Clubul Sportiv OrÃÂÃÂenesc Tricolorul Breaza, commonly known as Tricolorul Breaza, is a Romanian football club based in Breaza, Prahova County and currently playing in the Liga III, the 3rd tier of the Romanian football league system.
The club was founded in 1971 and disbanded in August 2010 when it merged with Liga V team Navobi IaÃÂi to form ACSMU Politehnica IaÃÂi. In order to continue the football legacy of Breaza, in June 2010, was founded Precizia Breaza, which was enrolled in Liga V Prahova County, the fifth tier. In 2013 Precizia ceded the place in Liga IV to the newly formed multi-sport club club CSO Tricolorul Breaza.
Football in Breaza appeared after the First World War, with the press of that time recounting the story of a match played in 1924 in the commune from Prahova Valley between Tricolorul I from Breaza de Sus and Principesa Ileana I from Câmpina. The team was not registered in official competitions, playing only friendly or demonstration matches until 1941, when it was disbanded due to World War II.
In 1951, the club was re-established as Tricolorul Breaza de Sus and was registered in the Câmpina District Championship. In 1953, its name was changed to Recolta Breaza after the two communes, Breaza de Sus and Breaza de Jos, united to form the city of Breaza. It changed its name to Steaua RoÃÂie in 1957 and was disbanded in 1966.
The club was re-established in 1971 as Tricolorul Breaza and entered the Câmpina Territorial Championship, which it won, earning promotion to the Prahova County Championship after a play-off tournament. Until 1991, it played exclusively at the fourth division level, where it finished 2nd twice, in the 1974âÂÂ75 and 1976âÂÂ77 seasons, and changed its name to Precizia in 1983.
After the 1990âÂÂ91 season, due to changes in the competition system by the FRF, Precizia Breaza was forced to play in the fifth division the following season, even though it had not finished in a relegation position. It secured promotion after one season by finishing in 2nd place. This was followed by nine seasons in the fourth division, during which the club changed its name in 1993 to Hidrojet, after the name of the factory that sponsored the club.
Hidrojet promoted to Liga III at the end of the 2000âÂÂ01 season, winning the Liga IV â Prahova County and the promotion play-off played against Aromet PoÃÂta Câlnau, the winner of Liga IV â BuzÃÂu County 2âÂÂ0 at Tractorul Stadium in BraÃÂov. The lineup of Hidrojet with Ilie Rontea as head coach: Florin Panfil â IonuàNicolae (63 Puiu Buciu), Gabriel Bâcneanu (68 Bogdan Cazan), Bogdan Iarca, Antonio MoÃÂoi â Alexandru Chilom, Constantin Rontea (cpt), Cosmin Costache, Paul Enache â Florin Defta, Marian UÃÂicà(82 Marius ViÃÂan).
After promotion to Liga III, the club changed its name to Tricolorul Breaza. In the first season in the third division was assigned to Series II, ending the season in 9th position. Followed six seasons in the third division in which Tricolorul finished as follows: 4th (2002âÂÂ03), 9th (2003âÂÂ04), 5th (2004âÂÂ05), 2nd (2005âÂÂ06), 11th (2006âÂÂ07) and 3rd (2007âÂÂ08). Also, Tricolorul reached the Round of 32 of the 2007âÂÂ08 Cupa României losing 0âÂÂ1 to Gloria BuzÃÂu.
Tricolorul, with Florin StÃÂncioiu as head coach, finished the 2008âÂÂ09 season as runners-up in the third series of Liga III and promoted to Liga II after won the promotion play-offs against OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi II and CSO Ovidiu. The squad included the following players: Bogdan Sava, Marius Anghelache, Andrei Stoica, Samson Nwabueze, RareàForika, IonuàPetcu, Cristian Apostol, Mihai Olteanu, Daniel ÃÂandru, Radu BumbÃÂr, Marian BÃÂeÃÂu, Bogdan Marinescu, Valentin Turiac, Georgian GhiÃÂÃÂ, Marius DascÃÂlu, Alin Liuba, Marius ViÃÂan, Andrei Vasilescu, Marian GhiorghiÃÂÃÂ. In Cupa României, Tricolorul reached, for the second time in a row, the Round of 32, but lost 1âÂÂ2 to OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi.
In the 2009âÂÂ10 season, Tricolorul Breaza debuted in the second division, but despite a good start in which it accumulated 9 points from their first five matches, the team led by Florin StÃÂncioiu finished 16th out of 18 in the Series I being spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of FC Baia Mare from Liga II.
In the summer of 2010, after the bankruptcy of the original Politehnica IaÃÂi, the owner Constantin Anghelache moved Tricolorul Breaza to IaÃÂi and merged with Liga V team Navobi IaÃÂi to form ACSMU Politehnica IaÃÂi, leaving the Breaza town without a football team.
In order to continue the football legacy of Breaza, in June 2010, was founded Precizia Breaza, which was enrolled in Liga V â Prahova County, the fifth tier of the Romanian football league system. In the 2010âÂÂ11 season, Precizia, with Cornel Vasilescu as head coach, played in the West Series of the fifth division and finished in 7th place. The next season saw Precizia promoted to fourth division after won the West Series of Liga V - Prahova County.
In the first season after returning to the fourth division, Precizia finished in 12th place. In 2013, Precizia was absorbed into the newly formed multi-sport club club CSO Tricolorul Breaza, which ended the 2013âÂÂ14 season in 12th place.
In the following seasons, Tricolorul finished 7th in 2014âÂÂ15, 13th in 2015âÂÂ16, 12th in 2016âÂÂ17, 8th in 2017âÂÂ18, and 6th in 2018âÂÂ19. The 2019âÂÂ20 season was interrupted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the team from Breaza in 2nd place at the time.
The 2020âÂÂ21 season was played in a short tournament with just four teams due to the high costs generated by the medical protocol requirements. Tricolorul finished the tournament in 3rd place.
After finishing 4th in the 2021âÂÂ22 season, Tricolorul earned promotion to Liga III at the end of the 2022âÂÂ23 season. The team coached for twenty-one rounds by Constantin PlÃÂvache, then by Marius ViÃÂan, finished 1st in Liga IV Prahova County and won the promotion play-off against Daco-Getica BucureÃÂti, 3âÂÂ3 on aggregate and 9âÂÂ8 on penalty shoot-outs.