Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Dăești, commonly known as Viitorul Dăești, is a

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club originally from Dăești,

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and currently playing in

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, the third tier of the

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, after was promoted at the end of the 2018–19 season.

History

Viitorul Dăești was established in the summer of 2012 at the initiative of George Popolan, the mayor of Dăești commune. The club was enrolled directly in the Liga IV – Vâlcea County, the fourth tier of the

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, and finished their first season on 5th place in the North Series. Viitorul continued to play in the North Series of the Liga IV – Vâlcea County ranking 4th in the 2013–14 season and 3rd in the 2014–15 season, and 11th in the 2015–16 season played in a single series. In the 2016–17 season, Viitorul Dăești, coached by Cosmin Ursu, won the Liga IV – Vâlcea County qualifying for the promotion play-off to

, but lost to AS Milcov (0–0 at home and 0–2 away), the winner of Liga IV – Olt County. In the 2017–18 season, Viitorul finished the regular season in third place, eleven points behind first place Flacăra Horezu with no chance of promotion, and Cosmin Ursu was replaced with Gabriel Mangalagiu who led the club to finish as runners-up in the play-off. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Viitorul promoted to

winning Liga IV – Vâlcea County and the promotion play-off played against Real Bradu (2–1 at Bradu and 3–0 at Dăești), the winner of Liga IV – Argeș County. The squad led by Gabriel Mangalagiu was composed of among others by Dragoș Geantă, Ion Armeanu, Octavian Vasile, Ioan Săraru, Andrei Fistogeanu, Lucian Iordache, Ionuț Lăzărescu, Florian Pârvu, Gabriel Rizea, Leonard Săraru, Raul Horumbă, George Neacșu, Marian Roșianu, Ion Marian, Alin Bucei, Ștefan Pașoi, Cătălin Moldoveanu and Bogdan Preda. The 2019–20 campaign saw the debut of Viitorul in

, "Dăeștenii" finished on eleventh place in the 4th Series in a season curtailed due to the

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. After a mediocre start of the 2020–21 season, ninth place with just three points in four rounds, Mangalagiu was sacked and replaced with Lucian Giurcă. A month later,

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was appointed the new head coach, but he was replaced in January with Adrian Popa who, with a core of players such as

Florin Costea Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985 in Drăgășani) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Viitorul Dăești. Club career Universitatea Craiova Costea started in the Romanian Liga II for the local team R ...

, Lucian Iordache, Florian Pârvu, Samson Nwabueze or

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among others, leads the club on third place in its series at the end of the season. The 2021–22 season was a successful campaign, finishing second in both the

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and the

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of 6th series, Viitorul qualify for

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, losing in the first round to

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, 0–2 on aggregate.

Honours

*Runners-up (2): 2021–22,

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Liga IV – Vâlcea County *Winners (2): 2016–17, 2018–19 *Runners-up (1): 2017–18

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Viitorul and also played in

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for another team. * Adrian Albinaru * Florin Cioablă * Ionuț Cioinac *

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* Samson Nwabueze * Florian Pârvu * Cătălin Pârvulescu * Cosmin Ursu

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viitorul Dăești Association football clubs established in 2012 Football clubs in Vâlcea County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2012 establishments in Romania