United Ploiești
| Full name | Fotbal Club United Ploiești | ||
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| Short name | United Ploiești | ||
| Founded | 1909 | ||
| Dissolved | 1914 | ||
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United Ploiești was a football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, Romania. It was founded in 1909 and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning one Romanian Championships in 1912. The club was dissolved in 1914.
History
The club was founded by the American and Dutch functionaries from the Petroleum Refineries, under the presidency of engineer Jacob Koppes. The first players of the club were: Braizer, the Mayor brothers, Bider, Kolman, van Beck, Meyer, Bolton. In 1911 the first Romanian player appears in the squad, Vintilescu. At the end of the 1911-12 season the club were crowned champions, winning at Ploiești against Olympia București with 6-2. The team from Bucharest played with only 9 players because, the two other players were schoolboys, and their parents didn't allow them to go to the away game. Starting with 1914, the foreign players left the country and United sees itself dissolved just before World War I started. The remaining players and staff were divided between two clubs, Româno-Americană București and Prahova Ploiești.