AFC Progresul Spartac București

Romanian association football team
Football club
Progresul Spartac București
Full nameAsociația Fotbal Club Progresul Spartac 1944 București
Nickname(s)Progresiștii
(The Progressive People)
Bleu-Albaștrii
(The Bleu and Blues)
Cavalerii frunzei de platan
(The Knights of the Sycamore Leaf)
Founded16 June 2014; 9 years ago (2014-06-16)[1]
GroundCNAF / Progresul Spartac
Capacity1,600 / 1,030
OwnerGabriel Rădulescu
ChairmanRadu Mandache
Head coachAndrei Erimia
LeagueLiga III
2023–24Liga II, 20th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Asociația Fotbal Club Progresul Spartac 1944 București, commonly known as Progresul Spartac București or simply as Progresul Spartac, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga III.

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 Liga III, Progresiștii were the revelation of the second series where after a tough duel against 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 Progresul Spartac Stadium not being eligible for Liga II matches, the club announced in August 2022 that the team will play its home matches on CNAF Stadium in Buftea, a stadium with a capacity of 1,600 seats.

Alternatively, Progresul could also play on the Clinceni Stadium, arena that was team's home in its first match of the season, while CNAF Stadium will host the home matches of Concordia Chiajna.[8]

Support

Starting with the 2016–17 season, Progresul Spartac is supported by 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

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 Andrei Florescu (on loan from 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

Board of directors

Role Name
Owner Romania Gabriel Rădulescu
President Romania Radu Mandache
Sporting director Romania Adrian Loghin

Current technical staff

Role Name
Head coach Romania Andrei Erimia
Assistant coach Romania Robert Oancea
Goalkeeping coach Romania Mihai Albu
Fitness coach Romania Cristian Matache
Club doctor Romania Mircea Cojocaru

League history

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României
2023–24 2 Liga II 20th (R) Relegated
2022–23 2 Liga II 16th Spared from (R) Third round
2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 1st (C) Promoted Third round
2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 3rd Round of 32
2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria III) 1st (C) Third round
Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României
2018–19 3 Liga III (Seria II) 3rd Round of 32
2017–18 3 Liga III (Seria II) 2nd –
2016–17 4 Liga IV (B) 1st (C) Promoted –
2015–16 5 Liga V (B) 9th –

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.

External links

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  • AFC Progresul Spartac București on Facebook
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