CLUB
Maccabi București
Romania
Overview
Maccabi București is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Romania. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- City
- Bucharest
- 1930 name
- Maccabi București
- Club status
- merged
- Founded
- 1919
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1948
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- Dinamo București (lineage contribution)
- 1930 team context
- Romania
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Maccabi București already had a documented club history extending from 1919 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1919 as a Jewish sports club in Bucharest.
Chapter 2Description: Goalkeeper Samuel Zauber represented Romania at the 1930 World Cup while associated with Maccabi.
Chapter 3Description: The club later became known as Ciocanul. In May 1948 Ciocanul and Unirea Tricolor were combined in the creation of Dinamo București.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Founded in 1919 as a Jewish sports club in Bucharest and part of the wider European Maccabi sporting movement. Goalkeeper Samuel Zauber represented Romania at the 1930 World Cup.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Maccabi București is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: Later renamed Ciocanul; in 1948 it was combined with Unirea Tricolor under the Interior Ministry in the creation of Dinamo București. Footballopedia records Maccabi/Ciocanul as a predecessor, not as a simple rename of modern Dinamo.
Historical timeline
1919Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Maccabi București identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Maccabi București already had a documented club history extending from 1919 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1919 as a Jewish sports club in Bucharest.
Chapter 2Description: Goalkeeper Samuel Zauber represented Romania at the 1930 World Cup while associated with Maccabi.
Chapter 3Description: The club later became known as Ciocanul. In May 1948 Ciocanul and Unirea Tricolor were combined in the creation of Dinamo București.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Samuel Zauber.
1948Description: Maccabi, renamed Ciocanul, was merged with Unirea Tricolor in 1948 during the creation of Dinamo București.
Season-by-season history
1919Season: 1919 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Maccabi București established as part of Bucharest’s Jewish sporting community.Founding milestone.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Bucharest regional championship · Finish: 5th · Notes: Finished fifth in the documented Bucharest table.Documented players: Samuel ZauberWorld Cup-era club player(s) only; not a full squad. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1935Season: 1935 · Competition: Maccabi international football tournament, Tel Aviv · Finish: Winners · Notes: Maccabi București won the 1935 Maccabi football tournament in Tel Aviv, a notable international achievement of the pre-war club.Tournament achievement recorded; full squad not asserted.
1940/41Season: 1940/41 · Competition: Romanian official competitions · Finish: Excluded · Notes: Removed from official competition under antisemitic state policy.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1940/41–1944/45Season: 1940/41–1944/45 · Competition: Romanian official football · Finish: Excluded/inactive under antisemitic policy and wartime conditions · Notes: The Jewish club was excluded from official Romanian competition before the 1940/41 season and did not return to normal official play until after World War II.Institutional history row; no roster asserted.
1945/46Season: 1945/46 · Competition: Romanian football · Finish: Returned as Maccabi · Notes: Reappeared after World War II before the Ciocanul transition.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1946/47Season: 1946/47 · Competition: Divizia A · Finish: 7th — 26 played, 12 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses, 57–40 goals, 30 points · Notes: Competed as Ciocanul; Béla Guttmann coached during this period.Season statistics source-gated; no full roster asserted.
1947/48Season: 1947/48 · Competition: Divizia A / institutional restructuring · Finish: 30 played, 12 wins, 4 draws, 14 losses, 43–47 goals, 28 points · Notes: Final competitive season of the Ciocanul/Maccabi identity before the 1948 state-backed reorganisation that created Dinamo București.Season statistics source-gated; no full roster asserted.
Competition chronology
1919Description: Club formation | Founded | Maccabi București established as part of Bucharest’s Jewish sporting community.
1929/30Description: Bucharest regional championship | 5th | Finished fifth in the documented Bucharest table.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Romanian second tier champion: 1934/35.
Honour / achievementDescription: Romanian second tier runner-up: 1938/39.
Stadium and ground history
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Samuel ZauberDescription: GK · Romania · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: Later renamed Ciocanul; in 1948 it was combined with Unirea Tricolor under the Interior Ministry in the creation of Dinamo București. Footballopedia records Maccabi/Ciocanul as a predecessor, not as a simple rename of modern Dinamo.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Maccabi București
End of original identityDescription: Maccabi, renamed Ciocanul, was merged with Unirea Tricolor in 1948 during the creation of Dinamo București.
Successor / lineageDescription: Dinamo București (lineage contribution)
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Maccabi București identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Samuel ZauberPosition: GK · National Team: Romania · Player Slug: samuel-zauber
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
RomaniaRole: National team context · Type: national_team