Ferar Cluj () was a football club from Kolozsvár/Cluj that played both in the Hungarian and the Romanian Championship.
History
Founded in 1880 as Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club, the football section was founded in 1904 and the team first entered the Hungarian second league in 1907–1908 season. The team participated in the Eastern District of the second Hungarian league. After being runner-up three times in 1907–1908, 1908–09 and 1911–12, they finally became district champions in the 1913–14 season, even though the season was discontinued due to the beginning of World War I.
After the World War I, the city of Kolozsvár/Cluj became part of Romania, and from this time it participated in the Romanian league system. The club played in the Romanian regional championship until 1934 when it was promoted to Divizia B. It spent 2 seasons there until its 1938 relegation.
During World War II, the club played in the Hungarian National Championship and finished 3rd in the 1943–44 season. Some players used were Márky – Vass, Pall – Balint, Reinhardt, Z. Szaniszló – Fábián I, Ș. Kovács IV, L. Bonyhádi, Fülöp, and Incze II. In 1945, Ferar changed its name to Ferar KMSE, having in its midst a number of valuable players including Márky, Szoboszlay, Vass, Demeter, Z. Szaniszló, Fülöp, I. Petschovsky, Mészáros, Kovács V, Ș. Kovács IV, Pall, Reinhardt, Fábián I, L. Bonyhádi, and Blejan.
At the first postbelic season, 1946–47, under the name of Ferar, a number of players were added: Boldizsár, Farmati, Börzsei, Fuzer, Váczi, and Fernbach-Ferenczi.
In 1948, the club merged with CFR Cluj and disappeared from all records.
Honours
Liga I: Winners (0):, Best finish: 6th 1946–47 Hungarian National Championship I: Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 1943–44 Hungarian National Championship II: Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 1940–41 Transylvanian League Winners (2): 1913–14, 1940–41 Runners-up (3): 1907–08, 1908–09, 1911–12 Hungarian Cup: Runner-up (1): 1943–44
Domestic record
Key
Pos = Final position P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals For GA = Goals Against Pts = Points
Div A = Liga I Div B = Liga II Div C = Liga III Nem I = Nemzeti Bajnokság I Nem II = Nemzeti Bajnokság II Ch. Tr. = Championship of Transylvania p = Preliminary Round 1R = Round 1 2R = Round 2
3R = Round 3 4R = Round 4 5R = Round 5 GS = Group stage R32 = Round of 32 QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 SF = Semi-finals F = Final
ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated The players in bold were the top goalscorers in the division.
Seasons Season League Cup European Cup Other Top Goalscorer(s) Notes Name Division Pos P W D L GF GA Pts Name Goals Hungarian Football Championship Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club / Clubul Atletic Cluj 1907–08 District 2nd 4 3 0 1 15 5 6 – 1908–09 2nd 8 5 1 2 16 12 11 – 1909–10 Not involved in any competitions 1910–11 Ch. Tr. 3rd 4 0 0 4 1 7 0 – 1911–12 2nd 6 4 0 2 8 – 1912–13 3rd 12 7 1 4 15 – 1913–14 1st 20 35 – Championship discontinued 1914–18 Not involved in any competitions due to World War I. In 1918, Transylvania is united with Romania. 1918–19 District 6 – 1919–20 – 1920–21 – Romanian Football Championship CA Cluj 1921–22 District 7 – 1922–23 – 1923–24 – 1924–25 14 – 1925–26 18 – 1926–27 10 – 1927–28 – 1928–29 – 1929–30 – 1930–31 – 1931–32 – 1932–33 – Foundation of the Romanian FootballLeague system 1933–34 p 1934–35 Div B 7th 14 4 1 9 18 30 9 p 1935–36 5th 14 5 2 7 21 28 12 p 1936–37 Div C 3rd 10 2 7 1 15 12 11 p 1937–38 3rd 16 9 4 3 39 19 22 p 1938–39 p 1939–40 p 1940–41 – – – – – – – – – – – Retired due to Second Vienna Award Hungarian Football Championship Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club 1940–41 Nem II 3rd 10 4 1 5 29 27 9 p 1941–42 Nem I 13th 30 8 6 16 51 78 22 p 1942–43 10th 30 11 4 15 60 70 26 p 1943–44 3rd 30 15 6 9 54 45 36 F 1944–45 8th 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 – – – Retired – Vienna Award nullified Romanian Football Championship Ferar Cluj 1945–46 District 1st – 1946–47 Div A 6th 26 13 4 9 44 29 30 – Gheorghe Váczi 19 1947–48 14th 15 3 4 8 21 33 10 R16 Anton Fernbach-Ferenczi 15 Merged with CFR Cluj during the Season
Coach history Nicolae Kovács (1947)
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