that brought the first cup on Dr. Staicovici street was composed of: Mândru – Nicu Smărăndescu, Karikaș, Soare – Ioniță, Maior – Oaidă, Mafteuță, Marin, Mișu Smărăndescu and Protopopescu. In the 1960–61 championship edition, "the bankers" were ranked 9th, as in the previous one and in the Cup they reached the quarter-finals, where were eliminated by Steaua. Next seasons, "the bleu and blues" finished on the following positions: (1961–62 – 3rd, 1962–63 – 9th and 1963–64 – 4th), before ending the last at the end of the 1964–65 season and relegating to the second division. With a valuable squad, the team was expected to return to the first division immediately and after a close battle against Știința București, they confirmed the expectations. The promotion was decided in the final round when for Progresul entered in the first eleven, players such as Mateianu, Mândru, Oaidă, Baboie, Unguroiu, Colceriu, Adrian Constantinescu or Mafteuță. In the first season after promotion, "the barbers" ended on the 10th position, then almost relegated again after finishing 13th out of 14 at the end of the 1967–68 season. This place sent the team to the promotion/relegation play-off where together with Crișul Oradea qualified for the next season of Divizia A, to the detriment of Steagul Roșu Brașov and Politehnica Galați. The weak form of "the Knights of the Sycamore Leaf" led them to relegation also in the next season, finishing only 15th out of 16, but the team was still too good for the second tier and promoted back after only one season, starting the 1970s as a Divizia A member. Ups and downs, the years of exile (1970–1990) After the first rounds of the new season, another great player of the team, Viorel Mateianu, retired from its professional career, on the other hand, Raksi, Pavlovici and Dudu Georgescu made their debut in the first squad, Dudu Georgescu would become later the European Golden Shoe. Despite the fact that during the second part of the 1970–71 season Progresul used one of the most talented teams in its history, with a middle line formed of Kassai (known at that time as Dumitru IV) and Beldeanu, a forward line composed of Sandu Ion, Dudu Georgescu, Mircea Sandu and Viorel Năstase, both supported by a defensive which had in its composition players as Tănăsescu or Filipescu, the weak results from autumn sentenced them to relegation. After relegation the squad disbanded,