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. 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. 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. 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. ==Honours==