CLUB
Club Atletic Timișoara
Romania
Overview
CA Timișoara is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Romania. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- City
- Timișoara
- 1930 name
- CA Timișoara
- Club status
- merged
- Founded
- 1902
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1936
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- CAM Timișoara
- Stadium
- Stadionul Banatul (site of today’s Stadionul CFR)
- 1930 team context
- Romania
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Club Atletic Timișoara already had a documented club history extending from 1902 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Club Atletic Timișoara was one of the early football institutions of Timișoara.
Chapter 2Description: Its 1930 World Cup connection comes through Romania’s tournament roster.
Chapter 3Description: In 1936 it merged with RGM Timișoara and the CA Timișoara identity ended as CAM Timișoara was formed.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Founded in 1902 as Temesvári Football Club, later Temesvári Atletikai Club, making it one of Timișoara’s earliest organised football institutions.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Club Atletic Timișoara is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: In 1936 CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara; the old CAT identity ended at that point.
Historical timeline
1902Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Club Atletic Timișoara identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Club Atletic Timișoara already had a documented club history extending from 1902 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Club Atletic Timișoara was one of the early football institutions of Timișoara.
Chapter 2Description: Its 1930 World Cup connection comes through Romania’s tournament roster.
Chapter 3Description: In 1936 it merged with RGM Timișoara and the CA Timișoara identity ended as CAM Timișoara was formed.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Adalbert Steiner.
1936Description: Merged with RGM Timișoara in 1936 to form CAM Timișoara.
Season-by-season history
1902Season: 1902 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded as Temesvár Football Club · Notes: Established 26 April 1902 in Józsefváros/Temesvár.Founding milestone.
1913Season: 1913 · Competition: Temesvár District Championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Documented championship XI from the club history.Documented players: Drexler, Löbl, Soma, Scholmanski, Aichiger, Rausberger, Franz, Bauer, Weinberger, Molnár II, Molnár IDocumented championship lineup.
1921/22Season: 1921/22 · Competition: Timișoara District Championship · Finish: Participant · Notes: Regular participation resumed after World War I under the Romanian club name.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Timișoara regional football · Finish: Participant · Notes: 1930 World Cup-era club connection retained in Footballopedia.Documented players: Adalbert SteinerWorld Cup graph connection only; no full club roster asserted. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1932–1936Season: 1932–1936 · Competition: Romanian national cup / regional football · Finish: Lower-tier regional club; two Cupa României round-of-16 runs documented · Notes: After the national league structure began, CA Timișoara never reached the top division; its best national-cup runs reached the round of 16 twice before the 1936 merger.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1936Season: 1936 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Merged into CAM Timișoara · Notes: CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara and ceased as a separate identity.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1902Season: 1902 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded as Temesvári Football Club · Notes: Founded on 26 April 1902 in the Józsefváros district of Temesvár; green and white were adopted as club colours.No full roster asserted; this row records source-backed club-season context.
1930Season: 1930 · Competition: Timișoara regional football · Finish: Active · Notes: World Cup-era CA Timișoara identity.Documented players: Adalbert SteinerWorld Cup-linked Footballopedia player listed; not a full club roster.
1936Season: 1936 · Competition: Club merger · Finish: Merged into CAM Timișoara · Notes: CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara, ending the independent CAT identity.No full roster asserted; this row records source-backed club-season context.
Competition chronology
1902Description: Club formation | Founded as Temesvár Football Club | Established 26 April 1902 in Józsefváros/Temesvár.
1913Description: Temesvár District Championship | Champions | Documented championship XI from the club history.
1921/22Description: Timișoara District Championship | Participant | Regular participation resumed after World War I under the Romanian club name.
1929/30Description: Timișoara regional football | Participant | 1930 World Cup-era club connection retained in Footballopedia.
1932–1936Description: Romanian national cup / regional football | Lower-tier regional club; two Cupa României round-of-16 runs documented | After the national league structure began, CA Timișoara never reached the top division; its best national-cup runs reached the round of 16 twice before the 1936 merger.
1936Description: Club identity | Merged into CAM Timișoara | CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara and ceased as a separate identity.
1902Description: Club formation | Founded as Temesvári Football Club | Founded on 26 April 1902 in the Józsefváros district of Temesvár; green and white were adopted as club colours.
1930Description: Timișoara regional football | Active | World Cup-era CA Timișoara identity.
1936Description: Club merger | Merged into CAM Timișoara | CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara, ending the independent CAT identity.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Cupa României: reached the Round of 16 twice in the club’s later history.
Stadium and ground history
Stadionul Banatul (site of today’s Stadionul CFR)Description: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: historical home ground in 1930-era context.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Adalbert SteinerDescription: DF · Romania · tournament-era club affiliation
1934 World Cup-linked players
Stanislav KonradPlayer: Stanislav Konrad · Player Slug: stanislav-konrad · Team: Romania · Year: 1934
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: In 1936 CA Timișoara merged with RGM Timișoara to form CAM Timișoara; the old CAT identity ended at that point.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: CA Timișoara
End of original identityDescription: Merged with RGM Timișoara in 1936 to form CAM Timișoara.
Successor / lineageDescription: CAM Timișoara
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the CA Timișoara identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Adalbert SteinerPosition: DF · National Team: Romania · Player Slug: adalbert-steiner
Sources
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
RomaniaRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Stadionul Banatul (site of today’s Stadionul CFR)Role: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue