Gloria CTP Arad is a Romania

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 from Arad

Arad, Romania

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, Arad County

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, Romania

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They currently play in Liga III

Liga III

Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...

, Seria V in the 2008-2009 season after finishing 6th in Liga III

Liga III

Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...

, Seria V in the 2007-2008 season.

History

The club was born on August 24, 1913. (Colours: yellow-blue). The man behind this ideea was dr. E. Veliciuiu and with the help of dr. Sever Miclea, dr. E. Crâsnic, R. Moldovan, Nestor Blaga, ing. Cărpişan, I. Goicea and Coriolan Lupşa, he saw it took shape. In 1922, the club merges with CFR Arad (founded in 1921) and takes on the name Gloria CFR Arad. The players that appeared then were: Kiss, Hustig, Magory, Pop I, Pop II, Szabó, Müller, Cioară, Cheţa, Barbu II.

In 1923 the club succeeds to win the regional championship and qualifies for the final tournament, but it is eliminated in the quarter-finals by Chinezul Timişoara

Chinezul Timisoara

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In 1929 it succeeds the same performance, this time being eliminated by Banatul Timişoara.

The clubs best performance, before the divisional system was inaugurated, was obtained in 1930, when the team led by Virgil Economu plays the final against Juventus Bucureşti

FC Juventus Bucuresti (1924)

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. The players that contriubuted, among others, were the following: Deciu, Albu, Cosma, Igna, Marienuţ, Faur, Tisza.

Starting with 1932, until the interruption of the championship because of the war

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, the club played in the First division

Liga I

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, with one exception, in 1939-1940. The standard team used in that period was: Fr. Theimler - Fr. Hustig, I. Volintir - C. Weichelt, Şt. Dobra, I. Lupaş - P. Igna, V. Tudor, Fr. Frentz, I. Marienuţ, Gh. Mercea. We can also mention: Gh. Boşneag, Ion Henegar, I. Chereşledean, I. Mihailovici, Gh. Medrea, Fr. Pintea, I. Slăvei II, I. Şiclovan, Şt. Codreanu, E. Mladin, V. Nicola, I. Lupiţiu, Gh. Iovicin.

After the war

World War II

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, the club played for two years in the Second Division

Liga II

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, but in 1949 the name of Gloria disappears from all records.

In 1969, Gloria re-appears in the Arad County Championship (Liga IV

Liga IV

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), and it succeeds to promote in the Third Division

Liga III

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. It plays there until 1978, when it relegates back to the Fourth Division

Liga IV

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In the summer of 1978 a School Sports Club of high performance is founded, and takes Gloria`s name further.

In the recent years, the club is named Gloria CTP Arad and struggles in the Romanian Third Division

Liga III

Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...

, not succeeding very much.

Honours

Liga I

Liga I

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• Runners-up (1): 1928–29