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 Romania's 2nd Division, Liga II.

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]
GroundCNAF / Progresul Spartac
Capacity1,600 / 1,030
OwnerGabriel Rădulescu
ChairmanRadu Mandache
ManagerAndrei Erimia
LeagueLiga II
2022–23Liga II, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website

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
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".[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
Main article: Stadionul CNAF

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 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.

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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 13 October 2023

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
2 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Zamfir
3 DF Romania ROU Leonard Alexandrescu (on loan from Concordia Chiajna)
5 DF Romania ROU Dănilă Parfeon
6 DF Romania ROU Andrei Grigore
7 MF Romania ROU Mario Preda
7 DF Romania ROU Eugen Lixandru (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 Daniel Paraschiv
14 DF Romania ROU Eduard Radu
15 MF Romania ROU Mario Dumitru
16 DF Romania ROU Nicolae Leafu
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Romania ROU Tudor Tenică
18 MF Romania ROU Nicolas Tong
19 MF Romania ROU Ionuț Costea
20 MF Romania ROU Emilian Pacionel
21 DF Moldova MDA Cristian Istrate
24 MF Romania ROU Andrei Purice
26 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Crivac (on loan from Rapid București)
28 MF France FRA Isaac Solet
37 DF Romania ROU Sebastian Radu (on loan from FCSB)
55 GK Romania ROU Aurelian Paun (on loan from Oțelul Galați)
77 MF Romania ROU Bogdan Firtinescu
79 FW Romania ROU Andreas Chirițoiu
98 MF Romania ROU Bogdan Istratie (on loan from Politehnica Iași)
99 FW Romania ROU Nicolae Stinga

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. "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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