Stadionul Republicii (, ''Stadium of the Republic'') was a multi-use

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. It was used mostly for

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matches. The stadium was able to hold 28,000 spectators and originally opened in 1926. It hosted 42 matches for the

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, 1 match for the Olympic National Team, 22 Romanian Football Cup finals and 15 European Cup matches. The stadium was originally built in 1926 as the Stadionul Oficiul Național de Educație Fizică, or simply Stadionul ONEF, and inaugurated on 9 May 1926 with a rugby match against the French army. It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt under the name Stadionul Republicii in 1948. It was located on Spirii Hill, the current location of the

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. Since everything on the hill was cleared, including a former social high class and historic neighborhood, the stadium was demolished. There were projects to move the National Football Stadium that would host a

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final to the same location, but those failed when the city's town hall decided to demolish the Stadionul Național and build a new one.

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