Financially sustained by the Ministry of National Defence, ASA was considered privileged by the communist regime and an unofficial satellite club of Steaua București.

[1] Financially supported by [Ministry of National Defence, ASA was considered a privileged club of the communist regime and an unofficially satellite of Steaua București.

It participated in 3 UEFA Cup campaigns, but was eliminated in the 1st round on all 3 occasions: in 1975–1976 by Dynamo Dresden, in 1976–1977 by Dinamo Zagreb and in 1977–1978 by AEK Athens.

László Bölöni won the Belgian national title in 2009 after a thrilling play-off against great rival Anderlecht.

In their first season, the new club bought a spot in the second division, from the newly promoted Unirea Sânnicolau Mare, consequently playing in the 2008–09 Liga II.

FCM outperformed the predictions and played well throughout the season, winning 16 games and drawing 9, while scoring 54 goals and receiving 27, the fewest in the Seria II.

The team based in the Center of Romania will be eliminated, and from this point forward, the club started to have important financial problems, went into insolvency, relegated to the second division and finally went bankrupt in 2018.

In the last season of existence, ASA moved to Ungheni for their home matches, due to the advanced stage of degradation of Ladislau Bölöni Stadium.

The "red and blues" started to play their home matches on Trans-Sil Stadium, located nearby the old ground, in 2021, since the re-foundation of the football team.