[2][3][4] The glass factory team was founded in 1922 as Muncitorul Turda (Muncitor is the Romanian word for worker).Since the Divizia C was not held regularly in the post-war period, the club played at regional level under the new name of Flamura Roșie Turda, which it had adopted in 1950.The team coached by Nicolae Szoboszlay, and from October 1961 by Ștefan Wetzer, took the 6th place in the 3rd series of Divizia B, and in the Romanian Cup, they passed Corvinul Hunedoara (2–0) in the Round of 32, Penicilina Iași (7–1) in the Round of 16, Știința Timișoara (2–1) in the quarters-finals and UTA Arad (3–0) in the semi-finals.After an immediate promotion, Arieșul experienced turbulent times in the second half of the 1960s, pass down and found itself in the fourth division after back-to-back relegation.[5] The club spent the next four years in the second division finishing 14th (1973–74) – avoided the relegation at goal difference, 10th (1974–75) – changed its name Sticla Arieșul Turda, 7th (1975–76) and 15th (1976–77) – returning to the third tier.