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FC Bihor Oradea (1958)

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FC Bihor Oradea
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Full nameFotbal Club Bihor Oradea
Founded1910 as (Clubul Atletic Oradea)
GroundMunicipal Stadium,
Oradea, Romania
Capacity18,000
2007-08Liga II, 10th

FC Bihor Oradea is a Romanian football club based in Oradea, currently playing in Liga II.

The club was established in 1910 as Nagyváradi Athlétikai Club (NAC)[1] [2]in Nagyvárad, Transylvania, Hungary. It became a Romanian club in 1920 following the unification of Transylvania with Romania and the directives of the Treaty of Trianon, thus being one of the oldest Romanian football club still active.

In 1920 the club changed its name into Clubul Atletic Oradea (CAO) (this time in Romania, but after the Second Vienna Award in 1940 they were again renamed Nagyváradi AC, when Oradea became part of Hungary, for a short period of time

FC Bihor Oradea is one of the two clubs in the world, the other one being SK Rapid Wien, that won a football championship in two different countries. In 1943-44, as Nagyváradi AC (Hungarian) it won the Hungarian championship, while in 1948-49, as IC Oradea, they won the Romanian Championship.

The club are also former winners on Romanian Cup, having won the trophy in 1956.

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