CSF CFR 1933 Timișoara

Originally founded in 1919 as Sparta CFR Timișoara, the club merged with Unirea Timișoara in 1926, adopting the name Sparta Unirea CFR Timișoara. In 1927 it was dissolved only to be founded again five years later in 1933 as CFR Timișoara. The team made only two national divisional appearances until World War II, finished 5th in the 1937–38 season in the Western League of Divizia C and 6th in the Series I of Divizia B in the 1940–41 season. It also participated in Series I of the Heroes Cup, a competition that replaced Divizia B during the war, finishing 2nd in 1942–43 and 3rd in 1943–44. In the 1945–46 season, CFR finished 2nd in the Timișoara City Championship, and in the summer of 1946, after a play-off against Politehnica Timișoara, won 4–2 on aggregate (1–1 and 3–1), securing promotion to Divizia A. The squad led by player-coach Rudolf Kotormány was composed, among others, of Ciopraga, I. Barna, Munteanu, Covejdeanu, Volariu, I. Ritter, Raniță, Csapo, Gh. Moniac, P. Cojereanu, N. Reuter, Bandu, E. Avasilichioaie, P. Bădeanțu. In the first post-war season of Divizia A, CFR finished in 3rd place under the guidance of coach Balázs Hoksary. In the 1947–48 season, Hoksary led the Railwaymen to finish as runners-up, five points behind ITA Arad, and reached the final of Cupa României, losing 2–3 to the same ITA at Venus Stadium in Bucharest. The squad included A. Boroș – I. Barna, Șt. Rodeanu – P. Cojereanu, I. Ritter, C. Voroncovschi – Gh. Moniac, N. Reuter, I. Kovács, E.…

Leagues

Liga I

Runners-up (1): 1947–48 Liga II

Winners (1): 1969–70 Runners-up (3): 1958–59, 1962–63, 1990–91 Liga III

Winners (4): 1965–66, 1979–80, 1987–88, 2004–05 Liga IV – Timiș County

Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 Liga V – Timiș County

Winners (1): 2010–11

Cups

Cupa României

Runners-up (1): 1947–48