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UTA Arad

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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16th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

35.6/ 100

Competitions included in this score: European Cup · UEFA Cup.

37.5

Pv · Progression

31.3

P · Match performance

34.4

Pct · Points including bonuses

34.0

GB · Goal Balance

4 completed competition entries · 16 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 10 regular points + 1 bonus points; 32 available regular points; 16 goals scored and 31 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competitionExpectationCalTDisTExpPvEPoints / PdBonus
1969/70 · European CupReach quarter-final0520.00 / 40
1970/71 · European CupReach quarter-final15250.02 / 80
1971/72 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final363100.08 / 161
1972/73 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0630.00 / 40

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
5Seasons
5Competition entries
11Opponent teams
10Present-day countries
10Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
4qualifications to the next stage

4 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

1 competition entries in the spring
Spring rounds · January–June + final exception
1Quarter-finals
Competition entries4
Matches16
W3
D4
L9
GF16
GA31

First appearance: 1969/70 · European Cup

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS
0qualifications to the next stage
Competition entries1
Matches6
W1
D0
L5
GF4
GA12

First appearance: 1966/67 · Balkans Cup

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–1 Austria Salzburg1971/72 · UEFA Cup

3–0 Vitória Setúbal1971/72 · UEFA Cup

2–1 Zagłębie Wałbrzych1971/72 · UEFA Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–8 Legia Warsaw1969/70 · European Cup

0–3 Red Star Belgrade1970/71 · European Cup

1–3 Red Star Belgrade1970/71 · European Cup

1–3 Austria Salzburg1971/72 · UEFA Cup

0–2 Tottenham Hotspur1971/72 · UEFA Cup

0–2 IFK Norrköping1972/73 · UEFA Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

8 UEFA Cup1971/72

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

1–0 Fenerbahçe SK1966/67 · Balkans Cup

Top 1 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–3 Cherno More Varna1966/67 · Balkans Cup

1–3 Fenerbahçe SK1966/67 · Balkans Cup

0–2 Partizani Tirana1966/67 · Balkans Cup

0–2 Cherno More Varna1966/67 · Balkans Cup

1–2 Partizani Tirana1966/67 · Balkans Cup

Top 5 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

6 Balkans Cup1966/67

Busiest season · 8 matches: 1971/72 (1 competition entry)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
Away goals1100
After extra time (a.e.t.)1100

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active

Arad’s textile-workers’ club eliminated holders Feyenoord in 1970 and reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 1972.

Founded
18 April 1945
City
Arad
Colours
Red · White
Home ground
Stadionul Francisc von Neuman

The present club was refounded in 2013 and received UTA’s name, colours and historical record in 2014.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

Flamura Roșie Arad · ITA Arad · UTA Bătrâna Doamnă

Club crests · 2
Match archive22 matches with recorded scores · filters and season order

Principal competitions

16 matches with recorded scores

1972/73

1971/72

UTA Arad

Romania8 match records
First roundAustria Salzburg (Austria)Aggregate 5–4Qualified⌄
Home15 September 1971AradUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
4–1Austria SalzburgAustria
Away29 September 1971SalzburgUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
1–3Austria SalzburgAustria
Second roundZagłębie Wałbrzych (Poland)Aggregate 3–2Qualified⌄
Away20 October 1971WałbrzychUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
1–1Zagłębie WałbrzychPoland
Home3 November 1971AradUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
2–1Zagłębie WałbrzychPoland
After extra time
Qualified
Third roundVitória Setúbal (Portugal)Aggregate 3–1Qualified⌄
Home24 November 1971AradUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
3–0Vitória SetúbalPortugal
Away8 December 1971SetúbalUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
0–1Vitória SetúbalPortugal
Quarter-finalsTottenham Hotspur (England)Aggregate 1–3Eliminated⌄

1970/71

UTA Arad

Romania4 match records
First roundFeyenoord (Netherlands)Aggregate 1–1Qualified⌄
Away16 September 1970RotterdamUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
1–1FeyenoordNetherlands
Home30 September 1970AradUTA Arad
QualifiedRomania
0–0FeyenoordNetherlands
Away goals (D)
Qualified
Second roundRed Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia · now Serbia)Aggregate 1–6Eliminated⌄
Away21 October 1970BelgradUTA AradRomania0–3Red Star BelgradeYugoslavia · now Serbia
Home4 November 1970AradUTA AradRomania1–3Red Star BelgradeYugoslavia · now Serbia

1969/70

Secondary competitions

6 matches with recorded scores

1966/67

Balkans CupNon-UEFA

UTA Arad

Romania6 match records
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Fenerbahçe SKTurkey640210648
2Partizani TiranaAlbania640210738
3Cherno More VarnaBulgaria63038716
4UTA AradRomania6105412-82

Owner-supplied Balkans Cup spreadsheet, Sheet 1

Romanian club’s matches · 6
Away26 October 1966IstanbulUTA AradRomania1–3Fenerbahçe SKTurkey
Away3 December 1966TiranaUTA AradRomania0–2Partizani TiranaAlbania
Home13 August 1967AradUTA AradRomania1–0Fenerbahçe SKTurkey
Opposition associations10 associations recorded in the archive
Opponent teams11 opponents · explore the profiles