During this time, Politehnica only played at the district level and the second and third leagues, when they latter two were intermittently organized before the war.
With an establish national football league, Politehnica were selected to start in the second tier (Divizia B at the time).
Since then, the club has never played in a lower league, in spite of being officially relegated twice, in 2000 and 2002 – first saved after a place swap with Dacia Pitesti[4] and then as AEK Bucuresti was moved to Timișoara and renamed Politehnica AEK.
At the same time, the supporters decided to create a phoenix club, under the name of ASU Politehnica Timișoara.
However, ACS Poli is credited as the official record holder and legal successor of the original club founded in 1921, FC Politehnica Timișoara.