Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football club from Bucharest, south-east Romania, 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 Liga I 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 Victoria Cluj after the team from Bucharest 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 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, 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 Dinamo București), Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor) being relegated to the Divizia B.
In the 1950 season Dinamo "B" (Unirea Tricolor) moved to Braşov as Dinamo Braşov, in 1957–1958 it moved again, this time to Cluj-Napoca, only to disappear after the 1957–58 season after the team was dissolved and the players were relocated to Dinamo Bacău.
Chronology of names
NamePeriod Teiul București 1914–1918 Tricolor București 1918–1926 Unirea Tricolor București 1926–1948 Dinamo B București 1948–1950 Dinamo Braşov 1950–1957 Dinamo Cluj 1957–1958
Honours
Liga I: Winners (2): 1920–21, 1940–41 Liga II: Winners (4): 1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950
Romanian Cup: Runners-up (2): 1935–36, 1940–41
Notable former players Ion Bogdan Traian Iordache Valeriu Niculescu Ștefan Stănculescu Petre Steinbach Ernest Hillard Titus Ozon
Bibliography
Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran – Fotbal de la A la Z. Fotbalul românesc de-a lungul anilor, București, Editura Sport-Turism, 1984
League history
Season Tier Division Place Notes 1957–58 1 Divizia A 9th Dinamo Cluj; dissolved 1957 — Cupa Primăverii (Group I) 5th Unofficial 1956 1 Divizia A 7th Dinamo Brașov 1955 1 Divizia A 9th 1954 1 Divizia A 8th 1953 1 Divizia A 4th 1952 1 Divizia A 10th 1951 1 Divizia A 9th Dinamo Orașul Stalin 1950 2 Divizia B (Series I) 1st (C) Promoted 1948–49 2 Divizia B (Series II) 1st (C) No promotion 1947–48 1 Divizia A 15th Relegated; became Dinamo B 1946–47 2 Divizia B (Series I) 1st (C) Promoted 1944–46 No official national league held 1943–44 — Wartime championship 2nd Abandoned 1942–43 — Wartime championship 3rd Unofficial 1941–42 — Cupa Basarabiei — Unofficial 1940–41 1 Divizia A 1st (C) Champions 1939–40 1 Divizia A 9th 1938–39 2 Divizia B (East Series, Group South) 1st (C) Promoted 1937–38 1 Divizia A (Group I) 6th Relegated 1936–37 1 Divizia A 12th 1935–36 1 Divizia A 11th 1934–35 1 Divizia A 9th 1933–34 1 Divizia A (Group II) 2nd 1932–33 1 Divizia A (Group II) 3rd 1931–32 2 Bucharest Regional Championship 3rd Selected for Divizia A 1930–31 2 South League 2nd Bucharest champions 1929–30 2 Bucharest Regional Championship 4th 1928–29 2 Bucharest Regional Championship 4th 1927–28 2 Bucharest Regional Championship 4th 1926–27 1 Divizia A Semi-finals Merged; regional champions 1925–26 2 Bucharest–Ploiești Regional Championship 7th 1924–25 2 Bucharest–Ploiești Regional Championship 2nd 1923–24 2 Bucharest–Ploiești Regional Championship 2nd 1922–23 2 Bucharest–Ploiești Regional Championship Semi-finals 1921–22 1 Divizia A Semi-finals Regional champions 1920–21 1 Divizia A 1st (C) Champions 1919–20 1 Divizia A 2nd 1916–19 No championship because of World War I 1914–16 — Bucharest local competitions — Founded as Teiul
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