Ripensia
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Ripensia Timișoara |
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| Nickname(s) | Ripi |
| Short name | Ripensia |
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| Ground | Ciarda Roșie |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Radu Ienovan |
| Manager | Remus Steop |
| League | Liga III |
| 2015–16 | Liga IV, 1st (promoted) |
| Website | ripensiatimisoara |
Fotbal Club Ripensia Timișoara, commonly known as Ripensia Timișoara, or as Ripensia, is a Romanian professional football club based in Timișoara, Timiș County, that plays in the Liga III.
The team was founded in 1928 by Dr. Cornel Lazăr. It folded after twenty years due to lack of funds. However, Ripi was brought back to life and enrolled in the Liga VI, the sixth tier of the Romanian football league system, in 2012.
Ripensia Timișoara was the first Romanian club to turn professional, and because of this status they were unable to compete in the national league until the 1932–33 season. After being granted permission in the national system, the club soon became one of the best in the country, winning four national titles and two national cups in their short history.
The colors of the team are red and yellow.
It was founded in 1928 by Dr. Cornel Lazăr, a famous promoter of football in the Banat region, and the former president of Chinezul Timișoara. The players came from Chinezul Timișoara, C.A.T. and Poli Timișoara. Due to its professional status, until 1932–1933 (the first season of the National League – Divizia A), the team and its players could not participate in official national competitions.
They were champions of the Romanian Football League in 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1938, with two Romanian Cup appearances, winning 3–2 over Universitatea Cluj in 1934 and 5–1 over Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti in 1936. They were national vice-champions for 1933–34 and 1938–39. After World War II, due to financial problems, the communist sports organisation and controversial actions, Ripensia played in Divizia B and Divizia C. After 1948, without any support, it disappeared, merging with Electrica Timișoara. Their colours were red-yellow. Their home stadium was called Electrica (today UMT; the original wooden stand was demolished in 2004–2005). The greatest players in team history were:
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