Chinezul Timisoara, founded in 1910, were named after Pavel Chinezul, a legendary Hungarian general who defeated the Ottomans in 1479. The club was formed by railway workers. Between 1911 and 1918 the team (as Temesvári Kinizsi) competed in the Hungarian league. After the 1914 -18 war the city of Timisoara became a part of Romania.
In 1922 Chinezul Timisoara won the first ever Romanian national championship. This was the first of 6 consecutive national title wins, a period of domination in Romanian football not equaled until the Steaua București era of the 1990s.
The format of the championship was a knockout competition between 7 regional champions. These were:
Region
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Champions
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Arad
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AMEF Arad
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Bucharest
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Tricolor Bucureşti
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Braşov-Sibiu
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Societatea Sportivă Sibiu
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Bukovina
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Polonia Cernăuţi
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Cluj
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Victoria Cluj
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Oradea
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Stăruinţa Oradea
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Timişoara
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Chinezul Timişoara
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The tournament progressed as follows:
Polonia Cernăuţi
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0
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1
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Tricolor Bucureşti
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Chinezul Timişoara
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3
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0
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Societatea Sportivă Sibiu
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A default result : SSS forfeited
the match
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Stăruinţa Oradea
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2
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2
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Victoria Cluj
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Victoria Cluj
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2
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0
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Stăruinţa Oradea (replay)
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AMEF Arad bye
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Chinezul Timişoara
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2
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1
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AMEF Arad
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Victoria Cluj
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3
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0
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Tricolor Bucureşti
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A default result : Tricolor forfeited
the match
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In the final Chinezul beat Victoria 5-1, future Romanian international Rudolf Matek scoring 3 with Mihai Tänzer (who represented both Romania and Hungary) also getting a goal.
