Faur București was a

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club based in

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, Romania.

History

The club was established in 1935 as Metalul by workers at Malaxa. Prior to

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they were known as Titanii and Rogifer. After the nationalisation of Malaxa, the club was renamed 23 August before becoming Metalochimic. In 1947–48 the club won promotion from

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into

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. However, they finished second bottom of the division the following season, and were relegated back to Divizia B.1948/49
RSSSF The club was later renamed Energia and then back to Metalul again. The club's junior team won the national championship in 1970 and 1980. Following the

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in 1989, the club became Faur București. It folded in 2005.

Chronology of names

Honours

*Winners (1): 1947–48 *Runners-up (4):

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, 1958–59, 1972–73, 1978–79

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*Winners (2): 1957–58, 1986–87

Former managers

* Augustin Botescu (1948–1949) * Ion Bălănescu (1955–1960) * Gheorghe Petrescu (1960–1963) * Gheorghe Petrescu (1966–1968) * Leon Lazăr (1974) * Gheorghe Petrescu (1974) * Paul Popescu (1975–1979) * Carol Creiniceanu (1979–1980) * Ștefan Coidum (1981–1982)

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