Asociația Club Sportiv Viitorul Horezu, commonly known as Viitorul Horezu, or simply as Viitorul, is a Romanianfootball club originally from Horezu, Vâlcea County. The team currently competes in Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football.
The next two seasons saw the ”Potters” continue to challenge for promotion, the team led by Ilinca finished the 2015–16 season on 2nd place one point behind Șirineasa and on 3rd place in the 2016–17 season.
After five years at Flacăra, Ilinca was replaced by Adrian Popa, that at only 28-years assumed the role of player-coach. Flacăra won the Liga IV – Valcea County and promoted to Liga III trashing Rapid Buzescu, the Liga IV – Teleorman County winners, 9–0 on aggregate. The squad was composed among others by Florin Matache, Dorin Hârșu, Samson Nwabueze, Ciprian Dinu, Mircea Șcheau, Dragoș Gheorghescu, Ionuț Vladu, Ștefan Covalschi, Ovidiu Popescu, Gabriel Precup, Adrian Popa, Raul Nistor, Ionuț Simeanu, Radu Georgescu, Adrian Stănică, David Oprescu and Bobi Verdeș.[6][7][8][9]
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^"Promovare istorică pentru Filiași" [Historic promotion for Filiasi] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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