Asociația Fotbal Club Voința Lupac, also known as Voința Lupac, is a
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football club
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based in
Lupac
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,
Caraș-Severin County
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, currently playing in
Liga III
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, the third tier of the
Romanian football league system, following their promotion from the
Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County in the
2020–21 season. The players are nicknamed the Croats, because
Lupac
Lupac (Romanian: ''Lupac''; Croatian: ''Lupak''; hu, Kiskrassó) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, Romania. In 2002, its population numbered 3,023 people and was mostly made up of Krashovani Croats. It is composed of four villages: C ...
commune was mostly made up of
Krashovani Croats
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.
History
The croats won the
Caraș-Severin County Championship for the first time in the
2014–15 season, but lost the
promotion play-off
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in Liga III with
ASU Politehnica Timișoara, the winner of
Liga IV – Timiș County after 1–5 at Timișoara and 2–1 at Lupac.
Voința managed to win again the
Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County in the
2017–18 season and faced in the promotion play-off, the winner of
Liga IV – Hunedoara County,
CS Hunedoara
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, but despite a 1–0 away win in the first leg, Voința lost the promotion after an 1–2 defeat in the second leg in front of their own supporters.
At the end of
2018–19 season, Voința Lupac, led by Boșco Vișatovici, crowned as county champion of Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County and qualified for the
promotion play-off
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in
Liga III
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, but lost (0–2 at home and 1–6 away) in front of
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, the winner of
Liga IV – Timiș County.
Voința promoted for the first time in its history to
Liga III
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at the end of the
2020–21 season. Coached by Boșco Vișatovici, the croats won the Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County and the
promotion play-off
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against
Universitatea Craiova II (0–1 at Craiova and 3–0 at Lupac).
As newly promoted in the
2021–22 Liga III
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, Voința Lupac reached the play-off in the seventh series and finished in 3rd place, ahead of
Pandurii Târgu Jiu and behind
CSM Reșita and
CSM Deva
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who finished in the first two places. The squad of the first season in the third league included players like: Cătălin Căpățână, Dragoș Trașcă, Daniel Petruț, Dragoș Circa,
Cristian Danci
Cristian Danci (born 15 July 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Voința Lupac.Daniel Vădrariu
Petru Daniel Vădrariu (born 25 July 1990) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian club SV Schalchen.
Career
Vădrariu signed for Moldovan National Division club Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni in January 2021.
Honours
;CSM Re ...
,
Andrei Vaștag
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International career
Vaștag made his debut for Romania U-17 on 21 September 2010 in a game against Kazakhstan U-17. He played with the under-17 team at t ...
, Alexandru Avramovici, Alexandru Giurică, Flavius Lucica, Bogdan Bărbulescu, Robert Dalea, Takenori Kawagoe, Andrea Săndescu, Denis Jivan, Denis Arjocan, Flavius Cega, Vichente Marcu, Emanuel Jinga, Cristian Popa, Demetris Cristodulo among others.
Lucian Dobre
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was appointed as the new head coach for
2022–23 season.
Honours
Liga IV – Caraș-Severin County
*Winners (4):
2014–15,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2020–21
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*Runners-up (5):
2009–10,
2011–12,
2012–13
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,
2015–16,
2016–17
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Club officials
Board of directors
Current technical staff
League history
References
External links
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FRF-AJF Profile
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Football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Caraș-Severin County
Association football clubs established in 1982
Liga III clubs
Liga IV clubs
1982 establishments in Romania