FC Argeș

Founding and early years (1953–1967)

On 6 August 1953, an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs created Dinamo Pitești, the original formation of FC Argeș. The name was based on an older Bucharest team, FC Dinamo București. The new team from Pitești started its rise from the bottom, in the City Championship (Romanian: Campionatul Orășenesc), today Liga IV or Liga V, but the involvement of the local administration in bringing the best football players from the city to FC Argeș was the main factor in the consecutive promotions of the club. The promotion to Divizia B (Liga II) occurred at the end of the 1958–1959 Divizia C (Liga III) season, and in the first year the team was very close to a Divizia A (Liga I) promotion, but ended up in second place of the second series of Divizia B. In the following season, the team was promoted to the top Romanian football league under the command of coaches Ştefan Vasile and Tănase Dima. Three of the most well-known members of the squad were Ion Barbu, Florin Halagian and Nicolae Dobrin, players who contributed the most to Dinamo's performance. The 1961–62 Divizia A season was a tough one for the club which was relegated back to Divizia B after only one year. After only one season in Divizia B, Dinamo Pitești were promoted again in 1963. They would remain a constant presence on the first stage of Romanian football, finishing 10th place in 1964 while also winning the Romanian Cup final, 8th in 1965, 4th in 1966 and 12th in…

Domestic

Leagues

Divizia A / Liga I Winners (2): 1971–72, 1978–79 Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1977–78 Divizia B / Liga II Winners (5): 1960–61, 1962–63, 1993–94, 2007–08, 2024–25 Runners-up (1): 2019–20 Liga III Winners (1): 2016–17 Runners-up (1): 2015–16 Liga IV – Argeș County Winners (1): 2011–12

Cups

Cupa României Runners-up (1): 1964–65

European

Balkans Cup Runners-up (3): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88