Colțea București was a football team from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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established on 10 June 1913.

History

Colțea București came from the desire to create a club at the time made up only of Romanian football. The headquarters of the club was "Bolta Rece", the current Arcul de Triumf Stadium, next to

Arcul de Triumf The Arcul de Triumf (Romanian; "Triumphal Arch") is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, Romania, on the Kiseleff Road. The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence (1878 ...

and next to

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. The club was founded to oppose foreign American, English and German teams and to prove Romanian sporting abilities. In June 1913, a few students at the "St. Sava" created a football team. Because they were neighbors, gave him the street name: "Colțea". In 1915 and 1916 the team won the Cup Harwester, Category II, using this team players: M. Stroescu – D.Georgescu – V. Cristescu, Rizescu – N. Secăreanu, Oancea, C. Iordănescu – Iacobescu, P.Pavel, Polieni, B. Grăjdănescu, Fl. Iordăchescu.Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran, ''Fotbal de la A la Z'', Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1984 Colțea played in the 1914–1915, 1915–1916, 1919–1920, 1920–21 seasons in the pre-divisional national championship. In 1920, the club established branches in

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

and

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...

. The club subsequently played in the Bucharest Local Championship, except in 1937–1938 when it represented

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. There is no record of the club's activity after

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. Three of the team's players, Vintilă Cristescu, Puiu Pavel and Iacobescu founded in the year 1920 in

another club with the same name,

Colțea Brașov Colțea may refer to several entities in Romania: *Colțea, a village in Roșiori, Brăila, Roșiori Commune, Brăila County *CS Colțea Brașov, a football club *In Bucharest: **Turnul Colței **Colțea Hospital **Colțea Monastery {{disambiguati ...

, which managed to win the

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

in the 1927–28 season.

Divizia A history

Performances

* Third Place in Romanian Football Championship (2): 1915–16, 1919–20.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coltea Bucuresti Association football clubs established in 1913 Association football clubs disestablished in 1938 Defunct football clubs in Romania 1913 establishments in Romania 1938 disestablishments in Romania

History

Divizia A history

Performances

See also

References