Zoltan Crișan was a Romanian international footballer of Hungarian ethnicity who played for FC Baia Mare, Universitatea Craiova, FC Bihor Oradea, Olt Scornicești and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. He was semifinalist of UEFA Cup with Universitatea Craiova in 1983. After he ended his playing career, he coached Aurul Brad in Romania and Montefano in Italy. Ion Jianu a Romanian journalist, wrote a book about his life called Patimile lui Crișan published in 2004. Crișan died of tuberculosis on 14 October 2003.

Minaur Baia Mare, as Minerul Baia Mare, is a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, Following this merger in 1947. It currently plays in Romania's second league, Liga II, after promoting at the end of the 2021–22 season.