FC Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti

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FC Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti was a Romanian football team that was one of the forerunners of the present-day FC Dinamo Bucureşti.

They were formed in 1926 as a result of the merger between FC Tricolor Bucureşti and CS Unirea Bucureşti. They won one Divizia "A" championship in the 1940-41 season, but unfortunately lost the Romanian FA Cup to Rapid Bucureşti, missing out on the "double".

In the spring of 1948 the Romanian government re-organized the team (but kept the same players) as the B-team of the newly-formed FC Dinamo Bucureşti and then re-located them to Braşov in 1949. Following the 1956 season they re-located again to Cluj, only to disappear after the 1957-58 season after being absorbed by Dinamo Bacău.

[edit] Season-by-Season Record of FC Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti

Before 1932-33 there was no existence of a single national Divizia "A". Seasons consisted of district championships followed by regional championships, which ultimately led to a 5-team playoff set-up to determine the national champion.

  Season    GP   W   L   T   GF   GA   Pts   Finished
  
  1926-27   Bucharest district champions, lost national semi-final
  1927-28 
  1928-29 
  1929-30 
  1930-31   Bucharest district champions, eliminated in southern regionals
  1931-32 
            GP   W   L   T   GF   GA   Pts   Finished
  1932-33   12   7   3   2   31   21   16    3rd of 7, Seria 2
  1933-34   14   9   3   2   40   19   20    2nd of 8, Seria 2
  1934-35   22   6   9   7   49   54   19    9th of 12        
  1935-36   22   7  10   5   54   58   19    11th of 12                  Lost FA Cup Final
  1936-37   22   6  14   2   49   81   14    12th of 12                         
  1937-38   18   6   6   6   32   36   18    6th of 10, Seria 1          Relegated
  1938-39        In Divizia "B"                                          Promoted
  1939-40   22   8   9   5   36   40   21    9th of 12                           
  1940-41   24  19   5   0   62   25   38    1st of 13  Champions        Lost FA Cup Final
  1941-42   Regional competitions & playoffs; Lost national 1/4 final
  1942-43   22  11   6   5   66   39   27    3rd of 12                           
  1943-44   11   5   4   2   27   23   12    6th of 12                           
  1944-45     No league play - World War 2                                       
  1945-46     No league play - World War 2                                       
  1946-47        In Divizia "B"                                                  
  1947-48   30   8  17   5   51   86   21    15th of 16                  Relegated        
  1948-49        In Divizia "B"   now Dinamo Bucureşti B-team                    
  1950           In Divizia "B"   now Dinamo Braşov                      Promoted         
  1951      22   6   9   7   27   37   19    9th of 12                            
  1952      22   4   9   9   31   39   17    10th of 12                           
  1953      21   7   5   9   35   27   23    4th of 12                            
  1954      26   9  11   6   28   28   24    8th of 14                            
  1955      24   8  10   6   30   39   22    9th of 13                            
  1956      24   9  10   5   36   38   23    7th of 13                             
  1957      10   2   5   3   16   26    7    5th of 6, Group 1  now Dinamo Cluj
  1957-58   22   9  11   2   34   41   20    9th of 12