FC Rapid București

As CS Mișcarea CFR București.

1923–32: Beginnings

On 25 June 1923, in a classroom of the primary school from the Grivița neighborhood, Bucharest, the employees of the Grivița workshops created Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association"). Teofil Copaci was chosen as the president of the association, while Grigore Grigoriu became the first captain of the team. The squad was formed in September, following the merger of the Ateliere and Excelsior teams. The first equipment was made out of burgundy fabric in the house of Grigoriu. On 28 October 1923, the team played its first game against Unirea Timișoara, which it lost 4–8. The second match, played over ten days, was against Gloria Arad, and was lost 1–2. Until 1932 CFR played in the Bucharest Championship, not qualifying in the final tournament of the national league. During this period, the leaders of the team were: Teofil Copaci, Grigore Grigoriu, and Bozie Codreanu; other players included Stănică, Tudor, Molnar, Ștefănescu, Foran, Leoveanu, Constantinescu, Fetzko, Georgescu, Albert, Block, Filip, Itu I, Itu II, Pîrvulescu, Cichi, Schileriu, Svetcovschi, Oros, Ujlaki, Pop, Dobrescu I, Kelemen, Vlaiculescu, Ispas, Vintilescu, and Petrovici.

1932–45: The golden years

The club entered the Divizia A at the start of the 1932–33 season, after several years of competing for the regional championship of Bucharest. During the pre-war years, Rapid was one of Romania's top teams, regularly winning the cup, but never…

Domestic

Leagues

Divizia A / Liga I Winners (3): 1966–67, 1998–99, 2002–03 Runners-up (14): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1950, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2005–06 Divizia B / Liga II Winners (6): 1952, 1955, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 2015–16 Runners-up (4): 1979–80, 1981–82, 2013–14, 2020–21 Liga III Winners (1): 2018–19 Liga IV Bucharest (Regional) Winners (1): 2017–18 Liga V Bucharest (as Mișcarea Feroviară CFR) (Regional) Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Cups

Cupa României Winners (13): 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 Runners-up (6): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2011–12 Supercupa României Winners (4): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007 Runners-up (2): 1998, 2006 Cupa României – Bucharest (Regional) Winners (1): 2017–18 Cupa Ligii Winners (1): 1994 Cupa Basarabiei (Regional) Winners (1): 1942 Cupa Primăverii (Transitional tournament) Winners (1): 1957

Continental

Mitropa Cup Finalists (1): 1940 Balkans Cup Winners (2): 1963–64, 1964–66 European Railways Cup Winners (1): 1968 Runners-up (2): 1961, 1971