Olympia București was a

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club based in

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, in southern

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. It was founded in 1904 and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning two Romanian Championships. The club was dissolved in 1946.

History

The first football club from Bucharest, founded in October 1904 by young foreigners and a few Romanians from which we can mention: M. Gebauer, L. Breyer, Th. Davilla, the Grunberg brothers, prof. Ioanide, Szalay, Mendel. The club's first president was Mario Gebauer, Lazăr Breyer was the secretary, and capitan of the team Gh. Viereck. The football pitch was the one from ''Bolta rece'' (near the

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today). The team participated at the ''Herzog Cup'' along with

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and United Ploieşti, a competition equivalent with the Romanian Championship, the predecessor of the

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. It succeeds to win the first two editions, in 1909–10 and 1910–11. Part of the team that participated at this performance: Gebauer – Hartman, Winter, L. Breyer, Davilla, Kemeny, Grunberg, Hart, Niculescu, Apostolescu, Bărbulescu (First 11). Beside them: Roman, Cominovici, Mincu, G. Vraca, C. Rădulescu, the Brebeţeanu brothers, the Volvoreanu brothers, Miti Niculescu, Şuţu, Drăghici, G. Dragomirescu, Ţane Săvulescu. In 1915, the club fell apart, a part of the players go to

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, and a part, in front with L. Breyer go to

. After

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, the club bounces back and starting with 1921 participates at the Bucharest Regional Championship. During the pre-divisionary period, the team succeeds only once to pass the regional phase, in 1927–28, and qualifies for the national championship, but reaches only the ''quarter-finals'', being eliminated by Colţea Braşov (1–3). After the Romanian football passes to the divisionary system, the club plays for one season in

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in 1937–38 and for one season in

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in 1940–41. After

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, the club reappears in the Bucharest District Championship under the name of ''Olympia-Rheim'', after which is dissolved, leaving behind the fame of the neighbourhood, of the ACSA (Belu) football pitch, inaugurated in 1927 and of three generation of players: First one, 1925–1937 with M. Cruţescu, E. Kroner, Robe, Subăşeanu, Taciuc; Second one, 1938–1944, with Sucitulescu, V. Stănescu, Catană, Panait, Ion Vasile, Aştilean, Gică Nicolae,

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, Fabian, C. Rădulescu-Jumate, C. Siomionescu; And the third one (the last) we see: Voinescu I, Voinescu II, Al. Ene, Călinoiu, Titi Popescu, Ciocea, the Medrea brothers, Gheorghiu, Andreescu, Jipa.

Honours

: :*Winners (2): 1909–10, 1910–11

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olympia Bucuresti Association football clubs established in 1904 Association football clubs disestablished in 1946 Defunct football clubs in Romania Liga II clubs Football clubs in Bucharest History of Bucharest 1904 establishments in Romania 1946 disestablishments in Romania