Short name Progresul Ground Capacity 100 League Liga IV Capacity 100 | Ground Viitorul Chairman Tudor Iacov Founded 1944 | |
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Full name Asociația Sportivă Progresul Bucureşti Nickname(s) Bancarii (Bankers)
Frizerii (Barbers)
Cavalerii frunzei de platan
(The Knights of Sycamore Leaf) | ||
Progresul Bucureşti (previously named Fotbal Club Național Bucureşti) is a Romanian football club from Bucharest, founded in 1944.
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It played for 32 seasons in the Liga I, being ranked 15th in the Liga I All-Time Table.
In 2009 it experienced great financial problems, and was demoted to the Fourth League, the Liga IV, where it still plays today.
History
The team won the Romanian Cup in 1960 and played another 4 finals in 1958, 1997, 2003 and 2006.
One of the club's biggest successes was the elimination of Serbian side Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Cup competition in the late 1990s.
Surprisingly, the club was relegated to the Liga II at the end of the 2006–07 season, finishing 16th out of 18 teams.
In April 2009 the club was kicked out of the 2nd division championship because of financial reasons. Prior to this, only a few days before, they were kicked out from the Cotroceni Stadium by BNR, because of debts.
Starting with the 2009–10 season we see the club playing only in the Liga IV, finishing in the middle of the table each season. Most recently 6th at the end of the 2014–15 season.
Season 2015–2016 has embraced Progresul Bucuresti with great results.After many years they finished on first place in the 4th league, and made it to the finals in the Romanian Cup, where they played against A.S Electroaparataj.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Leagues
Liga I
Runners-up (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02Romanian Cup
Winners (1): 1959–60 Runners-up (4): 1957–58, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–06Liga II
Winners (5): 1954, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1991–92 Runners-up (6): 1953, 1956, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1985–86, 1986–87Liga III
Winners (2): 1946–47, 1989–90 Runners-up (1): 1988–89Liga IV-Bucharest
Winners (1): 2015–16