CS Vedița Colonești

Vedița Colonești

Full name	Club Sportiv Vedița Colonești M.S.
Nickname(s)	Alb-Albaștrii (The White and Blues)
Short name	Vedița
Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Ground	Mircea Stan
Capacity	500 (200 seated)
Owner	Colonești Commune
Chairman	Florin Frățică
Manager	Mircea Stan
League	Liga III
2023–24	Liga III, Seria VI, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Club Sportiv Vedița Colonești M.S., commonly known as Vedița Colonești or simply as Vedița, is a Romanian professional football club based in Colonești, Olt County. The team currently plays in the Liga III.

Vedița Colonești was originally founded in 1982 and play all its existence at amateur level.

Atletic Bradu was founded in 2008 and was based in Bradu, Argeș County, having a kit color combination of white and green. Atletic played in the Liga IV–Argeș County until 2010 when the club won the league and promoted to Liga III.^[1] The best performance was 2nd place at the end of the 2016–17 Liga III season.

During the 2018–19 winter break, following some misunderstandings with local authorities of Bradu, Atletic moved from Argeș County to Colonești, Olt County. In Colonești, the owner of the team reached an agreement with the local authorities, so that in the summer of 2019 Atletic will merge with the local team, Vedița Colonești, changing its name and colors.^[2]

In the summer of 2019, it was announced officially that Atletic Bradu merged with Vedița Colonești. After this move, Vedița Colonești took Atletic Bradu place in the Liga III, then absorbed the team based in Argeș County.^[3]

• Liga III
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
  • Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2023–24

• Liga IV – Argeș County
  • Winners (2): 2009–10, 2012–13

As of 16 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Cătălin Preduț 2 DF  ROU Daniel Mitrache 4 DF  ROU Ionuț Oprescu 5 MF  ROU Robert Ciobanu 6 DF  ROU Bogdan Mălin 7 FW  ROU Adelin Voinescu 8 MF  CMR Junior Bassong 9 FW  ROU Ștefan Tudose 10 MF  ROU Antonio Stan (on loan from Voluntari II) 11 MF  ROU Alexandru Neacșu 12 GK  ROU Dario Calotă 14 FW  ROU Florin Aria

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ROU Ionuț Teodorescu 16 DF  ROU Alexandru Cincă (Captain) 17 DF  ROU Mihai Crîng 18 DF  ROU Silviu Pîslaru 19 MF  ROU Eduard Niță 20 MF  ROU Alexandru Mierlea 21 FW  ROU Cătălin Barbu 22 MF  ROU Eduard Popescu 24 MF  ROU Mario Dobra 25 DF  ROU Fabrizio Constantin 26 MF  ROU Eduard Budea

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

Board of directors [edit] Role Name Owner Colonești Commune President Florin Frățică Sporting director Doru Alexe

Current technical staff [edit] Role Name Manager Mircea Stan Assistant manager Adrian Popescu Goalkeeping coach Marius Savu

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