ACU Arad

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ACU Arad
Full name CS Atletic Club Universitatea de Vest "Vasile Goldiș" Arad
place Arad
Founded 1995
Dissolved 2011
Club colors White blue
Stadion Stadionul Motorul
Top league
successes
home
Away
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ACU Arad was a Romanian sports club from Arad . The football department played in the third Romanian football league, Liga III , until 2011 .

history

The history of ACU Arad has three different strands. On the one hand, the sports club of the private university Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldiş was founded in 1995 with Universitatea Arad , on the other hand there was in Arad at that time the lower class club Motorul Arad . In addition, Astra Arad had merged with Aris Arad in 1994 to form an association that was later called Romtelecom Arad . On the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the first official football match in what is now Romania, former officials from Astra Arad met in 1999 and decided to revive their old club. To this end, George Albu, Ioan Todincă, Pavel Palcu, Ladislau “Șobi” Ghiță, Ovidiu Păcurariu, Ioan Puie and Mircea Cernatari took over the management of the 1997 fourth-rate club, which was relegated to the fourth class. He had played his home games in the Stadionul Motorul in Aradul Nou and had to move his seat to Socodor, 50 km away, at short notice . The first home games of the 1999/2000 season took place in the stadium of Zădăreni, which was empty after the dissolution of Petrolul Zădăreni , and in 2000, under coach Marcel Cean, the immediate promotion to Divizia C succeeded . In the summer of 2000, Motorul Arad merged with Universitatea Arad, which had been relegated after a year of membership in the third division, to form a new club called Atletic Club Universitatea Astra Trinity Arad . Several components were found in this name: the memory of the Clubul Atletic Arad founded on August 25, 1899 , the University of Vasile Goldiș, which had dissolved its own team and became an important sponsor of the new team, as well as the freight wagon factory, which was named after its Acquisition by US investors was now called Astra Trinity . The club colors were white and blue, the new team played their home games in the 8,000-seat Stadionul CFR-Astra and the coach was former national player Marcel Coraș .

Already in the second half of the 2000/01 season the construct began to crumble. Due to the difficult economic situation, the freight wagon factory gradually reduced its financial commitment, so that in 2002 it was decided to take this exit into account and to shorten the club name to Atletic Club Universitatea Arad . After a fourth place in the 2000/01 season and a third place in 2001/02, the team finished the 2002/03 season again in third place. She was still allowed to move up to Divizia B , as this was increased from two to three seasons. After relegation in 2004 , the club lost in September of the same year its coach Marcel Coraş, who moved as sports director to local rivals and second division rivals UTA Arad . The new coach was Mircea Câmpean , who won the only win of the season in October 2004. Câmpean resigned on March 24, 2005 and was replaced by the defender Mircea Aslău , who took over the role of player- coach . At the end of the 2004/05 season , ACU had to relegate to Divizia C. This descent also meant the end for the Stadionul CFR-Astra , the demolition of which had already been considered in 2003 by the then Mayor of Arad, Dorel Popa, and was also advocated by the new mayor Gheorghe Falcă after 2004 against the will of public opinion. In 2005 the final decision was made and in spring 2006 the demolition work that was necessary to make room for a Kaufland supermarket was carried out.

Although there were little financial resources and the Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldiş was the only sponsor left, ACU Arad did not break up and entered the 2005/06 season under the new Calafat President Gheorghița "Geta" Onu with eight penalty points Failure to achieve the minimum number of points in the previous season in Divizia C. In July 2005, a new sports director, the Italian Gian Pio del Monaco , was hired, who wanted to bring five Italian business people with him as sponsors for the club. A day before the end of the first half of the season, Mircea Aslău was deposed as coach and replaced by Gian Pio del Monaco. In the first half of the season and at the beginning of the second half of the season, the home games still took place in the Stadionul CFR-Astra until its last supporter had been removed from the club's management and the ongoing court process was discontinued. ACU Arad then moved to Aradul Nou to the Stadionul Motorul , which had been poorly renovated by the city and which had space for 500 spectators and has since been renamed Stadionul Municipal . This season ACU finished in last place, but was still allowed to stay in the league, as Dalmore Tricolorul Alparea , the athletic climber from League IV of the Bihor district , had the right to start for 18,000 euros. The new coach was Petre Grosu , Divizia A's top scorer in 1982/83 , who resigned after six weeks in which only one point from four league games could be achieved. In September 2006 Ioan Herman , who had been a coach at Romvest Arad in Divizia D in 2003, took over the position of head coach at ACU.

After a place in midfield, the club finished second in its third division season behind Unirea Sânnicolau Mare . In the relegation games, ACU prevailed against Gaz Metan Podari and Avântul Reghin and rose to League II for the second time in 2008. In early October 2008, the 2007 committed coach Mihai Roşca was replaced after eight game days by the previous assistant coach Costel Bogoşel , with the ACU ended the 2008/09 season in 15th place. With a home win on the last match day against FC Bihor Oradea , the sporting league could have been achieved. After the 1-1 draw ended, players from Bihor FC announced that there had been an attempted bribe at half-time. As a result, the Romanian Football Association announced on August 17, 2009 that ACU would be forced to relegate to Liga III despite the withdrawal of CF Liberty Oradea . Even after the direct re-promotion, the team ended the 2010/11 season on a relegation zone, so the club prepared for another season in League III. In July 2011, however, the Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldiș announced their withdrawal as a sponsor. After no other investor could be found, the president Gheorghița Onu stopped the game and registered the club with the association. This then awarded the vacant place in League III to Jiul Petroșani .

successes

  • Promotion to League II: 2003, 2008, 2010

Former trainer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ACU Arad: Povestea pare să se fi sfârşit, deşi parcă mai ieri a început! ( Memento of January 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 5, 2012 (Romanian)
  2. ↑ Tables - Divizia C , accessed December 5, 2011 (English)
  3. ↑ Tables - Divizia C , accessed December 5, 2011 (English)
  4. ↑ Romania 2004/05 , accessed on December 5, 2011 (English)
  5. ^ Crișana, March 26, 2005 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  6. ^ Evenimentul Zilei of February 6, 2006 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  7. ↑ SPORTUL VĂZUT DIN BALON ( memento from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ SPORTUL VĂZUT DIN BALON ( memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  9. ↑ ARADON of July 20, 2006 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  10. ^ Evenimentul Zilei of September 5, 2006 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  11. ↑ Crișana, September 8, 2006 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  12. ↑ ProSport of October 7, 2008 , accessed on December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  13. ↑ ProSport of August 17, 2009 , accessed on November 29, 2011 (Romanian)
  14. ↑ SPORT ARAD of August 15, 2011 ( memento of November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 5, 2011 (Romanian)
  15. ↑ ProSport of August 16, 2011 , accessed December 5, 2011 (Romanian)

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