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Viitorul Axintele
Full name	Asociația Sportivă; Viitorul Axintele
Nickname(s)	Alb-Verzii; (The White and Greens)
Short name	ASVA
Founded	2002; 22 years ago
Ground	Comunal
Capacity	1,000
Owner	Axintele Commune
Chairman	Marin Ioniță
Manager	Marin Dumitrache
League	Liga IV
2023–24	Liga IV, Ialomița, 10th of 20
Home colours	Away colours

Asociația Sportivă Viitorul Axintele, commonly known as Viitorul Axintele, or simply as Axintele is a Romanian football club based in Axintele, Ialomița County currently playing in the Liga IV – Ialomița County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1]

History

The club finished 5th out of 16 in the 2009–10 season of Liga IV – Ialomița County and won the County phase of Cupa României, 3–1 with Recolta Gheorghe Lazăr.

Viitorul promoted to Liga III for the first time in its history at the end of the 2010–11 season. The White and Greens won Liga IV – Ialomița County and the promotion play-off played against the winner of Liga IV – Buzău County, Luceafărul C.A. Rosetti, 2–0 (Zaharia'46 and Cană '61) on neutral ground at Ștefan Vrăbioru Stadium in Ianca. The team led by Ion Nica was composed of: I.Sava – Păun, Dumitru, George Grecea (56 Pascale), Nichita, Dănilă – Toader (50 Mihai Cană), Borcea, Dragoș Zaharia, Nicolae and Adrian Velu.^[2]^[3]

In its first season in the Liga III, Viitorul secured a respectable fifth-place finish, but lost in the First Round of Cupa României 0–1 in front of Viitorul Chirnogi.

The 2012–13 season saw the team coached by Ion Nica fighting for promotion to Liga II. Viitorul finished 9 points ahead of the main contender, Gloria Buzău. However, a Romanian Football Federation inquiry proved that Viitorul did not have three youth teams in the county-level competition, as required by Liga III regulations, and gave Viitorul a 9-point penalty that led Gloria Buzău finishing first.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The White and Greens reached the play-off and finished as runners-up in the 2013–14 season. Also, was qualified in the Fourth round of Cupa României, but lost 1–3 to Farul Constanța.^[7]

Viitorul, with Cristian Sava as technical director and Ion Nica as head coach, started the 2014–15 season with the goal of promotion to second division.^[8] After a good start of the season - fifth place after seven rounds at two points from first place, Cristian Sava leaves the club to be Gheorghe Hagi's assistant at Viitorul Constanța, being replaced by Costel Pană as head coach, and Ion Nica as assistant.^[9] However, Costel Pană was sacked at the end of the first part of the season and Octavian Grigore was appointed as head coach in March, after two rounds from the second half of the season.^[10] With three rounds before the end of season, the club withdrew from the competition and lost all matches from the second part of the season with 0–3, ranking eleventh and relegated to Liga IV.^[11]^[12]

Viitorul spent the next years in the Liga IV – Ialomița County often ranking in the middle of the table - 5th (2015–16), 10th (2016–17), 3rd (2017–18), 7th (2018–19), 6th (2019–20) after the season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020–21 season did not participate due to the high costs generated by medical protocol imposed by the FRF. The 2021–22 season saw the White-Greens finishing on 10th position.

Honours

Liga III

Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

Liga IV – Ialomița County

Winners (1): 2010–11

Cupa României – Ialomița County

Winners (2): 2009–10, 2017–18

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Axintele Commune
President	Marin Ioniță
Youth Center Manager	Nicolae Cristea

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Marin Dumitrache

Former managers

Ion Nica (2014)
Costel Pană (2014)
Octavian Grigore (2015)
Valentin Negru (2015)

References

^ "Viitorul Axintele". frf-ajf.ro. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "Punct final în Liga 4: Axintele - campioană, Amara - vicecampioană. Au retrogradat Bărcănești, Ciulnița, Sălcioara și Munteni Buzău" [Final point in League 4: Axintele - champion, Amara - vice-champion. Bărcănești, Ciulnița, Sălcioara and Munteni Buzău were relegated]. sportulialomitean.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Viitorul Axintele a promovat în Liga a III-a" [Viitorul Axintele promoted to League III]. independentonline.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Promovarea Viitorului Axintele, încă o enigmă" [Promotion of Viitorul Axintele, another enigma]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Viitorul Axintele și Rapid Fetești au fost depunctate" [Viitorul Axintele and Rapid Fetești were deducted]. guraialomitei.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Decizii ale comisiei de disciplină a FRF" [Decisions of the disciplinary committee of the FRF]. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.(in Romanian)
^ "Farul nu s-a împiedicat la Axintele și așteaptă Steaua!" [Farul did not stumble at Axintele and is waiting for Steaua!]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Axintele țintește promovarea: "Va fi foarte greu, dar nu imposibil"" [Axintele aims for promotion: "It will be very difficult, but not impossible"]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Costel Pană, antrenor principal la Viitorul Axintele" [Costel Pană, head coach at Viitorul Axintele]. independentonline.ro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Octavian Grigore a preluat Axintele. Debut cu dreptul pentru noul tehnician al ialomițenilor" [Octavian Grigore took over Axintele. Debut with the right for the new technician of the Ialomițenii]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Viitorul Axintele se retrage din campionat! Decizia influențează lupta pentru promovare" [Viitorul Axintele withdrew from the championship! The decision influences the fight for promotion]. gsp.ro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Actul care schimbă clasamentul în Seria a II-a și principala favorită la promovare. Viitorul Axintele s-a retras din campionat" [The act that changes the standings in Series II and the main favorite for promotion. Viitorul Axintele withdrew from the championship]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.(in Romanian)