FC Victoria Cluj


ACS Supporter 2.0, but mostly known as Fotbal Club Victoria Cluj, also known as Victoria Cluj or simply as Victoria, was a Romanian amateur football club based in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania, founded in 1920, dissolved in 1947, refounded in 2019, just to be dissolved again in 2022.

History

The team of the Mănăştur neighbourhood, at first it was formed by students of the Commercial Academy from Cluj, in 1920 as a result of the merger between Dacia and CS Victoria. One of the men who contributed to the birth of the club was arh. Virgil Salvan.
The club participates at the official competitions in Romania starting with 1921, and plays two consecutive championship finals: in 1921–22 against Chinezul Timişoara 1–5 ; and in 1922–23 again against Chinezul Timişoara 0–3.
In 1925–26 it again won the regional championship, but lost 1–3 at AMEF Arad in the preliminary round of the final tournament.
In 1927 it changed its name to România Cluj, and under this name it qualified for the 1927–28 final tournament, where it lost in the quarter-finals 0–2 at Jiul Lupeni.
At the 1928–29 final tournament again reached the final, only to lose again, this time to Venus București, 2–3.. Players who were not used: Pop, Caliani, Albu, Sfera, Mureşan, the Istvánffy brothers, Florea, Sepi II, Bindea, Cobîrzan, Micu, Győrkő, Kinizsi.
The club participates from the first edition of the divisional Romanian first league. During this period, the people in charge of the club were: prof. univ. Coriolan Tătaru, dr. N. Birăescu, prof. univ. dr. Liviu Pop, Patriciu Curea, Constantin Schipor. The players used were: A. Molnár, Chifor, Chindrean I, Chindrean II, Kreishoffer, Felecan I, Felecan II, Mureşan, Schetan, Ciungan, Fărcăşan, Munteanu I, Munteanu II, Pop I, Cipcigan, Căpuşan, Daci, Pintea, Nistor, Burdan, Straja, Pop II, Pop III, Feraru, Lazăr.
Starting with 1936 the club changes back its name to Victoria and continues to compete in the First League. Players added were: Burdan, Boşneag, Sepci, Pál, Nistor, Pop IV, Cornea, Cociuban I, Cociuban II, Szantai, Ţăranu, B. Marian.
During World War II the clubs activity is very reduced. It reappears in the 1946–47 edition of the Divizia B, after which it dissolves and disappears.
The club was reestablished in 2019 and was enlisted in the fourth league, but was dissolved again in the summer of 2022, after failed to promote in the Liga III.

Honours

Liga I:
  • Runners-up : 1921–22, 1922–23, 1928–29
Liga IV – Cluj County:
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCupa României
2021–224Liga IV 1st ''
2020–214Liga IV 2nd
2019–204Liga IV 2nd
1946–472Divizia B 14th
1939–401Divizia A12th Quarter-finals
1938–391Divizia A6thRound of 32
1937–381Divizia A 3rdSemi-finals
1936–371Divizia A5thQuarter-finals
1935–361Divizia A10thRound of 32

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCupa României
1934–351Divizia A6thRound of 16
1933–341Divizia A 5thRound of 32
1932–331Divizia A 6th
1928–291Divizia A2nd
1927–281Divizia AQuarter-finals
1925–261Divizia A9-11
1922–231Divizia A2nd
1921–221Divizia A2nd

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level.
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