Stăruinţa Oradea (Hungarian: Nagyváradi Törekvés; English: Perseverance) was a Romanian football club from
Oradea
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
. They reached the final round of the Romanian football championship five times in the 1920s.
Stăruinţa Oradea was founded in
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
in 1912, and originally competed in the Hungarian national championship.
The team reached in 1922 for the first time as the winner of the Oradea Region finals to the Romanian football championship. There, the club was eliminated by eventual runners-up
Victoria Cluj
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in a replay part of quarterfinals.
Their main rival was
CA Oradea
Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV.
The team ...
, a team with more performances then Stăruinţa Oradea.
Stăruinţa reached the final again in 1926. There, the club initially played against
Olimpia Satu Mare
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, but then played to the dominant Romanian club of that time
Chinezul Timişoara who beat them. Between 1928 and 1930, Stăruinţa dominated the regional championship and always reached the finals.
Achievements
Romanian Football Championship
*Quarterfinals(3):
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
,
1929
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.
Oradea Region
*Champions (5): 1921–1922, 1925–1926, 1927–1928, 1928–1929, 1929–1930.
*Runner-up (3): 1923–1924, 1924–1925, 1926–1927.
Hungarian Third League
*Champions (1):
1943-44
References
External links
Romaniansoccer.ro
Literature
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Association football clubs established in 1912
Association football clubs disestablished in 1958
Defunct football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Bihor County
Sport in Oradea
Liga I clubs
Liga II clubs
Oradea
1912 establishments in Romania