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| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad | ||
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| Short name | UTA | ||
| Founded | 18 April 1945 as IT Arad 2013 (refounded) as UTA Bătrâna Doamnă | ||
| Ground | Francisc von Neuman | ||
| Capacity | 12,700 | ||
| Owners | UTA Supporters Association Arad Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Florian Voinea | ||
| Head coach | Mircea Rednic | ||
| League | Liga I | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga I, 7th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.uta-arad.ro/ | ||
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Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈuta aˈrad]), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (Uzina Textilă Arad; lit. 'Textiles Factory of Arad'), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I.
The team was founded in 1945 as IT Arad, and has won six national titles and two Cupa României. Domestically, UTA is one of the most successful Romanian sides of the 20th century, sharing with Chinezul Timișoara the record for the most title wins by a club not from Bucharest, earning it the nickname Campioana Provinciei ("Provincial Champion"), a record which ended after the conclusion of the 2020–21 season when CFR Cluj claimed its seventh Liga I trophy. UTA Arad's decline began with a transfer to the second division in 1979, after which it rarely appeared in the top flight before being dissolved in 2014. UTA Arad was eventually promoted from the Liga IV[1] and managed to return to the Liga I in 2020.
The team plays in red and white uniforms at the new Francisc von Neuman Stadium, which was opened in 2020. UTA holds a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring SSU Politehnica Timișoara, with whom it contests the West derby.[note 1]
- ^ "Membrii cu drept de vot în SCU, inclusiv Bara, au decis: drepturile federative trec la UTA Bătrâna Doamnă care va deveni UTA Arad!" [Members with voting rights in SCU, including Bara, decided: federative rights are passed to UTA Bătrâna Doamnă, which will become UTA Arad!]. Sport Arad (in Romanian). 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016.
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