FC Corvinul Hunedoara

Corvinul Hunedoara

Full name	Fotbal Club Corvinul Hunedoara
Nickname(s)	Corbii (The Ravens)
Short name	Corvinul
Founded	1921
Ground	Michael Klein (Capacity: 16,500)
Owner	Mircea Alic
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Corvinul Hunedoara is a Romanian football team from Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, founded in 1921.

History

The club played in the Liga I between 1960–1961, 1976–1979 and 1980-1992. Their best finish - 3rd place at the end of the 1981-82 season and urgo qualified for the 1982-83 season of the UEFA Cup. They beat Austrian side Grazer AK in the First Round but in the second round lost to Yugoslavian side FK Sarajevo. Corvinul was regarded as having one of the best football academies of Romania.

In 2004 the club was excluded from all competitions by the Romanian Football Federation bacause of debts. In 2005 a new club was founded SC CORVINUL 2005 Hunedoara SA but with no relations with the old club. It had a short life, in 2008 it was dissolved.

In the summer of 2009, FC Hunedoara was founded, to keep alive the football passion that exists in Hunedoara.

Corvinul is now kept alive by only one youth squad that plays in the County Championship.^[1]

Notable former players

• Ioan Andone
• Michael Klein
• Bogdan Lobonţ
• Mircea Rednic
• Romulus Gabor
• Dorin Mateuţ
• Mircea Lucescu
• Radu Nunweiller
• Florea Dumitrache

Honours

Liga I:

• Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 1981–82

Liga II:

• Winners (4): 1953, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1979–80
• Runners-up (3): 1956, 1957–58, 1994–95

Liga III:

• Winners (2): 1966–67, 2001–02
• Runners-up (1): 1965–66

FC Corvinul Hunedoara in Europe

Main article: FC Corvinul Hunedoara in Europe

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	4	1	2	1	8	9	– 1
Total	1	4	1	2	1	8	9	– 1

References

1. ^ La 90 de ani de la înfiinţare, Corvinul mai e ţinut în viaţă doar de o grupă de copii on liga2.ro

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