FC Ploieşti was a football

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Ploieşti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

, Romania

Romania

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. It was founded in 1922 and dissolved in 1949.

History

In 1922, in Ploieşti, Tricolor club was formed, some of the founding members being: Gheorghiu, Jan Vasopol, Elly Roman the composer (the first president) and N. Stambolgiu.

Until 1932, when the divisionary system is inaugurated, it activates in the district championship. Team used in this period: Botez - Lang, Gh. Dragomirescu - Anastasescu, M. Popescu, Şerbănescu - Stavrescu, Antonescu, Lae Dumitrescu, Frunzulescu, T. Ionescu. In 1927-28, plays against Olympia Bucharest the South League Final, and lost 1-2. Two years later, the club becomes the champions of the South League, winning against Victoria, at Constanţa

Constanta

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, with 1-0.

In 1932 it wins the Ploieşti districtual championship and gets the right to play in the first season of the newly formed Divizia A (1932–33). Team used: Cristescu - Dunăreanu (A. Dragomirescu II), Gh. Dragomirescu I - Anastasescu, Schwarts, Grün - M. Dumitrescu, Oane Stănescu (Gohn), Spirea, Ştefănescu, M. Rădulescu. After two seasons played in the first division it relegates.

In 1936, Tricolor merges with CFPV (Căile Ferate Ploieşti-Văleni). The new club is named Tricolor CFPV and in charge of it we see: ing. V. Haret, ing. Gh. Coconea, Nelu Teodorescu and Nicu Stambolgiu. After 4 years in the Second Division

Liga II

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, in 1938, Tricolor succeeds to promote, but only plays for one season, because it relegates again. But the following season it promotes once again, this time under a new name FC Ploieşti. It finishes the 1940-1941

Divizia A 1940-41

-Final classification:-Top scorers:*Ion Bogdan - Rapid Bucuresti - 21 goals*Sonny Niculescu - Unirea Tricolor Bucuresti - 21 goals...

 of the First Division

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"...

 on an honorable position, 10th. Players used in the interwar period: Schrameck, Iordăchescu, Neagu, Dunăreanu, Lupaş, Pop, Miscoltz, Lakatos, Sperlea, Dobra, Marienuţ, Mosko, Kovács I, Kovács II, Bocşa, Kocsis, Galis, Maliţa, Antonescu, Bărbulescu, Bartunek.

After the war

World War II

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 FC Ploieşti plays in the districtual championship, and in the 1946-47 season in the Second Division

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

 when it succeeds to promote for the third time in history in the First League

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"...

. Team used: Ivan - Belesnay, Neagu (Kocsis) - Comănescu, Morava, Aştilean - Bădin, Antonescu, Georgescu, Maliţa, Palfi. The experience is brief, they relegate once again, and with this, the club disappears.

Honours

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"...

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• Winners (0):, Best Finnish: 5th 1932–33

Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

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• Winners (3): 1937–38, 1939–40, 1946–47