Colțea București

Colțea București
Full nameCS Colțea București
Short nameColțea
Founded10 June 1913
Dissolved1938
Ground"Bolta Rece"
LeagueDivizia C (last time)

Colțea București was a football team from Bucharest, Romania established on 10 June 1913.[1]

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 Arcul de Triumf and next to Herăstrău Park. The club was founded to oppose foreign American, English and German teams and to prove Romanian sporting abilities.[2]

In June 1913, a few students at the "St. Sava" created a football team. Because they were neighbors, gave him the street name: "Colțea".[3]

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.[4][5]

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 Brașov and Ploiești. The club subsequently played in the Bucharest Local Championship, except in 1937–1938 when it represented Divizia C. There is no record of the club's activity after World War II.[6][7]

Three of the team's players, Vintilă Cristescu, Puiu Pavel and Iacobescu founded in the year 1920 in Brașov another club with the same name, Colțea Brașov, which managed to win the national championship in the 1927–28 season.[4][8][9]

Divizia A history

Season League Pos. Played W D L GS GA Points Notes Ref
1914–15 Divizia A 5 10 2  – 8 5 35 4p 5th place [10]
1915–16 Divizia A 3 6  – 3 3 3 13 3p 3rd place [11]
1919–20 Divizia A 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 3p 3rd place [12]

Performances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Romania - List of Foundation Dates".
  2. ^ "Reclama Tiparita – CLUBUL SPORTIV "COLTEA" 1913–1923 -BUCURESTI -BRASOV -CAMPIOANA NAT. FOTBAL 1928 – Okazii (176357491)". Okazii.ro.
  3. ^ "Aşa a început fotbalul românesc (I)". Historia. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  4. ^ a b "A fost odată Colțea Brașov, campioana României la fotbal" [It was once Colțea Brașov, the Romanian football champion] (in Romanian). 7sport.ro. 25 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z, Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1984
  6. ^ "Coltea Bucuresti – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.
  7. ^ "Goobix: Fotbal: România". goobix.com.
  8. ^ "Atlet info nr.1" (in Romanian). Issuu.com. 14 February 2017. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Marile personalități sportive nu au fost uitate" [The great sports personalities have not been forgotten] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Divizia A – Tables – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.
  11. ^ "Divizia A – Tables – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.
  12. ^ a b "Divizia A – Tables – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.
  13. ^ "Coltea Bucuresti – statistics".
  14. ^ "Romania Final League Tables".