FC Ripensia Timișoara
Electrica | |||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
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Owner | Dumitru Mihu | ||
Manager | Iulian Muntean | ||
League | Liga VI | ||
2022–23 | Liga II, 20th of 20 (relegated) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Fotbal Club Ripensia Timișoara (Romanian pronunciation:
The team was founded in 1928 by Lázár Kornél and folded twenty years later due to lack of funds.
Ripensia Timișoara was the first Romanian club to turn professional, and because of this status they were unable to compete in the national league until the 1932–33 season. After being granted permission to participate in the national system, the club soon became one of the best in the country, winning four national titles and two national cups in their short history.
The colors of the team are red and yellow.
History
It was founded in 1928 by Lázár Kornél, a famous promoter of football in the Banat region, and the former president of Chinezul Timișoara. The players came from Chinezul Timișoara, C.A.T. and Poli Timișoara. Vilmos Kertész coached the team from 1931 to 1932.[3][4] Due to its professional status, until 1932–1933 (the first season of the National League – Divizia A), the team and its players could not participate in official national competitions.
They were champions of the
- Goalkeepers: Vilmos Zombori, Dumitru Pavlovici
- Defenders: Rudolf Bürger, Balázs Hoksary
- Midfielders: Vasile Chiroiu II, Vasile Deheleanu, Rudolf Kotormány, Eugen Lakatos, Nicolae Simatoc
- Forwards: Gheorghe Oprean,
In the 2012 the team was reestablished and competed in the municipal championship, they won it and promoted to
In the
Next season Ripensia had a perfect journey, won Liga IV – Timiș County and qualified for the promotion play-offs to Liga III. At the promotion play-off Ripensia met the champion of Hunedoara County, Hercules Lupeni, and they won without major difficulties, 7–0 on aggregate, thus ensuring promotion to the Liga III.[5]
Honours
Domestic
Leagues
- Liga I
- Winners (4): 1937–38
- Runners-up (2): 1938–39
- Winners (4):
- Liga III
- Liga IV – Timiș County
- Liga V – Timiș County
- Winners (1): 2013–14
- Liga VI – Timiș County
- Winners (1): 2012–13
Cups
- Cupa României
- Winners (2): 1935–36
- Runners-up (2): 1934–35, 1936–37
- Winners (2):
Former players
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level.
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Former managers
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Domestic records and statistics
Key
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Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
The players in bold were the top goalscorers in the division.
Seasons
Season | League | Cup | European Cup | Other | Top Goalscorer(s) | Notes | |||||||||||
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Division | Pos | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Name | Goals | |||||||
1932–33 | Div A | 1st | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 20 | – | Finals | W | Ștefan Dobay | 16 | Foundation of the Romanian Football League system | ||
1933–34 | 1st | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 22 | W | Finals | F | Ștefan Dobay | 15 | ||||
1934–35 | 1st | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 34 | 32 | F | Ștefan Dobay | 24 | ||||||
1935–36 | 1st | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 30 | W | Ștefan Dobay | 12 | ||||||
1936–37 | 3rd | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 39 | 27 | F | Ștefan Dobay | 21 | ||||||
1937–38 | 1st | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 25 | 30 | R32 | Finals | W | Silviu Bindea | 21 | ||||
1938–39 | 2nd | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 39 | 26 | R32 | Adalbert Marksteiner | 21 | ||||||
1939–40 | 6th | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 22 | R32 | Adalbert Marksteiner | 15 | ||||||
1940–41 | 3rd | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 32 | 32 | R32 | Silviu Bindea | 10 | ||||||
1941–42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | |||||||
1942–43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R32 | |||||||
1943–46 Not involved in any competitions due to World War II. | |||||||||||||||||
1946–47 | Div C | 1st | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 21 | 30 | – | |||||||
1947–48 | Div B | 8th | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 54 | 28 | R32 | Merged with Electrica Timișoara. Disbanded. | ||||||
1948–2012 Not involved in any competitions. | |||||||||||||||||
2012–13 | L6 | 1st | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 9 | 64 | – | Timiș County Phase | W | Adrian Boghian | 23 | |||
2013–14 | L5 | 1st | 28 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 152 | 9 | 77 | R16 | Timiș County Phase | 2R | Raul Briciu | 37 | |||
2014–15 | L4 | 2nd | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 122 | 27 | 89 | – | Timiș County Phase | W | Ndiaye Mediop | 32 | |||
2015–16 | 1st | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 150 | 28 | 87 | R32 | Timiș County Phase | SF | Ndiaye Mediop | 55 | ||||
2016–17 | L3 | 1st | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 30 | 55 | – | Ndiaye Mediop | 21 | |||||
2017–18 | L2 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 72 | 58 | 48 | 3R | Ndiaye Mediop | 19 | |||||
2018–19 | 12th | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 54 | 47 | 4R | Andrei Dumiter | 10 | ||||||
2019–20 | 13th | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 28 | R32 | Albert Voinea | 13 | ||||||
2020–21 | 15th | R32 | |||||||||||||||
2021–22 | 12th | R32 | |||||||||||||||
2022–23 | 17th (R) |
European record
Mitropa Cup
Ripensia played in the
Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1938 | First round | Italy | A.C. Milan
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3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 |
Quarter-finals | Hungary | Ferencváros | 4–5 | 1–4 | 5–9 |
References
- ^ "Istorie" [History] (in Romanian). FC Ripensia Timișoara. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Radu Ienovan, presedintele Ripensia Timișoara: Facem totul din placerea de a construi ceva pentru Banat si pentru fotbal" [Radu Ienovan, Ripensia Timișoara chairman: Everything that we do is for the pleasure of building something for Banat and for football] (in Romanian). Opinia Timișoarei. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Jonathan Wilson (2019). The Names Heard Long Ago; How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game
- ^ "Vilmos Kertész". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Ripensia, FC Argeș 1953 și CSM Școlar Reșița au devenit campioane.** Vezi toate câștigătoarele județene și meciurile barajul de promovare în Liga 3". 13 June 2016.
- ^ "SĂRBĂTOARE pe arena din Ciarda Roșie. Ripensia a promovat în Liga a doua! VIDEO". 26 May 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Club profile at UEFA.com