Venus București

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Venus București
Full name A.S.C. Venus București
Founded 1915
Dissolved 1949
Ground Venus
Ground Capacity 15,000
Home colours
Away colours

Venus București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, nicknamed Negrii (English: The Blacks) due to their all black shirts. Before being dissolved by the Communist authorities, Venus was the most successful football club in Romania, winning eight Liga I championships.

The club's colours were black and white, and the club crest was an eight-pointed white star.

History

The club was established in 1915 in the old neighborhood of Venus, Bucharest. The team played at the Venus stadium that opened in 1931. It had a capacity of 15,000 spectators and it became the first stadium in Romania to host a match under floodlights in 1935.

The club won 8 national titles which came in 1920, 1921, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939 and finally in 1940. It never managed to win the Romanian Cup having been beaten by local rivals Rapid Bucureşti in the final in 1940 as well as losing to the same opponents in the semifinals in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1942.

The club also took part in three editions of the Mitropa Cup:

  • 1937 - Last 16: Venus Bucureşti 4-6 Ujpest; Ujpest 4-1 Venus Bucureşti
  • 1939 - Quarterfinals: Venus Bucureşti 1-0 Bologna; Bologna 5-0 Venus Bucureşti
  • 1940 - Quarterfinals: Beogradski SK 3-0 Venus Bucureşti; Venus Bucureşti 0-1 Beogradski SK

In 1948, due to communist regime norms that stated that all sport associations had to join a trade-union or a governmental institution, the team merged with "UCB" ("Uzinele Comunale Bucureşti" - Administration of Sewerage Systems), becoming Venus-UCB and played in Liga III. In 1949 the league was dissolved and the team disbanded. After the 1989 Revolution a new team was established and plays in the Liga IV (Bucharest Municipal Championship) under the name Venus RGAB Apa Nova Bucharest!!

Notable players

Honours

Liga I:

  • Winners (8): 1919–20, 1920–21, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40

Romanian Cup:

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 1939–40

Former managers

  • HungaryFranz Platko
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