Full name | Asociația Club Sportiv Fotbalistic Oradea | ||
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Short name | FC Bihor | ||
Founded | 1 April 1958 28 July 2022 (refounded) | ||
Ground | Iuliu Bodola | ||
Capacity | 11,155 | ||
Owners | Oradea Municipality APTOR Bihor County Council | ||
Chairman | George Tătar | ||
Head coach | Gheorghe Ghiț (caretaker) | ||
League | Liga II | ||
2023–24 | Liga III, Seria VIII, 1st (promoted via play-offs) | ||
Website | https://www.fcbihor.ro/ | ||
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Asociația Club Sportiv Fotbalistic Oradea (Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor oˈrade̯a]), commonly known as Bihor Oradea or simply as FC Bihor, is a Romanian professional football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga II.
It was founded under the name of Crișul Oradea in April 1958 and, since 1963, it has continued the football tradition of the city, following the dissolution of Club Atletic Oradea. FC Bihor played 18 seasons in the first division, the best performance being the 7th-place ranking on three occasions, in the seasons Liga I 1963–1964, 1983–1984, 1988–1989. At the end of the 2003–2004 season lit was relegated from Liga I, going on to play only in Liga II, failing to get promoted back. In January 2016, after continuously facing major financial problems, FC Bihor went bankrupt and disappeared from Romanian football.[1]
In July 2022, the Oradea City Hall brought the club back to life, which it registered in the Liga III instead of the Club Atletic Oradea.[2] The colors of the club from Oradea are Red and Blue.