CAM Timișoara

CAM Timișoara
Full name	Clubul Athletic Muncitoresc Timișoara
Short name	CAMT
Founded	1936
Dissolved	1949

Clubul Athletic Muncitoresc Timișoara or shorter as CAM Timișoara was a

Romanian Cup final in 1938.The club was dissolved in 1949.^[1]

History

CA Timișoara - CAT

At the initiative of a group of young people from the 'Iosefin' neighborhood led by Dr. 'Péter Dobroszláv' , in one of the halls of the City Report House, 'Elite Palace' ' (the building of the current restaurant "Sinaia")in Timișoara, then in Austria-Hungary, on April 26 1902, is established the first club dedicated exclusively to football in Romania 'Football Club Timișoara' (FCT, in Hungarian TFC), which became after a few years Clubul Atletic Timișoara (CAT). The club had 30 members and white-green colors. The club was run by Dr. Adalbert Mesko - president, Rudolf Trinksz - vice-president and eng. Victor Covaci.

In 1913, the club won the 'Timișoara District Championship' with the following team: Drexler - Löbl, Soma, Scholmanski, Aichiger, Rausberger - Franz, Bauer, Weinberger, Molnár II, Molnár I.

After World War I it regularly participates at the Timișoara District Championship, starting with the autumn of 1921. Players used during the 1921–27 period numbered a lot of known internationals, such as: Zimmermann, Kozovits, Holz, Raffinski.

At the end of the 1925–26 season, it finished first and qualified at the final tournament of the national championship. But, after a litigation it is replaced by Chinezul Timișoara and loses the chance to appear in the competition.

In 1934, CA wins the West League, using the following players: Konrad – Havas, Zarkoczy – Iania, Kohn, Faragó – Cărăbuș, Korony,

Divizia B

.

In the summer of 1936, CA Timișoara disappeared after a merger with RGM Timișoara, the new team being named CAM Timișoara

Reuniunea de Gimnastică a Muncitorilor din Timișoara - RGMT

The second club that participated in the merger of 1936 was founded in 1911, under the name Reuniunea de gimnastică a muncitorilor din Timișoara (Workers Gimnastic Reunion from Timișoara), when it started officially in the district championship. Colours: red-black. The first president of the association was Sigismund Löbi. The usual team used during the period before World War I was: Holzer – Reuter I, Drexeler, Reuter II, Tóth, Horváth – Heich, R. Wetzer, Stepumer, Serly, Blum.

After the war, the club activated in the Timișoara District Championship, 1st Category, regularly finishing in the upper half of the table. Players used during the 1925–1929 period were: Pülöck, Grell, Zarda II, Koch, Steinbach, Radici, Wessely, Ranschau, Katai, Szlovik, Busza, Karlach, Sindelar, Szedlanik, Löwenfeld, Kovács, Antalescu, Palmer II, Loch, Stepan, Szabó, Szücs.

At the end of the 1929–30 season of the Regional Championship, the club finishes 1st and qualifies for the final tournament of the national championship,

Gloria CFR Arad

, 1–0.

In 1932–33, at the start of the newly formed

Divizia A 1932–33

: Fuch – Molnár, Hajdu – Gerber, Stepan, Máthé – Iovicin, Reuter, Löwenfeld, Stocksläger, Busza.

After one season in the Timișoara District Championship (1933–34), the club enters the first edition of the

Divizia B

and finishes the 1934–35 season 3rd in the Seria II. The next season RGM finishes 4th. Team used: Gervin – Gerber, Hajdu – Pokomy, Weidle, Morawetz – Seceni, Tóth, Stepan, Jánosi, Reuter.

CAM Timișoara

In August 1936, RGM Timișoara merges with CA Timișoara and becomes CAM Timișoara (Workers Athletic Club from Timișoara).

At the end of the 1937–38 season of the

Divizia B, which was lost with 2–3 against Rapid Bucharest.^[2]^[3]

At the end of the 1938–39 season of the

Mureşul Târgu Mureş

. They succeeded to promote after (4–1, 0–1) with the following players: Eichler, Gerber, Kohn, Faragó, Szepe, Jánosi, Bücher, Zsizsik, Possak, Szeles II, Szöcs, Reuter, Golgoțiu, Ilieș, Tóth, Cota, Ciobanu, Persam.

CAM finishes 5th the

Ripensia's international player Silviu Bindea

.

The following season, CAM is excluded from the

Divizia B

, Seria I, where it finishes 10th (last).

After

Divizia B

, finishing 9th and 2nd at the end of the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. Players used: Sommer, Sandner, Androvits, Ramis, Mihailovici, Ban, Ferenczi I, Ferenczi II, Bozoki, Borzan, Cogan, Pakozdi, Lippai, Persam, Beth, Cotty, Andreescu, Nyiredi, Dușan, Weinhöpfel, Precup, Thierjung, Biró II.

At the end of the 1948–49 season of the

Divizia B

, CAM finishes 13th and relegates, and with this it disappears from the Romanian football firmament.

Honours

Liga I:

Fifth place: 1939–40

Liga II:

Winners (1): 1938–39
Runners-up (2): 1937–38, 1947–48

Romanian Cup

Runners-up (1): 1937–38

References

^ "CAM Timișoara – statistics". www.romaniansoccer.ro.
^ "Performanţă istorică! Hermannstadt e prima echipă din Liga 2 calificată în finala Cupei României, după 36 de ani" [Historical performance! Hermannstadt is the first team in Liga 2 to qualify for the Romanian Cup final, after 36 years] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ "80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României" [80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

Romaniansoccer.ro

[1] "CAM Timișoara – statistics". www.romaniansoccer.ro.

[2] "Performanţă istorică! Hermannstadt e prima echipă din Liga 2 calificată în finala Cupei României, după 36 de ani" [Historical performance! Hermannstadt is the first team in Liga 2 to qualify for the Romanian Cup final, after 36 years] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[3] "80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României" [80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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