Jiul Lupeni

Viitorul Minerul Lupeni
Full nameClubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni
Nickname(s)
  • Minerii (The Miners)
  • Roș-negrii (The Red-Blacks])
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
as Jiul Lupeni
2021; 3 years ago (2021)
as Viitorul Minerul Lupeni
GroundMinerul
Capacity5,000
OwnerLupeni Municipality
ChairmanEmil Lumperdean
ManagerDan Voicu
LeagueLiga IV
2022–23Liga IV, Hunedoara, 2nd of 11

Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly known as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County which competes in Liga IV – Hunedoara County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. Established in 1920 as Jiul Lupeni, the club changed its name several times to Partizanul (1950), Flacăra (1951), Minerul (1953 and 1957) and Energia (1956). Dissolved in 2010, the club from Jiu Valley was re-founded as Viitorul Minerul Lupeni in 2021.

History

Period Name
1920–1936 Jiul Lupeni
1936–1950 Minerul Lupeni
1950–1951 Partizanul Lupeni
1951–1953 Flacăra Lupeni
1953–2011 Minerul Lupeni
2011–2021 Inactive*
2021– Viitorul Minerul Lupeni
Chart of yearly table positions of Minerul Lupeni in the national leagues.

The team of miners from the Lupeni coal basin was founded in 1920 as Jiul Lupeni.[1] In 1926, the club merger for a short time with CAMP playing under the name of Jiul Lupeni.[2]

In the 1927–28 season, the Jiu Valley team managed to won the Arad Regional Championship qualified for the national tournament of the Divizia A and managing to reach the final of the competition, where lost in front of Colțea Brașov with 2–3. The lineup from the final with Adalbert Szabo as coach: Ioan Kiss – Eugen Szabados, Rupp – Alexandru Berkessy, Szüle, Gentl – Kertesz, Aurel Guga, Bognar, Joseph Kilianovitz, Meszner.[2]

Former logo of Minerul Lupeni.

Renamed as Minerul, the club played for the first time in Cupa României in the 1935–36 season, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the strong team of Ripensia Timişoara 2–9, the team that won the trophy in that season.[3] Also, The Miners played in the first season of the Third Division finishing as runners-up in the Western League and promoted to Second Division at the end of the 1937–38 season of Divizia C.

The Red-Blacks played the next three seasons in the Second Division Championship finished fourth in 1938–39, second in 1939–40 and sixth in 1940–41.

After the Second World War, Minerul continued to evolve in Divizia B, finishing the 1946–47 season on 12th place in the second series.

The Miners played the next decade in the Second Division often finishing at mid-table or fighting to save from relegation: 6th (1947–48), 5th (1948–49), 4th (1950), 11th (1951) spared from relegation due to the move of Flacăra București at Ploiești and disappearance of former Flacăra Ploiești (Prahova Ploiești), 10th (1952), 14th (1953), 6th (1954), 9th (1955), 9th (1956), 6th (1957–58).

At the end of the 1958–59 season, Minerul finished 1st in the Serie I of the Second Division and promoted in Divizia A after fifteen seasons in Divizia B. The squad managed by Vasile Lazăr as head coach and Adalbert Pall as assistant coach was composed of: Ioan Kiss II, Simion Plev, Alexandru Coman, Vasile Keresteș, Ștefan Szöke, Ioan Groza, Carol Mihaly, Constantin Cotroază, I.Pall, Mircea Onea, Tudor Paraschiva, Carol Creiniceanu among others.[4]

With some new players such as Teodor Mihalache, Daniel Peretz, Ion Leahovici, Alexandru Dan II, Milea, Alexandru Nisipeanu, Virgil Mihăilă, Mihai Țurcan, D.Cucu, N.Stanciu among others, Minerul played four years in the First Division finishing three seasons in a row on 11th place, before being relegated at the end of the 1962–63 season when finished on the last place. The Red-Blacks reached the quarter-finals of the 1959–60 Cupa României, losing 3–1 to Dinamo Obor București.

Minerul withdrew from the championship during the 2010–11 Liga II season and dissolved after ninety years of existence.[5]

In the fall of 2021, the former captain of Minerul, Adrian Lumperdean, together with his brother, Emil Lumperdean and their nephew, Lucu Lumperdean, decided to bring back to life the football tradition from Lupeni, laying the foundations of Viitorul Minerul Lupeni.[6]

In the beginning, the three members of the Lumperdean family, along with the local authorities of Lupeni, revived the groups for children and youths and later enrolled the seniors team in the 2022–23 season of Liga IV – Hunedoara County.

Honours

Notable players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Minerul Lupeni and also played in Liga I for another team.

For all former Minerul Lupeni players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:CS Viitorul Minerul Lupeni players.

Former managers

References

  1. ^ "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [The evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Minerul Lupeni, fostă vicecampioană națională!" [Minerul Lupeni, former national vice-champion!]. ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.(in Romanian)
  3. ^ "Sertarul cu amintiri / Minerul Lupeni în Cupa României" [The drawer of memories / Minerul Lupeni in the Romanian Cup]. zvj.ro. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2022.(in Romanian)
  4. ^ "Minerul Lupeni, (alte) file de istorie. Patru ani în elită, cu legendarii Paraschiva și Creiniceanu" [Minerul Lupeni, (other) history pages. Four years in the elite, with the legendary Paraschiva and Creiniceanu]. ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.(in Romanian)
  5. ^ Comisia de disciplină a Federaţiei Române de Fotbal Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ ""Viitorul" are perspective favorabile pentru sportul lupenean". avantulliber.ro. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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