Victoria București

The team was founded in 1949, in the neighborhood of Obor, within the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, being a satellite branch of Dinamo București and promoted to Divizia B at the end of the 1953 season under the name of Dinamo 6.

After three seasons in the second division in which was ranked 9th (1954), 6th (1955) and 4th (1956), in 1957 became Dinamo Obor finished the 1957–58 season in the 5th place.

In 1958 was named A.S. Pompierul, then again Dinamo Obor (1959–1963), Dinamo Victoria (1963–1967), then Electronica Obor since 1967. Dinamo Victoria returns in Division C in 1980, becoming Victoria in 1985 when they promoted in the first division for the first time in history.{{cite web |url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm |title=Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor |trans-title=Evolution of team names over the years |publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009104123/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm |url-status=live }}{{in lang|ro}}{{cite web |url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/victoria_bucuresti/victoria_bucuresti.shtml |title=Victoria Bucuresti – statistics|publisher=romaniansoccer.ro|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728210039/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/victoria_bucuresti/victoria_bucuresti.shtml |url-status=live }}{{in lang|ro}}

It was the sixth club representing Divizia B which reached the Romanian Cup final, which was lost with 0–2 in front of Progresul București.{{cite web | url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/cupa-romaniei/performanta-istorica-hermannstadt-e-prima-echipa-din-liga-2-calificata-in-finala-cupei-romaniei-dupa-36-de-ani-444059 | title=Performanţă istorică! Hermannstadt e prima echipă din Liga 2 calificată în finala Cupei României, după 36 de ani | publisher=Digisport.ro | language=ro | trans-title=Historical performance! Hermannstadt is the first team in Liga 2 to qualify for the Romanian Cup final, after 36 years | date=10 May 2018 | access-date=31 May 2020 | archive-date=3 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603080243/https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/cupa-romaniei/performanta-istorica-hermannstadt-e-prima-echipa-din-liga-2-calificata-in-finala-cupei-romaniei-dupa-36-de-ani-444059 | url-status=live }}{{in lang|ro}}{{cite web | url=https://theplaymaker.ro/istorie-a-echipelor-din-ligile-inferioare-care-au-jucat-finala-cupei-romaniei/2647/ | title=80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României | publisher=Theplaymaker.ro | language=ro | trans-title=80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final | date=13 May 2018 | access-date=31 May 2020 | archive-date=2 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902070936/http://theplaymaker.ro/istorie-a-echipelor-din-ligile-inferioare-care-au-jucat-finala-cupei-romaniei/2647/ | url-status=live }}{{in lang|ro}}

Liga I

• Best finish: 3rd 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

Liga II

• Winners (1): 1984–85
• Runners-up (2): 1959–60, 1982–83

Liga III

• Winners (2): 1964–65, 1981–82

Cupa României

• Finalists (1): 1959–60 (under the name of Dinamo Obor București{{cite web |url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/statistici/fotbal/dinamo-obor-bucuresti.htm |title=Dinamo Obor București – Istoria meciurilor |publisher=romaniansoccer.ro |access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508173150/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/statistici/fotbal/dinamo-obor-bucuresti.htm |url-status=live }})

Victoria was known as a team that enrolled only good players, however not good enough to be enrolled by Steaua or Dinamo. They were either players in their retirement age (such as Ionel Augustin, Costel Orac, Cornel Țălnar or Claudiu Vaișcovici) or talents not good enough for the "big 2" (such as Marcel Coraș, Ovidiu Hanganu, Marian Pană or Sándor Kulcsár). Many players came from Dinamo (in fact, Victoria's stadium was a training field inside the Dinamo Sport Complex). The Victoria Ground is known now as the "Florea Dumitrache Field" in honor of the Romanian striker, who played 11 seasons for Dinamo and 7 years for the Romania national football team.

Even so, during its short existence, the club reached one quarter final in the UEFA Cup 1988–89. They were eliminated by Dynamo Dresden (1–1 in Bucharest and 0–4 in Dresden), a team from former East Germany, where Matthias Sammer was a young rising star.

;Victoria București in Europe

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• {{flagicon|Romania}} Sebastian Taciuc (1951–1958)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Nicolae Petrescu (1958–1960)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Teașcă (1960–1961)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Gheorghe Timar (1964–1965)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Nicolae Dumitru (1965–1967)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Frățilă (1982)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Teașcă (1982–1984)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Florin Cheran (1984–1985)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Ion Nunweiller (1985–1986)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Nicolae Dumitru (1986–1988)
• {{flagicon|Romania}} Florin Halagian (1988–1989)

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• The last president of the club was Dumitru Dragomir, who later became the president of the Romanian Football League and a Romanian politician.
• Between 1985 and 1989, Victoria played 4 Romanian Cup semi-finals. They lost every time against Dinamo with 2 goals (2–4 in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 0–2 in 1989). Subsequently, Dinamo always played the final against Steaua, losing it on 3 occasions (1987, 1988 and 1989).

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