Fotbal Club Ripensia Timișoara (), commonly known as Ripensia Timișoara, or simply as Ripensia, is a Romanian professional

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based in

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. It plays in the

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. The team was founded in 1928 by Lázár Kornél and folded after twenty years due to lack of funds. However, ''Ripi'' was brought back to life and enrolled in the

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, in 2012. Ripensia Timișoara was the first Romanian club to turn professional, and because of this status they were unable to compete in the

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until the 1932–33 season. After being granted permission in the national system, the club soon became one of the best in the country, winning four national titles and two national cups in their short history. The colors of the team are red and yellow.

History

It was founded in 1928 by Lázár Kornél, a famous promoter of football in the

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region, and the former president of

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. The players came from Chinezul Timișoara, C.A.T. and Poli Timișoara.

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coached the team from 1931 to 1932.Jonathan Wilson (2019)
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/ref> Due to its professional status, until 1932–1933 (the first season of the National League – Divizia A), the team and its players could not participate in official national competitions. They were champions of the

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in 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1938, with two

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appearances, winning 3–2 over

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in 1934 and 5–1 over

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in 1936. They were national vice-champions for 1933–34 and 1938–39. After

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, due to financial problems, the communist sports organisation and controversial actions, Ripensia played in Divizia B and Divizia C. After 1948, without any support, it disappeared, merging with Electrica Timișoara. Their colours were red-yellow. Their home stadium was called Electrica (today UMT; the original wooden stand was demolished in 2004–2005). The greatest players in team history were: *Goalkeepers:

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Dumitru Pavlovici Dumitru Pavlovici (26 April 1912 – 28 September 1993) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

*Defenders:

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*Midfielders: Vasile Chiroiu II,

Vasile Deheleanu Vasile Deheleanu (12 August 1910 in Austria-Hungary (now Romania) – 30 April 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played in midfield and coach. Biography At club level, he played in Liga I for Politehnica Timişoara, România Cluj, UD Reși ...

, Rudolf Kotormány, Eugen Lakatos, Nicolae Simatoc *Forwards: Gheorghe Oprean, Zoltán Beke,

Silviu Bindea Silviu Bindea (24 October 1912 – 6 March 1992) was a Romanian football player and coach. He represented Romania at the 1934 and 1938 World Cups as a forward, scoring twice in a first-round game in 1938. Honours Player ;Ripensia Timișoara * ...

Gheorghe Ciolac Gheorghe Ciolac (10 August 1908 – 13 April 1965) was a Romanian association football striker. He was a member of the Romania national football team which competed at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, but did not play any match. Club career After play ...

, Ştefan Dobay, Ladislau Raffinski,

Sándor Schwartz Sándor Schwartz ( ro, Alexandru Schwartz, 18 January 1909 - 1994) was a Romanian football player, who participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup for the Romania national football team. Schwartz joined Ripensia Timişoara in 1930, and played for ...

, Graţian Sepi II, Mihai Tänzer, Adalbert Marksteiner In the 2012 the team was reestablished and competed in the municipal championship, they won it and promoted to

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. In Liga V they reached the first place in the 2013–2014 season and promoted to the next league

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. Also they made a good impression in the 2013–14

, where they defeated again Universitatea Cluj to reach the Last 16 of the cup making them the surprise of the cup. In the Last 16 they lost to

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. In the 2014–15 Liga IV season, ''Ripi'' had a very tough opponent, in the position of ASU Politehnica Timișoara, the fan-owned phoenix club formed after the dissolution of

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by its fans and finished only on the 2nd place. Next season Ripensia had a perfect journey, won Liga IV – Timiș County and qualified for the promotion play-offs to

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. At the promotion play-off Ripensia met the champion of

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, Hercules Lupeni, and they won without major difficulties, 7–0 on aggregate, thus ensuring promotion to the

. 2016–17 Liga III season was the first one for ''Ripi'' in the last over 60 years. The team had a very close fight for supremacy in the Seria IV against

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, Cetate Deva and Național Sebiș but in the end they won and promoted to

after an absence of 69 years.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

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**Winners (4): 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38 **Runners-up (2): 1933–34, 1938–39 *

**Winners (2): 1946–47, 2016–17 * Liga IV – Timiș County **Winners (1): 2015–16 **Runners-up (1): 2014–15 *

–

**Winners (1): 2013–14 *

–

**Winners (1): 2012–13

Cups

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**Winners (2): 1933–34, 1935–36 **Runners-up (2): 1934–35, 1936–37

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level. ;Romania * Zoltan Beke *

Vasile Chiroiu Vasile Chiroiu (August 13, 1910 – May 9, 1976) was a Romanian football defender who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Honours ;Ripensia Timişoara *Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Ro ...

Sever Coracu Sever Coracu (born 2 October 1920, date of death unknown) was a Romanian football striker and a sprinter. He was national champion at 200 metres sprint in 1939. International career Sever Coracu made his debut at international level for Roma ...

Ștefan Dobay Ștefan Dobay ( hu, Dobay István, 26 September 1909 – 7 April 1994), was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker and manager. He played for Ripensia Timișoara and the Romania national football team for whom he got 41 caps, scored ...

* Andrei Glanzmann *

* Rudolf Kotormány *

Ștefan Kovács Ștefan Kovács ( ro, Ştefan Covaci; hu, Kovács István; 2 October 1920 – 12 May 1995) was a Romanian football player and coach. By winning 15 major titles he is one of the most successful association football coaches in the history of th ...

* Eugen Lakatos *

József Moravetz József Moravetz or Iosif Moravet' (14 January 1911 – 16 February 1990) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. Biography Moravetz was born in Austria-Hungary, now in Romania. He played in Liga I for RGMT Timişoara, and pl ...

Dumitru Pavlovici Dumitru Pavlovici (26 April 1912 – 28 September 1993) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

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* Alexandru Schwartz * Augustin Semler *

Grațian Sepi Grațian Sepi (born 30 December 1910 in Vălcani, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania) – deceased 6 March 1977) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker. Biography International career While playing in Liga I for Universitatea Cl ...

* Nicolae Simatoc * Iosif Slivăț *

Rudolf Wetzer Rudolf 'Rudy' Wetzer (17 March 1901 – 13 April 1993) was a Romanian football player and manager. He was the captain and team-coach alongside Octav Luchide, under the management of Costel Rădulescu of the first Romanian side to participate ...

;Hungary * Ferenc Plattkó ;Romania-Hungary *

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* Adalbert Marksteiner * Mihai Tänzer

Former managers

;Romania *

Paul Codrea Paul Constantin Codrea (; born 4 April 1981 in Timișoara) is a Romanian football manager and former player. A former midfielder, he was part of the Romanian squad at UEFA Euro 2008. Playing career Club Paul Codrea started playing football in ...

;Hungary *

Jenő Konrád Jenő Konrád (13 August 1894 – 15 July 1978) also referred to as Eugen Conrad or Eugène Conrad or Eugenio Konrad was a Hungarian footballer and manager. In the 1910s he played on the Hungarian National team with his brother, Kálmán Konrá ...

;Austria *

Josef Uridil Josef Uridil (nicknamed ''Pepi, der Tank'') (24 December 1895 – 20 May 1962), was an Austrian footballer and coach. Biography Pepi Uridil, third son of the taylor Kajetan Uridil, was born on Christmas Eve 1895 in the Vienna suburb of Ottakri ...

Domestic records and statistics

Key

* Pos = Final position * P = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * GF = Goals For * GA = Goals Against * Pts = Points * Div A / L1 =

* Div B / L2 =

* Div C / L3 =

* L4 =

* L5 = Liga V * L6 = Liga VI * p = Preliminary Round * 1R = Round 1 * 2R = Round 2 * 3R = Round 3 * 4R = Round 4 * 5R = Round 5 * GS = Group stage * R32 = Round of 32 * QF = Quarter-finals * R16 = Round of 16 * SF = Semi-finals * F = Final The players in bold were the top goalscorers in the division.

Seasons

European record

Mitropa Cup

Ripensia played in the

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, an important

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football competition. In the 1938 season Ripensia knocked

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giants

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out of this competition. The Romanians won the first leg 3–0 at

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, and lost the second leg 1–3. In the next round Ripensia was eliminated by Hungarian side of

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(1–4, 4–5).

References

External links

Official website

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