1973–74 season, Olimpia returned to
Divizia A after a thirty-seven-year absence, having won Series III. The squad, led by Staicu and his assistant Vasile Savaniu, with
Ștefan Onisie serving briefly as a technical adviser, included Șt. Báthori, Filip, Bigan, Knoblau, Bocșa,
Naom, Keizer, Libra, Borota, I. Báthori, Helvei,
Both, and
Dumitriu. Olimpia spent two consecutive campaigns in the top flight. In the
1974–75 season, the team began under Gheorghe Staicu, who guided it to the Round of 32 of the
Cupa României, where it lost 0–1 to
Progresul Brăila, before he was replaced in March 1975 by Gheorghe Bay, who led the side to a 9th-place finish. Ahead of the
1975–76 season,
Traian Ionescu was appointed head coach with
Gheorghe Ola as his assistant, but a medical indisposition prevented Ionescu from continuing, and Ola took charge from November 1975 until the end of the campaign, leading the team to a 16th-place finish and relegation to the second division, while its
Cup run again ended in the Round of 32 after a 1–4 defeat against
Steaua București. The lineup for that match comprised Șt. Báthori – Bereczki, Al. Matei (69' Filip), S. Popescu, Bocșa – V. Mureșan, Knoblau, Keizer (46' I. Báthori) – Helvei, Iancu, N. Popa. Despite the setback, Olimpia managed to bounce back the
following season by winning Series III and securing promotion. The team also reached the Round of 32 of the
Romanian Cup, losing 0–1 to ICIM Brașov. The squad, led by Gheorghe Staicu and his assistant Ștefan Czako, included Pustai, Șt. Báthori, Ghencean, V. Mureșan, S. Popescu, Keizer, Al. Matei,
Smarandache, Bocșa,
Both, Bereczki, Filip, Ress, Chevari, Helvei, N. Popa, Borota, N. Marcu, and Goia. In the
1977–78 season, Olimpia finished 13th in Divizia A and reached the
final of the
Cupa României, where they lost 1–3 at
Republicii Stadium in Bucharest to a strong
Universitatea Craiova side. The lineup, coached by
Gheorghe Staicu, included Feher – M. Popa,
Smarandache, N. Marcu, Pinter – Sabou (73' Bocșa), Keizer, I. Báthori – V. Mureșan, Hațeganu,
Both (65' Helvei). The poor results at the start of the
1979–80 season, with just three points and no wins after ten rounds, led to the replacement of Staicu with his assistant Ștefan Czako, while
Gheorghe Ene joined the technical staff as assistant coach during the winter break. Czako led Olimpia to the Round of 32 of the
Cupa României, where the team faced Universitatea Craiova in a rematch of the 1978 final, losing 0–1 after extra time on neutral ground in Timișoara, with a lineup composed of Pustai – Pinter, N. Marcu, Al. Matei, I. Báthori – Sabou (33' Ghencean, 88' Helvei), Pop, Balogh – Hațeganu, Mureșan, Demarcek. However, the Yellow and Blues were relegated at the end of the campaign, finishing in 17th place. In
Divizia B, Olimpia competed in Series III and experienced a fluctuating path throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The
1980–81 season began with
Gheorghe Ene as head coach, but after thirteen rounds he became assistant following the appointment of
Emerich Jenei as the new head coach, under whose leadership the team finished as runners-up. Olimpia continued for two seasons with Vasile Savaniu as head coach, assisted by Iosif Kalmar, achieving 4th place in
1981–82, followed by 8th in
1982–83. With former player
Gavril Both as head coach, the team placed 6th in
1983–84. In the
1984–85 season, Viorel Mureșan replaced Gavril Both at the winter break, leading the team until the end of the campaign, finishing 7th. The subsequent campaigns saw Olimpia finish 6th in
1985–86, with
Ioan Naom as head coach and Viorel Mureșan as his assistant, and 11th in
1986–87, a season that began under Iosif Kalmar as head coach before he was replaced by
Iosif Vigu in April 1987, with Nicolae Marcu serving as assistant. In the second division, Olimpia competed in Series II, finishing 12th in the
1995–96 season and 11th in the
1996–97 campaign, which also brought a notable
Cupa României run, as the Yellow and Blues reached the Round of 16 before being eliminated by FC U Craiova after a scoreless draw and a 2–3 penalty shoot-out. In the
1997–98 season, Olimpia won its series, earning promotion to Divizia A. The squad, coached by
Gavril Both and his assistant
Mircea Bolba, included
M. Tudor, Suciu, Mincu,
Iodi,
L. Csik,
Mozacu,
Cornaci,
Ciocan, Szabó, Farcău,
Gongolea, Dragomir,
Erdei, Roșoagă, P. Mihai, Negrea,
Cioloboc,
C. Prodan, and
Sg. Radu. Their stay in the first division was brief, as Olimpia was immediately relegated after finishing last in the
1998–99 season. Olimpia was then a regular
Divizia B presence, with no notable performances, the maximum reached was a 4th place at the end of the
2004–05 season. In 2006, the team relegated to
Liga III where it had disastrous results, saving from relegation in the last moment for the next two seasons, then the club was relegated to
Liga IV due to financial problems and reached the brink of collapse even suffering a major reorganization in 2010. In the
2010–11 campaign, Olimpia won
Liga IV – Satu Mare County and the promotion play-off match against Meseșul Treznea,
Sălaj County champions, with an impressive 6–0 at the
Iuliu Bodola Stadium in
Oradea. The squad, led by
Tiberiu Csik and his assistants Ion Dragomir and Paul Levente, consisted of Șuta – Moș, F. Mureșan, Heil, Vădan – M. Mureșan, M. Pop, Micaș, Gavrilescu, Marinaș, and Homorozan, while Lung, Shannat, Câmpan, and Feier also appeared during the match. At the end of
2011–12 Liga III season, Olimpia finished only second, at 3 points distance from
Corona Brașov, but promoted the next season with an advance of 5 points over
FC Hunedoara. Then Olimpia becoming again a regular
Liga II team, the best performance being 5th place, obtained at the end of
2014–15 season. In the winter break of the
2017–18 season, Olimpia withdrew from
Liga II due to financial problems, also having 70 points deducted. In the same time, the local authorities founded
CSM Satu Mare, a new entity that pretend to be the successor of FC Olimpia, but has no legal connections with the old club. After this second dissolution, supporters dissatisfied with the way the club had been administered organized themselves as
Voluntarii Olimpiști (Olimpia’s Volunteers) and founded
Olimpia MCMXXI, a fan-owned
phoenix club. The new entity claimed continuity with FC Olimpia, although there was no legal connection between the former club and Olimpia MCMXXI. Olimpia MCMXXI began competing in
Liga V –
Satu Mare County, the fifth tier of Romanian football and the second at county level, under head coach Ioan Donca, appointed immediately after the club’s re-establishment. Donca led the team to win Series A of the 2018–19 Liga V championship, securing promotion, and also guided Olimpia to win the Satu Mare County phase of the Cupa României. In the following seasons, Olimpia MCMXXI competed in
Liga IV – Satu Mare County. The Yellow and Blues were in 2nd place in Series A when the
2019–20 campaign was interrupted and later brought to an end after AJF Satu Mare concluded that the clubs could not meet the medical protocol requirements. Following Ioan Donca’s departure in October 2020,
Mircea Bolba was appointed head coach, but his tenure was cut short by his death in January. He was replaced by Ioan Dragomir, under whom Olimpia again finished 2nd in Series A and qualified for the county championship semi-finals of the shortened
2020–21 season, where it was eliminated by
Victoria Carei after a 2–2 aggregate draw, losing 5–6 on penalties. In the
2021–22 season, Olimpia MCMXXI placed 3rd in Series A and went on to finish 6th in the championship play-off. In 2021, the club obtained the rights to the “FC Olimpia Satu Mare” brand and announced itself as the official successor of the historic entity. This claim was later challenged in court, and in 2023 the registration of the brand was rejected, a decision upheld on appeal in 2024. On the field, Olimpia MCMXXI returned to the national leagues under Cristian Popa, named head coach in January 2023. The Yellow and Blues had secured promotion to Liga III by winning the
2022–23 Liga IV – Satu Mare County and the promotion play-off against Luceafărul Bălan, the
Sălaj County winners, 13–3 on aggregate (5–2 away and 8–1 at home). The squad included V. Duca, Oltean, Apai, Lung, Aidebe, Tser, Varga, Palinceac, Batin, M. Duca, Panin, Caba, Ștef, Micle, Srepnell, Bicknell, Gombar, Crainic, Padilla, and Emeriau. Popa led Olimpia MCMXXI in
Liga III until the winter break of the
2023–24 season, when the club entered a partnership with SoccerViza, a player development company led by Cecilia Lihv.
Giuseppe Funicello, one of SoccerViza’s founders and partners, was appointed head coach. Under Funicello, Olimpia finished 9th in the regular season and narrowly avoided relegation, ultimately ending the play-out stage of Series X in 8th place, the same position achieved by the Yellow and Blues again in the following
2024–25 season. At the beginning of December 2025, after SoccerViza withdrew from the partnership, assistant coach Evran Akman took charge for the final two matches before the winter break of the
2025–26 campaign. == Stadium ==