The 1909–10 Divizia A was the first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It was contested by only three teams, and

Olympia București Olympia București was a football club based in Bucharest, in southern Romania. It was founded in 1904 and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning two Romanian Championships. The club was dissolved in 1946. History The fir ...

were crowned champions of the inaugural edition.

Background

In Romania, football was introduced near the beginning of the twentieth century. The first football association in Romania is founded in October 1909 under the name ASAR (acronym for ''Asociaţiunea Societăţilor Atletice din România'', which roughly translates as ''Association of Romanian Athletic Societies''). ASAR had three founding clubs: Olympia and

Colentina București Colentina may refer to: * Colentina (river), a tributary of the river Dâmboviţa in Bucharest * Colentina, Bucharest, a neighborhood * Colentina Hospital, Bucharest {{disambiguation, geo ...

from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

and United Ploiești from

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commune ...

. This three clubs, which consisted mainly of non-Romanian players, contested the first three edition of the Romanian football league.

Overview

The three pioneer clubs in the Divizia A were Olympia București,

and United Ploiești. Each team played a fixture against the other two clubs, totalizing a number of three matches disputed. The result of the match between United and Olympia was not recorded, and thus there is the possibility that Colentina won the title. However, most sources agree with Olympia's triumph.

Final table

References

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