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