Stăruinţa Oradea (Hungarian: Nagyváradi Törekvés; English: Perseverance) was a Romanian football club from

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

. They reached the final round of the Romanian football championship five times in the 1920s. Stăruinţa Oradea was founded in

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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

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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

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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): 1921–22, 1925–26, 1928–29 Oradea Region *Champions (5): 1921–22, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30 *Runner-up (3): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27 Hungarian Third League *Champions (1): 1943–44

References

External links

Romaniansoccer.ro

Literature

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Staruinta Oradea 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