Ferar Cluj ( hu, Kolozsvári Vasas) was a

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club from Kolozsvár/

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that played both in the Hungarian and the Romanian Championship.

History

Founded in 1880 as ''Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club'', the football section was founded in 1904 and the team first entered the Hungarian second league in 1907–1908 season. The team participated in the Eastern District of the second Hungarian league. After being runner-up three times in 1907–1908, 1908-1909 and 1911–12, they finally became district champions in the 1913–14 season, even though the season was discontinued due to beginning of World War I. After the World War I, the city of Kolozsvár/

became part of

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, and from this time it participated in the Romanian league system. The club played in the Romanian regional championship until 1934 when it was promoted to

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. It spent 2 seasons there until its 1938 relegation. During World War II, the club played in the Hungarian National Championship and finished 3rd in the 1943–44 season. Some players used were Márky – Vass,

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– Balint, Reinhardt, Z. Szaniszló – Fábián I, Ș. Kovács IV, L. Bonyhádi, Fülöp, and Incze II. In 1945, Ferar changed its name to ''Ferar KMSE'', having in its midst a number of valuable players including Márky, Szoboszlay, Vass, Demeter, Z. Szaniszló, Fülöp, I. Petschovsky, Mészáros, Kovács V, Ș. Kovács IV,

, Reinhardt, Fábián I, L. Bonyhádi, and Blejan. At the first postbelic season, 1946–47, under the name of ''Ferar'', a number of players were added: Boldizsár, Farmati, Börzsei, Fuzer, Váczi, and Fernbach-Ferenczi. In 1948, the club merged with

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

and disappeared from all records.

Honours

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: :*Winners (0):, ''Best finish:'' 6th 1946–47

Hungarian National Championship I Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignme ...

: :*Winners (0):, ''Best finish:'' 3rd 1943–44

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: :*Winners (1): 1941-42 Transylvanian League :*Winners (2): 1913-14, 1940-41 :*Runners-up (3): 1907-08, 1908-09, 1911-12

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: :* Runner-up (1) : 1943–44

Domestic record

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 =

* Div B =

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

* Div C =

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 ...

* Nem I =

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

* Nem II =

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti ...

* Ch. Tr. = Championship of Transylvania * 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

Coach history

Nicolae Kovács Nicolae Kovács ( hu, Kovács Miklós, sometimes rendered as ''Nicolae Covaci'', 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977) was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and H ...

(1947)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrar Cluj Association football clubs established in 1918 Association football clubs disestablished in 1948 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Cluj County Defunct football clubs in Hungary Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Sport in Cluj-Napoca 1918 establishments in Romania 1948 disestablishments in Romania