FC UTA Arad

UT Arad

Full name	Fotbal Club UT Arad
Nickname(s)	Bătrâna Doamnă (The Old Lady) Campioana Proviciei (Provincial Champions)
Founded	18 April 1945 (1945-04-18)
Ground	Motorul
Ground Capacity	1500
Owner	UTA Supporters Association
Chairman	Alexandru Meszar
Manager	Roland Nagy
League	Liga III
2013–14	Liga IV - Arad, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

UT Arad is a football club based in Arad, Romania, founded in 1945. During its history the club won the Romanian championship six times, only Steaua Bucharest, Dinamo Bucharest and Venus Bucharest winning more titles, and the Romanian Cup twice. They currently play in the 2014–15 season of Liga III.

History

The club's logo when it was known as Flamura Roşie Arad (1950–1957)

The club was founded in 1945 under the name of IT Arad (Industriile Textile Arad - Arad Textile Industries) under the ownership of baron Francisc von Neumann. Team colours: red-white. The beginning of the club's history was successful, between 1946-1954 the club won the championship 4 times (1946-47, 1947-48, 1950, 1954) and the cup twice (1947-48, 1953). A second period of success was during 1966-1970, when, under the coach Nicolae Dumitrescu III, they won another two titles (1968-69 and 1969-70) and played one Romanian cup final (1965-66). Also during this period they played in the European Cup, eliminating the defending champions Feyenoord in 1970. A period of decline started after 1975. At the end of 1978-79 season the club relegated for the first time in istory to the Divizia B In 1993 UTA returned to Divizia A, but only for a short time, because after two seasons, they were again to Divizia B. During the years, the club has changed its name a couple of times: IT Arad (1945–1949), Flamura Roșie Arad (1950–1957) and UTA Arad since 1958. There were e few variations on the same theme: FCM UTA (1984–1985, 1985–1986, 2006–2010), CSM UTA (1985, 1986–1995) and FC UTA (1995–2006, 2010–Present). Besides the titles won with the senior squad, the club has also won 5 titles with the junior squad (1957–58, 1958–59, 1967–68, 1995–1996, 2000–2001).

Supporters

UTA also have a large group of supporters named Speta Ultra Rossa, Directivo Ultra, Rasa, Commando Hooligans and Red Skorpions.Now all of them are united under ARAD 1945. Their main rivalry is with the supporters of Poli Timişoara, and have a friendship with fans of Corvinul Hunedoara (currently supporting FC Hunedoara) ^[1]

Honours

Domestic

Liga I

• Winners (6): 1946-47, 1947-48, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1969-70
• Runners-up (1): 1971–72

Romanian Cup

• Winners (2): 1947–48, 1953
• Runners-up (2): 1950, 1965–66
• Winners of Arad Couty Faze (1): 2013–14

Liga II

• Winners (3): 1980–81, 1992–93, 2001-02
• Runners-up (5): 1982–83, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1998–99

Liga IV - Arad

• Winners (1): Liga 4 - Arad 2013-14

European

UEFA Champions League:

• Winners (0):, Best result: Second Round: 1970–71

UEFA Cup:

• Winners (0):, Best result: Quarter-Finalist: 1971–72

Balkans Cup:

• Winners (0):, Best result: Group Stage: 1966–67

European record

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 93 GK Alexandru Mitrea 1 GK Roberto Bodea GK Mara Sebastian 27 DF Adrian Voicu 13 DF Adrian Popa 5 DF Cotoc Beniamin 6 DF Sorin Botis 22 DF Suslak Adrian 4 DF Wild Erich 8 DF Richard Filaret 14 DF Burlă Bogdan 24 DF Răzvan Blănaru 15 MF Norbert Varga 20 MF Dumitru Copil

No. Position Player 3 MF Chindriș Marius 10 MF Hlistei Cătălin MF Dobrean Cristian MF Vlad Michel 18 MF Sorin Strătilă 26 MF Claudiu Tudor 11 MF Adrian Piț 19 FW Rus Ciprian 7 FW Sorin Leucuța 9 FW Bulza Daniel FW Petre Adrian 16 FW Ousmane Gueye 17 FW Dan Silaghi 25 FW Szabolcs Szekely

Famous managers