About Cercul Atletic București

Cercul Atletic București was an early Romanian football club based in Bucharest, founded around 1912–1913. It was created by members associated with the Athletic Academy of Bucharest and was part of the first generation of organized football teams in Romania. The club represented the early amateur era of Romanian football, when the sport was still developing and largely influenced by foreign players and academic or sporting institutions.

Cercul Atletic București was an early Romanian football club based in Bucharest, founded around 1912–1913. It was created by members associated with the Athletic Academy of Bucharest and was part of the first generation of organized football teams in Romania. The club represented the early amateur era of Romanian football, when the sport was still developing and largely influenced by foreign players and academic or sporting institutions.

After its short participation in official competitions, the club disappeared in the mid-1910s, likely due to the impact of World War I and the instability of early football organizations. Despite its brief existence, Cercul Atletic București is remembered as one of the pioneer clubs in Romanian football history, representing the formative years of the sport in the capital and its early transition toward organized national competition.