Ocna Mureș

The club was founded in 1933 as Solvay Uioara, from the passion of the Belgian baron Solvay – the owner then of the soda factory – to continue the tradition of football in Ocna Mureș, began by FC Ocna Mureș still before the First World War, when the precursor of the team from the town on the Mureș River represented the town in the rural Hungarian second division in the 1913–14 season.

Solvay Uioara competed in the Northern League Championship, the fourth tier, and was promoted to Divizia C at the end of the 1936–37 season after winning the Aiud District Championship. In the 1937–38 season, the team finished 5th in Series I of the North League of Divizia C. Following the dissolution of Divizia C, Solvay continued at regional level and, after football activity resumed in 1946 following a five-year suspension due to World War II, was promoted to Divizia B, finishing 7th in Series III in the 1946–47 season, 4th in Series IV in the 1947–48 season, and 12th in Series II in the 1948–49 season, returning to the regional championship after a short spell in the second tier.

Following the nationalization started in 1948, the Solvay chemical plants became Uzinele Chimice Ocna Mureș, the club also changing its name to Soda Ocna Mureș, competing in the Cluj Regional Championship and managing to win the 1960–61 season, qualifying for the promotion play-off to the second division, but finishing 3rd behind Rapid Târgu Mureș and Crișul Oradea, missing promotion in the final round after a 1–2 defeat to Metrom Brașov in the tournament held at Sinaia. Soda returned to national-level competitions at the end of the 1962–63 season, finishing as runners-up, one point behind Gloria Bistrița and tied with AS Aiud, thus earning promotion to the newly re-established Divizia C on goal difference.