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At the beginning of ’30, the Athletic Club Oradea, through the value of its components, through its place occupied in the hierarchy of the domestic championship, through the number of matches and the results obtained with teams from different countries, it was the best team in Romania at that time and it was the most well-known Romanian team in the Central and Western Europe. We wanted to present an important moment in the history of the Athletic Club Oradea. Based on the information found in different sources, documents from the local archives, articles in the press at that time, photos from personal albums, discussions with different people, the work approaches some issues related to the tour in 1932/ 1933 in Western Europe and North Africa. In the first part of this article, we present the context in which it has been decided the tour’s organization and the way it was prepared. Foreword, the European part of the championship is approached, the games played in France and Luxembourg. Our presentation continues with the games in Morocco and Algeria. Through its duration, through the number of games played and the results obtained, this tour has been the most important one carried out up to that date by a Romanian football team. Besides its sport value, the tour had an important contribution in promoting Romanian football in countries of the Western Europe and North Africa.

Key words: sport history, football, Oradea