CS Minerul Lupeni

The team representing the miners of the Lupeni coal basin was founded in 1920 as Jiul Lupeni. In 1926, the club briefly merged with CAMP, continuing to compete under the name Jiul Lupeni. In the 1927–28 season, the Jiu Valley side won the Arad Regional Championship and qualified for the national tournament of Divizia A. After eliminating România Cluj 2–0 and Șoimii Sibiu 3–0, Jiul reached the final, where it lost 2–3 to Colțea Brașov. The lineup in the final, coached by Adalbert Szabo, featured Ioan Kiss – Eugen Szabados, Rupp – Alexandru Berkessy, Szülle, Gentl – Kertesz, Aurel Guga, Bognar, Joseph Kilianovitz and Meszner. Renamed Minerul, the team made its first appearance in the Cupa României during the 1935–36 season, reaching the quarter-finals before being eliminated 2–9 by Ripensia Timișoara, the eventual winners. The Miners also competed in the inaugural season of Divizia C, finishing as runners-up in the Western League, before earning promotion to Divizia B at the end of the 1937–38 Divizia C season. That squad featured Sepreny – Sebok, Baki – Maior, Iuliu Peter, Racolțea – Comsloșan, Ilieș, Zelenak, Sorger and Băcilă. The Red-Blacks spent the next three seasons in the second division, finishing 4th in 1938–39, 2nd in 1939–40 and 6th in 1940–41. After the Second World War, Minerul resumed competition in Divizia B, finishing the 1946–47 season in 12th place in Series II. During the following decade, the Miners remained in the second division, often finishing in…

Liga I

Runners-up (1): 1927–28 Liga II

Winners (1): 1958–59 Runners-up (1): 1939–40 Liga III

Winners (5): 1937–38, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1982–83, 2004–05 Runners-up (6): 1936–37, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1991–92, 2025–26 Liga IV – Hunedoara County

Winners (1): 2023–24 Runners-up (1): 2022–23