Fotbal Club Argeș 1953 Pitești was a Romanian

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club from

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...

, Argeș. It was founded in 2013 as a

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of the then-dissolved team

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was origi ...

, and was fully owned by its supporters.

History

Liga IV Argeș County (2014–present)

After the dissolution of the original team

, the supporters recreated the team and named it FC Argeș 1953, a phoenix club who started in

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. In their first season they finished on the second place in Liga IV – Argeș County. In the same year they participated in the first ever Football without Owners Tournament, a new established trophy for the fan-owned phoenix clubs in

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, the other participants was ASU Politehnica Timișoara, FC Vaslui 2002 and the host LSS Voința Sibiu, they finished on the third place at the event. On June 12, they managed to win against the county rivals Unirea Bascov to win the league and qualify in the promotion play-off to

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. After the promotion the club was dissolved, not having enough financial support.

Honours

Domestic

Liga IV – Argeș County *Winners (1): 2015–16 *Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Friendly

*Football without Owners Tournament **Third place (1): 2015

Statistics

References

External links

Official website
Fan-owned football clubs Association football clubs established in 2013 Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Argeș County 2013 establishments in Romania 2016 disestablishments in Romania Liga IV clubs {{romania-footyclub-stub