FC Bihor
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Bihor Oradea 1902 |
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| Nickname(s) |
Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues) Bihorenii (The People from Bihor County) Orădenii (The People from Oradea) Legendarii (The Legendary) |
| Short name | FC Bihor |
| Founded | 1 April 1958 as Crişul Oradea 12 July 2016 as FC Bihor Oradea 1902 |
| Ground | Episcopia |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Chairman | Mircea Fodor |
| Manager | George Zima |
| League | Liga IV |
| 2016–17 | Liga V, Bihor County, Seria I, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | Club home page |
Fotbal Club Bihor Oradea (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor oˈrade̯a]) is a Romanian football club based in Oradea, founded in 1958 and refounded in 2016.
FC Bihor Oradea continued the football tradition in Oradea after the dissolution of a much greater club, CA Oradea.
The club was founded under the name Crişul Oradea on 1st April 1958. It has a short activity in the city championship and then in the regional championship. In 1960 the team merged with the footwear factory "Solidarity" and, finishing first in the 1960–1961 regional championship, it promotes to the Divizia B after a play-off at Sinaia.
In 1961–1962 the team was renamed ASA Crişul, and finishes eleventh in the third series of the Divizia B, barely escaping relegation. The following season, 1962–1963, the club finished first in the series, and promoted for the very first time in history to the Divizia A. Coach L. Zilahi used the following players: Weichelt, Bucur, Pojoni, Boros, Şchiopu, Donciu, Al. Georgescu, Kun, Kuti, Curtu, Osan, Stanciu, Podaru, I. Pop, Bokos, I. Sandu, Manescu, Al. Iacob, Şovoială, Lenalt, Fr. Stilgerlbauer, R. Petschovschi.
Crişul played for three seasons in the first league: 1963–1964 (7th place), 1964–1965 (9th place) and 1965–1966 (13th place), then it relegated to the Divizia B where it played for two seasons, 1966–1967 (7th place) and 1967–1968 (2nd place). In the summer of 1968 it qualified for the play-off, in Timișoara, for the promotion to the Divizia A. There it manages to secure a place in the first league, coach , achieving this performance with the following players: Buiuc, Catona, Balogh, Sărac, Serfozo, E. Naghi, Popovici, Dărăban, Sudi, Szucs, Tomeş, A. Naghi, A. Kun II, I. Kun, I. Harsani, Cociş, Ujlaki, Levai.
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