Fotbal Club UTA Arad, commonly known as UTA Arad, or simply as UTA, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County, currently playing in Liga II. Founded in 1945 as IT Arad, they won the Liga I (known as Divizia A before 2006) six times and the Cupa României twice. Domestically, UTA can be considered one of the most successful Romanian clubs of the 20th century, with only three teams winning more championship titles during that period, Steaua, Dinamo and Venus, all from Bucharest. Recently, after a period of decline which started in 1979 with a relegation to the second league, the team was dissolved in 2014 due to the "faulty and irresponsible management of the club officials". With support from fans, a new team started its way back from Liga IV, the fourth