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

History

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.

CSP UM Timișoara

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. In the 1970s, the team went to play on the Stadionul UMT, known at that time as Stadionul Electrica.

CSP UM Timișoara

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.

CSP UM Timișoara

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.

Honours

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

Notable former managers

Gheorghe Chimiuc

Cristian Contescu

Ciprian Aioanei

Aurel Șunda

Costică Rădulescu

Orlando Trandu

Ion Dumitru

Costică Toma

Gheorghe Staicu

Remus Steop

References

Football clubs in Timiș County

Sport in Timișoara

Association football clubs established in 1960

Association football clubs disestablished in 2008

Defunct football clubs in Romania

Liga I clubs

Liga II clubs

1960 establishments in Romania

2008 disestablishments in Romania