Clubul Sportiv Rapid București, commonly known as CS Rapid București, Rapid București, or simply Rapid, is a Romanian

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club based in

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, which currently participates in the Liga Națională, the top-tier league in Romania. The team represents the basketball men's section of

CS Rapid București Clubul Sportiv Rapid București is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Bucharest, Romania. History The club was founded as ''Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR'' in 1923. Men's Football section Domestic *Liga I **Winners (3): 196 ...

, a multi-sports club. Rapid won a national title in 1951 and finished three times third, in 1961, 1964 and 1983, but in the last years played mostly in the second-tier

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. However, in 2018 the league was merged with the Liga Națională, which meant that Rapid got promoted back to the top flight.Cum va arăta Liga Națională de Baschet Masculin sezonul viitor
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Honours

* Liga Națională : Disc Plain yellow dark

Champions (1):

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Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

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* Tyler Stone

References

External links

Official website
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