Corvinul Hunedoara is a Romania

Romania

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n football

Football (soccer)

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 team from Hunedoara

Hunedoara

Hunedoara is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southeastern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boş, Groş, Hăşdat, Peştişu Mare and Răcăştia....

, Hunedoara County

Hunedoara County

Hunedoara is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 485,712 and the population density was 69/km².*Romanians - 92%*Hungarians - 5%*Romas - 2%*Germans under 1%....

, founded in 1921.

History

The club played in the Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 between 1960–1961, 1976–1979 and 1980-1992. Their best finish - 3rd place at the end of the 1981-82 season and urgo qualified for the 1982-83 season of the UEFA Cup. They beat Austria

Austria

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n side Grazer AK

Grazer AK

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 in the First Round but in the second round lost to Yugoslavian side FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo

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. Corvinul was regarded as having one of the best football academies of Romania.

In 2004 the club was excluded from all competitions by the Romanian Football Federation

Romanian Football Federation

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 bacause of debts. In 2005 a new club was founded SC CORVINUL 2005 Hunedoara SA but with no relations with the old club. It had a short life, in 2008 it was dissolved.

In the summer of 2009, FC Hunedoara

FC Hunedoara

FC Hunedoara is a Romanian football team from Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, founded in 2009.-History:The club was founded in the summer of 2009 to continue the football tradition in Hunedoara after the dissolution of FC Corvinul Hunedoara....

 was founded, to keep alive the football passion that exists in Hunedoara

Hunedoara

Hunedoara is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southeastern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boş, Groş, Hăşdat, Peştişu Mare and Răcăştia....

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Corvinul is now kept alive by only one youth squad that plays in the County Championship.

Notable former players

• Ioan Andone
  Ioan Andone
  Ioan Andone is a Romanian football coach and former player.-Career:He made his Divizia A debut with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1979. He later went to Dinamo Bucureşti where he helped win the league title in 1984 and 1990 and the cup title in 1984, 1986 and 1990. In 1990 he was bought by Spanish team...
  
  
• Michael Klein
• Bogdan Lobonţ
  Bogdan Lobont
  Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț is a Romanian goalkeeper playing for A.S. Roma and the Romanian national team. Lobonț has been popularly nicknamed "Pisica" in Romania due to his quick reflexes, compared to that of a cat....
  
  
• Mircea Rednic
  Mircea Rednic
  Mircea Rednic is a Romanian football manager and former defender. As of July 2010, he manages Khazar Lankaran in Azerbaijan....
  
  
• Romulus Gabor
  Romulus Gabor
  Romulus Gabor is a retired Romanian footballer, who earned 35 caps for the Romania national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984. He won the Golden Ball at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship and he was declared the best player of the competition. He retired in 1997 at Viitorul...
  
  
• Dorin Mateuţ
  Dorin Mateut
  Dorin Mateuţ is a retired Romanian footballer.He was born in Bogata-Curtuiuş, Cluj County and debuted in Divizia A with Corvinul Hunadoara in 1981. In the 1986–87 season, he earned a transfer to Dinamo Bucureşti...
  
  
• Mircea Lucescu
  Mircea Lucescu
  Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu...
  
  
• Radu Nunweiller
  Radu Nunweiller
  Radu Nunweiller is a former Romanian football player, playing as a central midfield.He played over 300 matches in Romanian Liga 1 and also 42 for Romania...
  
  
• Florea Dumitrache
  Florea Dumitrache
  Florea Dumitrache was a Romanian football striker. He was considered one of the best Romanian strikers of all time.-Career:...
  
  

Honours

Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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• Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 1981–82

Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

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• Winners (4): 1953, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1979–80
• Runners-up (3): 1956, 1957–58, 1994–95
  Divizia B 1994–95
  The Divizia B 1994–95 season was the 55th season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A, and the runner up from each series played a playoff...
  
  

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:...

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• Winners (2): 1966–67, 2001–02
• Runners-up (1): 1965–66

FC Corvinul Hunedoara in Europe

Competition
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	4	1	2	1	8	9	– 1
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