1921–22 Divizia A

10th season of top-tier football league in Romania The Romanian National Football Championship 1921–22 Chinezul Timișoara1921–22 Divizia A 1920–21 1922–23 The 1921–22 season of the Romanian Football Championship was the tenth edition of the top-level football league of Romania and it also marked the inception of Romania's first official national football championship, which featured teams from across the entire territory of Greater Romania. Chinezul Timișoara became champions for the first time in their history. The competition was structured in two phases: an initial regional phase, with its own tournament, followed by a knockout stage featuring the regional champions to determine the national champion. The inaugural championship involved 7 regional champions, representing Arad, Bucharest, Timișoara, Brașov and Sibiu (with separate competitions in the fall, but with the consolidation of the best teams into a new championship in the spring), Cluj (including Târgu Mureș), Oradea (Oradea Mare, as it was called at the time, including Satu Mare, Carei, and Salonta) and Cernăuți. While regional matches were played in a home-and-away format, the final tournament matches were held as knockout games on the home ground of one of the competing teams. Regional champions Region Team Arad AMEF Arad Bucharest Tricolor București Brașov–Sibiu Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu Cernăuţi Polonia Cernăuți Cluj–Mureș Victoria Cluj Oradea Mare Stăruința Oradea Timișoara Chinezul Timișoara Greater Romania none 600 Location of regional champions in Greater Romania Greater Romania 44.4325 26.103889 Tricolor Buc. Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 45.759722 21.23 Chinezul Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 46.175 21.3125 AMEFA Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 47.072222 21.921111 Stăruința Oradea Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 46.766667 23.583333 Victoria Cluj Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 45.792778 24.151944 SG Sibiu Green pog.svg right Greater Romania 48.3 25.933333 Polonia Cernăuți Green pog.svg right The national phase of the Romanian Football Championship Quarter-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Polonia Cernăuți0–1Tricolor București2Victoria Cluj2–2Stăruința OradeaReplayVictoria Cluj0–0Stăruința OradeaReplayVictoria Cluj2–0Stăruința Oradea3Chinezul Timișoaraw/o 1Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu4AMEF Aradbye 2 1 The team from Sibiu failed to appear, so by administrative decision they forfeited the game. 2 The team from Arad received a bye from the quarterfinals. 23 July 1922 18:00 Polonia Cernăuți 0–1 Tricolor București Fianu 55 Boisko Polskie, Cernăuți Lajos Nagy (Cluj) 27 August 1922 Victoria Cluj 2–2 Stăruința Oradea Barabás II 16 56 Ströck II 32Bartha 66 Orășenesc, Cluj Steinhübel Zoltán (Arad) Replay 6 September 1922 Victoria Cluj 0–0 Stăruința Oradea Orășenesc, Cluj Steinhübel Zoltán (Arad) Replay 7 September 1922 Victoria Cluj 2–0 Stăruința Oradea Barta 20 penCipcigan 80 Orășenesc, Cluj Steinhübel Zoltán (Arad) Semi-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Chinezul Timișoara2–1AMEF Arad2Victoria Clujw/o 3Tricolor București 3 The team from Bucharest failed to appear, so by administrative decision they forfeited the game. 10 September 1922 Chinezul Timișoara 2–1 AMEF Arad Frech II 44Steiner 78 Csapó 73 Banatul, Timișoara Kovács (Timișoara) Final Home teamScoreAway teamChinezul Timișoara5–1Victoria Cluj Champion squad Chinezul Timișoarahttps://www.radiotimisoara.ro/sport/audio-o-poveste-veche-de-110-ani-chinezul-timisoara-ii-231428.html O poveste veche de 110 ani: Chinezul Timișoara (II) Radiotimisoara.ro Romanian A 110-year-old story: The Chinezul Timișoara (II) 23 May 2020 15 May 2025Goalkeepers: Adalbert Ritter. Defenders: Kondor, Balázs Hoksary. Midfielders: Fenyvessy, Gheorghe Tóth-Bedö, Rainak. Forwards: Bruno Steiner, Frech I, Rudolf Matek, Mihai Tänzer, Carol Frech II. (the players that played the final) Manager: Frontz Dőme Hungary 1920.https://www.ripensia-sport-magazin.ro/ripensia/timisoara-regina-fotbalului-romanesc-interbelic/ Cornel Lazăr, creatorul marilor Chinezul și Ripensia. Un vizionar al fotbalului românesc Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro Romanian Cornel Lazăr, the creator of the great Chinese and Ripensia. A visionary of Romanian football 1 August 2016 15 May 2025https://www.ripensia-sport-magazin.ro/ripensia/cornel-lazar-creatorul-marilor-chinezul-si-ripensia-un-vizionar-al-fotbalului-romanesc/ Timișoara, regina fotbalului românesc interbelic Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro Romanian Timisoara, the queen of interwar Romanian football 14 December 2016 15 May 2025 References Category:Liga I seasons Category:1921–22 in European association football leagues Category:1921–22 in Romanian football