The football history in the city Craiova began in the year 1921,when the first teams were founded:"Craiovan Craiova" and "Rovine Grivita Craiova".In the year 1940,yhe two teams from Craiova merged resulting in one of the most succ...

The football history in the city Craiova began in the year 1921,when the first teams were founded:"Craiovan Craiova" and "Rovine Grivita Craiova".In the year 1940,yhe two teams from Craiova merged resulting in one of the most successful Romanian football teams in the Interwar period;"FC Craiova",which was also the first team from the city of Craiova winning the Romanian championship in the season 1942-1943.However,FC Universitatea Craiova is one of the most famous football clubs from Romania along the with Steaua Bucuresti and Dinamo Bucuresti.They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semifinals of an European tournament,respective UEFA Cup in 1984.