Bukarester FC was a football club from Bucharest, Romania. It represented the local German community from Bucharest at the round of the 20th century, with most of the players being ethnic Germans.

Bukarester FC
Full nameBukarester FC
Founded1912
Dissolved1916
Ground"Bolta Rece"

History edit

Bukarester FC (German: Bucharester FC) was the third club of Bucharest founded in 1912, after Olympia București and Colentina București. They played in Divizia A for 4 years before the start of World War I.[1][2][3]

Most players were Germans, employees of different industries, working in Bucharest. On March 18, 1912 they played the first match with Olympia București lost 4–2.[4]

The main sponsor of the team since 1914 was IHC (International Harwester Company).[5] The first president of the club was Cyril Hense Senior. With the beginning of World War I foreign players left the country, and the team gradually disbanded. They still active until 1916 when they completely disappeared.[6][7]

They used same stadium as rivals Colțea București, a ground located in "Bolta Rece", the current Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, next to Arcul de Triumf and next to Herăstrău Park.[3][8]

Divizia A History edit

Season League Pos. Played W D L GS GA Points Notes Ref
1912–13 Divizia A 3 6 2 1 3 13 16 5p First Edition in Romanian First League [9]
1913–14 Divizia A 2 2 1 1 1 3 1p Fewest Points [10]
1914–15 Divizia A 3 10 5 1 4 15 15 11p Highest Number of Points [11]
1915–16 Divizia A 2 6 2 2 1 11 8 8p Two Points behind the Winner – Prahova Ploiești [12]

Honours edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Romania - List of Foundation Dates".
  2. ^ "Bukarester FC – WikiWaldhof". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  3. ^ a b "Bukarester FC - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România".
  4. ^ "Cluburi de Fotbal Din Bucure Ti: FC Steaua Bucure Ti, Afc Progresul Bucure Ti, FC Dinamo Bucure Ti, FC Rapid Bucure Ti book by Sursa: Wikipedia: 9781232337430".
  5. ^ "Portughezii au descoperit fotbalul romanesc – Evenimentul Zilei".
  6. ^ "Din istoria fotbalului romanesc - Pagina 28 - Forum Sport365". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  7. ^ ""Epopeea cainilor rosii"-o istorie a fotbalului dinamovist - Pagina 414 - Forum Sport365". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  8. ^ "Bukarester_FC - statistics".
  9. ^ "Romania Final League Tables". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  10. ^ "Romania Final League Tables". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  11. ^ "Romania Final League Tables". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  12. ^ "Romania Final League Tables". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  13. ^ "Romanian Football: Romanian League, Champions by Year". www.infofootballonline.com.
  14. ^ "Archive - Liga I - Romania - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".

Books edit

  • Istoria Fotbalului Românesc, vol. I, 1909–1944.
  • Fotbal de la A la Z (1984) – Editura Sport-Turism – autori Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran.
  • Enciclopedia Educaţiei fizice şi sportului din România, vol. III București, Editura Aramis, 2002.

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