First years (1921–1970) CSM Deva was established in 1921, under the name of Mureșul Deva and played at county level until 1943, when appeared as a member of the
Heroes Cup, this time under the name of
Corvinul Deva. After
World War II, Corvinul Deva was an active part of the third tier and regional leagues, but without obtaining any notable results for the next 20 years.
Devenii appeared in the re-organized
Divizia C during the
1964–65 season, under the name of
Minerul Deva (The Miner), financially supported by the mining industry from
Hunedoara County. In that season, Minerul (coached by Mircea Zeană and Mircea Miron) was ranked 2nd, with the same number of points as the leader (
CFR Arad) and the third place (
Metalul Hunedoara), but missed a spot in the second tier in the favor of the club based in
Arad. After this result, Minerul was ranked 5th in 1966, then in the summer of the same year changed again its name, now back in
Mureșul Deva, name under which the team based in
Deva would obtain its most important results. In the first season Mureșul missed again the promotion spot, one point behind Independența Sibiu, then in 1972, three points split "the team below Deva Citadel" from the leader,
Vagonul Arad. CS Deva continued for another season in the third tier, but was ranked only 12th (out of 14).
Mureșul is back (2006–2012) In the summer of 2006,
CS Deva was re-organized as
CS Mureșul Deva, bringing back the old name of the club, the name under which the team obtained its greatest results. Agro Company (sausage manufacturing company) and the Municipality of Deva, owners of the club named former
Divizia A player
Gheorghe Barbu as the manager of "the white and reds". After the weak results,
Gheorghe Barbu was changed with Constantin Olariu, then Olariu with
Romulus Gabor, but the results were still poor and Mureșul relegated at the end of
2011–12 season, after five consecutive seasons in the second league, subsequently being dissolved. In this period, for Mureșul Deva played footballers such as: Rahoveanu,
Lipitor – N. Oltean, Dosan,
Vârtic, Ad. Bud, Lintaru, J. Vajda, Sătmar,
Borza, Dârvaru, Bițiș, E. Vajda, Sântejudean, I. Moldovan, Cireș, Pisoiu,
Păcurar, A. Coman, Bunea,
Onicaș, I. Baciu, Személy,
Al. Dan,
Gârlă,
Apetri or
Gongolea, among many others.
New start with Cetate college (2013–2020) In the summer of 2013, the club was re-founded under the name of
Cetate Deva and was enrolled in the
Liga IV,
Hunedoara County, in order to continue the football tradition in
Deva after the dissolution of the old entity, Mureșul Deva. It was affiliated with the local sporting highschool "Colegiul Național Sportiv Cetate" of Deva, thus the full name
CNS Cetate Deva. In 2018, the educational institution was relegated from 'colegiu' to 'liceu' status, the new name being "Liceul cu Program Sportiv Cetate", therefore the football team followed suit and was officially known as
LPS Cetate Deva, though it still kept the old initials on the logo. In its first season after re-founding, Cetate reached the third place in the
Liga IV and did not manage to promote to
Liga III. Next season, the "citizens" won the championship and qualified for the
Liga III promotion play-offs, where encountered
Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, champions of
Liga IV –
Gorj County. In the home match they beat Gilortul (8–2) and secured the promotion. Away Cetate won (1–3) and promoted in the
Liga III. Cetate Deva debuted in the
2015–16 Liga III season with a victory, 3–1 against
CSO Filiași. All the season was a good one, the team based in
Deva finishing on the 6th place. In the summer of 2016, Cetate Deva started the training with a new coach, former
Corvinul Hunedoara player, Ciprian Pepenar, with a squad composed mainly of
Liga I and
Liga II former players and with the objective of promoting to
Liga II. After a disastrous start, Ciprian Pepenar was sacked and former
Oțelul Galați player and coach,
Viorel Tănase, was hired. Also in the last rounds of the first part
Ousmane N'Doye signed a player/manager contract with the club and the team began to climb in the league table. After this edition in which the club ended on the 6th place, followed three poor seasons: 8th (
2017–18), 13th (
2018–19) and 12th (
2019–20). At the end of the
2018–19 season the club relegated but was spared by the
Romanian Football Federation, due to lack of teams.
Municipality era (2020-present) Cementing a move that was in the works for a few months, on 18 August 2020 the Romanian Football Federation approved the cession from LPS Cetate Deva, who transferred its right to take part in football competitions (Liga III) to the club owned by the municipality of Deva,
CSM Deva. Through this move, LPS Cetate was dissafiliated and CSM Deva was affiliated in its place, providing continuity to the Deva team. ==Ground==