Phoenix Baia Mare was a

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club based in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

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. It was founded in 1932 and dissolved in 2000. The club of the Chemical Factory from Baia Mare, was founded in 1932 and the first leaders were: Petru Wider (Chairman), Şt. Vadász (Sports Director) and Al. Cireşa (General Secretary).

History

In 1932–1933 the club started in the district championship. In August 1933 the Phoenix Stadium was inaugurated and in the summer of 1934 the team reached the quarter-finals of the

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, being eliminated by AMEFA Arad 0–1. It participates at the first edition of the

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(1934–1935) and finishes 1st in the 3rd series with the following team: Ferencz (Szabó) – Ardos, Holzmann – Man, Sava, Kert – Bojtas, I. Prassler, Freiberg, Pfeiffer, Iovicin (Szeremi II). It lost the play-off match so missed out on the chance to play in the First Division. The situation repeats the following season, but the third time, at the end of the 1936–37 season it finishes once again on the first place and this time they were promoted. The team was: Ferencz, Szabó – Ardos, Holzmann, Man, Sava, Kert, Farkas, E. Prassler, Szeremi III, Freiberg, Szeremi II, Szeremi IV, Şt. Baskov, Iacobovits. In 1937–38, playing in the first series of the First Division, Phoenix finishes 5th. The coach was: Rudolf Jenny, the squad being completed with Telegdy and Sikola. The next season, 1938–39, the club appears with the name of Carpaţi Baia Mare (Al. Pop Chairman), finishing 7th, the same as in the 1939–40 season. In the 1941–1944 period the team played in the Hungarian Second Division. After

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, it changes its name back to ''Phoenix'' and in 1946 plays a play-off for a place in the

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against ''Minaur Baia Mare''. The coach at the time was Edmund Nagy and the team used: Czaczar – Lezniczki, Ardos – Magyeri, Molnár (Formanek) – Moskovits, Gallis IV, Fr. Závoda I, Dallos (Bodocs), Balogh. It won the play-off and plays the following season in the

. In the summer of 1948 it participated unsuccessfully in a play-off tournament in Bucharest, for a place in the next season of the First Division. Immediately after this failure, it merged with ''Minaur Baia Mare'', the resulting club being

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

, as it is named today. But the factory kept a team named ''Cuprom'' (in 1964–65 ''Topitorul'' and until 1974 ''Chimistul'') which played in the Third Division. In 1993 the club was promoted to the

, and changed its name to the traditional Phoenix, and plays at this level until 1995 when it was relegated. It then played in the Third Division until 2000 when it was dissolved.

Honours

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*Winners (0):, ''Best finnish:'' 5th 1937–38

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*Winners (4): 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1947–48

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 (1): 1991–92, 1992–93 Liga IV – Maramureș County *Winners (1): 1986–87

References

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