FC Argeș Piteşti Basketball is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Piteşti, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, and has also been named in recent years CS Universitatea, BCM Piteşti and BCMUS Argeş Piteşti, CSU Piteşti, BCM U Piteşti and BCM U FC Argeș Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft. Also, the team won the Romanian Cup in the season 2011–2012 and the SuperCup in the season 2012–2013.
History In 2013 Pitești held the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Hristu Șapera, BCM U Pitești coach was also the coach of the Romanian National Team Under-20.
Season summaries 2011–2012
In the 2011–12 season, the team finished ninth in the regular season, missing qualification for the playoffs. The club nevertheless won the Romanian Cup after a 91–78 victory over BC Timișoara in the final held in Bucharest.
2012–2013
In the season: 2012–2013, BCM U Piteşti won the Romanian SuperCup after winning against CSU Asesoft. After the regular season end, the team finished on 11th place (13 wins – 17 losses) and went to play with BC Farul Constanța in Play-Out for remaining in the first national division. BCM U Pitesti win with 3–0 against BC Farul Constanta. Also the team participated in EuroChallenge, but finished in the group stage with 1 win and 5 losses.
2013–2014
In the 2013–14 season, BCM U Pitești qualified for the Final Four of the Romanian Cup after defeating U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca in the quarter-finals. The team was eliminated by CSM Oradea in the semi-finals and later lost to CSU Ploiești in the third-place game.
Following the regular season, BCM U Pitești finished sixth and qualified for the playoffs, where the team faced BC Mureș in the quarter-finals. BCM U Pitești lost the series 3–1.
2014–2015
In the 2014–15 season, BCM U Pitești reached the Final Four of the Romanian Cup for the second consecutive year. The team finished third after losing to eventual winners BC Timișoara in the semi-finals and defeating CSU Sibiu in the third-place game.
In the regular season, BCM U Pitești finished fifth but was eliminated in the playoff quarter-finals by CS Energia Târgu Jiu, losing the series 3–0.
2015–2016
In the 2015–16 season, Pitești reached the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup, where the team was eliminated by eventual winners U BT Cluj-Napoca following a last-second basket.
In the regular season, Pitești finished ninth and failed to qualify for the playoffs after receiving a three-point deduction due to a violation involving the club's second team during the previous season.
2016–2017
In the 2016–17 season, Pitești reached the playoff quarter-finals, where the team was eliminated by Steaua CSM Bucharest after losing the series 3–0. In the Romanian Cup, Pitești was eliminated in the first round by SCM U Craiova.
Current roster
Notable former players - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
Notable former coaches - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional head coach. - Coached as head coach at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.
Competitive record SeasonsChampionshipsCupsEuropeCoachRoster 2011–12 9th place Winner No tournament Tudor Costescu Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Alexandru Ziguli, Alexandru Neguț, Daniel Popescu, Octavian Calotă, Senai Isleam, Darko Vujacic, Georgian Păun, Ivan Stefanovic, Slobodan Popovic, Uros Velickovic 2012–13 11th place Quarter-finals EuroChallengeCup-group stage Tudor Costescu Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Daniel Popescu, Marcel Jones, Adobe Gennie, Slobodan Popovic, Alexandru Neguț, Corneliu Alexiu, Cosmin Mătăsaru, Octavian Calotă, Pancracije Barac, Drasko Albijanic 2013–14 6th place 4th place No tournament Hristu Șapera Vlad Dogaru, Ante Krapic, Iulian Orbeanu, Iulian Corneanu, Marian Minea, Ousmane Barro, Pankracije Barac, Kenn Tutt, Lamonte Ulmer, Edi Sinadinovic, Marko Djurkovic, Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Vlad Corpodean, Alexandru Neguț. 2014–15 5th place 3rd place No tournament Hristu Șapera Iulian Orbeanu, Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Cezar Stănescu, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Yurii Fraseniuk, Mirko Kovac, Marko Sutalo, Radenko Pilcevic, Ronald Ross, Stevan Milosevic, Krystopher Faber, Nemanja Kovacevic, Nemanja Maric, Dalibor Djapa 2015–16 9th place Quarter finals No tournament Jovica Arsic/ Adjelko Mandic/ Hristu Șapera Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Ronald Ross, Cătălin Vlaicu, Adrian Tudor, Pedja Stamenkovic, Aleksandar Mladenovic, Bogdan Stăncuț, Vyacheslav Bobrov, Maxsym Pustozvonov, Tauras Jogela, Ghiță Balmuș, Vincent Hunter, Jamar Diggs. 2016–17 6th place 1st round No tournament Hristu Șapera Lucian Chirof, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Adrian Tudor, Aleksandar Mladenovic, Bogdan Stăncuț, Ghiță Balmuș, Vincent Hunter, Pavel Marinov, Vlad Corpodean, Alin Zaharie, Aleksandar Kostoski, Tomislav Gabric
Trivale Sports Hall
Trivale Sports Hall () is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pitești, Romania. It is primarily used by BCM U Pitești. It has a capacity of 2,000 seats.
References
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