[2] The club was enrolled directly in the Liga IV – Vâlcea County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football, and finished their first season on 5th place in the North Series.
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] The 2019–20 campaign saw the debut of Viitorul in Liga III, "Dăeștenii" finished on eleventh place in the 4th Series in a season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.
[9][10] After a mediocre start of the 2020–21 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 as Florin Costea, Lucian Iordache, Florian Pârvu, Samson Nwabueze or Cristian Munteanu among others, leads the club on third place in its series at the end of the season.