in the middle of the table. 1997–98 Divizia A season was the last peak of FC Argeș's history. The team finished 3rd and qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup where they eliminated teams like Dynamo Baku and İstanbulspor but were eliminated without problems by Celta de Vigo 0–8 on aggregate. This last presence in European Cups it was due to a formidable generation, the second most talented after the Dobrin's generation. This FC Argeș team had players like: Adrian Mutu, Bogdan Vintilă, Valentin Năstase, Iulian Crivac, Constantin Schumacher or Constantin Barbu. FC Argeș continued its good seasons finishing 4th in 1999, than on 5th place in 2000 and 2001. Than from 2002 the team was a constant presence in the second half of the leaderboard, finishing in the best case on 10th place. This bad period ended with the second relegation in the club's history, this time after 13 years, at the end of the 2006–07 Liga I season. The team promoted back after only one season in Liga II. The "Romanian Calciopoli" and Bankruptcy (2009–2013) "The White-Violet Eagles" finished 8th at their first season after the promotion, a season with good results and a solid style of playing. Than on 8 June 2009 a news would shock the world of the Romanian football, FC Argeș was relegated in Liga II, after National Anti-corruption Division, found that the owner of the team from that period, Cornel Penescu, tried to bribe more referees to "help" the team winning. This case was named by the press "Penescu Case" or the "Romanian Calciopoli". After Cornel Penescu's arrest, his son, Andrei Penescu led the club, but the funding was practically non-existent and the club struggled to survive even in Liga II, finishing in the second half of the table. Then on 26 July 2013 it was announced that FC Argeș is bankrupt without any chance of rescue. SCM Pitești and supporters' club (2013–2017) After the bankruptcy of FC Argeș, people of Pitești have tried to bring football back to life. The first project was SCM Pitești, a project initiated by Pitești Municipality which created a football section at SCM, the Sporting Club of the Municipality, in 2011, with 2 years before the end of FC Argeș, anticipating the bankruptcy of the club led at that time by Penescu's son, a club full of debts and with no future. The team promoted at Liga III after