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Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/1 FC Steaua Bucureşti, is a Romanian professional football club from Ghencea, south-west Bucharest. They are the most successful Romanian football team in European competitions as well in the Romanian Liga I (23 championship wins).They became the first east European team to win the UEFA Champions League being victorious in the 1986 European Cup final.
The club is historically known as the Romanian Army sports club. The football department separated, however, in 1998. At the moment, its only direct link to the Army is their home ground, Stadionul Ghencea, property of the Ministry of National Defence. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/2 Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti is a Romanian football club . It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the Grivița workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: Asociaţia culturală şi sportivă C.F.R.). Rapid has won the Romanian championship 3 times (1967, 1999 and 2003) and the Romanian Cup on thirteen occasions. In 2006, Rapid became an incorporated company, its largest share-holder being George Copos, a wealthy businessman.
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/3 CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj county. The club was founded in 1907 as Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club and renamed after the Romanian state railway carrier, Căile Ferate Române in 1918. The club have spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002. CFR Cluj returned to the top flight in 2004 and the following season took in their first UEFA competition, the Intertoto Cup, finishing as runners-up. In 2007-08, CFR Cluj were champions of Liga I for the first time in their history, taking the title away from Bucharest for the first time in 17 years, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stages in the process, six years after having been in the third tier of Romanian league football. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/4 Fotbal Club Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 2002 and is currently playing in Romania's top league, Liga I. The club was born when Owner of AEK Bucureşti, Anton Doboș, moved the team to Timişoara after obtaining promotion to Liga I, finishing 1st in the 2001–02 season of Liga II, Seria 1. However, there is an issue regarding the club's rights to the history of FC Politehnica Timișoara, as former owner Claudio Zambon has been claiming he is the rightful holder of the club records. Despite all this controversy, FC Timişoara remains one of the most popular football clubs in the country. Since joining the first league in the 2002–03 season, it has always had the highest average attendance at home matches. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/5 Unirea Urziceni is a professional football club from Urziceni, Romania. Established in 1954, Unirea currently competes in Liga 1, Romania's top football league. Its best performance was obtained in 2009, when Unirea won the championship.
In 2002 the team was taken over by a new sponsor, Valahorum, changing the whole board. After 6 months the stadium was expanded to 7000 seats and the lockers were upgraded. In 2003 the new F.C. Unirea Valahorum Urziceni won promotion to the second division for the first time in its history. Then in 2006 came Unirea's best showing ever when it advanced to the top level of Romanian football, Liga I. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/6 FC Dinamo Bucuresti is a Romanian football club which plays in the capital, Bucharest. Dinamo is one of the three main Bucharest clubs; the team used to represent the police force. Originally formed on May 14th, 1948 by government decree via the Ministry of the Interior. They are the current champions (1st-place 2003-04 season-end) and also completed the "double" by winning the Romanian Cup. Their 2004-05 UEFA Champions League journey ended with a qualifying round loss to English juggernaut Manchester United. They also won the Romanian Cup in the 2004-05 season. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/7 FC Universitatea Craiova is one of the most famous football clubs from Romania, along with Steaua Bucuresti and Dinamo Bucuresti. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semifinals of a European tournament, respective UEFA Cup in the 1982-1983 season.
In 1991 Universitatea Craiova won for the last time the Championship and the Romanian Cup, under Sorin Cartu as coach. In the last years Craiova became a middle-table team, with rather poor performances. At the end of the season 2004-2005 they have been relegated in the second football division for the first time in the history. Anyway, Craiova promoted the next year in Liga I. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/8 FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in Liga I. The club's best league finish was in 2009–10, when they finished the season in third place. The club traditionally plays in green-yellow shirts. On 20 July 2002, Victoria Galaţi moved to Vaslui, after an alliance between Marius Stan and former referee Adrian Porumboiu. The team also was renamed as Fotbal Club Municipal Vaslui (FCM Vaslui), later only Fotbal Club Vaslui (FC Vaslui). The team manager was named Ioan Sdrobiş, who also brought a few players he trained in the past, such as: Sorin Frunză and Valentin Badea. Adrian Porumboiu assured the club an impressive budget for Divizia C. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/9 FC Argeş Piteşti is a Romanian professional football club from Piteşti, Argeş county. Argeş was one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the 1970s, when it twice won the national championship; in 1972 and 1979, and finished twice as runner-up. The club has yet to win the Romanian Cup competition. In Argeş county, it is said that football appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, but the first evidence dates from the year 1915, when, in Câmpulung Muscel, the football team Minerul was founded. However, as WW I generally delayed the development of sports, it was only after 1919 that football started to raise interest in Piteşti. Here, street teams, students and soldiers would have played with teams from neighbouring towns: Craiova, Slatina, Caracal, Câmpulung Muscel. More . . .
Portal:Romanian football/Selected article/10 Fotbal Club Oţelul Galaţi is a Romanian football club based in Galaţi. Oţelul has spent the majority of the last decades in the top division, but they have yet to win a domestic trophy. The club can however boast playing the 2004 final of the Romanian Cup, and winning the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup after defeating Turkish side Trabzonspor. The club is currently playing in the top Romanian division, Liga I, and finished 1st the first half of the 2010–11 season. Oțelul Galați is sponsored by Arcelor Mittal Galați. The club first promoted in Divizia A in 1986 and in 1988 made its debut in the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 victory against the Italian side Juventus. The best performance so far obtained in the Romanian first division has been the fourth place, in 1988, 1997 and 1998. More . . .
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