Asociația Club Sportiv Electrica 1929 Timișoara commonly known as Electrica Timișoara, or simply as Electrica is a Romanian amateur

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club based in

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

. It is currently playing in the

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, Seria III. The colors of the team are white and blue.

History

Until 1932, Electrica played in the western regional tournament, one of the five, before the winners would go to play in a knock-out tournament in the fall. ''

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'' was the team who usually won the tournaments. In 1932 the national league was created called

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. Again, but this time Ripensia Timișoara took the lead and qualified to play in that league. As more teams were added in the 1933–1934 season a second division

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was created, followed by 1936–37 Liga III season of the third division

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, where they finished 5th. The second division had two series, the clubs from the west side of the country played in Seria II. The team now activates in the fifth league, Timis County league, Seria III. In the last decade the club focused its attention in growing players for other teams so the academy had very good results at the regional and national level.

Honours

*Best place 5th: 1936–37 Liga IV – Timiș County *Winners (2): 1992–93, 1995–96

Grounds

Stadionul Electrica is a

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. It is currently used mostly for

matches and is the home ground of Electrica Timișoara,

ACS Poli Timișoara Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara (), commonly known as ACS Poli Timișoara, Poli Timișoara or simply ACS Poli, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County. The team was founded in 2012, the ye ...

and Ripensia Timișoara. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is located in the Fabric neighbourhood. In the past it was also the home ground of Politehnica II Timișoara. In the past,

Stadionul UMT UMT Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Timișoara, Romania. Until 1960 the stadium was known as ''Stadionul Electrica'' and was the main home ground in Timișoara for Sport of athletics, athletics championships, being also the stadium wher ...

, which was placed just a few meters away, was named also as Stadionul Electrica, fact that created some confusion over time.Stadionul pe care Iolanda Balaş a început atletismul, dărâmat. Ruină şi bălării, tot ce-a mai rămas dintr-o arenă legendară
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Rivalries

The traditional rivals of Electrica in the interwar period were

, Politehnica Timișoara and Ripensia Timișoara, that last from the same neighborhood, Fabric. Later on UM Timișoara and CFR Timișoara.

Former managers

Rudolf Wetzer Rudolf 'Rudy' Wetzer (17 March 1901 – 13 April 1993) was a Romanian football player and manager. He was the captain and team-coach alongside Octav Luchide, under the management of Costel Rădulescu of the first Romanian side to participate ...

(1936–1938) * Adalbert Kovács (1960–1962)

References

External links

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