The club from the Harghita county claims to have been founded in 1904, the year that also appears on the group’s logo, but this must be viewed with great reservations. What is certain is that in 1919, when Transylvania was united with Romania, Csíkszeredai Testnevelési Egylet (Physical Education Association of Miercurea Ciuc) appeared.

The team goes by several names (Csikszereda TE, AS, IUPS, Tractorul, Rapid) and plays for several seasons in the 3rd league. (Plus one, 1944/45, in the Hungarian second division, when Northern Slate was taken from Romania).

In 2000 it disbanded. It was re-established in 2010 as CSM, later changed (2012) to FK Csikszereda. FK is short for Futball Klub, and Csikszereda (correct spelling, Csíkszereda) is the name of the locality in Hungarian.

An important team from the so-called Szeklerland, an ancient Romanian land, FK Csikszereda had a sensational season in 2018/19. They were quarter-finalists in the Romanian Cup (after knocking out Dinamo, on penalties!) and were promoted for the first time to the Second League (where two other teams from the county, Textila Odorheiu Secuiesc and Viitorul Gheorgheni, had played decades before).

With the involvement of the Hungarian government (the club’s official website is only in Hungarian, and Romanian players are avoided in the squad!). and the partnership with the Hungarian group Puskas Akademia, FK Csikszereda now has a youth centre with very good results (national U19 junior champion in 2021 and 2022 and participant in the UEFA Youth League in those years!), junior internationals and an enviable infrastructure.

In the autumn of 2019, the city’s stadium night was inaugurated, and then the arena was extensively modernised.

Miercurea Ciuc is one of the emblematic locations for ice hockey in Romania.