FC Rapid București

association football club in Bucharest, Romania

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Full name: Fotbal Club Rapid SA
Nicknames: Rapidiștii Giuleștenii (The people of Giulești ) Alb-vișiniii (The White-Burgundies) Feroviarii (The Railwaymen) Echipa de sub Podul Grant , (The Team below Grant Bridge)
Short name: Rapid
Founded: 25 June 1923 ; 102 years ago ( 1923-06-25 ) , as CFR București , 2016 ; 10 years ago ( 2016 ) (refounded) , as Mișcarea Feroviară CFR București
Ground: Rapid-Giulești
Capacity: 14,048
Owners: Dan Șucu (80%) , Victor Angelescu (20%)
Chairman: Victor Angelescu
Head coach: Daniel Pancu
League: Liga I
2025 26: Liga I, 5th of 16
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Fotbal Club Rapid, commonly known as Rapid București ( Romanian pronunciation: [raˈpid bukuˈreʃtʲ]) or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga I, the top tier of Romanian football. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as the Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR (lit. 'CFR Cultural and Sports Association').