Vagonul Arad was a

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club based in

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. It was founded in 1911 and it soon became one of the best teams from Arad. It was affiliated to Astra Arad 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

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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

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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

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, we see it for a couple of years in

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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, after which until 1955 it plays in the regional championship. Being renamed ''Metalul'', plays for one year in

(1955–1956) and for one year in Liga III (1956–1957). With a new name ''Energia'', plays for one year in

(1957–1958). In 1958 the club comes back to its traditional name ''AMEF Arad'', and plays in the

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

in the 1962–1963 season, in Liga III in the 1963–1964 season, and again in

until 1968, at the end of which, the club succeeds to promote to

. In the same year, the team reaches the semi-finals of the

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. After only one season of top class football, the team relegates to

and from now forward we see it going only down. 1969–1971

, after this Liga III, where they were close to the regional championship, but in 1973 a merger with CFR Arad saved them. The new team was given the name ''Unirea'', and plays in

until 1977, in 1974 changing its name again, this time to ''Rapid Arad''. The 1977–1980 period sees the club in Liga III, 1980–1984 in

, 1984–1989 Liga III. In 1985 – ''CSM Rapid'', 1986 – ''Vagonul'', 1987 – ''CSM Vagonul''.

1989–2006

The club succeeds to promote to

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 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

: :*Winners (0): :*Runners-up (1): 1935–36

: :*Winners (1): 1967–68 :*Runners-up (1): 1946–47 Liga III: :*Winners (5):

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, 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
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