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".

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".

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. 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.

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.

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 the team's home in its first match of the season, while CNAF Stadium will host the home matches of Concordia Chiajna.

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

Honours Liga III 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

RoleName Owner Gabriel Rădulescu President Radu Mandache Sporting director Adrian Loghin Head of Youth Center Mihai Mărăscu

Current technical staff

RoleName Head coach Andrei Erimia Assistant coach Robert Oancea Goalkeeping coach Mihai Albu Fitness coach Cristian Matache Performance analyst Alexandru Borisov Club doctor Mircea Cojocaru

League history

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2026–27 3 Liga III TBD TBD 2025–26 3 Liga III (Seria V) 7th Play-out Second round 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 3rd Second round 2023–24 2 Liga II 20th (R) Relegated Third round 2022–23 2 Liga II 16th Spared from relegation Third round 2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 1st (C, P) 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 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, P) Promoted – 2015–16 5 Liga V (B) 9th –

References

External links Official website