[1] The first major competition at which Răsăritul Caracal started was the 1926–27 season of the Oltenia Regional Championship, together with Rovine Grivița, Craiu-Iovan, Tinerimea, Generală, all from Craiova and Oltul Slatina and where it has been a constant presence for two decades.

[2] The club was taken over by the management of the site that built the Bucharest-Craiova railway, changing its name to CFR (Căile Ferate Române) Caracal and participating in the first season of Divizia B after the Second World War.

In 1969, after losing the promotion, the management of the club was changed again, the team being taken over by the canning factory and renamed as FC (Fabrica de Conserve).

[4] At the end of 1969–70 season, with the same Ion Pârvulescu on the bench and with players like: Oancea – Frăsineanu, Mototolu, M. Pătru, Cheran, Toma – Octavian Platagă, Cârciumaru, Petcu, Dumitru Neagu, Virgil Mincioagă, Dumitru Marcu among others, the team sponsored by the canning factory, after won again the county championship and after won the promotion play-off against Metalul Mija ( 2–1 at Mija and 2–1 at Caracal), the champion of Dâmbovița County, manages to promote in Divizia C. In the 1970–71 season, FC Caracal clinched the 2nd place in the 4th series of the Divizia C, narrowly losing the promotion, at two points difference, in front of Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Renamed again, this time as Vagonul Caracal, due to the collaboration with Uzina de Vagoane (Wagon Factory), the following two seasons was ended at the bottom of the table - 13th (1974–75) and 14th (1975–76) fighting to avoid the relegation.

In the 1983–84 season, Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal, coached by Ion Pârvulescu, reached the first round proper of Cupa României for the second consecutive time, where they will lose in front of the first division club Corvinul with 0–1.

The 1984–85 season, with Cornel Pavlovici as head coach, saw Sportul finishing 7th in the Series VI of third division and qualifying again in the first round proper of Cupa României, losing 0–1 (a.e.t.)

Coached by Ștefan Cherănoiu, Sportul Muncitoresc won Series VI in the 1986–87 season and secured promotion to the second division after four decades of competing in regional, county, or third-division championships.