AFC Progresul Spartac București

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 and founded in 2014. Currently the team plays in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

Not to be confused with FC Progresul București.
Progresul Spartac București
Full nameAsociația Fotbal Club Progresul Spartac 1944 București
Nickname(s)Progresiștii
(The Progressive People)
Bleu-Albaștrii
(The Bleu and Blues)
Founded16 June 2014 (2014-06-16)[1]
GroundProgresul Spartac
Capacity1,030
OwnerGabriel Rădulescu
ChairmanRadu Mandache
ManagerAndrei Erimia
LeagueLiga III
2020–21Liga III, Seria IV, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

History
For the full history of FC Progresul București, see FC Progresul București.

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".[2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Ground
Main article: Stadionul Progresul Spartac

The club plays its home matches on Progresul Spartac Stadium in Bucharest, a stadium with a capacity of 1,030 seats. The stadium was formerly known as Prefabricate Stadium and is located in the southern part of Bucharest, on the Giurgiului Road, in a zone named "Intrarea Vrabiei" (Sparrow's entry).[7]

Support

Starting with the 2016–17 season, Progresul Spartac is supported by FC Progresul's former fan groups.[8][9] Progresul supporters consider FC Argeș Pitești supporters to be their allies, fans of both teams has the opportunity to support the other during matches.[10]

Honours

Players

First team squad
As of 8 March 2022

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  ITA Enrico Moro
2 DF  ROU Petruț Vlad (Vice-Captain)
4 DF  ROU Vlad Alexandrescu
5 DF  ROU Dănilă Parfeon
6 DF  ROU Andrei Grigore
7 DF  ROU Eugen Lixandru (Captain)
8 MF  ROU Giovani Petcu
9 FW  ROU Andrei Matei
12 GK  ROU Mihai Ciontoș
15 MF  ROU Mario Dumitru
16 MF  ROU Mihai Demeter
17 MF  ROU Marius Dițu
18 MF  ROU Nicolas Tong
19 MF  ROU Ionuț Costea
20 FW  ROU Andrei Ohaci
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  ROU Ionuț Tudorache
22 DF  ROU Mihai Șandru
23 FW  ROU Robert Cazaciuc
24 MF  ROU Andrei Purice
25 DF  ROU Silvian Matei
30 MF  ROU Andrei Popescu
33 GK  ROU Dragoș Lupescu
44 DF  ROU Eduard Radu
99 FW  ROU Octavian Nedelcu
— GK  ROU Valentin Jipa
— DF  ROU Adrian Bălăceanu
— DF  ROU Alexandru Zamfir
— MF  ROU Mihai Coșeru
— MF  ROU Robert Petculescu

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

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. "Progresul Spartac cere "responsabilitate" din partea presei" [Progress Spartac demands "responsibility" on the part of the press]. prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "COMUNICAT" [PRESS]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "Am promovat in Liga a 3-a, pe teren" [We promoted in the 3rd League on the pitch]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. "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)
  7. "Baza sportivă" [Sport base] (in Romanian). progresulspartac.com. 9 November 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. "Zi de meci la galerie" [Match day in the fan group]. progresulspartac.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. "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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