CS Victoria Ineu

Victoria Ineu was founded in April 1920 at the initiative of a group of intellectuals from Ineu at that time, by creating football, athletics and gymnastics teams. The team played in the district, regional and county championships between 1946 and 1978.{{Cite web|url=https://pineuar.ro/clubul-sportiv-ineu-cs-ineu/|title=Clubul Sportiv Ineu (CS INEU)|language=ro|access-date=1 January 2025|publisher=pineuar.ro|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205215649/https://pineuar.ro/clubul-sportiv-ineu-cs-ineu/|url-status=live}}

Victoria managed to win the county championship at the end of the 1977–78 season and the promotion play-off against CFR Caransebeș, the winner of the Caraș-Severin County Championship, with 2–2 on aggregate (1–2 away and 1–0 at home) and were promoted on the away goals rule.

In the first three years in Divizia C, Ineuanii struggled to avoid relegation, finishing 12th in the 1978–79 season and 13th in both the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. The following season, 1981–82, ended with a mid-table finish in 8th place.

Preceded by two more years in the mid-table, finishing 11th in the 1982–83 season and 10th in the 1983–84 season, relegation to the fourth division came after the 1984–85 season, when finishing in 15th place.

In 1985, Victoria Ineu also reached the Round of 32 of the Cupa României, losing 0–3 to FC Olt Scornicești. The lineup in that match was: Țica I (Csillag) – Costin, Szabo, Maghiș (Weckerle), Reisz – Sas, Popa, Leucuța – Țica II, Nicodin and Rusan, with Ioan Palcu as head coach.{{cite web|url=https://digital.bibliotecaarad.ro/files/original/605209e6b06b64831815e1f8686ceb84a5df93ca.pdf|title=În "Cupa României" la fotbal|language=ro|trans-title=In the "Romanian Cup" at football|accessdate=1 January 2025|publisher=Flacăra Roșie|date=5 December 1985|page=4|via=digital.bibliotecaarad.ro|archive-date=1 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101200014/https://digital.bibliotecaarad.ro/files/original/605209e6b06b64831815e1f8686ceb84a5df93ca.pdf|url-status=live}}

In 1986, in an attempt to make a comeback to the third division, Victoria merged with two other teams from the town, Metalul and Gloria, forming CS Ineu. The club won the Arad County Championship in the 1988–89 season but lost the promotion play-off against Minerul Ștei, the Bihor County Championship winner, with a 0–1 loss at Ștei and a 0–0 draw at Ineu.{{Cite web|url=https://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/diverse/sarbatoare-inabusita-in-tara-zarandului-fotbalul-ineuan-a-implinit-un-secol-de-existenta-momentul-ar-trebui-marcat-si-in-iarba-19130337|title=Sărbătoare înăbușită în Țara Zărandului! Fotbalul ineuan a împlinit un secol de existență: ”Momentul ar trebui marcat și în iarbă”|language=ro|trans-title=Suppressed celebration in the Land of Zărand! Ineuan football has celebrated a century of existence: "The moment should also be marked on the grass"|date=21 April 2020|access-date=1 January 2025|publisher=liga2.prosport.ro|archive-date=1 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101201742/https://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/diverse/sarbatoare-inabusita-in-tara-zarandului-fotbalul-ineuan-a-implinit-un-secol-de-existenta-momentul-ar-trebui-marcat-si-in-iarba-19130337|url-status=live}}

The 2000–01 season marks the long-awaited return of Ineu to Liga III. With Alexandru Gaica on the bench, Tricotaje Ineu (named after the knitwear factory in town) won the Divizia D – Arad County and defeated CS Vulcan, the Divizia D – Hunedoara County winner, 2–1 in the promotion play-off held at Timișoara.

In 2005, Tricotaje Ineu sold its place in Divizia B to FCM Reșița and bought the place in the third tier of Universitatea Reșița and renamed as CS Ineu.

In the summer of 2020, CS Ineu started a collaboration with Brosovszky Football Academy and was renamed as ACB Ineu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportarad.ro/2020/08/20/academia-brosovszky-ineu-acreditata-la-nivel-national-certificarea-muncii-depuse-in-ultimii-ani-dar-trebuie-sa-ne-ridicam/|title=Academia Brosovszky Ineu, acreditată la nivel național: "Certificarea muncii depuse în ultimii ani, dar trebuie să ne ridicăm cu toții nivelul"|language=ro|trans-title=Brosovszky Ineu Academy, nationally accredited: "Certification of the work done in recent years, but we must all raise our level"|date=20 August 2020|access-date=20 June 2021|publisher=sportarad.ro|archive-date=1 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101204538/https://www.sportarad.ro/2020/08/20/academia-brosovszky-ineu-acreditata-la-nivel-national-certificarea-muncii-depuse-in-ultimii-ani-dar-trebuie-sa-ne-ridicam/|url-status=live}}

Liga III

• Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2008–09

Liga IV – Arad County

• Winners (5): 1977–78, 1988–89, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2021–22
• Runners-up (2): 1972–73, 2020–21

Cupa României – Arad County

• Winners (1): 1994–95

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• {{flagicon|ROU}} Ionuț Popa (1985–1987)
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Sorin Cigan (2002–2003)
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Sorin Cigan (2004)

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