FC Argeș 1953 Piteşti

This article is about the successor club founded in 2013. For the original club founded in 1953, see FC Argeș Pitești.

FC Argeș 1953

Full name	Fotbal Club Argeș 1953 Pitești
Nickname(s)	Vulturii violeți (Violet Eagles) Trupa din Trivale (Trivale Squad) Alb-Violeții (The White-Violets)
Short name	FC Argeș
Founded	2013 (2013)
Ground	Ştrand
Ground Capacity	2,500
Owner	FC Argeş Supporters Association
Chairman	Florin Dobre
Manager	Mihai Zamfir
League	Liga IV
2014-15	Liga IV, Argeş County, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Argeș 1953 is a Romanian football club from Pitești, Argeș. It was founded as a phoenix club of the dissolved team FC Argeș Pitești in 2013, and is fully owned by its supporters.

History

Liga IV Argeș County (2014-present)

After the dissolution of the original team FC Argeș Pitești, the supporters recreated the team and named it FC Arges 1953, a phoenix club who started in Liga IV. In their first season they finished on the second place in Liga IV Argeș County. In the same year they participated in the first ever Football without Owners Tournament, a new established trophy for the fan-owned phoenix clubs in Romania, the other participants was SS Politehnica Timișoara, FC Vaslui 2002 and the host LSS Voinţa Sibiu, they finished on the third place at the event.

Current squad

As of 16 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrei Vlăsceanu 2 DF Marius Călin 3 DF Cosmin Popa 4 DF Emanuel Mândruţă 5 DF Alexandru Toader 6 DF Liviu Olteanu 7 MF Andrei Barbu 8 MF Mihai Popescu 9 FW Eduard Călin 10 MF Andrei Pătrănoiu 11 MF Dragoş Prodan

No. Position Player 14 DF Marius Gherase 15 MF Claudiu Matei 17 DF Dragoş Ciocârlan 18 MF Roberto Tudor 19 FW Raul Neguț 20 MF Iulian Tameş (captain) 23 MF Cătălin Giurgea 25 FW Mihai Burcea 26 FW Marian Sanda 78 GK Ionuţ Stanciu 93 MF Cosmin Iancu

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	FC Argeş Supporters Association
President	Florin Dobre
Organizer of Competitions	Aurel Ancuţa
Delegate	Niculae Constantin

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Mihai Zamfir
Assistant Manager	Iulian Tameș

Honours

Domestic

Liga IV-Argeș County

Runners-up (1): 2014-15

Friendly

Football without Owners Tournament

Third place (1): 2015

Statistics

Season	League	Pos.	Notes
2014/15	Liga IV-Arges County	2

External links

• Official website (Romanian)