Full name | CSF CFR 1933 Timișoara |
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Nickname(s) |
Leoparzii (The Leopards) Feroviarii (The Railwaymen) |
Short name | CFR Timișoara |
Founded | 1933 as Sparta CFR Timișoara |
Ground | CFR |
Capacity | 7,000 |
League | Liga VI |
2015–16 | Liga IV, Timiş County, 17th (relegated) |
CFR Timișoara is a Romanian football team from Timișoara, Timiş County founded in 1933. It plays in the Liga V in the 2016–17 season.
The team's best season was the 1947–48 one, when they finished second in the 1947–48 Divizia A and reached the Romanian Cup final. However UTA Arad managed to beat them in both legs.
It was founded in 1919 as Sparta CFR Timișoara. It merged in 1926 with Unirea Timișoara and took on the name Sparta Unirea CFR Timișoara. In 1927 the club was dissolved. It was founded again five years later, in 1933, as CFR Timișoara.