Venus București, Ripensia Timișoara and Rapid București carried the early Romanian challenge into the Central European Cup, also known as the Mitropa Cup. Ripensia’s 3–0 victory over AC Milan in 1938 stands out among these first encounters.
3Romanian clubs
6Competition entries
19Matches with a recorded score
Competition highlights Principal and Secondary competitions
Principal competitions
No principal-competition entries are recorded in this early period.
Secondary competitions
Rapid reached the 1940 Mitropa final against Ferencvárosi TC, but the final was not played and no winner was declared. This decade page also includes the archive’s 1940 entries.
First European participations Clubs making their first recorded appearance
First participation recorded within each category, calculated separately for Principal and Secondary competitions. A club can appear once in each category, possibly in different decades. Historical club names are shown; renamed clubs remain within their existing profile.
Principal competitions · 0 clubs
No first recorded participations in principal competitions in this decade.
Points: 2 for a win, 1 for a draw. Teams are ordered by points, then goal difference, goals scored and club name. Seasons and competition entries count participation; match figures include recorded awarded results and exclude unplayed or unspecified scores. Club-perspective records are retained for Romanian v Romanian matches.
SI uses Principal Competitions only and is calculated for the period shown, using the site’s Romanian club formula. Secondary-only tables show no SI; combined tables include a Principal-only SI. A dash means the index is unavailable. In-progress campaigns are excluded from SI until complete. Cumulative tables include all earlier decades and this one; arrows compare the previous available decade. Club names reflect the decade shown; if a club did not participate in that decade, the cumulative table shows its most recent recorded name or names.
1,653 archive entries, 1937–2026/27. 4 upcoming fixtures await results · CS Universitatea Craiova, Conference League 2026/27; these are scheduled matches, not missing historical scores. The 1940 Rapid București–Ferencváros final was not played; its status is confirmed and no result is expected. Stages are recorded for all entries. Home/away/neutral designations are recorded for all played or awarded entries; locations for unplayed awarded fixtures describe the scheduled venue. The archive is based on owner-supplied records, with source references and subsequent corrections recorded where available.
Bold names identify the team that progressed in a knockout tie. Qualified Romanian teams also have a label. Group-stage opponents are not bold. Tie decisions: green = qualified, red = eliminated. R = deciding third match; D = away goals. Penalty scores show the Romanian team first and are separate from the match score.