Until 1960 the stadium was known as Stadionul Electrica and was the main home ground in Timișoara for athletics championships, being also the stadium where Olympic champion Iolanda Balaș made her debut.

[1] This name changing of the stadiums and their location, just a few meters from each other, were favorable factors in creating some confusion over time.

From the 1970s Stadionul UMT was the home ground of UM Timișoara, a football team founded in 1960 by the same Uzinele Mecanice Timișoara (UMT).

[2] Between 2001 and 2002 this stadium was the home ground for Liga I matches, but was closed in 2008, when UM Timișoara relegated to Liga IV, being dissolved by its owner, UMT.

[2] After 2008 the stadium was closed and reached the state of dereliction before being demolished in 2016.