Unirea Tricolor București
Full name | Unirea Tricolor București | ||
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Short name | Unirea Tricolor | ||
Founded | 1914 | ||
Dissolved | 1958 | ||
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Unirea Tricolor București was a
, 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 Obor, 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.
They finished once runner-up in the
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 Obor 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,
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
In the 1950 season Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor) moved to
Chronology of names
Name | Period |
Teiul București | 1914–? |
Tricolor București | ?–1926 |
Unirea Tricolor București | 1926–1948 |
Dinamo B București | 1948–1950 |
Dinamo Braşov | 1950–1957 |
Dinamo Cluj | 1957–1958 |
Honours
- Winners (2):
Bibliography
Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran – Fotbal de la A la Z. Fotbalul românesc de-a lungul anilor, București, Editura Sport-Turism, 1984 [3]