Liberty Oradea was a

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club from

Pomezeu Pomezeu () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 2,922 people. It is composed of eight villages: Câmpani de Pomezeu (''Nagypapmező''), Coșdeni (''Kosgyán''), Hidiș (''Hegyes''), Lacu Sărat, Pomezeu, Sitani (''S ...

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, founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2017. The club last played in the

Liga V Liga V is the fifth level of the Romanian football league system. Current format Liga V has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised and are organised by every county association. Each team plays in their own county. The county associatio ...

in the 2016–17 season.

History

At the end of the 2005–06 season it promoted for the very first time in its history to 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 ...

, after only 3 years of existence. But it never had a chance to play there, because it sold its place to

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

. In its last years the club could be seen playing constantly in the

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, as Liberty Oradea, but the club was relocated from

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. In the summer of 2017 the club was dissolved and the old club of

, ''Vida'' was refounded.Liga V-Bihor County
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Stadium

The club used to play its home matches on Stadionul Liberty in

, but after the relocation, the club played its home matches on Stadionul Pomezeu in

Honours

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

: :*Winners (1): 2005–06

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: :*Winners (1): 2006–07

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) 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. 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 *

Cristian Bălgrădean Cristian Emanuel Bălgrădean (; born 21 March 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga III club Unirea Alba Iulia. Since making his debut in the first division in 2010, Bălgrădean has amassed over 200 m ...

Cristian Bud Cristian Ionuț Bud (; born 26 June 1985) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for CS Făurei. Career Early years In 2004, Bud began his career with his home ...

Cristian Cigan Cristian Lucian Cigan (born 15 May 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker for CS Oșorhei. In his career, Cigan also played for teams such as: Bihor Oradea, Dinamo București, Liberty Salonta, FC Sopron, Luceafărul Oradea, Sz ...

* Andrei Coroian *

Cristian Danci Cristian Danci (born 15 July 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nera Bogodinț.Sergiu Homei Sergiu Victor Homei (born 6 July 1987) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a right back. Homei was a member of Romania's national under-21 football team. Career Homei started professional football at the age of 17, playing for ...

Adrian Mărkuș Adrian Alexandru Mărkuș (born 4 October 1992, in Oțelu Roșu) is a Romanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footbal ...

Laurențiu Rus Laurențiu Daniel Rus (born 7 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional footballer, currently assistant coach at Liga I club CFR Cluj. He was a versatile player, being able to play as a right winger, a midfielder or a right back. Club career ...

Bogdan Străuț Bogdan Adrian Străuț (born 28 April 1986 in Timișoara) is a Romanian defender who plays for CSC Dumbrăvița Clubul Sportiv Comunal Dumbrăvița, commonly known as CSC Dumbrăvița, FC Dumbrăvița, or simply as Dumbrăvița, is a Romani ...

George Pușcaș George Alexandru Pușcaș (; born 8 April 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Bodrum and the Romania national team. Club career Inter Milan Pușcaș made his Internazionale debut on 1 Februa ...

;Hungary *

Bálint Bajner Bálint Bajner (born 18 November 1990) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Episkopi. Club career Bajner was born in Szombathely. West Ham United Bajner joined West Ham United in July 2008 on a season long loan ...

Iván Balaskó Iván Balaskó (born 14 September 1979 in Budapest) is a Hungarian football (Midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of th ...

Gábor Demjén Gábor Demjén (born 1 March 1986 in Szob) is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for Abahani Limited. Career Demjén started his career as a trainee in the youth team of Újpest FC. Later on, he decided to leave the club for the Roma ...

Pál Lázár Pál Lázár (born 11 March 1988) is a Hungarian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, footbal ...

* Tamás Takács ;Ghana * William Amamoo

Former managers

Adrian Văsâi Adrian Văsâi (also known as Adrian Văsîi; born 9 September 1964) is a Romanian former footballer and currently the manager of Romania national under-17 football team. As a footballer, Văsâi grew up in the academy of Sportul Studențesc, ...

(2005) *

Tibor Selymes Tibor Selymes (born 14 May 1970) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Bălan of Hungarian descent, Selymes made his debut in Divizia A with FC Brașov in 1988. He later played many years in Belgium. S ...

(2007–2009)

References

External links

Official website
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