UM Timișoara was a

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n professional

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from

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, founded in 1960 and dissolved in 2008.

History

The football team of ''Uzinele Mecanice Timișoara'' was founded in 1960, playing in the first years of its existence in the

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neighborhood on the field that would later become the

Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu Gheorghe Rășcanu Stadium ( ro, Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Timișoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for rugby union, rugby matches by the local team, SCM Rugby Timișoara. The stadium is named after Timiș ...

. The club managed to promoted in

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

at the end of the 1966–67 season, when it won the Banat Regional Championship and the play-off for promotion against

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, the winner of the Hunedoara Regional Championship. In the 1970s, the team went to play on the

Stadionul UMT UMT Stadium ( ro, Stadionul UMT) was a multi-purpose stadium in Timișoara, Romania. Until 1960 the stadium was known as ''Stadionul Electrica'' and was the main home ground in Timișoara for athletics championships, being also the stadium whe ...

, known at that time as ''Stadionul Electrica''. The club did not obtain great performances during its existence, but succeeded to play one season of Romanian top football, in the 2001–02 Divizia A. At the end of the

2007–08 Liga III The 2007–08 Liga III season was the 52nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the second in this format (six series of 18 teams each). The winners of each division got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II ...

, UMT were relegated to the

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

League (

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), but didn't start in this competition because they were dissolved.

Honours

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: *Winners (1): 2000–01

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

: *Winners (4): 1969–70, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99 *Runners-up (3): 1972–73, 1983–84, 2005–06 Banat Regional Championship: *Winners (1): 1966–67

Notable former managers

* Gheorghe Chimiuc * Cristian Contescu * Ciprian Aioanei *

Aurel Șunda Aurel Șunda (born 14 October 1957) is a Romanian former footballer and manager. As a footballer, Șunda played mainly as a defender for Politehnica Timișoara, club for which he played in more than 200 matches. In fact, as a player, Șunda ne ...

* Costică Rădulescu * Orlando Trandu *

Ion Dumitru Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950, in București), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a Football in Romania, Romanian former professional association football, footballer, and manager who played as a midfielder from 1967 until 1989. He is curre ...

Costică Toma Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager. Playing career He was born in Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and th ...

Gheorghe Staicu Gheorghe "Gigi" Staicu (18 December 1935 – 10 June 2021) was a Romanian professional football player and manager who played for Steaua București, having developed in the club's academy.

* Remus Steop

References

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