Unirea Tricolor București was a

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from

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, south-east

, founded in 1914 as Tricolor București. It was one of the most famous inter-war clubs in Romania.

History

Tricolor București

Tricolor, first named Teiul, was set up in 1914, in the district of

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, by some high-school students. Among the first players was Costel Rădulescu, a 1930s coach and manager of the Romania national team and co-founder of the modern national championship system (league system). After World War I, the club became champion of the Bucharest Region and played in the final tournament of the National Championship. 1922 - Tricolor - echipa de fotbal campioana a Romaniei in 1922

1922 - Tricolor - echipa de fotbal campioana a Romaniei in 1922

They finished once runner-up in the

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in 1919–20 and once they won the national championship in 1920–21. In 1921–22 the club was knocked out in the semifinals by

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after the team from

failed to appear, so it lost the game with 0–3, by administrative decision. On September 23, 1923, the team wins the first game of a Romanian club against a former Yugoslavian club (Beogradski Belgrad: 2–1). In 1926 it merged with "Unirea" taking on the name of ''Unirea Tricolor''. Unirea, was founded in 1924, after the merging of "Orizontul" and "Zburătorii", in the same district of

as the above Tricolorul.

Unirea Tricolor București

The President and owner of the team was Nicolae Lucescu, and a famous public character around Unirea Tricolor was Titi Barosanu, a leader of the fans. In 1947–1948, due to Communist regime norms (stating that all sports associations had to join a form of trade-union, or a governmental institution), the team is taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and, on May 14, 1948, merged with another club, Ciocanul București (former Maccabi), the new teams being named Dinamo "A" and Dinamo "B". In the 1947–1948 season, they played as Dinamo "A" (Ciocanul) and Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor), and next season, in Divizia A remained only one, Dinamo "A" (later

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), Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor) being relegated to the

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. In the 1950 season Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor) moved to Braşov as Dinamo Braşov, in 1957–1958 it moved again, this time to

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, only to disappear after the 1957–58 season after the team was dissolved and the players were relocated to Dinamo Bacău.

Chronology of names

Honours

: :*Winners (2): 1920–21, 1940–41

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: :*Winners (4): 1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49,

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: :*Runners-up (2): 1935–36, 1940–41

Notable former players

Ion Bogdan Ion Bogdan (6 March 1915 – 10 July 1992) was a Romanian international footballer and coach, he played for Unirea Tricolor București, CFR București, Red Star Paris, MTK Budapest, and AS Bari in the Serie A. He earned 12 caps for Romania ...

Traian Iordache Traian Iordache (10 October 1911 – 3 April 1999) was a Romanian football striker and coach. Honours Club ;Venus București *Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reas ...

Valeriu Niculescu Valeriu "Sony" Niculescu (25 January 1914 – 18 November 1986) was a Romanian football striker. Honours Club Unirea Tricolor București *Divizia A: 1940–41 *Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41 Individual *''Total matches played in Ro ...

* Ștefan Stănculescu *

Petre Steinbach Petre Steinbach (1 January 1906 – 1996), was a Romanian football midfielder and manager. Club career Petre Steinbach was born on 1 January 1906 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary, being of Banat Swabian ethnicity, starting to play football in 1925 ...

* Ernest Hillard *

Titus Ozon Titus Ozon (13 May 1927 – 24 November 1996) was a Romanian international football striker and manager. He was considered one of the greatest talents in postwar Romanian football, famous for his extraordinary ability to dribble. Career Ozon wa ...

Bibliography

Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran – Fotbal de la A la Z. Fotbalul românesc de-a lungul anilor, București, Editura Sport-Turism, 1984

References

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