AFC Progresul Spartac București

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Progresul Spartac București
Capacity1,600 / 1,030
OwnerGabriel Rădulescu
ChairmanRadu Mandache
Head coachAndrei Erimia
LeagueLiga II
2022–23Liga II, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Asociația Fotbal Club Progresul Spartac 1944 București, commonly known as Progresul Spartac București or simply as Progresul Spartac, is a

football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga II
.

The club was founded by a wing of the former club, Progresul București, but does not claim the record, logo or the succession of the old entity, despite the fact that it uses some elements of the original brand (bleu and blue colors; the sycamore leaf), called itself "direct descendant of Progresul București" and its objective is "to revive the spirit of Progresul from Cotroceni".[2]

History

Founded on 16 June 2014 by a wing of the former club,

FC Progresul București, Progresul Spartac București is a club that does not claim the record, logo or the succession of the old entity, despite the fact that it uses some elements of the original brand (bleu and blue colors; the sycamore leaf), called itself "direct descendant of Progresul București" and its objective is "to revive the spirit of Progresul from Cotroceni".[3]

In the

2016–17 season, at two years after foundation, the team won Liga IV – Bucharest series and qualified for the promotion play-off where it played against Voința Crevedia, Ilfov County champions. After the first leg, played in Bucharest, the Romanian Football Federation declared forfeit in favor of Voința Crevedia, because Progresul Spartac did not have a doctor at the match.[4][5] One week later, in the second leg, played this time in Crevedia, Progresul Spartac overturned the situation, winning with 6–2 and gained promotion in the Liga III.[6]

In the first season of

Farul Constanța and even a 7–0 win against them, Progresul had to see itself defeated in the end and finished the season only on the 2nd place. Next season the bleu and blues were again a hard-to-beat team, winning against the big favourite of the series Rapid București and bringing to the stadium located in the "Sparrow's entry" a second division club, Universitatea Cluj, with the occasion of a round of 32 Romanian Cup match.[7]

Ground

With

, a stadium with a capacity of 1,600 seats.

Alternatively, Progresul could also play on the

Support

Starting with the

FC Progresul's former fan groups.[9][10] Progresul supporters consider FC Argeș Pitești supporters to be their allies, fans of both teams has the opportunity to support the other during matches.[11]

Honours

Liga III

Liga IV – Bucharest

  • Winners (1):
    2016–17

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 March 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Alexandru Soare
5 DF Romania ROU Dănilă Parfeon (Captain)
6 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Stângă
7 MF Romania ROU Emilian Pacionel (Vice-captain)
8 MF Romania ROU Giovani Petcu
9 FW Romania ROU Matei Andrei
10 MF Romania ROU
Dinamo București
)
11 MF Romania ROU Andrei Popescu
12 GK Romania ROU David Dumitrescu
14 DF Romania ROU Eduard Radu
15 MF Romania ROU Mario Dumitru
16 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Despa
18 MF Romania ROU Nicolas Tong
19 MF Romania ROU Ionuț Costea
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Străchinescu
22 MF Romania ROU Antonio Preda
23 DF Romania ROU Andrei Paliu
24 DF Romania ROU Robert Răducioiu (on loan from Sepsi OSK)
26 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Crivac (on loan from Rapid București)
27 MF Romania ROU Claudiu Dinache
37 DF Romania ROU Sebastian Radu (on loan from FCSB II)
56 GK Romania ROU Daniel Paraschiv (on loan from Voluntari)
77 DF Romania ROU Deian Geană
79 FW Romania ROU Andreas Chirițoiu (on loan from FCSB II)
99 MF Romania ROU Vlad Istrate
DF Romania ROU Andrei Grigore
DF Romania ROU Vlad Calea
MF Romania ROU Denis Despa (on loan from Rapid București)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Romania ROU Alexandru Zamfir (to Agricola Borcea)

Club Officials

League history

References

  1. ^ "ASOCIATIA FOTBAL CLUB PROGRESUL 1944 SPARTAC" [ASOCIATIA FOTBAL CLUB PROGRESUL 1944 SPARTAC]. firme.info. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Despre" [About]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Despre" [About]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Progresul Spartac cere "responsabilitate" din partea presei" [Progress Spartac demands "responsibility" on the part of the press]. prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ "COMUNICAT" [PRESS]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Am promovat in Liga a 3-a, pe teren" [We promoted in the 3rd League on the pitch]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Progresul Spartac și Universitatea Cluj-Napoca, "derby-ul pribegiei"" [Progresul Spartac and Universitatea Cluj-Napoca, the "wandering derby"]. romanialibera.ro. Retrieved 18 May 2021.(in Romanian)
  8. ^ "Baza sportivă" [Sport base] (in Romanian). liga2prosport.ro. 19 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Progresul există?! Patronii de la Progresul Spartac și Progresul București puși față-n față » Care-i urmașa "bancarilor" + Atacuri între cei doi" [Progresul still exist ?! Owners from Progresul Spartac and Progresul București set up face to face »Which is the successor of the" bankers "+ Attacks between the two]. gsp.ro. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Zi de meci la galerie" [Match day in the fan group]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. ^ "S-a chinuit o repriză cu brăilenii! FC Argeş a câştigat greu cu Dacia Unirea, echipă care a retrogradat matematic după acest eşec" [They were in trouble for one half at Brăila! FC Argeş won hard against Dacia Unirea, team that relegated mathematically after this failure]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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