Colțea București was a

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football club based in

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, active primarily in the early 20th century. The club played a significant role in the development of Romanian football and was one of the strongest teams during its time

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

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and next to Herăstrău Park. 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

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and

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

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. 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, which managed to win the

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in the 1927–28 season.

Divizia A history

Performances

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

References

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History

Divizia A history

Performances

See also

References