Asociația Sportivă CFR Brașov, commonly known as CFR Brașov, was a

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

from

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

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

. The club was founded in the year 1921 as CFR Brașov (Brașov Romanian Railway Association). They played in the first edition of

1933–34 Cupa României The 1933–34 Cupa României was the inaugural season of the Romania's most prestigious football (soccer) cup competition. In order to promote the competition and encourage clubs to register to the cup, no taxes were enforced on the participants. ...

, beating Jiul Petroșani in the first round. They were eliminated in the second round after losing to UD Reșița. In the edition of

1934–35 Cupa României The 1934–35 Cupa României was the second season in the history of Romania's most prestigious Association football, football Single-elimination tournament, cup competition. The surprise of the tournament was ILSA Timișoara, a team from Divizia ...

, they were eliminated in the first round by Ripensia Timișoara. In the edition of 1935–37 Cupa României, they were eliminated in the first round by

Crișana Oradea Crișana Oradea was a association football, football club based in Oradea, Romania. It was founded in 1929 and dissolved in 1954. History The club was founded in 1929. The players from the first year of existence were: Putirică, Combi, Aurel, ...

. In the season 1936–37 Divizia B East Series, they finished second in the league and were promoted to

1937–38 Divizia A The 1937–38 Divizia A was the twenty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level association football, football league of Romania. Group 1 League table Results Group 2 League table Results Final Top goalscorers Champion squad Ref ...

. CFR Brașov was dissolved in the spring of 2013, after 93 years of existence, due to financial problems. ''Viteziștii vișinii'' were the oldest club from

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian language, Hungari ...

.CFR Braşov, final trist după 92 de ani de istorie!
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Performances

Played in

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

(1) : 1937–38.

References

External links

Official Website

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