Rocar București was a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, founded in 1953 and dissolved in 2009. The club had a meteoric appearance in the forefront of Romanian football. Promoted in 1999, the club from Drumul Găzarului Street in the Berceni Neighborhood, has made way back two years later. Also, Rocar reached the Cupa României final in the 2000–01 season.[1]
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| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Rocar București | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bercenarii (The People from Berceni) | ||
| Short name | Rocar | ||
| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Dissolved | 2009 | ||
| Ground | ANEFS | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in 1953 under the name of Uzina de Autobuze București, being under the tutelage of the Romanian bus manufacturer with the same name, playing in the Bucharest Municipal Championship.[2][3]
Autobuzul was promoted to Divizia C at the end of the 1967–68 season, ranking 1st in Series I of the Bucharest Municipal Championship. However, Autobuzul lost the Municipal Championship final in front of Voința București.[4][5]
In the first season in the third division, Bercenarii finished in 4th place, and in the following season Autobuzul won Series IV of Divizia C, but missed the promotion to the second division finishing 4th in the play-off group held at Brașov.[3]
Autobuzul returned to second division at the end of the 1988–89 season, finishing 1st in the Series V of Divizia C. The squad coached by Gheorghe Pareșcura was composed from following players: Ene, C.Cristescu, Marius Curelea, Roșu, Ursu, Dumitru, Dițu, Virgil Cârstea, Salami, C.Nicolae, Iliescu, Silviu Cristescu, Mihai Dărăban, Iordache, Pantelimon, Butoi, M.Ploaie, R.Voinea and Tănase.[6]
Chronology of names
edit| Name[2] | Period |
|---|---|
| Uzina de Autobuze București | 1953–1968 |
| Autobuzul București | 1968–1993 |
| Rocar București | 1993–2002 |
| Rocar ANEFS București | 2005–2009 |
- Note: 3 years of inactivity between 2002 and 2005, and the team was refounded as Rocar ANEFS București in the Liga IV.
Stadium
editRocar played its home matches on the ANEFS Stadium, Bucharest, which has a capacity of 6,000 people, previously known as Rocar Stadium.
Honours
edit- Runners-up (1): 1998–99
Bucharest Municipal Championship
- Runners-up (1): 1967–68
- Runners-up (1): 2000–01
Notable former players
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Dan Alexa- Silviu Bălace
- Romulus Buia
- Augustin Călin
- Sorin Colceag
- Cornel Dobre
- Victoraş Iacob
- Toma Zamfir
- Marius Mitu
- Gheorghe Mulţescu
- Eugen Nae
- Victor Naicu
- Cătălin Necula
- Bogdan Nicolae
- Marian Pană
- Adrian Pitu
- Daniel Prodan
- Rică Răducanu
- Daniel Rednic
- Zoltan Ritli
- Cristian Silvășan
- Romeo Stancu
- Mihai Stoichiţă
- Gheorghe Tătaru
- Iulian Tameș
- Florin Tene
- Daniel Tudor
- Bogdan Vrăjitoarea
Former managers
edit- Costică Marinescu (1955–1957)
- Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1961–1962)
- Costică Marinescu (1968–1969)
- Vasile Copil (1978–1980)
- Nicolae Oaidă (1981–1982)
- Dumitru Dumitriu (1982–1984)
- Gheorghe Mulțescu (1988)
- Mihai Stoichiță (1992–1993)
- Ionel Dinu (1993–1994)
- Aurel Țicleanu (1996–1997)
- Silviu Dumitrescu (1998–1999)
- Florin Marin (1999–2000)
- Dumitru Dumitriu (2000–2001)
- Marian Mihail (2001–2002)
- Marius Șumudică (2006–2007)
References
edit- ^ "Rocar, retrogradată, dar finalistă a Cupei" [Rocar, relegated, but Cup finalist] (in Romanian). cupatimisoreana.gsp.ro. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years] (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b Mihai Ionescu & George Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z – Editura Sport-Turism 1984.
- ^ "S-a încheiat campionatul bucureștean de fotbal" [The Bucharest football championship has ended] (in Romanian). Informația Bucureștiului. 2 July 1968. p. 3. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via adt.arcanum.com.
- ^ "Voința—campioană a municipiului București la fotbal" [Voința—champion of the city of Bucharest at football] (in Romanian). Informația Bucureștiului. 7 July 1968. p. 3. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via adt.arcanum.com.
- ^ "Vă prezentăm noile promovate în Divizia B" [We present the new promoted in Divizia B] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 17 August 1989. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.