FC Rapid București
Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, 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. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as the Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association").
| Full name | Fotbal Club Rapid 1923 SA | |||
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| Short name | Rapid | |||
| Founded | 25 June 1923 as CFR București 2016 (refounded) as Mișcarea Feroviară CFR | |||
| Ground | Superbet Arena-Giulești | |||
| Capacity | 14,047 | |||
| Owners | Dan Șucu (80%) Victor Angelescu (20%) | |||
| Chairman | Daniel Niculae | |||
| Head coach | Bogdan Lobonț (caretaker) | |||
| League | Liga I | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I, 5th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Domestically, Rapid București is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won three national titles, 13 Cupa României, and four Supercupa României. Internationally, its highest achievements are reaching the quarter-finals of the 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, and the final of the 1940 Mitropa Cup—the latter not being played because of World War II. Recently, the club was declared bankrupt in 2016, but was refounded and managed to return to the top flight in 2021.
From 1939, Rapid played its home matches in burgundy and white kits at the Valentin Stănescu Stadium, which was replaced by the new Rapid-Giulești in 2022. The team has fierce local rivalries with Steaua București and Dinamo București, as well as with Petrolul Ploiești.