FC Argeș Piteşti Basketball 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, BCM U Piteşti and BCM U FC Argeș Piteşti. The team won the Romanian championship in 2000, and qualified for the finals in 2007, losing against CSU Asesoft.[1] Also, the team won the Romanian Cup in the season 2011–2012 and the SuperCup in the season 2012–2013.
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| Nickname | Vulturii Violeți (Violet Eeagles) Alb-Violeții (The White and Purples) Trupa din Trivale (The Team from Trivale) | ||
| Leagues | Liga Națională | ||
| Founded | 2000 | ||
| History | CS Universitatea Pitești (2000–2002) BCM Pitești (2002–2005) BCMUS Argeș Pitești (2005–2009) CSU Pitești (2009–2011) BCM U Piteşti (2011–2018) BCMU FC Argeș Piteşti (2018–2020) FC Argeș Piteşti (2020–prezent) | ||
| Arena | Pitești Arena | ||
| Capacity | 4,900 | ||
| Location | Piteşti , Romania | ||
| President | Dinu Gheorghe | ||
| Team manager | Silviu Corodi | ||
| Head coach | Milan Mitrovic | ||
| Championships | 1 Romanian League 1 Romanian Cup 1 Romanian Supercup | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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.
Season summaries
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[2] 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).
2016–2017
In the season: 2016–2017, Pitești reached the quarter-finals of the Play-Off but they lost against Steaua CSM Bucharest after a 3–0 series. In the Romanian Cup they lost in the first round against SCM U Craiova.[3]
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notable former players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
Julian Orbeanu- Radu Paliciuc
Draško Albijanić- Marko Šutalo
Pankracije Barać- Ivan Siriščević
Rihards Kuksiks
Maksim Sturanović
Ousmane Barro
Jonathan Person
Maksym Korniyenko- Maxsym Pustozvonov
Notable former coaches
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional head coach.
- Coached as head coach at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.
- Florin Nini
Competitive record
| Seasons | Championships | Cups | Europe | Coach | Roster |
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| 2011–12 | 9th place | Winner | No tournament | Tudor Costescu | Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Alexandru Ziguli, Alexandru Neguț, Daniel Popescu, Octavian Calotă, Senai Isleam, Darko Vujacic, Georgian Păun, Ivan Stefanovic, Slobodan Popovic, Uros Velickovic |
| 2012–13 | 11th place | Quarter-finals | EuroChallengeCup-group stage | Tudor Costescu | Damien Kinloch, Lucian Chirof, Daniel Popescu, Marcel Jones,Adobe Gennie, Slobodan Popovic, Alexandru Neguț, Corneliu Alexiu, Cosmin Mătăsaru, Octavian Calotă, Pancracije Barac, Drasko Albijanic |
| 2013–14 | 6th place | 4th place | No tournament | Hristu Șapera | Vlad Dogaru, Ante Krapic, Iulian Orbeanu, Iulian Corneanu, Marian Minea, Ousmane Barro, Pankracije Barac, Kenn Tutt, Lamonte Ulmer, Edi Sinadinovic, Marko Djurkovic, Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Vlad Corpodean, Alexandru Neguț. |
| 2014–15 | 5th place | 3rd place | No tournament | Hristu Șapera | Iulian Orbeanu,Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Cezar Stănescu, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Yurii Fraseniuk, Mirko Kovac, Marko Sutalo, Radenko Pilcevic, Ronald Ross, Stevan Milosevic, Krystopher Faber, Nemanja Kovacevic, Nemanja Maric, Dalibor Djapa |
| 2015–16 | 9th place | Quarter finals | No tournament | Jovica Arsic/ Adjelko Mandic/ Hristu Șapera | Cornel Alexiu, Lucian Chirof, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Ronald Ross,Cătălin Vlaicu, Adrian Tudor, Pedja Stamenkovic, Aleksandar Mladenovic, Bogdan Stăncuț, Vyacheslav Bobrov, Maxsym Pustozvonov, Tauras Jogela, Ghiță Balmuș, Vincent Hunter, Jamar Diggs. |
| 2016–17 | 6th place | 1st round | No tournament | Hristu Șapera | Lucian Chirof, Căprărescu Mihai, Alexandru Neguț, Adrian Tudor, Aleksandar Mladenovic, Bogdan Stăncuț, Ghiță Balmuș, Vincent Hunter,Pavel Marinov, Vlad Corpodean, Alin Zaharie, Aleksandar Kostoski, Tomislav Gabric |
Trivale Sports Hall
Trivale Sports Hall (Romanian: Sala Sporturilor Trivale) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pitești, Romania. It is primarily used by BCM U Pitești. It has a capacity of 2,000 seats.