Asociația Club Sportiv Progresul Ezeriș, commonly known as Progresul Ezeriș, is a

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n football club based in

Ezeriș Ezeriș () is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 1,505 people as of 2021. It is composed of two villages, Ezeriș and Soceni (''Szocsán''). The commune is home to the football club Progresul Ezeriș Progre ...

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, currently playing in Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County, the fourth tier of the

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, following their relegation from the

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at the end of the 2022–23 season.

History

Progresul Ezeriș was founded in the summer of 2015 at the initiative of Cristian Șodâncă supported by Ioan Rusu, the mayor of

commune. The club was enrolled in Liga V – Caraș-Severin County, the fifth tier of the

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and played its home matches on Arsenal and

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stadiums from

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. In their first season, with Cristian Șodâncă as head coach and with some experienced players such as Alin Gurici, Dumitru Irizoiu, Alex Pintea, Păunel Secula, Alin Man and Claudiu Balaci, Progresul finished 3rd in the Reșița Zone. The next season, Progresul narrowly missed the promotion, after was ranked 3rd in the regular season, the team coached by Robert Nosal, finished 2nd in the Reșița Zone play-off at 3 points behind Steaua Dunării Pojejena. Progresul obtained the promotion at the end of the 2017–18 season, after dominating the Reșița Zone series finishing first in both the regular season and play-offs with just one defeat in 24 matches. The squad coached by Cristian Șodâncă was composed of: Alex Varga, Alin Bobină, Alexandru Rusnac, Flavius Duman, Răzvan Ciurea, Păunel Secula, Denis Guțu, Horea Marișescu, Patrick Măduță, Iosif Budai, Marian Pisoi, Radu Bălăuroiu, Alin Man, Cosmin Roșu, Viorel Drăgoi, Adrian Dumitru, Gabriel Vamanu, Alexandru Leonte, Alex Pintea, Dorian Dragocea, Andrei Gîjiu, Alexandru Gîjiu, Dorin Hranisavlevici, Darius Coucuzel, Claudiu Icob, Stelian Bresteanu. The club appointed Adrian Enășescu as head coach and, after a 7th place in the 2018–19 season, Progresul Ezeriș earned the promotion to

at the end of the 2019–20 season. Progresul was declared county champion, after the season was curtailed due to the

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, being in first place in the Oravița Zone and the team with the most points in both series of the Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County, and promoted after won the

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group played against Știința Turceni, the winner of Liga IV – Gorj County and Victoria Zăbrani, the winner of Liga IV – Arad County.

Honours

Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County *Winners (1): 2019–20 Liga V – Caraș-Severin County *Winners (1): 2017–18 *Runners-up (1): 2016–17

League history

References

External links

Soccerway profile

Global Sports Archive profile
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