Carmen Bucuresti
Encyclopedia
Carmen Bucureşti was a football team established in 1937 by the Romania
n businessman Dumitru Mociorniţă. The club suddenly disappeared ten years later, when it was dissolved by the Communist Government
of Romania
for the only reason that the team’s owner was a bourgeois.
but when Liga I
was reorganised after the war
gained a place in the top league, as the team incorporated few of the best-known players at the time.
During the break of the 1946-47 season
, at which end Carmen was runner-up, the team was ordered by the Government
to play a friendly game against FC Dinamo Tbilisi
, a Russian team, after being also advised to "lose", as the game was supposed to be communist propaganda
. Mociorniţă, which by the way was a well-known anti-communist, accepted the game but refused to "lose".
The situation was not forgotten by the authorities and in the summer of 1947, just one week before the start of the 1947-48 season
, the team was refused its place in Liga I
and immediately dissolved.
Hungary Iuliu Baratky Iosif Fabian
Valentin Stănescu
Nicolae Simatoc
Greece Kostas Humis Gheorghe Popescu I
Norberto Höfling Bazil Marian Angelo Niculescu
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n businessman Dumitru Mociorniţă. The club suddenly disappeared ten years later, when it was dissolved by the Communist Government
Government of Romania
The Government of Romania forms one half of the country's executive branch . It is headed by the Prime-Minister, and consists of the Ministries, various subordinated institutions and agencies, and the 42 Prefectures...
of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
for the only reason that the team’s owner was a bourgeois.
History
Carmen, which originally took the name of its owner, started to play in Liga IIILiga III
Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...
but when Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
was reorganised after the war
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
gained a place in the top league, as the team incorporated few of the best-known players at the time.
During the break of the 1946-47 season
Divizia A 1946-47
-Final classification:-Top scorers:*Ladislau Bonyhádi - ITA Arad - 26 goals-External links:...
, at which end Carmen was runner-up, the team was ordered by the Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
to play a friendly game against FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
, a Russian team, after being also advised to "lose", as the game was supposed to be communist propaganda
Communist propaganda
Communist propaganda is propaganda aimed to advance the ideology of communism, communist worldview and interests of the communist movement.A Bolshevik theoretician, Nikolai Bukharin, in his The ABC of Communism wrote:...
. Mociorniţă, which by the way was a well-known anti-communist, accepted the game but refused to "lose".
The situation was not forgotten by the authorities and in the summer of 1947, just one week before the start of the 1947-48 season
Divizia A 1947-48
-Final classification:-Top scorers:*Ladislau Bonyhádi - ITA Arad - 49 goals - Record in Divizia A...
, the team was refused its place in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
and immediately dissolved.
Notable players
Hungary Iuliu Baratky Iosif FabianIosif Fabian
-Career:Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Fabian started his youth career at Muncitorii Cluj. Then he went to play in the neighborhood country Hungary for a few years starting there his senior career. He returned back in Romania, at Ferar Cluj for a short period before he joins up with Carmen Bucureşti...
Valentin Stănescu
Valentin Stanescu
Valentin Stănescu Was the manager of the football team Rapid Bucureşti.-Manager career:*1959-1963: Metalul Târgovişte *1963-1968: CFR Bucureşti...
Nicolae Simatoc
Nicolae Simatoc
Nicolae Simatoc , aka Miklós Szegedi, was a Romanian footballer who played for a number of clubs throughout Europe, including Ripensia Timişoara and Carmen Bucureşti in Romania, Nagyváradi AC in Hungary, Hungaria FbC Roma, Inter Milan and Brescia in Italy, and Barcelona and Real Oviedo in Spain...
Greece Kostas Humis Gheorghe Popescu IGheorghe Popescu I
Gheorghe Popescu was a Romanian football player and also a manager. He began his career at 14 years. He used to play as a striker.As a player, Gheorghe Popescu I won, in 1949, the Romanian Cup...
Norberto Höfling Bazil Marian Angelo Niculescu
Angelo Niculescu
Angelo Niculescu is a former Romanian football manager. He was the coach of the Romania national football team during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.-External links:*...