ASC Daco-Getica București

For the football club which was formerly named Juventus București between 1924 and 1947, see FC Petrolul Ploiești.
Daco-Getica București
Full nameAsociația Sport Club Daco-Getica București
Nicknames
  • Daco-Geții (The Daco-Gets)
  • Bătrâna Doamnă din Colentina
    (The Old Lady from Colentina)
Founded1992 (1992)
as Juventus Colentina București
GroundColentina
Capacity6,000
OwnerIlie Ciuclea
ChairmanVasile Radu
ManagerMarian Zeciu
LeagueLiga IV
2024–25Liga IV, Bucharest, 4th of 12

Asociația Sport Club Daco-Getica București, commonly known as Daco-Getica București, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, Sector 2, Colentina neighborhood. From 1992 to the summer of 2018, the team was known as Juventus București,[1] a name which was also used by unrelated Petrolul Ploiești in the past. One year prior to the renaming, Daco-Getica played their first season in the Liga I, the top division in the country. Daco-Getica were expelled after 13 rounds played of the 2019–20 Liga II season.[2]

History

Chart showing the progress of Daco-Getica's league finishes since their founding in 1992 to the present.

Under the ownership of Ilie Ciuclea, was founded in 1992 the football club Juventus Colentina București, club that had officially no legacy with the old Juventus, but was founded to become a football school which would act as a launch pad for young talents. It was enrolled in the Liga III on the place of Calculatorul București, the old club of Colentina neighbourhood, which disappeared from the stage of the Romanian football system, by this maneuver.[3]

Action "Juventus, 1992" has proposed an attempt to follow in the footsteps of the founder of the original Juventus, Ettore Brunelli, to honour his memory and highlight his merits. It was clear that Brunelli was no longer alive, considering that ought to be 110 years old (he was born in Messina on 8 April 1882). Ciuclea searched for potential descendants or heirs in an attempt to offer a symbolic continuation of the old club's tradition. There were intense correspondences between SC Supercom SA by general manager Ilie Ciuclea, the Italian Red Cross and the Italian Embassy in Bucharest, the final result of all efforts was expressed in the answer given on 20 October 2000 by the Italian Embassy in Bucharest which said: "Evidence from the archive that Mr Ettore Brunelli had two sons, Enrico and Giuliana, born in Genoa on 4 September 1909, respectively, on 24 December 1915. Unfortunately, although your initiative is laudable, it is unable to check if two people are still alive." It is likely that Brunelli, with his two sons, have left the country after nationalizing it in 1948, probably the evidence was lost in the political conditions of the time.[4]

In its early years, Juventus Colentina oscillated in Series II of Divizia C under the guidance of coach Dan Anghelescu, finishing 11th in the 1992–93 season, 16th in 1993–94 and 13th in 1994–95, followed by a campaign that culminated with relegation in 1995–96 after a 17th-place finish.[5]

Juventus managed to bounce back in the following years in Series II of the third tier, finishing 13th in the 1997–98 season and 2nd in 1998–99 under Mihai Stoica, thus earning promotion to Divizia B. Juventus then competed in Series I of the second tier for two seasons, achieving a 12th-place finish in 1999–2000, when the team was led by Fănel Țîră in the first six rounds before being replaced by Nicolae Tănăsescu.[5][6][7]

The 2000–01 season proved highly tumultuous, with multiple managerial changes. Nicolae Tănăsescu led the team in the first five rounds, followed by a short interim spell for Marian Rusen. From the 8th round Ion Mățăoanu took charge, before Nicolae Babeti was appointed from the 24th round for the remainder of the campaign, which ended in relegation after a 16th-place finish.[6][7]

Back Divizia C, Juventus Colentina remained competitive, finishing as runners-up in Series IV in 2001–02, two points behind Rulmentul Alexandria, then winning Series III in 2002–03 and securing promotion back to Divizia B. The team then competed in Series II of Divizia B, achieving one of its best performances under Marin Barbu with a 5th-place finish in 2003–04, followed by a 12th-place finish in 2004–05, when Barbu was replaced after 24 rounds by Marian Rusen.[5][6][7]

The 2005–06 season ended in relegation after a 14th-place finish, in another season marked by multiple managerial changes. The team was led by Dumitru Firițeanu in the first seven rounds, followed by a short interim spell for Marian Rusen, then Ion Moldovan from rounds 9 to 12, Constantin Stancu from rounds 13 to 18, and again Marian Rusen for the remainder of the season.[6][7]

Returning to Liga III, Juventus remained among the contenders for promotion, finishing runners-up in Series III of the 2006–07 season and qualifying for the promotion play-off held in Brașov, where it ranked 2nd, after Inter Gaz București and ahead of Pambac Bacău. The club again finished as runners-up, this time in Series II of the 2007–08 season under Pavel Buburuz, but once more missed promotion after the play-off held in Câmpina, finishing behind Buftea and placing above Aerostar Bacău.[5][8]

Juventus competed in Series III of Liga III in the 2008–09 season, finishing 5th, before winning the series in the 2009–10 campaign and securing promotion to Liga II. In the second tier, the club endured two difficult seasons, finishing 16th in Series I in the first, when it avoided relegation due to the lack of teams, and 14th in Series II in the second, which resulted in relegation.[5][6]

Rise to the Liga I (2015–2018)

Former logo, as Juventus București.

After winning the second series of Liga III, at the end of the 2015–16 season, the club promoted back to Liga II, after a hiatus of 4 years. Next year, Romanian Football Federation changed Liga II's system from the one with two series to a league with only one series of 20 teams, after one year since promoting from Liga III, Juventus managed to win the league and thus promoting for the first time ever in the Liga I, by becoming the first ever single winner of Liga II.[9]

Liga I it turned out to be "a nut too hard to break" for "The Old Lady from Colentina" and after finishing the regular season only on the 14th place (the last one), with only 11 points, the team made a slightly better play out, but insufficient to save from relegation, finishing 14th with only 17 points, 10 points away from 13th place and 13 points away from a safe place.[10]

Daco-Getica (2018–present)

After relegating from Liga I at the end of their first season in the top flight of the Romanian football, the club was forced to change its name after being summoned by Juventus to remove the word "Juventus". Thus, from the summer of 2018 the side is known as Daco-Getica București,[1] a reference to the Daco-Getae people belonging to the Thracian branch, who lived on the territory of Romania in the past and are the precursors of the Romanian people.[11]

Honours

Leagues

Liga II

Liga III

  • Winners (3): 2002–03, 2009–10, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (5): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15

Liga IV Bucharest

  • Winners (1): 2022–23

League and cup history

See also: Romanian football league system

Former managers

  • Romania Dan Anghelescu (1992–1995)
  • Romania Mihai Stoica (1998–1999)
  • Romania Fănel Țîră (1999)
  • Romania Nicolae Tănăsescu (1999–2000)
  • Romania Marian Rusen (2000) (interim)
  • Romania Ion Mățăoanu (2000–2001)
  • Romania Nicolae Babeti (2001)
  • Romania Marin Barbu (2003–2005)
  • Romania Marian Rusen (2005)
  • Romania Dumitru Firițeanu (2005)
  • Romania Ion Moldovan (2005)
  • Romania Marian Rusen (2005–2006)
  • Romania Constantin Stancu (2006)
  • Romania Pavel Buburuz (2007–2008)
  • Romania Ionel Augustin (2009–2010)
  • Romania Alin Artimon (2010)
  • Romania Alin Chița (2011)
  • Romania Constantin Schumacher (2011–2012)
  • Romania Eugen Trică (2012–2013)
  • Romania Eugen Trică (2014)
  • Romania Marin Barbu (2015)
  • Romania Daniel Oprița (2015–2017)
  • Romania Marius Baciu (2017–2019)

References

  1. ^ a b "Juventus București continuă în Liga 2 și va avea un nou nume, unul pe placul finanțatorului naționalist. Baciu: "Acum începem proiectul pe care ni-l dorim cu adevărat"" [Juventus Bucharest continues in the Liga 2 and will have a new name, one to the likes of its nationalist owner. Baciu: "Now we start the project that we really want"] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Daco-Getica se retrage din Liga 2" [Daco-Getica withdrew from Liga 2] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ ""Calculatorul București" se pregătește de Liga I! Povestea liderului din liga a doua și a celui mai longeviv patron de fotbal din România" ["Calculatorul București" prepares for Liga I! The story of the leader of the second league and of the owner who spent the most years in the lead of a Romanian football club] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 21 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Juventus '24 = Petrolul, Juventus '93 = Calculatorul! In penultima deplasare a turului Poli intalneste pe Juventus Bucuresti, o echipa care de-a lungul timpului, a purtat mai multe nume pana sa-si gaseasca unul potrivit" [Juventus '24 = Petrolul, Juventus '93 = Calculatorul! In the penultimate away match of the first part Poli meets Juventus Bucharest, a team which over time has wore more names before finding a suitable one] (in Romanian). opiniatimisoarei.ro. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Liga 3 clasamente" [Liga 3 tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Liga 2 clasamente" [Liga 2 tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d "Juventus Colentina București". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  8. ^ "Barajul pentru Liga a II-a: Juventus București" [Play-off for Liga II: Juventus București] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 21 May 2008. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  9. ^ "Juventus București a promovat matematic în Liga 1! Petrecere în noroi pentru jucătorii din Colentina" [Juventus Bucharest has mathematically promoted in the Liga 1! Party in the mud for Colentina players] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Juventus București a retrogradat, matematic, din prima ligă" [Juventus Bucharest relegated, mathematically, from the first league] (in Romanian). telegrafonline.ro. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Dacia și Daco-Geții" [Dacia and the Daco-Getae] (in Romanian). subiectepentrutoti.ro. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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