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Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional
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club based in the city of Arad,
Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...
that competes in the
Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
. The team was founded in 1945 as ''IT Arad'', and has won six national titles and two
Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...
. Domestically, UTA is one of the most successful Romanian sides of the 20th century, sharing with
Chinezul Timișoara Chinezul Timișoara was a football club that played both in the Romanian and the Hungarian championship during its existence. It was based in Timișoara, Romania (at the time of foundation Temesvár, Austria-Hungary). History The club was establ ...
the record for the most title wins by a club not from
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, earning it the nickname ''Campioana Provinciei'' ("Provincial Champion"), a record which ended after the conclusion of the 2020–21 season when
CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...
claimed its seventh Liga I trophy. UTA Arad's decline began with a transfer to the second division in 1979, after which it rarely appeared in the top flight before being dissolved in 2014. UTA Arad was eventually promoted from the
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and managed to return to the Liga I in 2020. The team plays in red and white
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at the new
Francisc von Neuman Stadium Francisc von Neuman Stadium is a football stadium in Arad, Romania. It is built on the site of the former Francisc von Neuman Stadium. The stadium was opened on 28 August 2020 and currently serves as the home for UTA Arad of the Liga I. The st ...
, which was opened in 2020. UTA holds a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring
SSU Politehnica Timișoara Societatea Sportivă Universitară Politehnica Timișoara (), commonly known as SSU Politehnica Timișoara, Politehnica Timișoara or simply Poli Timișoara, is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club bas ...
, with whom it contests the
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.


History


1945–1965

The team was founded under the name ITA Arad by Francisc von Neuman, the owner of the Arad Textile Company, on 18 April 1945. The club’s colors (white and red) were inspired by
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, as Neuman was a fan of the English team. The newly established team played its first match on 27 May 1945, against Banatul Sânnicolau Mic, ending in a 2–3 loss. On 1 September 1946, on the occasion of the match between ITA and Ciocanul București, which ended 1–0, the
Francisc von Neuman Stadium Francisc von Neuman Stadium is a football stadium in Arad, Romania. It is built on the site of the former Francisc von Neuman Stadium. The stadium was opened on 28 August 2020 and currently serves as the home for UTA Arad of the Liga I. The st ...
in Arad was inaugurated. The club entered the National Football Championship in the 1946–47, winning the national title at its first participation in the top flight, finishing eleven points ahead of the team in 2nd place,
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. The team was led by three coaches over the course of the season: Zoltan Opata (rounds 1–13), Zoltan Blum (14–19), and
Gusztáv Juhász Gusztáv Juhász (also written as Guștav Iuhași; 19 December 1911 – 20 January 2003) was a Romanian football player and coach of Hungarian origin. He played in over 200 matches and scored 10 goals for Club Atletic Oradea. Biography Pla ...
(20–26). The squad included
Alexandru Marky Alexandru Marky (5 August 1919 – 4 December 1969) was a Romanian football goalkeeper. International career Alexandru Marky played four matches at international level for Romania, including two at the 1948 Balkan Cup. Honours Flamura Roşie ...
,
Gyula Lóránt Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary. During the ...
, Gheorghe Băcuț,
Adalbert Pall Adalbert Bela Pall (1 April 1918 - 1 August 2001) was a Romanian football midfielder. International career Adalbert Pall played five matches at international level for Romania, including three at the 1947 and 1948 Balkan Cup editions. Honours ...
, Francisc Mészáros,
József Pecsovszky József Pecsovszky or Iosif Petschovschi (also known as József Perényi; 2 July 1921 – 6 October 1968) was a Romanian footballer. His nickname was ''Peci''. He could play in any position on the pitch, he was even goalkeeper once. Career Pec ...
, Adalbert Kovács,
Ioan Reinhardt Ioan Reinhardt (also known as János Radnai; born 9 January 1920 – 6 June 1993*) was a Romanian footballer and manager. As a footballer, Reinhardt, who was a midfielder, played in 202 matches for AMEF Arad, Kolozsvári AC and Flamura Roșie ...
,
Andrei Mercea Andrei Mercea (16 March 1925 – 24 January 2002) was a Romanian football forward. Club career Andrei Mercea was born on 16 March 1925 in Arad, Romania and started playing junior level football at local clubs SG Arad and Gloria Arad. He start ...
,
Ladislau Bonyhádi Ladislau Ludovic Bonyhádi (; born 25 March 1923 - deceased 13 June 1997 in Miami, Florida, United States) was a Romanian football player of Hungarian ethnicity. During his spell with FC UTA Arad, ITA Arad he was the top-goalscorer of Liga I, Di ...
, Mátyás Tóth. Bonyhádi became the league's top scorer, netting 26 goals. In the 1947–48 season, ITA won its second championship title, with an impressive goal difference of 129–31, a record that remains unbeaten to this day. Ladislau Bonyhádi contributed 49 goals, also an all-time record. That same season, under the guidance of Gusztáv Juhász, ITA won the
Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...
, defeating CFR Timișoara 3–2 in the final. The winning team included Alexandru Marky,
Moise Vass Moise Vass (18 May 1920 – 12 November 2005) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right back. After he ended his playing career, Vass worked as a manager at Indagrara Arad. International career Moise Vass played two games at international ...
, Zoltan Farmati, Gheorghe Băcuț, Adalbert Pall, József Pecsovszky, Adalbert Kovács, Ioan Reinhardt, Ladislau Bonyhádi, Iosif Stibinger, and Nicolae "Coco" Dumitrescu. However, in the following 1948–49 season, the team’s performance declined, and ITA finished only 9th.


1965–1975

In the 1970–71, the team took fourth place and participated again in the European Champion Clubs' Cup, eliminating the trophy holder at that time,
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, after a 1–1 at
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and 0–0 in Arad. In the 1971–72 season the team became vice-champion of Romania and participated in the
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, reaching the quarterfinals after overtaking Austria Salzburg (4–1, 1–3),
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(1–1, 2–1) and Vitória Setúbal (3–0, 0–1). They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by
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; the first game was at home where they lost 2–0. The second leg at away at
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in London was a 1–1 draw, however this was not enough and Arad were knocked out 3–1 on aggregate.


1975–2013

The team's decline started in the 1975–76 season, and after it placed 17th in the 1978–79 season, it was reassigned to
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. After finishing 3rd in Series III of Divizia B in the 1979–80 season, UTA returned to
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following two years in the second division. Guided by coach Ștefan Czako, the team secured 1st place in Series III in the 1980–81 season. The lineup included Duckadam — Bîtea, Kukla, Hirmler, Giurgiu — Șchiopu, Vaczi, Mușat — Cura, Csordaș, Tisza ( Coraș). Other players in the squad were Lovaș, Vuia, Marcu, Iova, Takats, Vușcan, Bodi, and Țirban. The stay in the top tier lasted only one year, ending with a 17th-place finish in Divizia A at the end of the 1981–82 season. Between 1984 and 1991, UTA occupied the following positions in the third Series of Divizia B: 13th in 1984–85, 4th in 1985–86, 10th in 1986–87, 3rd in 1987–88, 2nd in 1988–89, 2nd in 1989–90, 5th in 1990–91. It also placed in the second Series of Divizia B: 2nd in 1991–92 and 1st in 1992–93. Between 1995 and 2002, UTA occupied the following positions in the 2nd Series of Divizia B: 5th in 1995–96, 13th in 1996–97, 11th in 1997–98, 2nd in 1998–99, 6th in 1999–2000, 7th in 2000–01 and 1st in 2001–02. In the summer of 1999, UTA Arad disputed a play-off match at
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against Rocar București for promotion in Divizia A, a match in which it lost 0–2. Coach Francisc Tisza organised the following team: Pap – Diaconescu, Botiş, G. Radu (50' Ciubăncan), Găman (76' Baciu),
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, Almaşan, Zaha – Mariş, Cl.Drăgan (69' Turcan). UTA Arad did not play in this league because after an assignment agreement with Liberty Salonta, UTA took the place of Liberty in Liga I and vice versa in the
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. Thus, the team qualified in
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for the 2006–07 season. After club president Nicolae Bara signed with coach
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and under his leadership, UTA occupied the 12th place at the end of the season. In August 2013, businessman Adrian Marțian took over Giovanni Catanzariti's majority stake, promising the financial recovery of the club and bringing back the good results, but by November he lost the support of the supporters and Flavius Domide asked him to leave the club to competent people from Arad. Another team, supported by a part of UTA fans, called ''UTA Bătrâna Doamnă'', was founded in 2013 by former player Marius Ţucudean. It was enrolled in
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instead of UTA II and received the logo, the record and the colors of UTA from UTA Supporter Club in March 2014, becoming officially UTA Arad. The Liga II team had to change their name to FC UTA SA. At the end of the 2013–14 season of Liga II, UTA SA was excluded from the championship by FRF for not attending two matches and relegated to the 6th League, where it did not sign up and was dissolved.


2013–present

''UTA Bătrâna Doamnă'', promoted in the Liga III at the end of the season after a promotion play-off match against
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champion Retezatul Hațeg, won 2–0. After only one season in the Liga III, the club was promoted back to the Liga II after finishing first in the fourth Series of the league, four points ahead of Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic. In their first season after returning to the Liga II, UTA, now known as ''UTA Bătrâna Doamnă'' finished second in the second Series of the championship and qualified for a Liga I promotion play-off against
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and
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. It eliminated Dunărea Călărași 5–4 on aggregate, but lost 1–3 against Voluntari and remained for another season in the Liga II. In the 2016–17 season, UTA finished third and qualified again for a promotion play-off against Poli Timișoara, one of Politehnica Timișoara successors, and ASU Politehnica Timișoara. UTA lost to both teams (1–2, 1–3). In the summer of 2017, FRF has officialized that ''UTA Bătrâna Doamnă'' changed its name back to FC UTA Arad being the official and legal successor of the old club.


Grounds

UTA Arad plays its home matches at the Stadionul Francisc von Neuman. Ranked as a UEFA Category 4 stadium, it can host
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semi-finals and
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group stage matches. The first match at the stadium was a Liga I game played between UTA Arad and Voluntari, which ended in a goalless draw. Due to the
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, the game was played without spectators. The first match with spectators was the 2021 women's Romanian Cup final between U Olimpia Cluj and Heniu Prundu Bârgăului, which ended with a 1–0 win in extra-time for the Cluj team. The first international game played on the arena was the friendly goalless draw between UTA Arad and Kolubara Lazarevac.


Honours


Domestic


Leagues

* Divizia A / Liga I **Winners (6): 1946–47, 1947–48,
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,
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, 1968–69, 1969–70 **Runners-up (1): 1971–72 * Divizia B / Liga II **Winners (4): 1980–81, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2019–20 **Runners-up (6): 1982–83, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2015–16 *
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**Winners (1): 2014–15 *
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**Winners (1): 2013–14


Cups

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**Winners (2): 1947–48,
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**Runners-up (2):
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, 1965–66 *
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– Arad County Phase **Winners (1): 2013–14 *
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**Runners-up (1):
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European

* UEFA Champions League / European Cup **''Best result:'' Second round 1970–71 * UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup **''Best result:'' Quarter-finals 1971–72 *
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**''Best result:'' Group stage 1966–67


Players


First-team squad


Out on loan


Club officials


Board of directors

* Last updated: 31 July 2024


Current technical staff

* Last updated: 10 June 2025


European record


League history


Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international caps for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries at junior and/or senior level on through the time's passing. Additionally, these players have also had a significant number of caps and goals accumulated throughout a certain number of seasons for the club itself as well. ;Romania-Hungary *
Ladislau Bonyhádi Ladislau Ludovic Bonyhádi (; born 25 March 1923 - deceased 13 June 1997 in Miami, Florida, United States) was a Romanian football player of Hungarian ethnicity. During his spell with FC UTA Arad, ITA Arad he was the top-goalscorer of Liga I, Di ...
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Iosif Petschovsky Iosif is the Romanian variant of the biblical name Joseph and may refer to: People *Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian *Iosif Anisim, Romanian sprint canoer * Iosif Ardeleanu, Romanian communist activist and bureaucrat * Iosif Blaga, Romanian literary ...
* Mátyás Tóth ;Romania * Alexandru Albu * Liviu Antal * Alexandru Albu *
Paul Anton Paul Viorel Anton (; born 10 May 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Győr. Club career Early years In 2008, Anton began his career with his hometown club Gloria Bistri ...
* Ion Atodiresei * Mircea Axente * Gheorghe Băcuț * Ionuț Bălan * Cristian Bălgrădean * Gavrilă Birău * Vichentie Birău * Ioan Bogdan * Sorin Botiș * Dan Stupar * Ladislau Brosovszky * Marcel Coraș *
Marius Curtuiuș Marius Aurelian Curtuiuș (born August 8, 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga IV side Silvicultorul Maieru. In his career Curtuiuș played in the Liga I and Liga II for teams such as: Gloria Bistrița, R ...
* Flavius Domide * Claudiu Drăgan *
Lucian Dronca Lucian Florin Dronca (born 30 May 1973, in Arad) is a retired Romanian professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers. During 1999–2001 he played for a short while in Hungary and two years in Germa ...
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Helmut Duckadam Helmut Duckadam (, sometimes spelled Helmuth; 1 April 1959 – 2 December 2024) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Duckadam was dubbed "the Hero of Seville" due to his performance in the 1986 European Cup final, ...
* Florian Dumitrescu * Nicolae "Coco" Dumitrescu * Adrian Găman * Gheorghe Gornea * Ioan Hora *
Florin Hidișan Florin Hidișan (24 June 1982 – 11 September 2022) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent his entire career playing in Romania, having a total of 107 Liga I appearances with 7 goals scored and 110 Liga II appearances wi ...
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Cristian Ianu Cristian Florin Ianu (born 16 October 1983 in Timișoara) is a Romanian footballer. Club career In 2003, he went to Switzerland to join AC Bellinzona, along with former UT Arad teammate Adrian Piţ, leaving four years later to join FC Aarau a ...
* Alexandru Ioniță * Silviu Iorgulescu *
Florin Iacob Florin Iacob (born 16 August 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga III club SR Brașov, which he captains. International career Iacob was called up for the first time to the Romania senior squad for the ...
* Damian Isac * Emerich Jenei * Adalbert Kovács *
Claudiu Keșerü Claudiu Andrei Keșerü (; born 2 December 1986) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as sporting director at Liga II club Bihor Oradea. After starting out at his hometown side Bihor Or ...
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Iosif Lereter Iosif Lereter (23 July 1933 – 26 January 2024) was a Romanian footballer and manager. Club career Iosif Lereter was born on 23 July 1933 in Oțelu Roșu, Romania and at the beginning of his career he played as a forward and midfielder, endin ...
* Adrian Lucaci * Dennis Man * Cristian Melinte * Bogdan Mara *
Alexandru Marky Alexandru Marky (5 August 1919 – 4 December 1969) was a Romanian football goalkeeper. International career Alexandru Marky played four matches at international level for Romania, including two at the 1948 Balkan Cup. Honours Flamura Roşie ...
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Andrei Mercea Andrei Mercea (16 March 1925 – 24 January 2002) was a Romanian football forward. Club career Andrei Mercea was born on 16 March 1925 in Arad, Romania and started playing junior level football at local clubs SG Arad and Gloria Arad. He start ...
* David Miculescu * Ilie Moț *
Adalbert Pall Adalbert Bela Pall (1 April 1918 - 1 August 2001) was a Romanian football midfielder. International career Adalbert Pall played five matches at international level for Romania, including three at the 1947 and 1948 Balkan Cup editions. Honours ...
* Cristian Panin * Nicolae Pantea *
Ion Pârcălab Ion Pârcălab (born 5 November 1941) is a Romanian former association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. Club career Early career Pârcălab, nicknamed "The Carpathian Mountains, Carpathian Arrow" by foreign ...
* Mircea Petescu * Adrian Petre * Eugen Pojoni * Ovidiu Popescu * Paul Popovici *
Ioan Reinhardt Ioan Reinhardt (also known as János Radnai; born 9 January 1920 – 6 June 1993*) was a Romanian footballer and manager. As a footballer, Reinhardt, who was a midfielder, played in 202 matches for AMEF Arad, Kolozsvári AC and Flamura Roșie ...
* Ciprian Rus *
Mircea Sasu Mircea Sasu (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983) was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey. He was famous in Turkey Turke ...
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Petru Șchiopu Petru Șchiopu (28 April 1947 – 10 October 2014) was a Romanian football midfielder. Club career Petru Șchiopu was born on 28 April 1947 in Pecica, Romania, starting to play football at UTA Arad, making his Divizia A debut on 2 May 1966 in a ...
* Viorel Sima * Iosif Slivăț * Iosif Stibinger * Sorin Strătilă *
Dumitru Târțău Dumitru Târțău (born 24 November 1970) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker. International career Dumitru Târțău played one friendly game at international level for Romania, which ended with a 2–0 victory against Isr ...
* Cristian Todea * Mihai Țârlea I * Mihai Țârlea II * George Țucudean *
Adrian Ungur Adrian Ungur (born 22 January 1985) is a Romanian former tennis player who mainly competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was a member of the Romania Davis Cup Team and was coached by Fabrizio Fanucci. In June 2012, Ungur reached his career-h ...
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Gheorghe Váczi Gheorghe Váczi (4 August 1922 – 16 October 2006) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker. He was the topscorer of the Romanian First League in 1949 and 1951, under the colours of Club Atletic Oradea. Career overview *' ...
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Moise Vass Moise Vass (18 May 1920 – 12 November 2005) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right back. After he ended his playing career, Vass worked as a manager at Indagrara Arad. International career Moise Vass played two games at international ...
;Albania * Idriz Batha ;Argentina * Maximiliano Laso ;Brazil * Erico *
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Branko Grahovac Branko Grahovac ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Граховац; born 8 July 1983) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He started playing in the youth squads of FK Zeta and started playing as a senior ...
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Jérémie N'Jock Jérémie N'Jock (born 12 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Football career N'Jock as born in Bafoussam, Cameroon. Moving abroad at the age of 18, he rarely settled in a club or country. His f ...
;Central African Republic * Ali Calvin Tolmbaye ;Croatia * Filip Dangubić ;Greece * Christos Metskas ;Hungary *
Gyula Lóránt Gyula Lóránt (born Gyula Lipovics, 6 February 1923 – 31 May 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and Hungary. During the ...
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Nicolao Dumitru Nicolao Manuel Dumitru Cardoso (born 12 October 1991) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1 club PSS Sleman, on loan from Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Da ...
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Karolis Laukžemis Karolis Laukžemis (born 11 March 1992) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Panargiakos F.C. in the Super League Greece 2. Career Born in Palanga, Lithuania he has played club football for FK Atlantas, FK Klaip ...
* Tomas Švedkauskas * Modestas Vorobjovas ;Mauritania *
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;Moldova * Virgiliu Postolachi ;Montenegro * Marko Vukčević ;Netherlands * Desley Ubbink ;Nigeria * Prince Ikpe Ekong * John Ibeh * Philip Otele ;Portugal * Amoreirinha *
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* Edson Silva ;Russia * Yevgeni Shlyakov ;Serbia *
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* Predrag Pocuca * Nikola Vasiljević ;Slovakia * Andrej Fábry


Notable former managers

* László Balint * Zoltan Blum *
Gheorghe Borugă Gheorghe is a Romanian and Aromanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), Romanian literary historian and bibliographer * Ghe ...
* Coloman Braun-Bogdan * Nicolae "Coco" Dumitrescu * Francisc Dvorzsák * Ion "Jackie" Ionescu *
Gusztáv Juhász Gusztáv Juhász (also written as Guștav Iuhași; 19 December 1911 – 20 January 2003) was a Romanian football player and coach of Hungarian origin. He played in over 200 matches and scored 10 goals for Club Atletic Oradea. Biography Pla ...
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Marius Lăcătuș Marius Mihai Lăcătuș (; born 5 April 1964) is a Romanian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. He is the most successful footballer of CSA Steaua București (football), Steaua ...
* Ion Moldovan * Roland Nagy * Zoltan Opata *
Ionuț Popa Ionuț Popa (17 April 1953 – 25 June 2020) was a Romanian professional footballer and manager. Popa managed teams such as UTA Arad, Bihor Oradea, Politehnica Iași and ACS Poli Timișoara, among others. Managerial career Popa was the coach ...
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Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a defender, who is currently the head coach of Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège. Playing career Corvinul Hunedoara Rednic, ni ...
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Ioan Reinhardt Ioan Reinhardt (also known as János Radnai; born 9 January 1920 – 6 June 1993*) was a Romanian footballer and manager. As a footballer, Reinhardt, who was a midfielder, played in 202 matches for AMEF Arad, Kolozsvári AC and Flamura Roșie ...
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Petre Steinbach Petre Steinbach (1 January 1906 – 1996), was a Romanian football midfielder and manager. Club career Petre Steinbach was born on 1 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary, being of Banat Swabian ethnicity, starting to play football in 1925 ...


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Club profile
on UEFA's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:UTA Arad Sport in Arad, Romania Association football clubs established in 1945 Football clubs in Arad County Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs Fan-owned football clubs 1945 establishments in Romania