104-481: Romanian Championships or Romanian Championship may refer to: Liga I (football) Romanian Chess Championship Romanian Figure Skating Championships Romanian Gymnastics National Championships Romanian Rally Championship National American Football Championship of Romania SuperLiga (rugby) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
208-420: A Romanian team in this competition were achieved by Steaua București which won the trophy in the 1985–86 season , and reached the semi-finals in the 1987–88 season and another final in the 1988–89 season . Other important achievements include Universitatea Craiova which reached the quarter-finals in the 1981–82 season and Dinamo București which reached the semi-finals in the 1983–84 season . However, after
312-485: A decisive match against Venus București , when Rapid needed a win to finish first in the league. At first, the referee didn't see it, but when he heard the audience protesting asked the player if he had touched the ball with his hand. The player admitted that he had. Venus converted the penalty kick and managed a 1–1 draw to finish first in the league, instead of "the Railwaymen". The team's final season's standings in
416-720: A dramatic defeat in the final, 1–5, against a Steaua București squad that would come to be recognized as the golden generation of that club. For most of these seasons, the team could be found in the top half of the league: 1960–61 – 3rd, 1961–62 – 5th, and 1962–63 – 8th. Then followed three great seasons for the squad, under the Grant Bridge , which finished 2nd three years in a row: 1963–64 (7 points behind Dinamo București ), 1964–65 (1 point behind Dinamo București ), and 1965–66 (6 points behind Petrolul Ploiești ). Nevertheless, they finished behind their rivals Dinamo and Petrolul . This motivated "the Railwaymen", who, at
520-408: A fixture against the other two clubs, totalizing a number of three matches disputed, with Olympia București being crowned as champions of the first Romanian Football Championship. In the following years, the tournament was structured into regional groups with the winners of each group participating in a playoff with the eventual winners being declared champions. From 1909 until 1921, the championship
624-1091: A goal scored by FCSB in Giulești. This was one of the most memorable seasons in the history of Rapid, FCSB, and Romanian football. Rapid also lost the Romanian title to FCSB , but won the Romanian Cup , after a 1–0 victory over Dinamo București . The squad in the 2005–06 European campaign was coached by Răzvan Lucescu and included the following players: Dănuț Coman , Ionuț Curcă , Apoula Edel , Mihai Mincă – Marius Constantin , Nicolae Constantin , Vasile Maftei , Dănuț Perjă , Marius Postolache , Ionuț Rada , Adrian Rusu , Ionuț Stancu – Valentin Bădoi , Emil Dică , Gigel Ene , Nicolae Grigore , Artavazd Karamyan , Marius Măldărăşanu , Valentin Negru , Romeo Stancu – Mugurel Buga , Lucian Burdujan , Viorel Moldovan , Daniel Niculae , Daniel Pancu , and Ciprian Vasilache . In
728-458: A group with Manchester United , Braga , and Galatasaray . The 2010s also brought new league winners in Liga I, with Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța clinching the titles in 2015–16 and 2016–17 respectively. Since 2017 onwards, CFR Cluj won five consecutive Liga I titles, amassing a total number of eight national titles as of 2022. CFR Cluj obtained the best result of a Romanian team in
832-439: A league consisting of seven teams was formed. The championship, which had been confined to several regional leagues, became a national competition in 1921 with the foundation of Divizia A and Divizia B . The inaugural Divizia A season was won by Chinezul Timișoara . Before the 1931–32 season , the competition was dominated by Chinezul and Venus București , with Chinezul winning six championships and Venus two championships during
936-548: A legendary eagle . The Rapid anthem, also known as "We are everywhere at home", was composed by Victor Socaciu , with lyrics by Adrian Păunescu . This anthem was born in June 1980, at the Flacăra editorial office, Adrian Păunescu meeting with Victor Socaciu, Ovidiu Ioanițoaia, a sports journalist at Flacăra magazine, and with Victor Niță, also from Flacăra . The motifs for the hymn came quickly to Păunescu, and he started composing on
1040-653: A name much closer to the Soviet version, Lokomotiv , a change imposed on all the teams that belonged to the Romanian Railways , but the Giuleștenii finished again in 2nd place. The first relegation to Liga II came in 1951 when the club was ranked 11th, losing a three-way contest by a goal against Locomotiva Târgu Mureș and Știința Timișoara . Promoted one year later, from 1st place in Liga II, with 10 points over
1144-515: A red steam locomotive as its symbol. From 1958, the club renamed itself Rapid Bucharest , adopting the logo that changed relatively little until the purchase of the club by George Copos , who changed the coat of arms upon his arrival. In 2001, Rapid's current crest was chosen. It turned out that the source of inspiration is, it seems, an emblematic club of Europe, namely Benfica Lisbon , the most successful club in Portugal , on whose emblem appears
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#17327728748691248-640: A result which was heavily contested after Rapid had a clear goal denied by the referee. Without title, Rapid focused on the Romanian Cup, where they won their 10th title, but the first one since 1975. In the final, they again met Craiova , with Lucian Marinescu 's 67th-minute goal securing the trophy. This triumph returned the team back to the UEFA Competitions, this time the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . The 1998–99 season started off badly. After an 8–2 on aggregate win against Grevenmacher in
1352-503: A team for the 2016–17 season. Finally, on 14 December 2016, Rapid was officially declared bankrupt, after a half-season of inactivity. In summer 2016, after it became clear that the team could no longer be enrolled in the championship, the idea of setting up somewhere in the lower leagues appeared, more exactly, in the Bucharest Championship, Liga V . A split between the supporters and the people directly involved in
1456-516: A width of 65 m and a length of 105 m. At first, the mayor of Bucharest did not want to authorize the construction of the first stadium, because it did not fit in the systematization of the capital. Eventually, authorization was given; and in April 1936 it was estimated that the stadium would be ready in September. The construction did begin in that year but it lasted more than two. The chief architect
1560-529: Is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga . It is the country's top football competition , being contested by 16 clubs which take part in a promotion and relegation system with the Liga II . The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or
1664-423: Is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won three national titles, 13 Cupa României , and four Supercupa României . Internationally, its highest achievements are reaching the quarter-finals of the 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and the 2005–06 UEFA Cup , and the final of the 1940 Mitropa Cup —the latter not being played because of World War II . Recently, the club was declared bankrupt in 2016, but
1768-493: The 1948–49 season, "the White and Burgundies" finished 2nd, only five points behind IC Oradea . Also, on 20 March 1949, CFR București obtained the most lopsided victory in its entire history, 12–2 against CFR Cluj . Under the influence of the communist regime installed in the country after 1945, the 1950s started with a change from an autumn-spring season to a spring-autumn one. In the 1950 season Rapid became Locomotiva ,
1872-459: The 1971–72 UEFA Cup season Rapid had impressive results, eliminating Napoli and Legia Warsaw before being stopped by Tottenham Hotspur , 0–5. The 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup was another good European campaign, and, after a 3–1 against Landskrona BoIS of Sweden and a 4–2 against Rapid Wien , the team that had inspired the Romanian side so much in the past, Rapid was eliminated again by an English side, this time Leeds United , 1–8. At
1976-521: The 2008–09 group stage of the UEFA Champions League , and the first team other than Steaua to qualify to this stage since the beginning of the new Champions League format in 1992–93 . The 2009–10 champions as well as 2010–11 ones were guaranteed a direct qualification spot into the group stage as well. The best results in the group stage was obtained by CFR Cluj in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with ten points and third place in
2080-586: The Bessarabia Cup in 1942. They qualified for the final of the Mitropa Cup (precursor of the UEFA Champions League ). In 1940, Rapid played to two ties in the Mitropa Cup semi-finals and was drawn for the final, which was never played, due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war, Rapid returned to the Bucharest Championship in the 1945–46 season, finally finishing 4th. After this season
2184-471: The Divizia A at the start of the 1932–33 season , after several years of competing for the regional championship of Bucharest. During the pre- war years, Rapid was one of Romania's top teams, regularly winning the cup, but never the championship, although they came close. Once Rapid lost the title because of a player's candor . One of Rapid's players touched the ball with his hand in the penalty area during
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#17327728748692288-815: The Divizia A were: 1932–33 – 2nd (Seria I), 1933–34 – 4th (Seria I), 1934–35 – 10th, 1935–36 – 7th, 1936–37 – 2nd, 1937–38 – 1st (Seria I) (with the team losing the national championship final against Ripensia Timișoara 0–2), 1938–39 – 6th, 1939–40 – 2nd, and 1940–41 – 2nd. In this period, the club's most successful time in this competition, Rapid won seven Romanian Cups : 1934–35 , 1936–37 , 1937–38 , 1938–39 , 1939–40 , 1940–41 , 1941–42 , six of them won in consecutive years. The players in this winning effort included Roșculeț, Ujlaki, Vintilă , Wetzer II, Rășinaru , Cuedan , Barbu II , Rădulescu , Bogdan , Auer , Moldoveanu , Baratky , Raffinsky , Lengheriu , I.Costea, Sipos , Gavrilescu, Sadowski , Silvăț , Ghiurițan , Wetzer III, and Florian . In
2392-672: The European Cups after 18 years of absence, but was eliminated in the first round by the Italian side Inter Milan , 1–5 on aggregate. In 1994, the club finished 4th again in Divizia A, but no one risked a prognosis for a team whose fortunes so oscillated. The 1994–95 UEFA Cup season again brought two tough opponents for the Giulești side: Charleroi of Belgium , which they eliminated 3–2 on aggregate, and Eintracht Frankfurt , which eliminated Rapid 2–6 on aggregate, especially due to
2496-563: The Grivița neighborhood, Bucharest , the employees of the Grivița workshops created Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association"). Teofil Copaci was chosen as the president of the association, while Grigore Grigoriu became the first captain of the team. The squad was formed in September, following the merger of the Ateliere and Excelsior teams. The first equipment
2600-559: The Liga I license to the club for the 2013–14 season. At the end of the season the club was sold by George Copos to Nicolae Cristescu and Adrian Zamfir. On 6 July the FRF Executive Committee decided that 18 teams would participate in the first league. Mircea Sandu announced that a play-off between Concordia Chiajna (which relegated on the pitch) and Rapid (which was relegated on legal terms) would be held to decide
2704-539: The Romanian Cup trophy for Bucharest preliminary rounds entered the club's treasury and the phoenix club of Rapid qualified for the next season's Liga III after a two-legged promotion play-off match against FC Singureni, the Giurgiu County champions, which they won 17–1 on aggregate. On 12 June 2018, after 18 auctions which saw the price of the Rapid brand fall by about € 3 million, Academia Rapid bought
2808-574: The € 30,000, trial fee. The money for the fee was eventually donated by club supporters, and CAS admitted the appeal, forcing the Romanian Football Federation to grant Rapid a license for the Liga I season. In the meantime, the club was bought by Valerii Moraru, a Moldovan businessman; but under coaches Ionel Ganea , Marian Rada , Cristian Pustai , and Cristiano Bergodi , the team had a very weak season, finishing only 16th, out of 18, and being relegated back to Liga II , for
2912-570: The 0–5 defeat by Waldstadion . In the Divizia A, they again finished in 4th place, but this time with no qualification for the European Competitions. In the 1995–96 season the team finished 3rd, qualifying again for the UEFA Cup . After a 2–0 victory on aggregate against Lokomotiv Sofia , "the Railwaymen" were eliminated by Karlsruher SC , 2–4 on aggregate, the second time a German side eliminated them. The squad finished 8th at
3016-521: The 18th team. This match took place on 13 July 2013 in Dinamo Stadium and was won by "the Railwaymen" 2–1. Concordia challenged the legality of this play-off match, as Rapid had no license for Liga I . After two rounds had already been played, on 2 August 2013 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided that the organization of the play-off match was irregular and Concordia must remain in
3120-541: The 1986–87 season in the name of Rodion Cămătaru and in the 1988–89 season in the name of Dorin Mateuţ , with the latter being the last Romanian winner of the trophy. From the 1959–60 season all the way to the 1999–2000 season all the league championships were won by only seven teams: Steaua (16 titles), Dinamo (14 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles), Rapid București , FC Argeș and UTA Arad (2 titles each), and Petrolul Ploiești (one title). Dinamo București
3224-478: The 2009–10 season, the online betting firm Gamebookers purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com". In July 2010, Bergenbier, a StarBev Group company, bought the naming rights for four seasons and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Bergenbier", to promote their Bergenbier beer. From the 2015–16 season, the French telecommunications corporation Orange became
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3328-498: The 2nd series, 6 points ahead of 2nd place Progresul București . "The Railwaymen" seemed to want to convince everyone that relegation was nothing but a regrettable error; so, they also won the Romanian Cup in the same season, surprisingly, being a second echelon team. In the 1974–75 Cupa României campaign, Rapid advanced by eliminating strong teams such as Dinamo București (2–1), Jiul Petroșani (1–0), Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (1–0), and Steaua București (1–1, 6–5 on penalties ). In
3432-465: The European championship and a quarter-finals elimination in the Romanian Cup, after a 1–2 loss to Dinamo . The next season, with Viorel Hizo as the new coach, Rapid made another good run and finished 3rd in the league, and lasted two-rounds in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup : a lopsided 12–0 on aggregate victory over Atlantas , followed by an unexpected 0–0 tie, at Parc des Princes , against PSG , losing in
3536-478: The FC Rapid București brand, officially becoming the successor to the original club. The transaction was made for the amount of € 406,800, thus giving legitimacy to the new entity, even though it had already been accepted by most supporters and legends of the club as the successor of the original club, a fact confirmed in the championship match against Steaua București on 14 April, when 37,000 fans attended
3640-449: The Liga I during the 2023–24 season. On 19 December 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", to promote their Ursus beer. Starting with the 2004–05 season, European Drinks & Foods , a Romanian $ 1.3 billion USD revenue company, took over as main sponsor and changed
3744-402: The Liga I has been expanded to a 16-team format. After each team plays the others twice for 30 fixtures, they are ranked by total points and then divided according to their position to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs. At this stage, the points are halved and criteria such as goal difference , goals scored etc. are erased completely. The six clubs which enter
3848-405: The Romanian second Division, with Daniel Pancu as the head coach of the team. Victories against 1st and 2nd-ranked teams, UTA Arad (2–0) and CS Mioveni (5–1), gave the team hope for promotion, and Rapid found themselves in 3rd place after the first half of the season. The winter break came, and after a poor start to the second half of the season, Daniel Pancu was sacked from the club. Dan Alexa
3952-726: The TV stations that would broadcast the games from Liga I and Cupa Ligii between 2014 and 2019. On 27 August 2019, Liga I signed a contract with EA Sports for the rights of the league for FIFA 20 . It was the first time that the Liga I had been featured in a sports video game. Liga I has been featured in every FIFA installment since then. From the quarter-finals onwards. 2 cups and 2 finals UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Super Cup (1) : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : Intercontinental Cup (1) : UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : Mitropa Cup : (1) UEFA League Ranking for
4056-912: The autumn-spring system and "the Railwaymen" finished at the middle of the table, 8th out of 12. The end of the Soviet system also meant the end of Soviet team names, and in 1958 the team returned to the Austrian-inspired name of Rapid. In the following years, the team finished 4th and 10th at the end of the 1958–59 and 1959–60 seasons, respectively. In the 1950s, the squad included the following players: Valentin Stănescu , Gh. Dungu, Gh. Demeter, Dumitru Macri , Ion Mihăilescu , C. Simionescu, N. Cristescu, I. Ruzici, C. Socec, Ion Lungu , Bazil Marian , Andrei Rădulescu , Anton Fernbach-Ferenczi , Ștefan Filotti , Nicolae Roman , E. Avasilchioaie, D. Călin, L. Coman, A. Todor, N. Dodeanu, I. Langa, I. Olaru, Stere Zeană , and Gh. Milea, among others. The 1960s
4160-585: The best European season in the history of the club, starting from the first round of the competition, qualifying for the first time for the group stage, and only being eliminated in the quarter-finals. The team's run was the following: 10–0 on aggregate against Sant Julià from Andorra , 4–1 against Vardar , and an unexpected 2–1 on aggregate against Feyenoord , and qualifying for the group stage. They were assigned to Group G, where they gained 3 victories: Rennes (2–0), Shakhtar Donetsk (1–0), PAOK (1–0), while losing only one match, against Stuttgart (1–2). If in
4264-474: The biggest loss in the history of the club, 0–9 against Corvinul Hunedoara (14 August 1985), as well as the biggest loss in Giulești Stadium , 2–8 against Steaua București (3 May 1989). After these poor performances, the 1988–89 Cupa României season saw the "White and Burgundies" gaining the semi-finals of the competition, when they were eliminated by Steaua București, 2–3, with a decisive goal scored in
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4368-420: The championship play-offs play ten games, while the remaining ten in the relegation play-outs will only play each other once, resulting in nine fixtures. The championship play-offs winners are also crowned winners of the season's Liga I. The 9th and 10th positions in the play-out are relegated directly to the Liga II , while the 7th- and 8th-placed teams will play a two-legged tie against the 3rd and 4th teams from
4472-405: The change of the format in 1992–93 to the current Champions League format, Romanian champions have achieved limited successes, with Steaua only reaching the group stage three times before the 21st century. The beginning of the 2000s were dominated by teams from the capital, with Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid winning all the league titles between 2000 and 2007. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season
4576-604: The club appeared, resulting in two new clubs, AFC Rapid București and Mişcarea Feroviară CFR , after initially not less than four teams had been announced; but most of the projects did not survive. If AFC Rapid , owned by ex-Rapid marketing director, Horia Manoliu, who was in fact an old executive of the parent club, between 2001 and 2006. Mişcarea Feroviară was founded by the members of the Rapid Aristocratic Club. Both teams had an excellent run and were promoted to Liga IV . The two clubs did not seem to have
4680-403: The club returned to its old name, CFR ( Căile Ferate Române – Romanian Railways), and entered the 1946–47 Divizia A season, the first official national season after the end of the war, and ended in 5th place, two points away from 2nd place ( Carmen București ) and 13 from 1st place ( ITA Arad ). In the following season, 1947–48 , the team finished 3rd, behind CFR Timişoara and ITA Arad . In
4784-786: The club win its third league title, finishing 1st with by 7 points over Steaua București The team lasted the usual two rounds in the UEFA Cup : 5–1 against Gorica and 1–2 against Vitesse , being eliminated, by penalties, by FC Argeș , in the second round of the Romanian Cup. The squad was coached by Mircea Rednic and was composed of the following players: Ionuț Curcă , Emilian Dolha , Răzvan Lucescu , Boban Savič – Nicolae Constantin , Adrian Iencsi , Vasile Maftei , Dănuț Perjă , Răzvan Raţ , Florin Șoavă , Ion Voicu – Valentin Bădoi , Roberto Bisconti , Emmanuel Godfroid , Nicolae Grigore , Róbert Ilyés , Ioan Sabău – Florin Bratu , Daniel Niculae and Robert Niță . The 2003–04 season
4888-701: The club. The first equipment was made from burgundy cloth in Grigore Grigoriu's house, and the boots with crampons were reconditioned from used boots from Ateliere. The crest of the Rapid Bucharest was usually composed of the CFR-ist symbol. In a short period after the beginning of the communist system in Romania, Rapidul was forced by the communist authorities to return to the name CFR Bucharest . In 1950, it would become Locomotiva Bucharest , with
4992-421: The competition was forced to change its name from Divizia A to Liga I due to a trademark dispute over the name. The change was made on 15 May 2006, and the Romanian Football Federation decided to also rename the lower leagues; thus Divizia B became Liga II , Divizia C became Liga III , and so on. The 2006–07 season marked the 16th straight time a team from Bucharest won the championship, with Dinamo winning
5096-441: The darkest periods in the history of the club at their stadium near Grant Bridge , with 6 consecutive Divizia B seasons: 1977–78 – 4th, 1978–79 – 6th, 1979–80 – 2nd, 1980–81 – 3rd, 1981–82 – 2nd and 1982–83 – 1st. This period led to a fierce rivalry with Petrolul Ploiești and Progresul București . A 1980 match, against Progresul , saw a record attendance, for a Divizia B match, of over 50,000 spectators. The subsequent return to
5200-408: The eleven seasons. The 1932–33 season saw the rise of another successful team, Ripensia Timișoara , which alongside rivals Venus, won eight of the following nine championships, before the competition was suspended in 1940 due to World War II . The post-war years were dominated by UTA Arad , CCA București and Petrolul Ploiești . The 1960s saw the gradual emergence of Dinamo București , with
5304-718: The end of the 1966–67 season, had their best performance up until that time, their first Divizia A title, with the following players: Răducanu Necula , Marin Andrei – Dan Coe , Nicolae Lupescu , Ion Motroc , Ilie Greavu , Constantin Jamaischi – Constantin Dinu-Buric, Nicolae Georgescu , Constantin Năsturescu , Teofil Codreanu , Viorel Kraus – Ion Ionescu , Emil Dumitriu , and Alexandru Neagu . Valentin Stănescu and Victor Stănculescu were their coaches. In that season
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#17327728748695408-487: The end of the 1973–74 season, the "White and Burgundies" finished 16th, with the same number of points as Jiul Petroșani , but this time the club from the Jiu Valley would win because of higher scores. Rapid was relegated for the third time in its history, only 7 years since its first national title. The squad had a strong following season and was promoted after only one year spent in the second league, finishing 1st in
5512-440: The end of the 1996–97 season. With Mircea Lucescu as the new coach, Rapid had a very good 1997–98 season, the best one in the last 22 seasons. In the championship, the team finished 2nd, only two points behind Steaua București , missing the chance of a title, the first one since 1967. In the last match of the season, with over 20,000 fans travelling from Bucharest, Rapid only managed a 2–2 draw against Universitatea Craiova ,
5616-540: The final they encountered Universitatea Craiova , the Divizia A defending champions, a club that was fielding its first golden generation (known as "The Champion of a Great Love"), led from the pitch by its legend, Ion Oblemenco . Rapid won 2–1, in extra time , with goals scored by Nicolae Manea , and Ion Oblemenco scoring for Craiova. Back in Divizia A, Rapid had two mediocre seasons: 1975–76 – 14th and 1976–77 – 16th, being relegated again, 10 years since being champions of Romania. After this relegation began one of
5720-572: The finding that someone else had registered that trademark. The best performer to date is Steaua București with 27 titles, followed by longtime cross-town rival Dinamo București with 18 trophies. Furthermore, of the remaining 21 clubs which came victorious in the competition, eight have won it on at least three occasions— CFR Cluj (eight trophies), Venus București (seven), Chinezul Timișoara and UTA Arad (six each), Ripensia Timișoara , Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul Ploiești (four each), and Rapid București (three). Starting with 2020,
5824-508: The first Romanian League (Liga I). Rapid began the 2021–22 season in the Liga I very well, with five consecutive wins and no goals conceded in seven matches, which is a record in Romania. The official colors of the club are white and burgundy, from those of the capital of Romania. These can be found on the coat of arms and equipment used throughout its long history. These were chosen by Teofil Copaci, Grigore Grigoriu , Dumitru Constantinescu, Géza Ginzer, Tudor Petre, and Franz Hladt, who founded
5928-617: The first division was due to coaches Valentin Stănescu (who also brought the first title in 1967) and Viorel Kraus . The players were Ion Gabriel, Manu, Popescu, Paraschiv, Pirvu, Șișcă, Tiță, Iancu, Cojocaru, Ion Ion , Nicolae Manea , Ad. Dumitru, Petruț, Ispas, C. Dumitriu, Avram, Marian Damaschin , Marta, Lazăr, Koti, Săftoiu, A. Mincu, and Petre Petre. Rapid then had a disappointing record in Divizia A: 1984–85 – 11th, 1985–86 – 8th, 1986–87 – 14th, 1987–88 – 13th, and 1988–89 – 17th. In these five seasons "the Railwaymen" recorded
6032-508: The following two seasons, Rapid ended in 4th ( 2006–07 ) and 3rd ( 2007–08 ) places, with another Romanian Cup title in 2007, in a final won 2–0 against Politehnica Timișoara in Dan Păltinișanu Stadium . In the UEFA Cup , they were constant participations, with another group-stage presence in the 2006–07 season, but finishing 4th, in a group with PSG , Mladá Boleslav , Hapoel Tel Aviv , and Panathinaikos , missing qualifying for
6136-530: The force to succeed in the with the new promotion. So, in summer 2017, at the initiative of Sector 1 Municipality, the sports association, Academia Rapid București , was set up and enrolled in the Liga IV – Bucharest series. This club is run by former Rapid players such as Daniel Niculae (president), Daniel Pancu (technical director), Nicolae Stanciu (manager), and Constantin Schumacher (coach). By
6240-549: The group stage in the 2019–2020 season of Europa League - 12 points. Also, CFR Cluj became the first Romanian team to qualify to UEFA Conference League group stage, when they obtained 4 points in the inaugural season (i.e. 2021–2022 ). In June 2022, Liga I officially changed its name into "SuperLiga" for sponsorship reasons, due to Romanian sporting bets agency Superbet sponsoring the competition. Bold indicates clubs currently playing in 2024–25 Liga I . Teams in italics no longer exist. The following 16 clubs are competing in
6344-587: The help from strikers Gheorghe Ene and Florea Dumitrache —both of whom became some of Divizia A's top all-time scorers. The 1970s saw the rise of Dudu Georgescu , from Dinamo București, who was Divizia A's leading scorer for four seasons between 1974 and 1978. He scored an impressive 156 goals and won the European Golden Shoe award for the top scorer in Europe twice, in 1975 and 1977. Dinamo București also had two more European Golden Shoe winners in
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#17327728748696448-406: The last minute. The team was relegated to Divizia B for the fifth time. The Giuleștenii then had a good season in the 2nd series of the second league—finishing 1st with 22 victories, 5 draws, 7 defeats, 61 goals scored and 32 conceded, 49 points, 4 more than the second place ( Drobeta-Turnu Severin ) and 11 more than the third place ( Unirea Alba Iulia )—and were again promoted. Promoted back to
6552-412: The league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote their Bürger beer. On 11 May 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station. In late 2008, European Drinks & Foods again bought the rights and the league was renamed as the "Liga I Frutti Fresh", after one of their soft drinks brand. For
6656-404: The main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in Liga 1 Orange . From the 2017–18 season, the international online gaming operator Betano became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in 'Liga 1 Betano'. For the 2019–20 season,
6760-539: The match in the Arena Națională . The start of the 2018–19 season came with a number of difficulties for Rapid. Despite being 1st in the league, the football produced by the team suffered, and, as a result, coach Constantin Schumacher was replaced with former-player Daniel Pancu , which also led to the departures of Daniel Niculae and Vasile Maftei . On 24 November, Rapid played its last game in Giulesti , which
6864-531: The national online gaming operator Casa Pariurilor became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, and renamed the league in 'Casa Liga 1'. For the 2022-23 season the operator of games in Romania Superbet is the sponsor of the leagues and the name changes to Superliga României. In 2004, Telesport , a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $ 28 million. The four seasons contract ended in
6968-528: The next five years: 2008–09 – 8th, 2009–10 – 7th and 2012–13 – 9th. Still, the team had a last burst of success in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, when, under coaches Marius Șumudică , Marian Rada , and Răzvan Lucescu , they achieved two consecutive 4th-place rankings, with a new presence in the UEFA Europa League . They finished the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League season in the group stage, after they eliminated Polish side Śląsk Wrocław in
7072-474: The nine matches from each stage of the championship. The other two matches were broadcast by Antena 1 (an Intact Media Group channel) and Dolce Sport (a channel owned by Telekom Romania ). In March 2014, LPF announced that the rights were sold for a five-year period to a company from the European Union, without specifying the company's name. A month later, Look TV and Look Plus were revealed as
7176-508: The past Rapid was eliminated by German clubs such as Karlsruher SC or Eintracht Frankfurt , now the team was transformed in a real "killer" against the German sides, after a 3–0 victory against Hertha in the Round of 32 and a 3–3 tie, with an away goal scored against Hamburg . "The Burgundy Eagles" were stopped only in the quarter-finals by another Romanian side, FCSB , 1–1 on aggregate, with
7280-601: The period of 2018–2023: FC Rapid Bucure%C8%99ti Fotbal Club Rapid 1923 , commonly known as Rapid București ( Romanian pronunciation: [raˈpid bukuˈreʃtʲ] ; or simply as Rapid , is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest , that competes in the Liga I . It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as the Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association"). Domestically, Rapid București
7384-467: The pitch was changed and was considered to be the best in Romania at the time. Floodlights were installed in the summer of 2000. The stadium got the name of "Valentin Stănescu" in 2001, in respect of the manager who won the first championship for Rapid, but it is still commonly known as " Giulești Stadium ", from the name of the neighborhood it is located in. Landmarks near the stadium are the Grant Bridge , Giulești Theatre, Gara de Nord (North Station), and
7488-574: The play-off round, making only 3 points in a group with Hapoel Tel Aviv , PSV Eindhoven , and Legia Warsaw occupying last place. Next season was slightly weaker, with Rapid eliminated in the third qualifying round, after a two-legged match against Heerenveen , previously having eliminated the Finnish club MYPA , 5–1 on aggregate. On 10 May 2013, the Disciplinary Commission of the Romanian Football Federation decided not to grant
7592-481: The qualifying round, Rapid was again eliminated quickly, this time in the first round by Vålerenga , with a 2–2 on aggregate and 2 goals scored in the Giulești Stadium by the Norwegian club. In the championship, Rapid had one of the best seasons in the history of Divizia A, finishing 1st with 89 points and winning the much-desired title of champion of Romania, the 2nd one in the history of the club. This performance
7696-672: The regular season, as well as in the play-off round of the 2013–14 season, right behind Politehnica Iași and two points above Unirea Slobozia , ensuring their promotion to the first league. On 17 May 2014, the Licensing Commission of the Romanian Football Federation again decided not to grant the necessary license, this time for the 2014–15 season of Liga I . Rapid decided to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but could not initially afford
7800-544: The relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table. The Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 campaign , being currently 25th in UEFA 's league coefficient ranking list. It is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal , also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 season , the competition was known as Divizia A , but the name had to be changed following
7904-566: The second league's table. From 2023/24, only 8th placed team will play a two-legged tie against 3rd placed team from second league's table. Also, the 1st and 2nd teams from the play-out phase will play a one-legged game between each other and the winner will face the last team that completed the play-off phase in a European spot. The winner of that one-legged match will play next season in the UEFA Europa Conference League . The first official national football tournament
8008-416: The second round 0–1, by a goal by Aloísio in the 93rd minute. Finally, the match was called 0–3 after the floodlight system shut down. On the other hand, "the Railwaymen" won their 11th Romanian Cup, after a final in which they registered a 2–1 victory against Dinamo București , with goals scored by Marius Măldărășanu and Daniel Pancu , and with Mircea Rednic as the new coach. The 2002–03 season saw
8112-445: The second-ranked (Locomotiva Iași), Rapid would finish the 1953 season in 5th place. In 1954 season Locomotiva , in 12th place, was relegated for the second time. However, "The White and Burgundies" returned after only one year to Divizia A, following a good showing for the team, including a 4th-place ranking at the end of 1956, only 5 points behind 1st place ( CCA București ). In the 1957–58 season, Romanian football returned to
8216-418: The semi-finals. The next season saw a first-round elimination, to FC Nürnberg . After the 2007–08 season, the financial situation of Rapid was complicated, partly by the criminal conviction of the owner, George Copos , on charges of tax evasion, illegal transfers, and misuse of the lottery. The team performances also declined. After finishing 3rd in 2007–08, Rapid occupied mid-level places three times over
8320-505: The seventh time. Back in Liga II , with Dan Alexa as a coach, Rapid had a solid season, despite the fact that debts suffocated the club; and the under-funding by the new owner did not help. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Rapid was promoted, being in 1st place, three points ahead of Dunărea Călărași . However, the club did not recover financially; the team kept only a few players and no coaches. After filing for bankruptcy, FC Rapid could not sign any new contracts, so it could not build
8424-521: The spot. At the same time, Ovidiu Ioanițoaia was writing the dictated verses on a napkin. At the centenary of the club, the football club and the sports club created a music album, on which the president of the club Daniel Niculae also sang. The history of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium begins in 1934; on 31 March, CFR began the construction of a field on the Giulești Road. The field would have
8528-466: The summer of 1937, the club changed its name from CFR București to Rapid București , modeling their new name on that of the Austrian club Rapid Wien . The "railway workers" were no longer topping the league standings, but they still had supportive fans, and some players were selected for the national team. During those years, the competition format changed after various reorganizations, and Rapid won
8632-536: The summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of the broadcasting rights for matches to other Romanian networks, including, TVR1 , Antena 1 , Național TV , and Kanal D . On 31 March 2008, Antena 1 with RCS & RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract. In 2011, the broadcasting rights were bought by RCS & RDS for their channels Digi Sport 1 , Digi Sport 2 and Digi Sport 3 . This channels aired broadcasting of seven of
8736-431: The team was again eliminated in the first rounds of the competition. The 2004–05 season started with a new coach, Răzvan Lucescu , and "the White and Burgundies" finished again in 3rd place, six points out of 1st place. In the Romanian Cup they were eliminated in the first round by the Divizia B side Dacia Unirea Brăila , 0–1. The 3rd place in the league qualified the club for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup season. Rapid had
8840-423: The time the auction for the bankrupt company's brand was finalized, Academia Rapid concluded a lease agreement for a period of one year. This team has proven to be popular among supporters, who consider it the moral successor of the parent club. In the same summer, Mișcarea Feroviară disappeared. Academia Rapid had a great season and won 2017–18 Liga IV Bucharest after a tough duel with Steaua București . Also,
8944-684: The title Romanian Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Championship&oldid=1007645839 " Categories : Disambiguation pages National championships in Romania Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liga I The Liga I ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa ɨnˈtɨj] ; First League ), also spelled as Liga 1 ,
9048-523: The title was won by two points over Dinamo București and the season's top scorer was Ion Ionescu , with 15 goals. In the 1967–68 European Cup , Rapid eliminated the Bulgarian champion, Botev Plovdiv , in the first round, but lost to Juventus , 0–1. In the 1967–68 Division A season the team reached the final game of the Romanian Cup, which it lost to Dinamo , 1–3 in overtime ; placed 3rd in 1968–69 ; and 2nd in 1969–70 . Rapid's last strong season
9152-438: The title. Both 2007–08 and 2008–09 saw new title winners as CFR Cluj and Unirea Urziceni were crowned champions for the first time. CFR Cluj won their second championship in 2009–10 , while the 2010–11 saw another new winner, Oțelul Galați . Oțelul is the first and only club from the region of Moldavia to win a national title so far. CFR Cluj, the 2007–08 winner became the first Romanian team to qualify directly into
9256-465: The top league, Rapid being relegated. Relegated for the sixth time to the second league, and after a period of 23 years spent in the top league with excellent performances, Rapid gathered all its forces, despite a poor financial situation and an under-funding from the new owners. Under coach Viorel Moldovan , former player on the team, "the Burgundy Eagles" had a good season, finishing 2nd in
9360-411: The top league, in the next season Rapid finished 11th, 4 points away from the relegation zone. What followed was two seasons of progress in which "the Railwaymen" finished 7th, then 4th. In 1993, the club was bought by George Copos and began probably one of the most fruitful periods in the history of "the White and Burgundies". After the 4th-place finish at the end of the 1993 season, Rapid returned to
9464-446: The winter break. The 1999–2000 season was again a good one for Rapid. However, despite the fact that they were in 2nd place, with 15-point over 3rd place ( Steaua București ), they could not equal the nearly perfect season of Dinamo București , who ended in 1st place, by 12 points. Rapid also could not retain the Romanian championship, being eliminated in the semi-finals by FC U Craiova , 2–3 on aggregate. The UEFA Champions League
9568-445: Was Gheorghe Dumitrescu. The stadium was inaugurated on 10 June 1939. At the time, it was the most modern stadium in Romania, a smaller replica of Arsenal 's Highbury Stadium , with a capacity of 12,160 seats. Among the guests at the opening ceremony was King Carol II and his son, future King Michael of Romania . The construction of the north stands was finished in the mid-1990s, with the capacity increased to 19,100 seats. In 2003,
9672-462: Was a great disappointment, the team being eliminated by the Latvian side Skonto , 4–5 on aggregate. The 2000–01 season started with Anghel Iordănescu as the new coach and finished with Mircea Rednic at the helm. Post-season competition consisted of a 3–1 victory over Mika of Armenia , in the qualifying round, and a 0–1 loss to Liverpool , in the first round, which resulted in a 4th place in
9776-479: Was appointed as the new head coach of the team. Exactly as with Daniel Pancu, Dan Alexa didn't succeed in giving the club a boost; so, he was sacked from the club in a few months' time. After Dan Alexa, Adrian Iencsi was hired as head coach; he also didn't perform. As the club had no more ideas of whom to bring on the team, they let Mihai Iosif, the assistant coach of the club, become the new head coach. Iosif did what none of his predecessors could do, and brought Rapid to
9880-618: Was below expectations. Starting under coach Mircea Rednic, continued with Dan Petrescu , and ending under Viorel Hizo , Rapid finished 3rd, 15 points out of 1st place, which was held by Dinamo București . In the UEFA Champions League , the Rapidiștii met Anderlecht in a 0–0 tie, in the Valentin Stănescu Stadium , followed by a 2–3 defeat, in Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , after Rapid had led 2–0; and
9984-417: Was going to be demolished later that year to make space for a new Category 4 Stadium. They would play future matches at Regie until the completion of their new stadium. On 12 May, Rapid mathematically obtained the promotion to Liga II with a 3–0 win against the main contender, Unirea Slobozia. They finished the season in first with 75 points, 11 ahead of second place. The new 2019–20 season saw Rapid in
10088-431: Was in 1970–71 , when it finished in 2nd place, after which it started to slide towards the bottom half of the league table: 1971–72 – 10th and 1972–73 – 14th. Despite these lesser performances, in 1972 Rapid reached the Romanian Cup final under coach Bazil Marian , a team player in the 1950s, and won 2–0 against Jiul Petroșani , with goals scored by Stelian Marin (3rd minute) and Alexandru Neagu (27th minute). In
10192-761: Was made out of burgundy fabric in the house of Grigoriu. On 28 October 1923, the team played its first game against Unirea Timișoara, which it lost 4–8. The second match, played over ten days, was against Gloria Arad , and was lost 1–2. Until 1932 CFR played in the Bucharest Championship, not qualifying in the final tournament of the national league. During this period, the leaders of the team were: Teofil Copaci, Grigore Grigoriu , and Bozie Codreanu; other players included Stănică, Tudor, Molnar, Ștefănescu, Foran, Leoveanu, Constantinescu, Fetzko, Georgescu, Albert, Block, Filip, Itu I, Itu II, Pîrvulescu, Cichi, Schileriu, Svetcovschi, Oros, Ujlaki, Pop, Dobrescu I, Kelemen, Vlaiculescu, Ispas, Vintilescu, and Petrovici. The club entered
10296-747: Was obtained under coaches Mircea Lucescu (24 rounds), Nicolae Manea (5 rounds), Dumitru Dumitriu (4 rounds), and Mircea Rednic (1 round), with the following players: Marius Bratu , Bogdan Lobonț – Daniel Chiriță , Adrian Iencsi , Dorel Mutică , Ștefan Nanu , Vasile Popa , Răzvan Raț , Mircea Rednic , Nicolae Stanciu (C), Ion Voicu – Bogdan Andone , Constantin Barbu , Mugur Bolohan , Zeno Bundea , Dănuț Lupu , Ovidiu Maier , Marius Măldărășanu , Ioan Sabău , Cezar Zamfir – Ionel Ganea , Radu Niculescu , Daniel Pancu , Sergiu Radu , and Marius Șumudică . The team also included Cristian Dulca , Lucian Marinescu , and Stefan Nanu , who left during
10400-662: Was one of the best periods for Giulești football. In 1961 , Rapid reached the final of the Romanian Cup, where they lost to Arieșul Turda , 1–2, with Nicolae Georgescu scoring in the 24th minute for the "White and Burgundy". The result was more surprising, as the winning team was, at that time, only a Divizia C member. The following season, Rapid—with a squad coached by Ion Mihăilescu and composed of valuable players such as Ilie Greavu , Ion Motroc , Dumitru Macri , Titus Ozon , Ion Ionescu or Teofil Codreanu , among others—eliminated CSM Mediaș , Laminorul Roman , Metalul Târgoviște , and Progresul București . However, they suffered
10504-413: Was organized as a cup with the winner being crowned as Champions of Romania, except for between 1916 and 1919, when the competition was suspended due to World War I . The champions of this period were Olympia and Colentina , each with two titles, and United , Prahova , Venus , Unirea Tricolor București and Româno-Americana , with one title each. The 1921–22 season marked the first time when
10608-570: Was organized in 1909 by the recently founded Romanian Football Federation , then called the Association of Athletic Societies in Romania ( Romanian : Asociațiunea Societăților Atletice din România ). The final matches of the first Romanian Football Championship were held between December 1909 and January 1910 in Bucharest . The three pioneer clubs were Olympia and Colentina from Bucharest and United from Ploiești . Each team played
10712-416: Was refounded and managed to return to the top flight in 2021. From 1939, Rapid played its home matches in burgundy and white kits at the Valentin Stănescu Stadium , which was replaced by the new Rapid-Giulești in 2022. The team has fierce local rivalries with FCSB , Dinamo București and Steaua București , as well as with Petrolul Ploiești . On 25 June 1923, in a classroom of the primary school from
10816-797: Was the first Romanian team to qualify into the European Champions Cup in the 1956–57 season of the competition and Universitatea Craiova was the last team from Romania to qualify in the 1991–92 season , before the competition changed its name to the UEFA Champions League. Romanian teams qualified to 35 of the 37 seasons of the European Champions Cup, with Dinamo București having thirteen appearances, Steaua București having ten appearances, Universitatea Craiova having four appearances, Petrolul having three appearances, UTA Arad and FC Argeş having two appearances and Rapid București having one appearance. The most important results for
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