Leagues Liga Națională Arena Capacity 2,000 President Dinu Gheorghe Location Pitești, Romania | Arena Trivale Team colors White, Violet Founded 1999 League Liga Națională | |
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Nickname Vulturii Violeți
(Violet Eeagles)
Alb-Violeții
(The White and Purples)
Trupa din Trivale
(The Team from Trivale) | ||
BCM U Piteşti (until 2011 it was called CSU Pitesti) is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Piteşti, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, and has also been named in recent years CS Universitatea, BCM Piteşti and BCMUS Argeş Piteşti, CSU Piteşti and BCM U Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft.
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History
In 2013 Pitești held the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Hristu Șapera, BCM U Pitești coach was also the coach of the Romanian National Team Under-20.
2011-2012
In the season: 2011-2012, the team finished on 9th place after the regular season end therefore the team didn't qualify for the Play-Off. In the Romanian Cup the team won the Cup after a great win with 91-78 against BC Timișoara in the final game played at Bucharest.
2012-2013
In the season: 2012-2013, BCM U Piteşti won the Romanian SuperCup after winning against CSU Asesoft. After the regular season end, the team finished on 11th place (13 wins - 17 losses) and went to play with BC Farul Constanța in Play-Out for remaining in the first national division. BCM U Pitesti win with 3-0 against BC Farul Constanta. Also the team participated in EuroChallenge, but finished in the group stage with 1 win and 5 losses.
2013-2014
In the season: 2013-2014, BCM U Pitești qualified in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup after beating U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca in the quarter finals but they lost in the Semi-Finals against CSM Oradea and against CSU Ploiești in the bronze medal game. After the regular season end, the team finished on 6th place and went to play with BC Mureș in the Play-Offs. BCM U Pitești lost the series with 3-1.
2014-2015
In the season: 2014-2015, BCM U Pitești qualified for the second consecutive year in the Final Four of the Romanian Cup and they finished 3rd after losing against future winner BC Timișoara and won against CSU Sibiu in the small final. In the regular season, the team finished in 5th place but they lost the Play-Off series in the quarter finals against CS Energia Târgu Jiu with a final score: 3-0.
2015-2016
In the season: 2015-2016, Pitești reached the quarter finals of the Romanian Cup but they lost against future winners U BT Cluj Napoca after a last-second point scored. In the regular season they finished on 9th place and didn't qualify for the Play-Offs (Pitești had a 3-point penalty due to a violation regarding the second team a year before).