CSU Voința Sibiu was a

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team from

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, founded in 1965 and dissolved in the autumn of 2012. In the summer of 2007, to continue the football tradition of Sibiu after the dissolution of Inter Sibiu in 2001 and

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in 2007, the Romanian businessman Ioan Hămbășan took control over the club managed three consecutive promotions from

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. It played for one season in Romania's top football league, in the 2011–12 Liga I.

History

Voința Sibiu was founded in 1965 and was subordinated to ATCOM (Territorial Association of Craft Cooperative Organizations). For most of the club's history, Voința Sibiu or Metalul Voința Sibiu evolved in the district, regional or county championship. Voința had an excellent start in the 2010–11 Romanian Cup and qualified for the ''Round of 32'', where they faced,

club and fierce rival from the

, Gaz Metan Mediaş. On September 21, 2010, Voința produced a big surprise and defeated Gaz Metan, at Sibiu, with a score of 3–1 after the extra time, after the first 90 minutes had ended 1–1, where guests played with the reserves and players from the second team. In the Round of 16 they were defeated only after the penalty shoutout by the renowned

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. Next season, Gaz Metan took its revenge in the championship. They have defeated Voința in both matches: home, in

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, with 3-0, then away, in Sibiu, easily, 2-0. Voința finished 1st the first half of the

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season, and had a great chance to promote for the first time in history to the

. Voința finished 4th its first

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season in history, but all was not lost, because FRF decided that a play-off round will be played between

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and Voința Sibiu for the last vacant place in the 2011–12 Liga I. After 0–0 at

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and a 2–0 win at

, Voința promoted for the very first time in history to the

. Sibiu is represented at the highest football level after 15 years of absence, Inter last playing there in the 1995–96 Divizia A. In Liga 1, they achieved their first point in the first round, 1–1 home with Steaua Bucharest and their first win at

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, 1–0 with Astra. Voința relegated after only one season of top football, finishing 16th in the table, with 32 points. After only 11 rounds played in the

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Voința withdrew from the championship, because of immense debts.

Honours

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

*Winners (1): 2009–10 Liga IV – Sibiu County *Winners (2): 1988–89, 2008–09

References

External links

Official website
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