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Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional
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based in the city of Pitești,
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, which competes in the
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. The team was originally founded as ''Dinamo Pitești'' in 1953, and made its Romanian top tier debut in the 1961–62 season. In 1967, it changed its name to Argeș Pitești. The most successful period of "the White-Violets" was in the
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, when they won the national title twice. Three-time
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winner
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
was part of the squad during that period, which turned him into a symbol of the club over the years. FC Argeș has amassed over 40 seasons in the first league, and traditionally plays its home matches at the Nicolae Dobrin Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats.


History


Founding and early years (1953–1967)

On August 6, 1953, an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs settled the birthday of ''Dinamo Pitești'', the current formation FC Argeș, the name being taken after the older sister from
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,
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. The new team from Pitești started its rise from the bottom, Campionatul Orășenesc, today
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or
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, but the involvement of the local administration in bringing the best football players from the city to FC Argeș will be the main factor in the consecutive promotions of the club. The promotion to
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has occurred at the end of the 1958–1959
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season, and in the first year was very close to
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promotion, but Dinamo occupied only the second place of the second series of
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. The dream took shape for the football fans from Pitești in the next season. In 1961 Dinamo Pitești promoted on the first
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n football stage under the command of coaches Ştefan Vasile and Tănase Dima. Three of the most well-known members of the squad were
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Florin Halagian Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname ''Armeanul'' (The Armenian). He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games consist ...
and
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
, the players who contributed the most at Dinamo's performance. 1961–62 Divizia A season was a tough one for the club which accused the shock of the debut and relegated back to
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after only one year in the first league. After only one season in
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, Dinamo Pitești promoted again in 1963, remaining then a constant presence on the first stage of the
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n football, 10th place in
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, but a season in which the team achieved
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final, 8th in
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, 4th in 1966 and 12th in 1967.


Golden era (1967–1983)

In the summer of 1967 the club changed its name from ''Dinamo Pitești'' to FC Argeș Pitești, a name that wrote history, remaining forever in the history of the
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n football and in the remembering of the fans. The first season with the new name was a great one for FC Argeș, which finished 2nd, with the same number of points as Steaua București, the champions of that season. The best ranking in club's history until then was followed only by a 12th place in 1969, a 10th place in
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and a 9th place in
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. Then in the 1971–72 Divizia A season nothing announced the great final success of "the White-Violets". In the first round the team had a bad debut, with a defeat (1–4) at SC Bacău and the tension within the team led to the dismissal of coach
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, in his place was promoted a young coach,
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, a former player of Dinamo Pitești. At his debut on August 29, 1971, being the youngest coach of
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, FC Argeș won 2–1 against
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, both goals scored by Jercan. At the end of the first part of the championship, FC Argeş was on the 4th place, with 18 points, following the teams:
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, SC Bacău and
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. The winter preparations took place at
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, followed by a strong tournament in the former
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, tournament that would help the team a lot in the second part of the championship. The second part was extraordinary, FC Argeș being defeated only twice (0–2, at home against Steagul Roșu Brașov and 0–1, at
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, against CFR). There were followed by 9 games without defeats, in which Halagian played the big card several times. Thus, in the match against Politehnica Iași, he played in each half with a different line of midfielders, to everyone's surprise, to force the victory and to have fresh players until the end. In the penultimate stage (21 June 1972), at Pitești, FC Argeș defeated Crişul Oradea, becoming champion of
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for the first time in its history, with one round before the end of the championship. The team played very offensive and ambitious, with an inspired Dobrin at the helm. The score was 4–1 (3–1) for "the White-Violets", through the goals scored by Dobrin (min 25 and 43), Prepurgel (min 28), M. Joita (min 83) and Tămaş for Crișul). In front of over 17,000 spectators, in the final round, although he had the title in his pocket, FC Argeș defeated
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, on 23 August Stadium, with the score of 3–2, through the goals scored by: Jercan (min 45), C. Radu I (min 55), Frățilă (min 89), respectively Lucescu (min 17) and Dumitrache (min 61) for Dinamo. Following their 1972
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title, FC Argeș played in European Champion Clubs Cup. In the first round, the team from Pitești eliminated without big problems, 6–0 on aggregate, Aris Bonnevoie from
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, but then in the second round fate have brought them in their way
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, a team with 6 European Champion Clubs Cups at that moment and with big players like:
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, Santillana and Amancio, the coach was legendary
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and president was Santiago Bernabéu himself. The match seemed to be a formality for
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but on the pitch FC Argeș made probably the best match in its entire history, a match in which a legend would be born,
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. Dobrin played absolutely fantastic wooing the audience and opponents, he scored for 1–0 in 24 minutes then Anzarda scored for 1–1 in 41 minutes. Prepurgel scored then for 2–1 in 62 minutes, goal followed by a multitude of occasions at the goal of the inspired García Remón. Santiago Bernabéu amazed by Dobrin's technics offered 2 million dollars and a floodlight facility for him, but
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refused, considering Dobrin a national treasure. At
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,
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qualified hard after a goal scored in 87 minutes. The final score was 3–1, Santillana (17', 87') and Grande (47') scored for Real, Radu II (43') for FC Argeș. The following seasons were oscillating for the team which finished 3rd in 1973, 8th in
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, 7th in
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getting even to the 11th place in
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and 1977. Then in the 1977–78 Divizia A season FC Argeș had a remarkable comeback like the last time and finished 2nd, again at the same number of points with the leaders, Steaua București, as in 1968. 1978–79 Divizia A season started under the sign of a good training and a desire to fructify the growing maturity of a group of young players, most of them raised in Pitești. Under the leadership of the same coach,
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, helped by Leonte lanovschi and
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, transferred with a few days before the start of the championship. The goal of the club's leadership was to occupy one of the 1 to 5 places and to accumulate at least 18 points in the championship first part. FC Argeş started the championship in force, winning two games against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea and Politehnica Iași and ended up in the lead places. It was only in the 6th round when the club recorded the first defeat, 0–1, at
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, against ASA Târgu Mureș. The players were the subject of double efforts, most of them being part of the Romanian Olympic team, which managed, after many years, to defeat the Hungarian team at Pitești. At the end of the first part of the championship, FC Argeş was on the first position in the standings. A new player started successfully at Pitești team, Moiceanu, who soon became a secret weapon for the teammates and opponents. In the last round of the first part, FC Argeș won the match against
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(score 1–0) and became the champion of the first part with 10 matches won, a draw and 6 defeats, 25 goals scored and 17 received, totalizing 21 points, three more than the number proposed at the start of the championship. The well-known sports journalist Laurențiu Dumitrescu wrote in ''Sportul'' newspaper, "... it was also in the autumn of 78 Dobrin's team, the team of that great talented player, who has been playing for more than 15 years with the 10 number shirt, the capable player – even at 31 years old – to decide any match in our championship (examples of testimonies: the matches against
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, on their own ground, and Steaua, away) to score goals of great spectacularity. When Dobrin was absent, intervened Iovănescu, an offensive midfielder who had an exceptional season, perhaps the best of his career, and he also took the role of puncher when the striker, Radu II, was injured. But was also Stancu's part of championship, who became at only 22 years old, the mature leader of the defense, defense which combines the experience of Ivan II with Cârstea's strength and the ambition of Mihai Zamfir." On June 24, 1979, in front of 20,000 spectators, on the Dinamo Stadium in
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, FC Argeș defeated Dinamo, after a high-tension match, with the score 4–3, through the goals scored by: Radu II (min 11 and 24),
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(min 69) and Dobrin (min 90) respectively Dragnea (min 6) and
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(min 76, from penalty, and min 89) and won the
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n title for the second time in its history. After the game in ''Sportul'' newspaper, the well-known sports journalist
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wrote, "The championship final, expected with an extraordinary interest, which massively diminished the number of spectators on all the other grounds, ended with the deserved victory of the Pitești people after a high-tension game, in which the thirst for victory of Dinamo's players and supporters received a veto from Dobrin, who offered to the audience and the viewers I do not know what number's game of his life, being the player who dominated the field from all points of view." In 1978–79 UEFA Cup FC Argeș eliminated
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and gave up hard in front of
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, 4–6 on aggregate. Than the club finished on the podium for 2 times, in
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and
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and only on 10th place
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. Then in the summer of 1982
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
, at 35 years old left FC Argeș for CS Târgoviște but the team didn't feel the shock too much and finished 4th in 1983. In the summer of 1983 Dobrin comeback to his big love, FC Argeș, but played only 5 matches and retired on 14 June 1983, in a match against Bihor Oradea, the team finishing in 5th place.


After Nicolae Dobrin (1983–2009)

The retirement of
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, the emblematic symbol of FC Argeș, it also meant the end of the great performance for the club. In the 80's the team become a middle of the leaderboard team, finishing frequently on 6th, 7th or 9th place, but managed however to reach 3 Balkans Cup finals in this period. Than at the end of the 80's and beginning of the 90's the team slipped even in the lower half everything cumulating with the relegation from
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in
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after 29 years spent in the top-flight of the
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n football. Relegated in
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and with financial problems FC Argeș was taken over by
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, whose director was Constantin Stroe, who paid the debts. The club promoted back in 1994, finished 8th in
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and was again at 5 points away from relegation in 1996. Than in the next season the team comeback in the middle of the table. 1997–98 Divizia A season was the last peak of FC Argeș's history. The team finished 3rd and qualified for
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where they eliminated teams like Dynamo Baku and
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but were eliminated without problems by
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0–8 on aggregate. This last presence in European Cups it was due to a formidable generation, the second most talented after the Dobrin's generation. This FC Argeș team had players like:
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, Bogdan Vintilă, Valentin Năstase,
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,
Constantin Schumacher Constantin Schumacher (born 8 May 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former midfielder. Previously, he also main coached Rapid București between 2017 and 2018.Constantin Barbu Constantin "Jean" Barbu (born 16 May 1971) is a Romanian retired professional association football, footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Galaţi, Galați County, Barbu started his professional career with ...
. FC Argeș continued its good seasons finishing 4th in 1999, than on 5th place in
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and
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. Than from
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the team was a constant presence in the second half of the leaderboard, finishing in the best case on 10th place. This bad period ended with the second relegation in the club's history, this time after 13 years, at the end of the 2006–07 Liga I season. The team promoted back after only one season in
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.


The "Romanian ''Calciopoli''" and Bankruptcy (2009–2013)

"The White-Violet Eagles" finished 8th at their first season after the promotion, a season with good results and a solid style of playing. Than on June 8, 2009 a news would shock the world of the
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n football, FC Argeș was relegated in
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, after National Anti-corruption Division, found that the owner of the team from that period, Cornel Penescu, tried to bribe more referees to "help" the team winning. This case was named by the press "Penescu Case" or the "Romanian ''
Calciopoli ''Calciopoli'' () was a sports scandal in Italy's top professional association football league Serie A and to a lesser extent Serie B. Involving various clubs and numerous executives, both from the same clubs and from the main Italian football b ...
''". After Cornel Penescu's arrest, his son, Andrei Penescu led the club, but the funding was practically non-existent and the club struggled to survive even in
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, finishing in the second half of the table. Then on July 26, 2013 it was announced that FC Argeș is
bankrupt Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debt ...
without any chance of rescue.


SCM Pitești and supporters' club (2013–2017)

After the bankruptcy of FC Argeș, people of Pitești have tried to bring football back to life. The first project was SCM Pitești, a project initiated by Pitești Municipality which created a football section at SCM, the Sporting Club of the Municipality, in 2011, with 2 years before the end of FC Argeș, anticipating the bankruptcy of the club led at that time by Penescu's son, a club full of debts and with no future. The team promoted at
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 only one season and remained at that level until 2017 when they promoted to
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. The supporters of FC Argeș encouraged the team until the very end, then after the bankruptcy they founded FC Argeș 1953 Piteşti, a
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fully owned by FC Argeș supporters. The club won 2015–16 Liga IV-
Argeș County Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsi ...
and then the promotion play-off match against Recolta Stoicănești,
Olt County Olt County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina. History On 24 August 2017, the Olt County ...
champion, with the score of 5–2, but they couldn't join
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due to lack of funds and then dissolved the senior team. Then Pitești Municipality has shown the intention to buy FC Argeș's brand and the fans have also announced that they support this initiative.


Rebirth and return to Liga I (2017–present)

On 16 June 2017, the Municipality of Pitești bought FC Argeș's brand for 550,000
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. As a result of this association, the brand was transferred to SCM Pitești's football section, newly promoted to the
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, and the team came back to life four years after it was declared bankrupt. After promotion, the team spent 3 years in the second league. FC Argeș managed to earn promotion to the first division at the end of the 2019–20 season, after an 11-year break. Pitești narrowly earned a 2nd place, after Rapid held Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele to a draw in the seventh minute of extra time, a score at which Teleorman remained in the second league, and FC Argeș promoted directly. In the first half of their
comeback season ''Comeback Season'' is a 2006 film directed by Bruce McCulloch. It stars Ray Liotta as Walter Pearce, a married man who, with the help of local football star Skylar Eckerman (Sipos), tries to win back his wife (Headly) after cheating on her. Fil ...
, FC Argeș failed to impress, their winless streak leaving them last place in the league at the beginning of 2021. Things began to change after former player Andrei Prepeliță took over as manager, the team recording an 11 unbeaten league games run, and slowly crawling out of the relegation places to join the fight for a play-off place. With their unbeaten streak cut short by a 0–5 defeat against reigning champions
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, FC Argeș kept their momentum, but never made it above 7th place. They missed a chance to make it through with a 1–1 draw against fellow play-off contenders Academica Clinceni and by the penultimate round, they missed the play-off qualification altogether following a 1–4 loss against
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. In the 2021-22 season, FC Argeș managed to secure a play-off spot on the final day of the regular season, finishing 4th after a 2-1 away win against
FC Botoșani Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being established, ...
.


Youth program

Some notable names of the Romanian football were developed in the youth academy of FC Argeș, such as
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
,
Adrian Mutu Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is in charge of Liga I club Rapid București. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Mutu star ...
, Ilie Bărbulescu,
Marius Bilașco Marius Ioan Bilașco (born 13 July 1981) is a Romanian retired footballer, currently he is the sporting director of CFR Cluj. Career In October 2009, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–1 away win against Rangers F.C. On 31 ...
, Constantin Cârstea,
Dănuț Coman Dănuț Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Coman started out as a senior at FC Argeș in the 1997–98 season and also played for Rocar București, Rapid București, Brașov and Vas ...
,
Iulian Crivac Iulian Crivac (born 4 July 1976) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a left defender, left midfielder and central defensive midfielder. After he ended his playing career, he worked as a manager. International career Iulian Crivac play ...
, Emil Dică, Valentin Năstase,
Adrian Neaga Adrian Constantin Neaga (born 4 June 1979) is a Romanian football manager and retired player. Playing career Early career Neaga was born in Pitești. Neaga signed his first professional contract with Argeș Pitești in 1997. He was then pla ...
,
Marin Radu Marin Radu (born 15 March 1956) is a retired Romanian football striker and manager, best known for his playing stints with Argeș Pitești and Steaua București. His brother, Nicolae was also a footballer who played at Argeș Pitești, ...
,
Bogdan Stancu Bogdan Sorin Stancu (; born 28 June 1987) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Stancu started his professional career at Argeș Pitești, and had a brief loan spell at Mioveni. Due to an irregularity in his contract he ...
, Cristian Tănase,
Constantin Stancu Constantin Stancu (2 October 1956) is a Romanian retired football player and manager. Club career Constantin Stancu spent his entire playing career at Argeș Pitești, making a total of 445 appearances in Divizia A in which he scored one go ...
, Bogdan Vintilă or
Ion Vlădoiu Ion "Jean" Vlădoiu (born 5 November 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is one of the few who played for the biggest teams of Romania – Steaua București, Rapid București, Dinamo București, Uni ...
.


Stadium

The club played its home matches on
Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Piteşti, Romania, named in 2003 after football player Nicolae Dobrin (1947–2007). It is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Argeş Piteşti. The stadium has a cap ...
from Pitești, a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 seats, the biggest of
Argeș County Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsi ...
.


Support

FC Argeș has many supporters in
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and especially in
Argeș County Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsi ...
. The ultras groups of FC Argeș are known as ''Violet Republic'', ''Brigada Vulturii București'' and ''Frați de weeknd''.


Rivalries

FC Argeș does not have any important rivalries, but one of them is with
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and the other one is a local one against
CS Mioveni Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (; ''Mioveni Sports Club''), commonly known as CS Mioveni, or simply as Mioveni, is a Romanian professional football club based in Mioveni, Argeș County, currently playing in the Liga I. They were founded in 2000 as ''AS ...
, with the town of
Mioveni Mioveni () is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately 15 km (9 miles) north-east of Pitești. , it had a population of 31,998. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu and Racovița. History It was fir ...
being located at only 15 kilometres away from Pitești.


Honours


Domestic


Leagues

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Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...
**Winners (2): 1971–72, 1978–79 **Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1977–78 *
Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...
**Winners (4): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1993–94, 2007–08 **Runners-up (1): 2019–20 *
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 ...
**Winners (1): 2016–17 **Runners-up (1): 2015–16 *
Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season. Current format Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
Argeș County Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsi ...
**Winners (1): 2011–12


Cups

* Cupa României **Runners-up (1): 1964–65


European

* Balkans Cup **Runners-up (3): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88


Players


First team squad


Out on loan


Club officials


Board of officials

* Last updated: 6 September 2022 * Source:


Current technical staff

* Last updated: 6 September 2022 * Source:Technical staff
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European record


League history


Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at senior level or at least 100 cap(s) for FC Argeș. ; One-club men * Constantin Cârstea * Petre Ivan * Constantin Olteanu *
Constantin Stancu Constantin Stancu (2 October 1956) is a Romanian retired football player and manager. Club career Constantin Stancu spent his entire playing career at Argeș Pitești, making a total of 445 appearances in Divizia A in which he scored one go ...
;Romania *
Cristian Albeanu Cristian Albeanu (born 5 October 1971) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward. Conviction On 25 September 1996 Albeanu was involved in a road accident while driving his car on the Bucharest - Ploiești road and hit one man who ...
* Bogdan Bănuță *
Constantin Barbu Constantin "Jean" Barbu (born 16 May 1971) is a Romanian retired professional association football, footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Galaţi, Galați County, Barbu started his professional career with ...
*
Ion Barbu Ion Barbu (, pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved ...
*
Cristian Bălașa Cristian Bălașa (born 27 December 1972) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the sporting director of Liga II club Concordia Chiajna. Club career Bălașa made his Liga I debut on 31 July 199 ...
* Ilie Bărbulescu *
Marius Bilașco Marius Ioan Bilașco (born 13 July 1981) is a Romanian retired footballer, currently he is the sporting director of CFR Cluj. Career In October 2009, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–1 away win against Rangers F.C. On 31 ...
* Gheorghe Cacoveanu * Ion Ceaușu *
Augustin Chiriță Augustin Eduard Chiriță (born 10 October 1975) is a Romanian former footballER who played as a midfielder for teams such as Minerul Motru, Argeș Pitești, Karpaty Lviv or Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, among others. After retirement, Chiriță sta ...
*
Alin Chița Alin Nicolae Chița (born 5 September 1977) is a Romanian former association football, footballer and currently a manager. Honours ;Juventus București *Liga III: 2009–10 Liga III, 2009–10 External links

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Dănuț Coman Dănuț Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Coman started out as a senior at FC Argeș in the 1997–98 season and also played for Rocar București, Rapid București, Brașov and Vas ...
*
Narcis Coman Narcis Coman (born 5 November 1946 in Giurgiu) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper and was selected Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1978. Club career Narcis Coman was born on 5 November 1946 in Giurgiu, Romania and ...
*
Iulian Crivac Iulian Crivac (born 4 July 1976) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a left defender, left midfielder and central defensive midfielder. After he ended his playing career, he worked as a manager. International career Iulian Crivac play ...
* Cristian Dancia *
Nicolae Dică Nicolae Constantin Dică (; born 9 May 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Mioveni. Deployed as an attacking midfielder or a forward, Dică was known for his incisive passing ...
* Nicolae Diță *
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
* Cătălin Doman * Adrian Dulcea * Augustin Eduard * Constantin Frățilă *
Constantin Gâlcă Constantin Gâlcă (born 8 March 1972) is a Romanian former footballer, and a manager, who was most recently manager of Saudi Professional League club Al-Hazem. Equally at ease as a defensive or central midfielder and possessing an accurate lo ...
*
Ionel Gane Ionel Tersinio Gane (born 12 October 1971) is a Romanian football coach and former player. Playing career Born in Drănic, Gane played professionally in Romania for Universitatea Craiova, Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo București, Rapid Bu ...
* Ion Geolgău *
Adrian Iordache Adrian Gheorghe Iordache (born 12 September 1980) is a Romanian former association football, football player. He played as a Defender (association football), defender. His former teams include: AEL Limassol, FC Dinamo București, Dinamo Bucure ...
*
Sevastian Iovănescu Sevastian "Bebe" Iovănescu (2 October 1953 in Prunișor, Ghelmegioaia – 29 March 2010 in Constanța) was a Romanian Association football, football player. Career Iovănescu played over 350 matches in the Romanian first division, scoring more ...
* Dumitru Ivan * Radu Jercan * Dan Lăcustă *
Bogdan Mara Ion Bogdan Mara (born 29 September 1977) is a Romanian former footballer. Club career Inter Sibiu Born in Deva, Mara made his first steps in professional football in Sibiu, at Inter, where he played for two years. The excellent games made ther ...
* Andrei Mărgăritescu *
Cornel Mirea Cornel Mirea (born 20 August 1963) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder and defender. Honours Victoria București *Divizia B: 1984–85 Dinamo București * Divizia A: 1989–90 Steaua București * Cupa României: 1991 ...
* Viorel Moiceanu *
Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager. A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in tw ...
* Alexandru Mustățea *
Adrian Mutu Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is in charge of Liga I club Rapid București. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Mutu star ...
*
Nicolae Nagy Nicolae Nagy (born 8 March 1942) is a Romanian former football forward. International career Nicolae Nagy played one game at international level for Romania under coach Ilie Oană in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against Israel. ...
* Valentin Năstase * Cosmin Năstăsie *
Adrian Neaga Adrian Constantin Neaga (born 4 June 1979) is a Romanian football manager and retired player. Playing career Early career Neaga was born in Pitești. Neaga signed his first professional contract with Argeș Pitești in 1997. He was then pla ...
*
Cătălin Necula Cătălin Răducan Necula (born 4 December 1969) is a retired Romanian football player, known for his association with football manager Cosmin Olăroiu, currently working at Al Ahli as assistant manager. Playing career Necula, son of the fam ...
* Spiridon Niculescu *
Marian Pană Marian Pană (born 24 December 1968, in Moreni) is a football manager and former professional footballer. He previously managed teams like Cetatea Suceava, Știința Bacău, Gloria Bistrița, Universitatea Cluj and Farul Constanța. As a playe ...
*
Cornel Pavlovici Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1942 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian association football, footballer who played as a striker. Death Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013. Career statistics *Total matches played in Romanian First League: 134 matches ...
* Marcel Pigulea *
Vasile Popa Vasile Nicolae Popa (born 26 April 1969) is a Romanian former football central defender. His son, Alin Popa was also a footballer. International career Vasile Popa played one friendly game at international level for Romania when he came as a s ...
*
Marian Popescu Marian Popescu (14 August 1947 - 19 November 2016) was a Romanian football midfielder. Honours CFR Cluj *Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its ...
* Ștefan Preda * Marius Predatu * Andrei Prepeliță * Ion Prepurgel * Constantin Radu *
Marin Radu Marin Radu (born 15 March 1956) is a retired Romanian football striker and manager, best known for his playing stints with Argeș Pitești and Steaua București. His brother, Nicolae was also a footballer who played at Argeș Pitești, ...
* Marius Radu * Ion Roșu *
Emil Săndoi Emil Săndoi (born 1 March 1965) is a Romanian football manager and former player. A centre-back, he was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983. Săndoi made his debut for the Romanian nat ...
*
Constantin Schumacher Constantin Schumacher (born 8 May 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former midfielder. Previously, he also main coached Rapid București between 2017 and 2018.Dănuț Șomcherechi Dănuț Dragomir Șomcherechi (born 10 April 1973) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. He made his Liga I debut on 11 March 2000 for Argeș Pitești, in a 0–1 defeat against Rapid București. Șomcherechi played mos ...
* Andrei Speriatu * Mircea Stan * Vasile Stan *
Bogdan Stancu Bogdan Sorin Stancu (; born 28 June 1987) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Stancu started his professional career at Argeș Pitești, and had a brief loan spell at Mioveni. Due to an irregularity in his contract he ...
* Dorian Ștefan *
Iulian Tameș Iulian Tameș (born 6 December 1978) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a central offensive midfielder for Liga III side Vedița Colonești. In his career, Tameș also played for important teams such as Dinamo București, FC Argeș Pitești ...
* Ciprian Tănasă * Cristian Tănase *
Florin Tene Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a retired Romanian footballer and current goalkeeper coach at Neftchi Baku. Club career Florin Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play junior level football a ...
* Ion Țîrcovnicu * Doru Toma * Radu Troi * Mihai Țurcan * Iosif Varga *
Ion Vlădoiu Ion "Jean" Vlădoiu (born 5 November 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is one of the few who played for the biggest teams of Romania – Steaua București, Rapid București, Dinamo București, Uni ...
* Bogdan Vintilă * Remus Vlad * Dorel Zamfir * Ilie Poenaru * Mihai Zamfir ;Argentina *
Elias Bazzi Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...
;Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Adnan Gušo Adnan Gušo (born 30 November 1975) is a Bosnian retired professional football goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach. During his playing career, Gušo played for many clubs across Europe. Club career Bosnia and Herzegovina Born in Sarajevo, G ...


Notable former managers

*
Marian Bondrea Marian Bondrea (born 2 November 1950) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. His last managerial job was at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Playing career Born in Craiova, Marian Bondrea started his career at Electroputere (1969–19 ...
* Constantin Cârstea * Ştefan Coidum *
Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed ''Gâscanul'' ("The Gander") or ''Prințul din Trivale'' ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered o ...
*
Florin Halagian Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname ''Armeanul'' (The Armenian). He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games consist ...
*
Ion Lăpușneanu Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (December 8, 1908 in Bucharest – February 24, 1994) was a Romanian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career His career in club football was spent at Venus București, Banat ...
*
Virgil Mărdărescu Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu"; July 15, 1921 – June 11, 2003) was a Romanian football manager. In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, know ...
* Ion Moldovan * Ion Nunweiller *
Titus Ozon Titus Ozon (13 May 1927 – 24 November 1996) was a Romanian international football striker and manager. He was considered one of the greatest talents of the postwar in the Romanian football, famous for his extraordinary ability to dribble. Car ...
* Vasile Ștefan *
Constantin Teașcă Constantin Teașcă also known as Titi Teașcă (25 September 1922 – 30 July 1996) was a Romanian association football, football play and manager. Teașcă was the manager of Romania national football team, Romania in 1962 and 1967. He managed ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Argeș Pitești Football clubs in Argeș County Pitești Sport in Pitești Association football clubs established in 1953 Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1953 establishments in Romania