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n professional football

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based in

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and founded in 2014. Currently the team plays in Romania's 2nd Division,

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. The club was founded by a wing of the former club,

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, 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".

History

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

FC Progresul București Fotbal Club Progresul București, commonly known as Progresul București or simply as Progresul, was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest. The team was founded in 1944 as ''B.N.R. București'', being the team of the National Bank of Roman ...

, 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". In the 2016–17 season, at two years after foundation, the team won Liga IV – Bucharest series and qualified for the

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where it played against Voința Crevedia,

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champions. After the first leg, played in Bucharest, the

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declared

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in favor of Voința Crevedia, because Progresul Spartac did not have a doctor at the match. One week later, in the second leg, played this time in

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, Progresul Spartac overturned the situation, winning with 6–2 and gained promotion in the

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. In the first season of

, ''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

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and bringing to the stadium located in the "Sparrow's entry" a second division club,

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, with the occasion of a round of 32

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match.

Ground

With Progresul Spartac Stadium not being eligible for Liga 2 matches, the club announced in August 2022 that the team will play its home matches on CNAF Stadium in

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, 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

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Support

Starting with the 2016–17 season, Progresul Spartac is supported by FC Progresul's former fan groups. Progresul supporters consider

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was origi ...

supporters to be their allies, fans of both teams has the opportunity to support the other during matches.

Honours

*Winners (1): 2021–22 *Runners-up (1): 2017–18 Liga IV – Bucharest *Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

Official website
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