Nickname(s) Vodă Founded during 1909 | Short name Dragoș Vodă Dissolved 1946 | |
Full name Footbal Club Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți | ||
Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi (Chernivtsi) is a football club from Chernivtsi, Ukraine founded in 1909. During the club's history, it was transferred to Romania and then to Ukraine, where it would eventually dissolve in 1946. The name "Dragoş Vodă" came from Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, the first Voivode of Moldavia.
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History
Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi became the Regional Champions of Bukovina in the seasons of 1929, 1930 and 1938.
The club played in the Romanian Soccer Championship from 1928–29 and 1929–30. In 1932, a new format of Divizia A was introduced and Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi has since been the only team from Chernivtsi to have played in this division (1937–38), before eventually getting relegated.
Every ethnicity had their own team in Chernivtsi: Germans (Jahn Cernăuți), Jews (Maccabi Cernăuți and Hakoah Cernăuți), Polish (Polonia Cernăuți), Ukrainians (Dovbuș Cernăuți), and Romanians (Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi).
Performances
Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi is the only team from outside of Romania to play in the First League of Romania.