FC Progresul Caracal

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This article is about the football club named FC Progresul Caracal founded in 1924 as Răsăritul Caracal and dissolved in 2004. For the club founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2013, see FC Caracal (2004).
Progresul Caracal
Full nameFotbal Club Progresul Caracal
Founded1924 as Răsăritul Caracal
Dissolved2004
GroundParc
Capacity12,000

Fotbal Club Progresul Caracal was a Romanian professional football club from Caracal, Olt County, Romania.

History[]

Răsăritul Caracal was founded in the year 1924. Among the founding members of this sports association were: Mircea Botoi, Gheorghe Dumitrescu, Tudor Voiculescu, Ștefan Săndulescu, supported by a few people with financial possibilities, including: Stavarache Borcescu, Ionică Brătașanu or Tudor Popescu.[1]

The first major competition at which Răsăritul Caracal starts was the 1926–1927 season of the Oltenia Regional Championship, together with Rovine Grivița, Craiu-Iovan, Tinerimea, Generală, all from Craiova and Oltul Slatina and where it has been a constant presence for two decades.[2]

The club is taken over by the management of the site that built the Bucharest-Craiova railway, changing its name to CFR Caracal (Căile Ferate Române) and participating in the first season of Divizia B, 1946–47, after the Second World War, finishing 14th.

Name Period
Răsăritul Caracal 1924–1946
CFR Caracal 1946–1958
Progresul Caracal 1958–1964
Răsăritul Caracal 1964–1968
CFR Caracal 1968–1969
FC (Fabrica de Conserve) Caracal 1969–1971
Răsăritul Caracal 1971–1974
Vagonul Caracal 1974–1976
Răsăritul Caracal 1976–1979
Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal 1979–1988
FCM Caracal 1988–1991
FC Caracal 1991–1993
Progresul Caracal 1993–2004

In 1947–48 season, CFR Caracal finished on 9th place, but due to the reorganization of Divizia B was relegated in Divizia C.

In February 1949, was announced the shutting of Divizia C, and CFR Caracal, which was in 10th place, was demoted to the regional championship.[3]

Followed two decades in the Oltenia Regional Championship, during which period the club changed its name several times. In 1958, the club was taken over by the local authorities and for the ten years it was called Progresul Caracal and Răsăritul Caracal.[4]

The best result obtained during this period was obtained in the 1963–64 season of the Romanian Cup. The team led by Alexandru Apolzan reached the Round of 32, but lost to Farul Constanța 2–3 in a match played at Caracal.

In 1968, the club was renamed again as CFR Caracal and after the territorial reorganization of the country and the dissolution of the Regional Championship, the club played in the newly established Olt County Championship.

CFR Caracal will remain in the history of the Olt County Championship as the first county football champion, the team led by Ion Pârvulescu won the 1968–69 Olt County Championship, but lost the promotion play-off in Divizia C against Petrolul Târgoviște, the champion of Dâmbovița County, after a series of three matches (2–2, 2–2 and 0–1 on neutral ground at Ștefănești).

In 1969, after losing the promotion, the management of the club was changed again, the team being taken over by the canning factory and renamed as FC (Fabrica de Conserve).[4]

At the end of 1969–70 season, with the same Ion Pârvulescu on the bench and with players like: Oancea – Frăsineanu, Mototolu, M. Pătru, Cheran, Toma – Octavian Platagă, Cârciumaru, Petcu, Dumitru Neagu, Virgil Mincioagă, Dumitru Marcu among others, the team sponsored by the canning factory, after won again the county championship and after won the promotion play-off against Metalul Mija ( 2–1 at Mija and 2–1 at Caracal), the champion of Dâmbovița County, manages to promote in Divizia C.

In the 1970–71 season, FC Caracal clinched the 2nd place in the 4th series of the Divizia C, narrowly losing the promotion, at two points difference, in front of Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.

In the 1971-72 season, the club was renamed once again as Răsăritul, finished that season on the 8th place.

After two more seasons in which finished mid-table twice - 9th (1972–73) and 7th (1973–74), the team from Caracal enter in decline. Renamed again, this time as Vagonul Caracal, due to the collaboration with Uzina de Vagoane (Wagon Factory), the following two seasons was ended at the bottom of the table - 13th (1974–75) and 14th (1975–76) fighting to avoid the relegation.

Reverted to its old name, Răsăritul finally relegated to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1976–77 season, finishing on 15th place.

The following season, 1977–78, Răsăritul went on to win the Olt County Championship after a strong battle with the team of Uzina de Vagoane Caracal and the promotion play-off against Gloria Berevoești (1–1 at Berevoești and 2–1 at Caracal), the champion of Argeș County.

After escape from relegation, at the end of the 1978–79 season, the next season brings for the football from Caracal a new name for the first team of the city, Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal,[4] and a 3rd place at the end of the 1979–80 season. It was the best result from the second place at the beginning of the 1970s.

The 1983–84 season begins on August 28th, 1983. Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal defeats the Dacia Pitești team 1–0 in the first round, through the goal scored by the goal scorer Marin Boscor, which turns a penalty. Coach Ion Pârvulescu starts the championship with the following team: Mantoc - Pâstee, Boscor, V. Roșca, Dumitrescu - Marinescu, Antonescu (Mitran), Lăcătuș (Plotoagă) - Năuiu, Nedelcu, Nițu. The autumn season will be a demanding one for the players from Caracal, they try and succeed in joining the round of 32 of the Cupa României for the second consecutive time, where they will lose in front of the first division club Corvinul with 1–0. In the championship, nothing spectacular, the Caracal team finishes the championship in 10th place.

In the autumn of 1985, Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal qualifies for the fifth time in the round of 32 of the Cupa României. Four consecutive editions in this competition, for a team in the third division, can be a record. It is unlikely that another third division club will do that. The good evolutions in the Cupa României predicted, like the jump of Caracal football in a higher echelon. In the summer of 1987 Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal managed to win the competition and promote in Divizia B after four decades of regional, county or third division championship.

Honours[]

Liga III

Liga IV – Olt County

League history[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Răsăritul Caracal". July 13, 2012.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Istoria fotbalului caracalean" [The history of Caracal football]. linia1.ro. Retrieved July 27, 2020.(in Romanian)
  3. ^ "Divizia C - Sezonul 1948-49 - Ediția 4" [Divizia C - Season 1948-49 - Edition 4]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 1 May 2021.(in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b c "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved January 28, 2018.(in Romanian)
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