Last time the club played in the Liga II, the second-tier in the Romanian football system, but withdrew during the winter-break of the 2019–20 season, due to financial problems.

The club was founded as Damila Măciuca in the summer of 2007,[1] the colours were white and green and the squad was enrolled in the Liga IV, Vâlcea County series.

The owner of the club was Daniel Nițu, businessman who owns Damila SRL, a company with an over 60 million€ fiscal value in 2016 and one of the largest distributors of metallurgical products and construction materials in the south of Romania.

[7] After the transaction Rufă has received the financial support of the Reșița Municipality, with the condition that the club must change its name, headquarters, colors and stadium.

", campaign appeared after Metalul players refused to enter on the pitch at the match against Olimpia Satu Mare, the reason being the non-payment of wages.

[10] The situation has improved further, but the team finished the championship on the last place, with an incredible −10 points in the league table, as a result of the deductions due to the financial problems.

On 31 January 2018 it was announced in a press conference that Victor Angelescu, a 34-year-old entrepreneur, that is working at the Romanian branch of APS Group and also a former football player, at youth level, bought 50% of the club's shares.