Banatul Timișoara

Banatul Timișoara was a former football club in Timișoara, Romania. The team is named after the region Banat. The team was founded in 1923 and played in the County Championship in Timis County.[1] The best season for them is 1928–1929. In 1927, former players at Sparta-Unirea CFR joined the team and created a stronger team winning the regional championship to qualify in 1928–29 Divizia A, the Romanian first division. The best performance of Banatul is to reach the semi-final in this season and be eliminated by Victoria Cluj. After World War II, they played in the Third League of Romania without notable performances. Banatul Timișoara disbanded in 1950.[2]

Banatul Timișoara
Full nameBanatul Timișoara
Nickname(s)bănățenii
Short nameBanatul
Founded1923
Dissolved1950
GroundBanatul, Timișoara
Capacity7,000

They never played in Divizia A, the first league of Romania, since the foundation of the league format in 1932–33.

Performances
  • Third Place : 1928–29[3]
SeasonPlayedWDLGoals+/-Points
1928–29421110:9+15p

References
  1. "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor". romaniansoccer.ro.
  2. "Timişoara, a doua capitală a fotbalului românesc". romania-actualitati.ro.
  3. "Divizia A – Tables – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.

Literature
  • Hardy Grüne (2000), Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fußballvereine (in German) (1. ed.), Kassel: AGON Sportverlag, p. 339, ISBN 3-89784-163-0
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