CSP UM Timișoara

CSP UM Timișoara
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Profesionist UM Timișoara
Nickname(s)	Zebrele (The Zebras); Mecanicii (The Mechanics)
Short name	UMT
Founded	1960
Dissolved	2008
Ground	UMT
Capacity	9,900
Home colours	Away colours

UM Timișoara was a Romanian professional football club from Timișoara, Romania, founded in 1960 and dissolved in 2008.^[1]

History[edit]

The football team of Uzinele Mecanice Timișoara was founded in 1960, playing in the first years of its existence in the Ronaț neighborhood on the field that would later become the Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu.^[1]^[2]

The club managed to promoted in Divizia C at the end of the 1966–67 season, when it won the Banat Regional Championship and the play-off for promotion against Aurul Brad, the winner of the Hunedoara Regional Championship.^[1]^[2] In the 1970s, the team went to play on the Stadionul UMT, known at that time as Stadionul Electrica.^[1]

The club did not obtain great performances during its existence, but succeeded to play one season of Romanian top football, in the 2001–02 Divizia A.^[1]^[2]^[3]

At the end of the 2007–08 Liga III, UMT were relegated to the Timiș County League (Liga IV), but didn't start in this competition because they were dissolved.^[1]^[2]

Honours[edit]

Liga II:

Winners (1): 2000–01

Liga III:

Winners (4): 1969–70, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99
Runners-up (3): 1972–73, 1983–84, 2005–06

Banat Regional Championship:

Winners (1): 1966–67

Former managers[edit]

Costică Toma (1971–1972)
Cicerone Manolache (1977–1978)
Constantin Rădulescu (1979–1980)
Aurel Șunda (1991–1994)
Constantin Rădulescu (1998–1999)
Aurel Șunda (1999–2001)
Gheorghe Staicu (2001–2002)
Gheorghe Chimiuc
Cristian Contescu
Ciprian Aioanei
Orlando Trandu
Ion Dumitru
Remus Steop

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Povestea UMT-ului. "Cenușăreasa" fotbalului timișorean" [The story of UMT. The "Cinderella" of Timișoara football]. ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.(in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ultimii romantici ai fotbalului din Banat. Povestea clubului UMT, de la istoria fabuloasă a promovării în Divizia C, după o luptă cu Dinamo Timișoara, la parcursul în prima ligă" [The last romantic football in Banat. The story of the UMT club, from the fabulous history of promotion to Divizia C, after a fight with Dinamo Timișoara, during the first league]. pressalert.ro. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.(in Romanian)
^ "REMEMBER: 15 ani de la promovarea UMT-ului în Divizia A" [REMEMBER: 15 years since the promotion of UMT in Divizia A]. druckeria.ro. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.(in Romanian)

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[UMT-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Povestea UMT-ului. "Cenușăreasa" fotbalului timișorean" [The story of UMT. The "Cinderella" of Timișoara football]. ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.(in Romanian)

[press-2] "Ultimii romantici ai fotbalului din Banat. Povestea clubului UMT, de la istoria fabuloasă a promovării în Divizia C, după o luptă cu Dinamo Timișoara, la parcursul în prima ligă" [The last romantic football in Banat. The story of the UMT club, from the fabulous history of promotion to Divizia C, after a fight with Dinamo Timișoara, during the first league]. pressalert.ro. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.(in Romanian)

[3] "REMEMBER: 15 ani de la promovarea UMT-ului în Divizia A" [REMEMBER: 15 years since the promotion of UMT in Divizia A]. druckeria.ro. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.(in Romanian)

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