FC Juventus Bucuresti (1924)
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Juventus Bucureşti was a Romania
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n football (soccer)
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 club based in the capital Bucharest
Bucharest
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The team was founded in 1924 after the merger of Triumf Bucureşti and Romcomit Bucureşti. At the end of the 1929-30 season Juventus became champions. After the reorganisation of the Romanian football to a divisonary level, Juventus had 7 consecutive appearances in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

, from 1933 to 1940. After World War II
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 the club succeeds to activate once again in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

, after 1st place in Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

 obtained before the war started. During 1946-1952 Juventus made 6 consecutive appearances in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

, changing its name a number of times: Distributia, Competrol, Petrolul, Partizanul and Flacăra. In 1952 the team was dissolved, and all of its players were moved to Ploieşti
Ploiesti
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, forming a new team, Petrolul Ploieşti
Petrolul Ploiesti
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In 1992 a team with exactly the same name was founded, Juventus Bucureşti, but has no ties with the old club.

Honours

Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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  • Winners (1): 1929–30
  • Runners-up (1): 1925–26


Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

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  • Winners (1): 1940–41
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