Viitorul Dăești was established in the summer of 2012 at the initiative of George Popolan, the mayor ofDăești commune.[2] The club was enrolled directly in theLiga IV – Vâlcea County, the fourth tier of theRomanian football, and finished theirfirst season on 5th place in the North Series.
Viitorul continued to play in the North Series of the Liga IV – Vâlcea County ranking 4th in the2013–14 season and 3rd in the2014–15 season, and 11th in the2015–16 season played in a single series.
In the2016–17 season, Viitorul Dăești, coached by Cosmin Ursu, won the Liga IV – Vâlcea County qualifying for the promotion play-off toLiga III, but lost to AS Milcov (0–0 at home and 0–2 away), the winner ofLiga IV – Olt County.[3][4][5]
In the2017–18 season, Viitorul finished the regular season in third place, eleven points behind first placeFlacăra Horezu with no chance of promotion, and Cosmin Ursu was replaced with Gabriel Mangalagiu who led the club to finish as runners-up in the play-off.[6]
At the end of the2018–19 season, Viitorul promoted toLiga III winningLiga IV – Vâlcea County and the promotion play-off played against Real Bradu (2–1 at Bradu and 3–0 at Dăești), the winner ofLiga IV – Argeș County. The squad led by Gabriel Mangalagiu was composed of among others by Dragoș Geantă, Ion Armeanu, Octavian Vasile, Ioan Săraru, Andrei Fistogeanu, Lucian Iordache, Ionuț Lăzărescu,Florian Pârvu, Gabriel Rizea, Leonard Săraru, Raul Horumbă, George Neacșu, Marian Roșianu, Ion Marian, Alin Bucei, Ștefan Pașoi, Cătălin Moldoveanu and Bogdan Preda.[7][8]
After a mediocre start of the2020–21 season, ninth place with just three points in four rounds, Mangalagiu was sacked and replaced with Lucian Giurcă.[11] A month later,Petre Gigiu was appointed the new head coach, but he was replaced in January with Adrian Popa who, with a core of players such asFlorin Costea, Lucian Iordache,Florian Pârvu,Samson Nwabueze orCristian Munteanu among others, leads the club on third place in its series at the end of the season.[12][13]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
