CS Colțea Brașov is a

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club based in

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

, in central

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. It was founded in 1920, and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning one Romanian Championship in 1928. The club was dissolved in 1931 and refounded in 2015. It currently plays in the

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History

A subsidiary of

Colțea București Colțea București was a football team from Bucharest, Romania established on 10 June 1913. History Colțea București came from the desire to create a club at the time made up only of Romanian football. The headquarters of the club was "Bolta Re ...

, Colțea Brașov was founded in the year 1920 in

by Vintilă Cristescu, Puiu Pavel and Iacobescu, all three of them being players of Colțea București. Colțea Brașov entered in the circuit of the local and national competitions in 1921. In 1925–1926, it won the regional championship, but in the national championship 1925–26, it was eliminated in the quarter-finals by

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. The next year, in 1926–27, the club reached the final of the national championship, but lost to

Chinezul Timișoara Chinezul Timișoara was a football club that played both in the Romanian and the Hungarian championship during its existence. It was based in Timișoara, Romania (at the time of foundation Temesvár, Austria-Hungary). History The club was establ ...

2–2 and 2–3. The squad that was used included the following players:

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– Zarkoszy, Columban, Balint, Ad. Hrehuss, Adamovici, Viszvari, Hecht, Şt. Torok, R. Auer, Csanz, Bertha. In 1927–28 obtains the great performance, winning the final against

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with 3–2 and the national championship. The players that were crowned champions were: Lobel – Columban, Balint, Şt. Torok, Csajka, Ad. Hrehuss, Kemeny, Gylebrowsky, Gruber, Hecht, Peterffi. In 1928–29, present again at a national championship tournament was eliminated by

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in the quarter-finals. From then forward, being a military team, falls and disappears after 1931, giving its place in the Brașovian football to

Brașovia Brașov Brașovia Brașov was a football team from Brașov founded in 1914 and dissolved in 1937. History In their short lifetime they played 6 times in Romanian Football Championship, but without notable performances. They won the Brașov Regional Ch ...

and FC Brașov. In the summer of 2015, Colțea Brașov was refounded as ''CS Colțea 1920 Brașov'', at 84 years from the moment of its dissolution. After one season Colțea Brașov signed an important association project with the Spanish club

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regarding the youth sector.

Honours

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: *Winners (1): 1927–28 *Runners-up (1): 1926–27

–

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

*Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coltea Brasov Association football clubs established in 1920 Football clubs in Brașov County Sport in Brașov 1920 establishments in Romania