CLUB
Venus București
Romania
Overview
Venus 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
- Venus București
- Club status
- defunct-refounded-separately
- Founded
- 1914
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1949
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- Venus București (2014 refoundation, separate continuity)
- Stadium
- Stadionul Romcomit
- 1930 team context
- Romania
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Venus București already had a documented club history extending from 1914 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: Venus became one of interwar Romania’s dominant clubs and won multiple national championships.
Chapter 2Description: The club was forced into a post-war institutional merger and appeared as Venus UCB in 1948–49.
Chapter 3Description: The historic entity was dissolved in 1949. A new club using the Venus name was established in 2014.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: The dominant Bucharest club of much of the Romanian interwar era, known for black shirts and a title-winning record. Its later Venus Stadium became one of the country’s landmark grounds.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Venus 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: The communist sports reorganisation forced Venus into the UCB structure and the historic club was dissolved in 1949. A 2014 refoundation revives the name but is not uninterrupted legal continuity.
Historical timeline
1914Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Venus București identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Venus București already had a documented club history extending from 1914 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: Venus became one of interwar Romania’s dominant clubs and won multiple national championships.
Chapter 2Description: The club was forced into a post-war institutional merger and appeared as Venus UCB in 1948–49.
Chapter 3Description: The historic entity was dissolved in 1949. A new club using the Venus name was established in 2014.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Constantin Stanciu.
1949Description: The historic club was dissolved in 1949; a later 2014 refoundation revived the name but not uninterrupted legal continuity.
Season-by-season history
1914/15Season: 1914/15 · Competition: Club formation / Bucharest football · Finish: Founded · Notes: Venus was established in Bucharest’s old Venus district.Founding milestone.
1919Season: 1919 · Competition: Cupa Jean Luca Niculescu / Cupa Harwester · Finish: Winners · Notes: Won both major Bucharest competitions in the immediate post-war period.No full roster asserted.
1919/20Season: 1919/20 · Competition: Romanian championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: First national title in the club’s great interwar era.No full roster asserted.
1920/21Season: 1920/21 · Competition: Bucharest competitions · Finish: Leading side · Notes: Continued at the top of Bucharest football.No full roster asserted.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Won another Romanian title immediately before the World Cup year.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Bucharest regional championship · Finish: 2nd · Notes: Finished second behind Juventus București.Documented players: Constantin StanciuWorld Cup-linked player(s) only; not a full squad.
1931/32Season: 1931/32 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Venus won the Romanian national title in this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1933/34Season: 1933/34 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Venus won the Romanian national title in this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1936/37Season: 1936/37 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Venus won the Romanian national title in this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1937Season: 1937 · Competition: Mitropa Cup · Finish: Round of 16 · Notes: European/Central European competition appearance; eliminated by Újpest over two legs.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1938/39Season: 1938/39 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Venus won the Romanian national title in this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1939/40Season: 1939/40 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Champions · Notes: Venus won the Romanian national title in this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1939Season: 1939 · Competition: Mitropa Cup · Finish: Quarter-finalist · Notes: Beat Bologna 1–0 at home before elimination in the return leg.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1939/40Season: 1939/40 · Competition: Romanian Cup · Finish: Runners-up · Notes: Lost the Romanian Cup final to Rapid București after a series of drawn final matches/replays.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1948/49Season: 1948/49 · Competition: Venus UCB / Progresul ICAS transition · Finish: Original identity ended · Notes: Post-war renaming and institutional reorganization ended the historic Venus identity by 1949.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1914/15Description: Club formation / Bucharest football | Founded | Venus was established in Bucharest’s old Venus district.
1919Description: Cupa Jean Luca Niculescu / Cupa Harwester | Winners | Won both major Bucharest competitions in the immediate post-war period.
1919/20Description: Romanian championship | Champions | First national title in the club’s great interwar era.
1920/21Description: Bucharest competitions | Leading side | Continued at the top of Bucharest football.
1928/29Description: Romanian national championship | Champions | Won another Romanian title immediately before the World Cup year.
1929/30Description: Bucharest regional championship | 2nd | Finished second behind Juventus București.
1931Description: Moved into Stadionul Venus, which became one of the landmark grounds of interwar Romanian football.
1931/32Description: Won the Romanian national championship.
1933/34Description: Won the Romanian national championship, defeating Ripensia Timișoara in the final.
1935Description: Stadionul Venus hosted one of Romania’s early floodlit football matches.
1936/37Description: Won another Romanian championship.
1938/39Description: Won the Romanian championship.
1939/40Description: Won the Romanian championship again, completing eight national titles in the club’s interwar history.
1949Description: The communist authorities dissolved the original Venus București club.
2014Description: A club using the Venus name was re-established; Footballopedia treats it as a refoundation/namesake rather than silently extending the 1914–1949 legal identity.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Romanian champion: 1919/20, 1928/29, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1936/37, 1938/39, 1939/40 (seven titles in the principal source set).
Honour / achievementDescription: Romanian Cup runner-up: 1939/40.
Stadium and ground history
Stadionul RomcomitDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: historical home ground through 1930.
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
Constantin StanciuDescription: FW · Romania · tournament-era club affiliation
1934 World Cup-linked players
Gheorghe AlbuPlayer: Gheorghe Albu · Player Slug: sandor-albu · Team: Romania · Year: 1934
Lazăr SferaPlayer: Lazăr Sfera · Player Slug: lazar-sfera · Team: Romania · Year: 1934
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: The communist sports reorganisation forced Venus into the UCB structure and the historic club was dissolved in 1949. A 2014 refoundation revives the name but is not uninterrupted legal continuity.
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: Venus București
End of original identityDescription: The historic club was dissolved in 1949; a later 2014 refoundation revived the name but not uninterrupted legal continuity.
Successor / lineageDescription: Venus București (2014 refoundation, separate continuity)
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Venus 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
Constantin StanciuPosition: FW · National Team: Romania · Player Slug: constantin-stanciu
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
Stadionul RomcomitRole: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue