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CS Victoria Ineu
ClubnameVictoria Ineu
FullnameClub Sportiv Victoria Ineu
Short nameIneu
Founded1920; 106 years ago
as Victoria Ineu
2005; 21 years ago
as CS Ineu
GroundCentral-Parc
Capacity3,000
OwnerIneu Town
ChairmanCristian Urzică
ManagerDacian Zdrențan
LeagueLiga VI
Season2023–24
PositionLiga III, Seria VIII, 10th (relegated)
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Club Sportiv Victoria Ineu, commonly known as Victoria Ineu, is a Romanian football club from Ineu, Arad County and currently playing in Liga VI – Arad County, the sixth tier of the Romanian football.

Founded in 1920, Victoria Ineu has had several names over time such as Progresul, Spartac, Crișul, CS Ineu, Tricotaje and ACB. The club reached the Divizia B as Tricotaje Ineu, playing in the Romanian second division in 2003–04 and 2004–05, finishing in 9th position in both campaigns.[1]

History

Victoria Ineu was founded in April 1920 at the initiative of a group of intellectuals from Ineu at that time, by creating football, athletics and gymnastics teams. The team played in the district, regional and county championships between 1946 and 1978.[2]

Victoria managed to win the county championship at the end of the 1977–78 season and the promotion play-off against CFR Caransebeș, the winner of the Caraș-Severin County Championship, with 2–2 on aggregate (1–2 away and 1–0 at home) and were promoted on the away goals rule.

In the first three years in Divizia C, Ineuanii struggled to avoid relegation, finishing 12th in the 1978–79 season and 13th in both the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. The following season, 1981–82, ended with a mid-table finish in 8th place.

Preceded by two more years in the mid-table, finishing 11th in the 1982–83 season and 10th in the 1983–84 season, relegation to the fourth division came after the 1984–85 season, when finishing in 15th place.

In 1985, Victoria Ineu also reached the Round of 32 of the Cupa României, losing 0–3 to FC Olt Scornicești. The lineup in that match was: Țica I (Csillag) – Costin, Szabo, Maghiș (Weckerle), Reisz – Sas, Popa, Leucuța – Țica II, Nicodin and Rusan, with Ioan Palcu as head coach.[3]

In 1986, in an attempt to make a comeback to the third division, Victoria merged with two other teams from the town, Metalul and Gloria, forming CS Ineu. The club won the Arad County Championship in the 1988–89 season but lost the promotion play-off against Minerul Ștei, the Bihor County Championship winner, with a 0–1 loss at Ștei and a 0–0 draw at Ineu.[1]

Chronology of names
NamePeriod
1920–1986Victoria Ineu
1986–2000CS Ineu
2000–2005Tricotaje Ineu
2005–2020CS Ineu
2020–2024ACB Ineu
2024–presentVictoria Ineu

The 2000–01 season marks the long-awaited return of Ineu to Liga III. With Alexandru Gaica on the bench, Tricotaje Ineu (named after the knitwear factory in town) won the Divizia D – Arad County and defeated CS Vulcan, the Divizia D – Hunedoara County winner, 2–1 in the promotion play-off held at Timișoara.[1]

In 2005, Tricotaje Ineu sold its place in Divizia B to FCM Reșița and bought the place in the third tier of Universitatea Reșița and renamed as CS Ineu.[2]

In the summer of 2020, CS Ineu started a collaboration with Brosovszky Football Academy and was renamed as ACB Ineu.[4]

Honours

Liga III

Liga IV – Arad County

Cupa României – Arad County

  • Winners (1): 1994–95

Club officials

Board of directors

RoleName
OwnerIneu Town
PresidentCristian Urzică
Sporting directorIoan Benea

Current technical staff

RoleName
ManagerDacian Zdrențan
Assistant coachCătălin Bun

League history

See also: Romanian football league system
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceNotesCupa României
2024–256Liga VI (AR)TBD
2023–243Liga III (Seria VIII)10thRelegated
2022–233Liga III (Seria VIII)9th
2021–224Liga IV (AR)1st (C)Promoted
2020–214Liga IV (AR)2nd
2019–204Liga IV (AR)10th
2018–194Liga IV (AR)7th
2017–184Liga IV (AR)4th
2016–174Liga IV (AR)14th
SeasonTierDivisionPlaceNotesCupa României
2015–163Liga III (Seria IV)11thRelegated
2014–153Liga III (Seria IV)9th
2013–143Liga III (Seria V)5th
2012–134Liga IV (AR)1st (C)Promoted
2011–124Liga IV (AR)8th
2010–114Liga IV (AR)6th
2009–103Liga III (Seria V)13thRelegated
2008–093Liga III (Seria V)2nd
2007–083Liga III (Seria V)12th

Former managers

References

  1. ^ "Sărbătoare înăbușită în Țara Zărandului! Fotbalul ineuan a împlinit un secol de existență: ”Momentul ar trebui marcat și în iarbă”" [Suppressed celebration in the Land of Zărand! Ineuan football has celebrated a century of existence: "The moment should also be marked on the grass"] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 21 April 2020. Archived 1 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Clubul Sportiv Ineu (CS INEU)" (in Romanian). pineuar.ro. Archived 5 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. ^ "În "Cupa României" la fotbal" [In the "Romanian Cup" at football] (in Romanian). Flacăra Roșie. 5 December 1985. p. 4. Archived 1 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 January 2025. – via digital.bibliotecaarad.ro.
  4. ^ "Academia Brosovszky Ineu, acreditată la nivel național: "Certificarea muncii depuse în ultimii ani, dar trebuie să ne ridicăm cu toții nivelul"" [Brosovszky Ineu Academy, nationally accredited: "Certification of the work done in recent years, but we must all raise our level"] (in Romanian). sportarad.ro. 20 August 2020. Archived 1 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 June 2021.