Mihăilescu, Ernest Rădulescu and Constantin Stoian. After only two seasons spent in the third tier, "the Bankers" promoted to Divizia B at the end of the 1946–47 edition, being ranked 8th of 16 at the end of their inaugural season. In the summer of 1948 B.N.R. București was renamed as Banca de Stat București, then one year later was renamed again as Spartac București. 1955 was the first season spent by "the bleu and blues" on the first stage of Romanian football and coincided with good results and a nice style of playing that left a good impression to the football fans, who started to come in a growing number to the team's matches. By approaching the championship with an only well-known player (Titus Ozon) who co-ordinated a group of unknown players at that time, the team was ranked 3rd of 13, in front of important clubs such as CCA București or Știința Cluj. Titus Ozon's name is related to all "the barbers" important results from the 1950s (1955 – 3rd, 1956 – 9th and 1957–58 – 4th). The squad of Progresul in the first season of Divizia A was composed of: Popovici, Gică Andrei, Bratu, Paraschiv, Soare, Colosi, Ciocea, Banciu, Cosma, Știrbei, Cacoveanu, Fusulan, Dragomir, Dobrescu, Cruțiu, M. Smărăndescu, Tănase, Mihăilescu, E. Iordache and Ioan Lupaș (head coach). In the summer of 1958 several of the prominent players left the team: first Ozon, then Moldoveanu, Dinulescu and Cojocaru. On the other hand, some new players came: Maior, Nedelcu, Nicu Smărăndescu, Ioniță, Baboie, Mafteuță, Marin, Birn or Vasilescu. In the 1958–59 season the team was ranked 6th and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup, there Progresul missed the chance to play the final, losing the match against Baia Mare with 1–2. The second semi-final took place between Dinamo București and Rapid București (5-3), in which Ozon was at his first game for the team based in Giulești, after a one-year career break. In the 1959–60 season, the team was ranked 9th with a squad led by international players such as Mândru, Karikaș, Soare and Oaidă, Progresul conquered the Romanian Cup, achieving a great performance: 15 goals scored and only one conceded. The final held by Republicii Stadium was played in front of 30,000 spectators between Progresul and Dinamo Obor and was dominated by the team from the Sycamore Park, which goals were scored by Oaidă and Soare. The squad