In October 1909 Romania's first governing body for Association football, Asociaţiunea Societăţilor Atletice din România was founded.
The founding members were:
Olympia București- Bucharest's oldest club, founded in 1904 by a mixture of migrants and locals.
Colentina București- founded in 1909, representing the workers of the Colentina Cotton Factory, most of whom were from the United Kingdom.
United Ploiesti- founded by Dutch and American employees in the Petroleum refineries at Ploiești, 56 km from Bucharest, United did not field a Romanian player until 1911.
In December 1909 these 3 clubs contested the Cupa Asociatiunii Romane de foot-ball.
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The founding members were:
Olympia București- Bucharest's oldest club, founded in 1904 by a mixture of migrants and locals.
Colentina București- founded in 1909, representing the workers of the Colentina Cotton Factory, most of whom were from the United Kingdom.
United Ploiesti- founded by Dutch and American employees in the Petroleum refineries at Ploiești, 56 km from Bucharest, United did not field a Romanian player until 1911.
In December 1909 these 3 clubs contested the Cupa Asociatiunii Romane de foot-ball.
Olympia
Olympia won the tournament
06.12.09 | Olympia Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | Colentina Bucuresti |
11.12.09* | Olympia Bucuresti | 3 | 3 | United AC Ploiesti |
25.12.09 | Colentina Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | United AC Ploiesti |
*There has been conjecture over the accuracy of the reporting of this result, which appeared in the journal Minerva (12.12.09)