Colțea București

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Colțea București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, active primarily in the early 20th century. The club played a significant role in the development of Romanian football and was one of the strongest teams during its time

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.okazii.ro/reclame-tiparite/clubul-sportiv-coltea-1913-1923-bucuresti-brasov-campioana-nat-fotbal-1928-a176357491|title=Reclama Tiparita – CLUBUL SPORTIV "COLTEA" 1913–1923 -BUCURESTI -BRASOV -CAMPIOANA NAT. FOTBAL 1928 – Okazii (176357491)|work=Okazii.ro}}

In June 1913, a few students at the "St. Sava" created a football team. Because they were neighbors, gave him the street name: "Colțea".{{cite web|url=http://www.historia.ro/exclusiv_web/general/articol/nceput-fotbalul-rom-nesc-i|title=Aşa a început fotbalul românesc (I)|work=Historia|access-date=2015-10-21|archive-date=2015-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117183035/http://www.historia.ro/exclusiv_web/general/articol/nceput-fotbalul-rom-nesc-i|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://7sport.ro/fost-odata-coltea-brasov-campioana-romaniei-fotbal/| title=A fost odată Colțea Brașov, campioana României la fotbal | publisher=7sport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=It was once Colțea Brașov, the Romanian football champion| date=25 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023113840/https://7sport.ro/fost-odata-coltea-brasov-campioana-romaniei-fotbal/| access-date=6 June 2021| archive-date=23 October 2014}}Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z, Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1984

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/coltea_bucuresti/coltea_bucuresti.shtml|title=Coltea Bucuresti – statistics|work=romaniansoccer.ro}}{{cite web|url=http://ro.goobix.com/fotbal/romania/articles/id9.html|title=Goobix: Fotbal: România|work=goobix.com}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/ajabrasov/docs/revista_issu_1| publisher=Issuu.com| language=Romanian |title=Atlet info nr.1 | page=13| date=14 February 2017 | access-date=6 June 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.bzb.ro/stire/marile-personalitati-sportive-nu-au-fost-uitate-a51969 | title=Marile personalități sportive nu au fost uitate| publisher=Bzb.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The great sports personalities have not been forgotten| date=28 April 2007 | access-date=6 June 2021}}

Divizia A history

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1914–15

| Divizia A

| 5

| 10

| 2

| –

| 8

| 5

| 35

| 4p

| 5th place

| {{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1914_15.shtml|title=Divizia A – Tables – statistics|work=romaniansoccer.ro}}

1915–16

| Divizia A

| 3

| 6

| –

| 3

| 3

| 3

| 13

| 3p

| 3rd place

| {{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1915_16.shtml|title=Divizia A – Tables – statistics|work=romaniansoccer.ro}}

1919–20

| Divizia A

| 3

| 4

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 3p

| 3rd place

| {{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1919_20.shtml|title=Divizia A – Tables – statistics|work=romaniansoccer.ro}}

Performances

  • Third Place in Romanian Football Championship (2): 1915–16, 1919–20.{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/coltea_bucuresti/coltea_bucuresti.shtml|title=Coltea Bucuresti – statistics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemhist.html|title=Romania Final League Tables}}

See also

References