Rapid Bucharest

Rapid Bucharest
Basic data
Surname	Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti
Seat	Bucharest , Romania
founding	June 25, 1923
Website	fcrapid.ro
First soccer team
Head coach	Daniel Pancu
Venue	Stadionul Giuleşti - Valentin Stănescu
Places	19,100
league	League II
2019/20	6th place, ( Liga II )
home Away

Rapid Bucharest (officially: Fotbal Club Rapid București ) is a Romanian sports club from Bucharest . His soccer department played in the first Romanian soccer league from 1990 to 2013.

history

The club was founded on June 11, 1923 by railway workers (see also: CFR ). Rapid is the only Romanian pre-war association that was not dissolved due to the origins of the first general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, from the railway milieu.

In mid-January 2009, Marian Rada , who had previously looked after the second team, replaced the Portuguese José Peseiro as coach. After Rapid could not win a title in the 2008/09 season , Rada resigned on May 3, 2009 and was replaced by Viorel Hizo , who had coached the club several times in the past. On October 31, 2009, technical director Nicolae Manea also became the team's coach after Hizo had terminated his contract the day before. From March 31, 2010 Ioan Andone was Manea's successor as coach and looked after the team until the end of the 2009/10 season .

Before the start of the 2010/11 season , George Copos, the club's patron, brought in Marius Șumudică a new coach. After the home defeat against bottom of the table Sportul Studențesc Șumudică was released on April 27, 2011 and replaced for the last five game days by Marian Rada . A week after his resignation as coach of the Romanian national team , Răzvan Lucescu signed on June 11, 2011 a two-year contract as head coach at Rapid. Rapid Bucharest played in the 2nd division Serie 1 in the 2013/2014 season, again in the first division in 2014/15 and again in the second division in 2015/16.

Promotion to the Liga 1 had managed Rapid sporty 2016, but was not allowed to make their way to the top flight because of financial bankruptcy. After the subsequent downgrading to fourth grade , the club was able to celebrate promotion to League III in 2018 under coach Daniel Pancu .

Former club names

• Asociația culturală și sportivă Casa Feroviarului Rapid București (abbreviated: CFR , German: Kultur- und Sportverein Haus des Bahnarbeiters Rapid ) (1923-1936),
• Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti (1936-1945),
• Căile Ferate Române București (abbreviated: CFR ) (1945–1949),
• Locomotiva București (1949-1958),
• Clubul Sportiv Rapid Bucureşti (1958–1992),
• Uniunea Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti (1992-2004),
• Fotbal Club Rapid București (2004-present)

Soccer

Stadion

Stadion

The Giuleşti - Valentin Stănescu stadium was opened on June 10, 1939 and holds 19,100 spectators.

Former players

• Stefan Auer
• Elinton Andrade
• Valentin Bădoi
• Iuliu Baratky
• Roberto Bisconti
• Florin Bratu
• Ion Bogdan
• Vladimir Božović
• Dan Coe
• Júlio César
• Vintilă Cossini
• Emilian Dolha
• Ștefan Filotti
• Ioan Viorel Ganea
• Nicolae Georgescu
• Tiberiu Ghioane
• Honorato Gláuber
• Ilie Greavu
• Adrian Iencsi
• Ion Ionescu
• Ștefan Iovan
• Costin Lazar
• Iosif Lengheriu
• Philippe Léonard
• Bogdan Lobonț
• Nicolae Lupescu
• Dumitru Macri
• Marius Măldărăşanu
• Bazil Marian
• Lucian Marinescu
• Viorel Moldovan
• Ioachim Moldoveanu
• Daniel Niculae
• Titus ozone
• Daniel Pancu
• Florian Radu
• Sergiu Radu
• Răzvan Raț
• Gheorghe Rășinaru
• Cristian Săpunaru
• Marius Șumudică
• Florin Șoavă
• Ianis Zicu

Trainer

• Alfréd Schaffer (1939-1940)
• Coloman Braun-Bogdan (1946 to 1947)
• Francisc Ronnay (1954 to 1959)
• Valentin Stănescu (1963 to 1968, 1982 to 1984)
• Viorel Hizo (1993 to 1995, 1995, summer 2001 to May 16, 2002, 2004, May 2009 to October 30, 2009)
• Mircea Lucescu (1997 to 1998, April 1999 to summer 2000)
• Mircea Rednic (December 1998, October 2000 to summer 2001, May 16, 2002 to December 2003, October 9, 2007 to March 21, 2008)
• Dan Petrescu (December 2003 to April 2004)
• Răzvan Lucescu (2004 to 2007, June 11, 2011 to May 2012)
• Cristiano Bergodi (June 17, 2007 to October 8, 2007)
• Marian Rada (March 2008 to June 2008, mid-January 2009 to May 3, 2009, April 2011 to June 2011, October 2012 to August 2013)
• José Peseiro (July 2008 to January 2009)
• Nicolae Manea (October 31, 2009 to March 2010)
• Ciprian Panait (March 2010)
• Ioan Andone (March 31, 2010 to summer 2010)
• Marius Șumudică (summer 2010 to April 27, 2011)
• Ioan Sabău (June 2012 to October 2012)
• Sandu Tăbârcă (August 2013 to September 2013)
• Viorel Moldovan (September 2013 to summer 2014)
• Ioan Viorel Ganea (since summer 2014)

successes

• Romanian champion (3): 1967, 1999 and 2003
• Romanian runner-up (14): 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1963–1964, 1964–1965, 1965–1966, 1969–1970, 1970–1971, 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2005–2006
• Romanian Cup Winner (13): 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1972, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007
• Romanian Supercup Winner (4): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007.
• Romanian League Cup Winner (1): 1994.
• Balkan Cup Winner (2): 1964, 1966.
• Mitropapokal (final not held): 1940.
• European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finalist: 1973 .
• UEFA Cup quarter-finalist: 2006 .

Handball

Rapid Bucharest is not only known for its football department but also for its women's handball team. She currently plays as Rapid CFR Bucureşti in the highest league and won the 1964 European Cup final, today's Champions League 14:13 against the Danish representative Helsingør IF . Rapid Bucharest won the EHF Cup in 1993 after a clear 28:16 home win and 22:24 against the French club CSL Dijon .

volleyball

The Rapid Bucharest men's volleyball team were one of the most dominant teams of the 1960s. They won a total of three times (1961, 1963, 1965) the European Cup (now the Champions League), the highest club award in Europe. In 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967 they lost the final.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mediafax of May 3, 2009 , accessed on November 27, 2011 (Romanian)
2. ↑ Realitatea of ​​October 31, 2009 , accessed on November 27, 2011 (Romanian)
3. ↑ ProSport from April 1, 2010 , accessed on April 18, 2010 (Romanian)
4. ↑ ProSport of April 27, 2011 , accessed on July 29, 2011 (Romanian)
5. ↑ ProSport of June 13, 2011 , accessed on July 29, 2011 (Romanian)
6. ↑ Bankruptcy: Rapid Bucharest may not be promoted. In: sport.de. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Rapid Bucharest  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Rapid Bucharest on romaniansoccer.ro (English)
• Handball department