Asociația Club Sportiv Avântul Bârca, commonly known as Avântul Bârca, or simply as Bârca, is a

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n amateur

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based in Bârca,

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and founded in 2008 under the name of ''Triumf Bârca''.

History

The club was founded in the summer of 2008, under the name of ''Triumf Bârca'', after the

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team ''FC Craiova'' moved to Bârca. At the end of the very first season in history, it succeeded to win the

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Dolj County Championship. But at the play-off that followed, to decide the promoted team to the

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, it lost in front of

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, the winner of the

Argeș County Championship. With the mass withdrawal of teams from the

championship because of the

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, an opportunity arose that could not be missed, so it enrolled for the

2009–10 Liga III The 2009–10 Liga III season was the 54th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 21, 2009 and ended on June 4, 2010. The winners of each division got promoted to the 2010–11 Liga ...

season. At the end of the first part of the championship, te club sees itself on top of the table, 1st, in front of more better rated clubs, such as Alro Slatina, FC Târgovişte, FC Caracal, or even

, the club in front of whom it lost the promotion. The club played its matches in

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since the promotion to the

, on the Chimia Stadium, because the local stadium in Bârca doesn't meet the requirements. After it relegated in 2011 from the

, the club moved back to Bârca and enrolled in the

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. In the summer of 2024 the club changed its name to Avântul Bârca.

Honours

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**Winners (1): 2008–09

References

TRIUMF BÂRCA: „Extratereştrii” seriei IVMarian Bâcu răspunde întrebărilor puse de cititorii Liga2.roTRIUMF BÂRCA: Statistica turului de campionat
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