Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi (Chernivtsi) is a football club from

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...

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founded in 1909. During the club's history, it was founded in

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, then it was transferred to

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and then to Ukraine, where it would eventually dissolve in 1946. The name "Dragoş Vodă" came from Dragoș, the first Voivode of

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

History

Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi was founded Rumänischer Fußballklub Czernowitz (RFK

Chernowitz Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...

). At the time,

Cernăuţi Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...

belonged to the Austria-Hungarian Empire. In 1919, the club's name was changed to Dragoș Vodă Cernăuţi based on Dragoș, the legendary founder of the Principality of Moldova in 1352. Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi represented the Romanian community in the city, the other ethnicities that were represented were the Germans (

Jahn Cernăuți Jahn Cernăuți was a German football club from Czernowitz, Bukovina (then in Austria-Hungary, subsequently Kingdom of Romania, nowadays in Ukraine). The club became regional champions in 1924, 1925, and 1934 and participated in three seasons of ...

), Jews (

Maccabi Cernăuți Maccabi Cernăuți was a Jewish football club from Chernivtsi, Austria Hungary History During the interwar period participated in regional championships. At the end of the 1926–27 season, they became for the first time regional champions, and ...

and

Hakoah Cernăuți Hakoah () means "The Strength" and may refer to any one of these Jewish sport organizations: * Hakoah Vienna, an athletic club in Austria that is the origin of the Hakoah name * Hakoah Bergen County, an amateur football club in New Jersey * Brookly ...

), Polish (

Polonia Cernăuți PKF Polonia Cernăuţi was a Polish football club based in the city of Cernăuţi, Bukovina, Kingdom of Romania (now in Ukraine). History The club became the regional champion of Bukovina in 1926. Polonia Cernăuţi played three seasons in the R ...

), Ukrainians ( Dovbuș Cernăuți). It became the Regional Champions of

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in the seasons of 1929, 1930 and 1938. The club played in the Romanian Soccer Championship from 1928–29 and 1929–30. In 1932, a new format of

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

was introduced and Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi has since been the only team from

to have played in this division (1937–38), before eventually getting relegated.

Performances

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: * Semi-final (1) : 1928–29 Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi is the only team from outside

's present day territory to play in the First League of Romania in the division format.

References

External links

Ukrsoccerhistory.com

Kopanyi-myach.info
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