CS Vedița Colonești

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

Full name	Club Sportiv Vedița Colonești M.S.
Nickname(s)	Alb-Albaștrii (The White and Blues)
Short name	Vedița
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Ground	Mircea Stan
Capacity	500 (200 seated)
Owner	Colonești Commune
Chairman	Florin Frățică
Manager	Mircea Stan
League	Liga III
2024–25	Liga III, Seria IV, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

History

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

Atletic Bradu (2008–2019)

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]

Vedița Colonești (2019–present)

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]

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

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

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

Players

First team squad

As of 10 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Mario Vieru 2 DF  ROU Gabriel Matei (Captain) 3 DF  ROU Eduard Dogaru 4 DF  ROU Claudiu Zamfirescu 5 MF  ROU Codruț Turcin 6 MF  ROU Adrian Perényi 7 MF  ROU Dragoș Gheorghe 8 MF  CMR Junior Bassong 9 FW  ROU Alin Călin 10 MF  ROU Antonio Stan 12 GK  ROU Sebastian Ciucă 13 MF  ROU Cristian Domil (on loan from CSM Reșița) 14 MF  ROU Robert Ciobanu 15 FW  ROU David Drăgancea (on loan from FCU Craiova)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  ROU Ștefan Mihalcea 17 MF  ROU Ionuț Popescu 18 MF  ROU Adrian Manea 19 FW  NGA Joseph Godwin 20 MF  ROU Sebastian Chircioagă 21 DF  ROU Alexandru Catrici 22 MF  ROU Mihai Păleanu 23 DF  ROU Andrei Nițu 25 MF  ROU Cosmin Anghelescu 26 DF  ROU Alexandru Cincă 32 MF  SEN Ousmane Thiam 33 GK  ROU Dario Calotă 35 MF  ROU Liviu Iacob

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Colonești Commune President Florin Frățică Sporting director Valentin Cocoș

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

League history

Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 2nd 2023–24 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 2nd 2022–23 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 9th 2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 4th 2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 1st (C) 2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria III) 6th 2018–19 3 Liga III (Seria III) 13th 2017–18 3 Liga III (Seria III) 8th

Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2016–17 3 Liga III (Seria III) 2nd 2015–16 3 Liga III (Seria III) 8th 2014–15 3 Liga III (Seria III) 7th 2013–14 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 4th 2012–13 4 Liga IV (AG) 1st (C, P) 2011–12 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 15th (R) 2010–11 3 Liga III (Seria III) 9th 2009–10 4 Liga IV (AG) 1st (C, P)

Former managers

• Adrian Neaga (2013–2014)
• Cornel Frăsineanu (2014–2015)
• Adrian Neaga (2016)
• Constantin Schumacher (2019)