CS Colțea Brașov is a football club based in Brașov, in central Romania. It was founded in 1920, and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning one Romanian Championship in 1928. The club was dissolved in 1931 and refounded in 2015. It currently plays in the Liga IV.
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Colțea 1920 Brașov | ||
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| Short name | Colțea | ||
| Founded | 1920 as Colțea Brașov 2015 as CS Colțea 1920 Brașov | ||
| Ground | Comunal | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Ciprian Jurubescu | ||
| Manager | Liviu Nicolae | ||
| League | Liga IV | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga IV, Brașov County, 4th of 15 | ||
| Website | http://www.cscoltea.ro/index.php | ||
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History
editA subsidiary of Colțea București, Colțea Brașov was founded in the year 1920 in Brașov by Vintilă Cristescu, Puiu Pavel and Iacobescu, all three of them being players of Colțea București.[1][2][3] Colțea Brașov entered in the circuit of the local and national competitions in 1921. In 1925–1926, it won the regional championship, but in the national championship 1925–26, it was eliminated in the quarter-finals by AMEF Arad.
The next year, in 1926–27, the club reached the final of the national championship, but lost to Chinezul Timișoara 2–2 and 2–3. The squad that was used included the following players: Kiss – Zarkoszy, Columban, Balint, Ad. Hrehuss, Adamovici, Viszvari, Hecht, Şt. Torok, R. Auer, Csanz, Bertha.
In 1927–28 obtains the great performance, winning the final against Jiul Lupeni with 3–2 and the national championship. The players that were crowned champions were: Lobel – Columban, Balint, Şt. Torok, Csajka, Ad. Hrehuss, Kemeny, Gylebrowsky, Gruber, Hecht, Peterffi.
In 1928–29, present again at a national championship tournament was eliminated by Venus București in the quarter-finals. From then forward, being a military team, falls and disappears after 1931, giving its place in the Brașovian football to Brașovia Brașov and FC Brașov.
In the summer of 2015, Colțea Brașov was refounded as CS Colțea 1920 Brașov, at 84 years from the moment of its dissolution.[4]
After one season Colțea Brașov signed an important association project with the Spanish club Celta de Vigo regarding the youth sector.[5]
Honours
edit- Runners-up (1): 2019–20
Club Officials
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A fost odată Colțea Brașov, campioana României la fotbal" [It was once Colțea Brașov, the Romanian football champion] (in Romanian). 7sport.ro. 25 December 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Atlet info nr.1" (in Romanian). Issuu.com. 14 February 2017. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Marile personalități sportive nu au fost uitate" [The great sports personalities have not been forgotten] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "O nouă echipă de fotbal la Braşov » Tradiţia merge mai departe". Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Celta Vigo își deschide academie la Brașov, după ce spaniolii s-au asociat cu gruparea Colțea 1920". Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2017.