Club Atletic Oradea
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Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌklub aˈtletik oˈrade̯a]), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV.
Full name | Club Atletic Oradea | ||
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Short name | CA Oradea, CAO, NAC | ||
Founded | 25 May 1910; 113 years ago (1910-05-25) as Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club 17 March 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-17) (refounded) | ||
Ground | Baza Sportivă Paleu | ||
Capacity | 1,500 (300 seated) | ||
Chairman | Florin Mal | ||
Manager | Imre Lukács | ||
League | Liga IV | ||
2022–23 | Liga IV, Bihor County, 9th of 21 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The team was founded as Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club in 1910, when the city was part of Austria-Hungary. Over its history, CA Oradea won the Hungarian national title, the Romanian national title, and the Romania national cup on one occasion each. The Romanian title won during the 1948–49 season, under the name of ICO Oradea, meant that the team became part of a select group of entities that won the national title in different countries.
After World War II, the communist regime in Romania had a negative impact on the club's identity, forcing it to change its name and colours several times. In 1945 it was renamed Libertatea Oradea, in 1948 Întreprinderea Comunală Oradea (ICO), in 1951 Progresul Oradea, in 1958 CS Oradea, and in 1961 CSM Crișana Oradea (not to be confused with Crișana Oradea).
Dissolved in 1963 by the same communist regime, CA Oradea was re-established in the summer of 2017 as a private entity. In the same year, CA Oradea was enrolled in the fifth tier (Liga V), and three years returned to the national divisions (Liga III) after 58 years of absence.