FC Progresul Bucureşti
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{{Infobox Football club |
clubname = FC Progresul Bucuresti|
image = [[Image:FC Progresul Bucuresti.png|150px]]|
fullname = Fotbal Club Progresul Bucuresti|
nickname = Bancarii|
founded = [[1944]] |
ground = [[Cotroceni Stadium|Cotroceni]],<br /> [[Bucharest]] |
capacity = 14,542 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Marian Dodu]] |
manager = {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Marius Ṣumudicã]] |
league = [[Liga 2]] |
season = [[Liga 2]] |
position = [[Liga 2]], '''11th''' |
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'''FC Progresul Bucureşti''' is a [[Romania]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club playing in [[Liga II]]. Despite having long resided in the shadow of the three big [[Bucharest]] teams ([[Steaua Bucureşti|Steaua]], [[Dinamo Bucureşti|Dinamo]] and [[Rapid Bucureşti|Rapid]]), the club has recently achieved some good results, having thrice finished runners up in the top league (in 1996, 97 and 2002), in each case finishing behind one of its Bucharest rivals.
One of the biggest successes was elimination of Serbian side [[Partizan Belgrade]] in UEFA Cup competition in late 1990s.
The team won the Romanian Cup in 1960 and played another 4 finals in 1958, 1997, 2003 and 2006.
The 2004/2005 saw the team leading the league for a while early in the season, and though the form weakened National still managed to finish 4th, only just missing out on the chance to compete in the [[UEFA Cup]] to rivals Rapid Bucureşti.The finished 5th in the 2005-2006 season,and surprinsingly relegated to Divizia B at the end of the 2006-07 season,finishing 16th out of 18 teams.As of 2008,they are stuck in mid table.
Other Names:
* 1944-1948 - F.C. B.N.R. Bucharest
* 1948-1950 - F.C. G.M.S.
* 1949-1952 - F.C. Spartac Bank P.R.R.
* 1952-1953 - F.C. Spartac Financial Banking
* 1954-1957 - F.C. Progresul Financial Banking
* 1958-1977 - F.C. Progresul Bucharest
* 1977-1987 - F.C. Progresul Vulcan (after the Vulcan Plant who was sponsoring the team)
* 1987-1988 - F.C. Progresul Vointa (after the Vointa Factory who was sponsoring the team)
* 1988-1989 - F.C. Progresul Energy
* 1989-1991 - F.C. Progresul Eagles IMUC (after the IMUC Plant who was sponsoring the team)
* 1991-1994 - F.C. Progresul Bucharest
* 1994-2007 - F.C. National Bucharest
* 2007-**** - F.C. Progresul Bucharest
==Stadium information==
*'''Name''' - [[Cotroceni]]
*'''City''' - [[Bucharest]]
*'''Capacity''' - 14,542
*'''Inauguration''' - 1995
*'''Pitch Size''' - 105 x 70 metres
== Current squad ==
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=GK|nat=Romania|name=[[Cristian Marinescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=Romania|name=[[Cristian Popescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=Romania|name=[[Radu Sardescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Dǎnuţ Şomcherechi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Cornel Dobre]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[George Neagu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Sorin Nedelcu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=-|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Marius Rusu ]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Valentin Sandu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=Brazil|name=[[Altamir Heitor Martins]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=DF|nat=Romania|name=[[Raul Răzvan Costin]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=Czech Republic|name=[[Radek Opršal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=Belgium|name=[[Egon Wisniovschi]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Alexandru Stan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Alexandr Frangu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[George Negură]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Ionuţ Stârpici]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Codruţ Lircă]]}}
{{Fs player|no=-|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Mihnea Ivan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Mihăiţă Gheorghe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Daniel Costescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Liviu Băjenaru]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=MF|nat=Romania|name=[[Roberto Iancu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=FW|nat=Argentina|name=[[Angel Rios]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=Romania|name=[[Marius Ene]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=FW|nat=Romania|name=[[Ciprian Stanciu]]}}
{{Fs end}}
== Achievements ==
'''''Romanian Cup Winner'''''
*1959-1960 • 1 - 0 with [[Dinamo Obor Bucureşti]]
'''''Romanian Cup Runner-Up'''''
*1957-1958 • 0 - 1 with [[FCU Politehnica Timişoara|Ştiinţa Timişoara]]
*1996-1997 • 2 - 4 with [[Steaua Bucureşti]]
*2002-2003 • 0 - 1 with [[Dinamo Bucureşti|FC Dinamo Bucureşti]]
*2005-2006 • 0 - 1 with [[Rapid Bucureşti]]
'''''Divizia A'''''
*2nd position: 1955-1956, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 2001-2002
==Famous players==
===Noted former players===
{|
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* {{flagicon|Romania}} Petre Mîndru
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Matache
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Paul Manta]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Teodor Ţarălungă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Marian Giron
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Mihai Bulancea
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Gîrjoaba
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Razvan Lucescu|R.Lucescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Cristian Munteanu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Bogdan Vintilă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Marius Popa]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Valeriu Soare
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Adrian Constantinescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Nicolae Oaidă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Alexandru Karikas
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Titus Ozon]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Eugen Banciu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Viorel Mateianu]]
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* {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Dinulescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Viorel Popescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Jean Grama
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Gabriel Sandu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Marius Ciugarin
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Nicolae Tănăsescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Victor Mafteuţă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Aurel Beldeanu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Aurel Măndoiu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gabriel Raksi]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gino Iorgulescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Adalbert Kassai
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Mircea Sandu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Mihai Stoichiţă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Vladimir Marica
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* {{flagicon|Romania}} Marian Ionescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Constantin Zamfir
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Emilian Tevi
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Ion Apostol
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Dudu Georgescu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Viorel Năstase
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Gheorghe Pena
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Ionut Luţu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Liviu Ciobotariu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Tiberiu Curt]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Petre Marin]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Cătălin Liţă
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ovidiu Petre]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gigel Coman]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gabriel Caramarin]]
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* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Cosmin Olăroiu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Marin Dună
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gabriel Popescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Radu Niculescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Marian Savu
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Sergiu Radu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Victoraş Iacob]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Radiša Ilić]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Thwaite]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jonathan McKain|Jon McKain]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Wayne Srhoj]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ryan Griffiths (footballer)|Ryan Griffiths]]
* {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Abiodun Agunbiade]]
* {{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Slaviša Mitrović]]
|}
==Famous coaches==
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[José Ramón Alexanko]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Walter Zenga]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cristiano Bergodi]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto Landi]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Viorel Mateianu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Florin Halagian]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Paul Popescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Cosmin Olăroiu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Sorin Cîrţu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dan Petrescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Marius Lăcătuş]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Basarab Panduru]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ion V. Ionescu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Petre Moldoveanu]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Cornel Drăguşin]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gheorghe Niculae]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ioan Lupaş]]
==External links==
* [http://www.progresulfc.ro Progresul website]
* [http://www.fcprogresul.ro Site-ul neoficial]
* [http://www.fcprogresul.ro/forum.html Forumul Suporterilor]
* [http://www.sport365.ro/forum/FC_National-f32html Forumul Progresului pe sport365]
* [http://www.liga1.ro/teaminfo.php/5/ Progresul - Liga 1]
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