CFR Timișoara

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CFR Timișoara
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Basic data
Surname Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal CFR 1933 Timișoara
Seat Timișoara
founding 1933
Colours white-cherry red
president Constantin Nedela
Website cfrtimisoara.ro (old) cfrtimisoara1933.ro (new)
First soccer team
Head coach Florin Bugar
Venue Stadionul CFR
Places 8,000
league League IV , Timiș County Relay
2010/11 1st place in the Onoare Category , Season 3 of Timiș County
home
Away

CFR Timișoara is a Romanian football club from Timișoara that has been playing in the fourth Romanian league, Liga IV , since 2011 . He played eleven years in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A . He had his most successful period in the late 1940s, when he was runner-up and made it to the Romanian Cup final.

history

Unirea CFR 1925

The history of CFR Timișoara begins in 1919, when the Sparta CFR Timișoara association was founded by railway workers from the Căile Ferate Române . After merging with local rivals Unirea Timişoara in 1926, he continued to play as Sparta Unirea CFR Timişoara , but joined local rivals Banatul Timişoara in 1927 .

Today's CFR Timișoara association was founded around five years later . Before the Second World War , CFR did not consistently take part in the national championships, as the third highest division, the Divizia C , was only played sporadically during this period . As CFR in 1937 is one of its founding members, it was not possible in the Divizia B ascend. It was not until 1940 that the club achieved the required qualifications. Due to the outbreak of war and the impossibility of maintaining a regular championship operation, CFR was initially denied promotion to the top division, Divizia A , although the club was always able to place itself in the front field.

After the end of the war, the club was classified in Divizia A when the game was resumed, although the necessary qualifications could not be obtained before the interruption. CFR experienced the most successful period in its history in the following years. Third place in the 1946/47 season , the club followed with the runner-up in 1947/48, its best placement. In the same year CFR moved into the cup final , but had to admit defeat there as well as in the ITA Arad league .

On October 17, 1949 the Stadionul CFR , which had been built in place of the Banatul Stadium , was inaugurated with a game between CFR and MATEOSz Munkás SE Budapest (result: 0: 2).

In 1950, the association, which was under the Romanian railway company Căile Ferate Române (CFR), changed to Locomotiva Timișoara . In the following years he reached two fourth places, but the great success did not succeed. After relegation in 1956 Locomotiva returned to its old name CFR Timișoara , but tried in vain to rise again in Divizia B.

In 1965 CFR had to briefly relegate to Divizia C, but managed to return the following year. Four years later, the club managed to return to Divizia A for the last time. Even a year later had to leave CFR league again. The club belonged to Divizia B almost continuously for the next 20 years. The descent in 1979 and 1986 was followed by a resurgence in 1980 and 1988.

At the beginning of the 1990s, CFR knocked on the door of Divizia A for the last time. Ultimately, it was only enough for second place. The following years CFR played quite unsteadily and in 1997 rose again from Divizia C. This time the prompt return did not follow, but in 2000 another descent to the regional Divizia D of Timiș County . In 2003, CFR returned to the supra-regional level. Two years later, he returned to Divizia B under coach Andrei Călin Zanc . In the first half of the 2005/06 season , Stelian Gherman took over as coach and led the team to fourth place in the table during the winter break, before he left the team in the direction of third division FCU Politehnica Timișoara II . Until the summer of 2006, CFR was temporarily the satellite team of FCU Politehnica Timișoara . Alin Artimon became the team's new coach on March 27, 2007, three weeks after quitting as head coach at Politehnica . This was able to prevent relegation to the third division and resigned after again poor results in the following season on October 31, 2007. His successor was former player Gheorghe Chimiuc , who had coached the team twice in the past. The 2007/08 season ended again with a placement in the lower third of the table, whereupon President Alexandru Silvăşan was dismissed on May 23, 2008 and the collaboration with Chimiuc was ended.

In July 2008 Octavian Grigore signed a coaching contract with CFR, in which the businessman Iulian Capeti had entered as a new patron after his plans to build a second division club in Făgăraş could not be implemented. When Grigore returned with his players from the training camp from Austria, his contract was dissolved again in early August 2008, as Capeti had since left the club and the new patron Georgica Cornu preferred the previous assistant coach Florin Bugar as the new head coach. After the 6-1 home defeat against CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea , Bugar was sacked on November 3, 2008 and replaced by Dan Potocianu . But already on January 14, 2009 Florin Bugar returned as a coach, but could not prevent the sporting relegation in League III . As a result, numerous players left the club and due to lack of capital for new signings, the line-up for the new season consisted mainly of juniors. On August 17, 2009, the Romanian Football Association announced that CFR could remain in League II because CF Liberty Oradea had withdrawn and ACU Arad had to be relegated to League III due to a bribery scandal. With the young team, however, coach Bugar could not keep up in the second division and conceded eight defeats in the first eight championship games with a goal difference of 1:30. On September 22nd, 2009 it was announced that the club owed two of its former players a total of 7,300 euros, for which, due to a lack of sponsors, it could not afford the salary payments of the current team and the due referee fees. In addition, there were tax liabilities from the time of President Alexandru Silvășan, who was dismissed on May 23, 2008. The Romanian Football Association then canceled CFR's home game against CS Otopeni , which was scheduled to take place on 10 October 2009 as part of the 9th match day. CFR appealed and received a deferred payment until October 20, 2009, so that the away game at Minerul Lupeni on October 17, 2009 and the first draw of the season could be achieved there. However, this was CFR's last game in League II. Because of the outstanding payments, the "Leopards of the Gara Mare " were denied the right to play against Gaz Metan CFR Craiova and FC Bihor Oradea and the club finally on November 4, 2009 officially excluded from gaming. In the further course of the season CFR played only friendly games and met some of the teams against which the second division had originally been scheduled. Another hurdle in the search for a suitable investor was the unclear stadium situation for several years. In February 2010, a court ruled that the 1998 purchase agreement of the businessman Dorel Gheorghiu was invalid and that the stadium area still belonged to the railway company. In June 2010, coach Florin Bugar left the club to succeed the dismissed Remus Steop on June 17, 2010 at Fortuna Covaci .

To escape the debt trap, a new club was founded on July 7, 2010 under the name Clubul Sportiv de Fotbal CFR 1933 Timișoara . The team was trained by the 24-year-old striker Alin Molcuț. CFR withdrew its registration for the League III and was allowed to compete in the fifth class Categoria Onoare of the Timiş district thanks to the withdrawal of Viitorul Știuca . In addition, coach Florin Bugar returned to CFR in August 2010 after the dissolution of Fortuna Covaci. At the end of the 2010/11 season, promotion to League IV of Timiș County was established, in which CFR has been playing since then.

successes

  • Romanian runner-up: 1948
  • Romanian Cup finalist: 1948
  • Promotion in Divizia A: 1970

player

Former trainers

literature

  • Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of European Football Clubs. The first division teams in Europe since 1885. 2., completely revised. Edition. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-163-0 , p. 339.

Individual evidence

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