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Vagonul Arad was a
football
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club based in
Arad, Romania
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A busy tr ...
. It was founded in 1911 and it soon became one of the best teams from Arad. It was affiliated to
Astra Arad
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rail equipment manufacturing company. It was dissolved in 2006.
History
1911–1948
The club was formed in Arad in 1911 when ''AMEF'' ''(Asociația Muncitorilor pentru Educație Fizică)'' (Workers Association for Physical Education) merged with ''Clubul Sportiv Al Fabricii De Vagoane'' (Rail Cars Factory Sports Club), keeping the first ones name until 1948.
After
World War I
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it qualified for the national championship 3 times, but never being able to pass the semi-finals.
During 1932-1940 we see the club playing in
Liga I
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, their best performance - 2nd place at the end of the
1935-36 season.
In 1940 AMEF is dissolved by the legionar regime, but after
World War II
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, we see it for a couple of years in
Liga II
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(1946–1948).
1948–1962
In 1948 it merges with ''Astra Arad'', the new club being named ''UVA-AMEFA'', and plays for one season in
Liga III
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, after which until 1955 it plays in the regional championship. Being renamed ''Metalul'', plays for one year in
Liga II
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(1955–1956) and for one year in
Liga III
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(1956–1957). With a new name ''Energia'', plays for one year in
Liga II
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(1957–1958). In 1958 the club comes back to its traditional name ''AMEF Arad'', and plays in the
Liga II
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until 1962.
1962–1989
Once again the club is renamed, this time to ''Vagonul'', after its main sponsor ''Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad'' (Arad Rail Cars Enterprise). Under this name it plays in
Liga II
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in the
1962–1963 season, in
Liga III
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in the
1963–1964 season, and again in
Liga II
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until 1968, at the end of which, the club succeeds to promote to
Liga I
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. In the same year, the team reaches the semi-finals of the
Romanian Cup
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. After only one season of top class football, the team relegates to
Liga II
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and from now forward we see it going only down. 1969–1971
Liga II
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, after this
Liga III
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, where they were close to the regional championship, but in 1973 a merger with
CFR Arad
CFR Arad was a football club based in Arad, Romania, founded in 1921.
History
The club was born in 1921, and just after one year they merged with CS Gloria Arad, a team founded in 1913. Under the name Gloria CFR Arad they have the best performan ...
saved them. The new team was given the name ''Unirea'', and plays in
Liga II
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until 1977, in 1974 changing its name again, this time to ''Rapid Arad''. The 1977–1980 period sees the club in
Liga III
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, 1980–1984 in
Liga II
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, 1984–1989
Liga III
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. In 1985 – ''CSM Rapid'', 1986 – ''Vagonul'', 1987 – ''CSM Vagonul''.
1989–2006
The club succeeds to promote to
Liga II
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once again in 1989, from 1991 with the name of ''Astra''. The spell lasts only until 1992, and the club sees itself in
Liga III
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once again. The name changes again: ''FC Arad'' in 1994, ''Telecom Arad'' in 1996, and ''Romtelecom'' in 2005.
At the end of the
Liga III 2005-06 season, the club finished 13th and relegated to the Arad County Championship (
Fourth League), and with this we see the disappearance of another old Romanian football club.
Chronology of names
Honours
Liga I
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:
:*Winners (0):
:*Runners-up (1):
1935–36
Liga II
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:
:*Winners (1):
1967–68
:*Runners-up (1):
1946–47
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 (5):
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
,
1963–64,
1971–72,
1979–80,
1988–89
:*Runners-up (3):
1986–87,
1987–88,
2000–01
References
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External links
Vagonul Arad's profile on romaniansoccer.ro
Association football clubs established in 1911
Association football clubs disestablished in 2006
Defunct football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Arad County
Liga I clubs
Arad, Romania
1911 establishments in Austria-Hungary
2006 disestablishments in Romania
Works association football clubs in Romania