Faur București was a football club based in Bucharest, Romania.
History
The club was established in 1935 as Metalul by workers at Malaxa. Prior to World War II they were known as Titanii and Rogifer. After the nationalisation of Malaxa, the club was renamed 23 August before becoming Metalochimic. In 1947–48 the club won promotion from Divizia B into Divizia A.1947/48 RSSSF However, they finished second bottom of the division the following season, and were relegated back to Divizia B.1948/49 RSSSF The club was later renamed Energia and then back to Metalul again. The club's junior team won the national championship in 1970 and 1980.
Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989, the club became Faur București. It folded in 2005.
Chronology of names Club name Period Metalul București 1935–1937 Titanii București 1937–1941 Rogifer București 1941–1945 23 August București 1945–1947 Metalochimic București 1947–1949 Metalul București 1949–1955 Energia București 1955–1957 Titanii București 1957–1958 Metalul Titanii București 1958–1960 Metalul București 1960–1965 Metalurgistul București 1965–1967 Metalul București 1967–1991 Faur București 1991–2005
Honours Divizia B Winners (1): 1947–48 Runners-up (4): 1950, 1958–59, 1972–73, 1978–79
Divizia C Winners (2): 1957–58, 1986–87
Former managers
Augustin Botescu (1948–1949) Ion Bălănescu (1955–1960) Gheorghe Petrescu (1960–1963) Gheorghe Petrescu (1966–1968) Leon Lazăr (1974) Gheorghe Petrescu (1974) Paul Popescu (1975–1979) Carol Creiniceanu (1979–1980) Ștefan Coidum (1981–1982) Nicolae Oaidă (1983–1984)
See also :Category:Faur București players
References
External links romaniansoccer.ro