Clubul Sportiv Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (), commonly known as Pandurii Târgu Jiu or simply Pandurii, was a Romanian
football
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club
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Brands and enterprises
...
based in
Târgu Jiu
Târgu Jiu () is the capital of Gorj County in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is situated on the Southern Sub-Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu. Eight localities are administered by the city: Bârsești, Drăgoieni, Iezureni, Polat ...
,
Gorj County
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Demographics
In 2011, the county had a ...
, which competed last time in the
Liga IV
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.
Founded in 1962 following the merger of ''Flacăra-Unirea Târgu Jiu'' and ''CIL Târgu Jiu'', the team's best performances are finishing the
2012–13 season as runners-up in the
Liga I
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, the top tier of the
Romanian league system, and playing a
League Cup
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final in
2015
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. ''Gorjenii'' qualified for the first time for a
European
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competition in the
2013–14 campaign, when they reached the group stages of the
UEFA Europa League
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.
The colours of Pandurii Târgu Jiu are white and blue, and they play their home games at the
Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium
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, which has a seating capacity of 12,518.
History
Founding and lower divisions (1962–2005)
Pandurii Târgu Jiu was founded in August 1962, after the merger of the two big rivals from the town, ''Flacăra-Unirea Târgu Jiu'' and ''CIL Târgu-Jiu''. The club entered the
fourth division of Romanian football, with a strong objective, to promote immediately in the third division. And the target was reached, Pandurii gaining the promotion to
Divizia C
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in June 1963. Their first game in this division was played on 1 September 1963, against Siderurgistul Hunedoara. Pandurii won by a big margin, 6–0, goals scored by Chițu (12'), Nelu Băloi (35'), Melinte (53', 80') and Vasilescu (83', 85').
In the first years, Pandurii finished constantly in the first half of the standings, so the club decided to attack a promotion to
Divizia B
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. In the
1976–77 season, with a young team and with
Titus Ozon
Titus Ozon (13 May 1927 – 24 November 1996) was a Romanian international football striker and manager. He was considered one of the greatest talents of the postwar in the Romanian football, famous for his extraordinary ability to dribble.
Car ...
as coach, the dream came true. Pandurii dominated the competition, climbed from the first stages on top of the standings and won the promotion to the second division. But this level was a much bigger hat to wear for Pandurii, who relegated the next season back to Divizia C.
The following years, the team changed frequently the division, promoting to Divizia B and relegating after a few years. They played in Divizia B between 1979 and 1983 then between 1986 and 1991. After a decade in Divizia C, in 2000 the team promoted again in the second league, and in
2004
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finished second, behind
Sportul Studențesc.
Beginning years in the top league (2005–2011)
The performance from the last seasons was an incentive for the management who decided to push for the first presence of Pandurii in
Divizia A
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. With
Emil Săndoi
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A centre-back, he was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983.
Săndoi made his debut for the Romanian nat ...
as coach, and with a young group of players like Tiberiu Lung and Sorin Vintilescu but also with some experienced players like,
Florin Popete
Florin Laurențiu Popete (born 27 December 1977) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a right back for teams such as Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Farul Constanța or Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, among others. Popete played ...
,
Robert Vancea
Robert Dumitru Vancea (born 28 September 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as: FC U Craiova, JEF United Chiba, Extensiv Craiova and Pandurii Târgu Jiu, among others.
Club statistics
...
and
Romulus Buia
Romulus "Romică" Buia (born 15 June 1970 in Baia Mare) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. He was nicknamed "Figo from Berceni" by the fans of Rocar București which played the home games on the "Drumul Găzarului" fi ...
, the team won the promotion.
It was difficult to maintain its position in Divizia A, and Pandurii finished their
first season in the 15th place, right below the relegation line. But the
Romanian Football Federation
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decided at the end of the season not to give
Sportul Studențesc their licence for the following year, and kept instead the first team under the line, Pandurii. With the bullet dodged, the management decided to enforce the team, so the relegation shouldn't be a problem.
Alexandru Păcurar,
Ciprian Vasilache and
Liviu Mihai
Liviu Mihai (born 17 May 1977 in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County) is a retired Romanian professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''footba ...
were brought, and the team finished 11th in the
2006–07 season. They kept their position at the middle of the table for the next seasons.
In
2010
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, they finished below the line but avoided the relegation after the withdrawal of
Internațional Curtea de Argeș, team that ended tenth but the owner decided to disband the club. With a lot of players from Internațional Curtea de Argeș like
Vlad Chiricheș
Vlad Iulian Chiricheș (; born 14 November 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for club Cremonese and captains the Romania national team. Primarily a centre-back, he can also be deployed as a right-back or a defensive midfield ...
,
Mihai Pintilii
Doru Mihai Pintilii (born 9 November 1984) is a Romanian former professional association football, footballer who serves as an assistant for Liga I club FCSB.
A midfielder known for his combative playing style, Pintilii started out at Viitorul H ...
, and
Dan Nistor
Dan Nicolae Nistor (born 6 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club CS Universitatea Craiova.
After starting out in the lower leagues, Nistor totalled over one hundred Liga I matches for Pandurii ...
, Pandurii were 13th the
following season.
Ascent and first European participation (2011–2013)
In the
2011–12 season the team reached the highest place in history, finishing seventh. For a while, they were fifth and the fans hoped for Europa League.
The
following season saw Pandurii finishing as Liga I runners-up for the first time ever, qualifying for the
2013–14 UEFA Europa League
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, the club's first ever European participation. After defeating
Levadia Tallinn
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,
Hapoel Tel Aviv and
Braga
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, Pandurii entered the
Group stage
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concent ...
, being drawn into Group E with
F.C. Paços de Ferreira
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,
FC Dnipro
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In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
and
ACF Fiorentina
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.
Achieving performance (2013–2017)
On 10 March 2015, with
Edward Iordănescu
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He represented nine teams during a rather uneventful ...
as coach Pandurii defeated
FC Dinamo București
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Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...
in the semi-finals of the new established competition
Cupa Ligii
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History
It is unclear when the competition was first created, as there are no ...
, to qualify for their first ever cup final. On their way to play the final they beat one of the Romanian giants
FC Petrolul Ploiești
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Founded in 1924 in capital Bucharest ...
at
Ilie Oană Stadium
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. In the final
FC Steaua București FC Steaua București was a Romanian professional football club of which two current entities are claiming the records. The original ''FC Steaua București'' team was part of the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Ministry ...
beat Pandurii at
Arena Națională
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stadium but with a controversial penalty in the beginning of the match.
In the
2015–16, season of
Liga I
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Pandurii had many achievements along the season with the same coach and players like
UEFA Europa League
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winner
Cristian Săpunaru
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Săpun ...
,
Dan Nistor
Dan Nicolae Nistor (born 6 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club CS Universitatea Craiova.
After starting out in the lower leagues, Nistor totalled over one hundred Liga I matches for Pandurii ...
,
Ioan Hora
Adrian Ioan Hora (; born 21 August 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for FC Hermannstadt. Deployed mainly as a winger during the first part of his career, he later found more success in the centre as a main striker.
Club c ...
and
Mihai Răduț
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Răduț started out at Internațional Curtea de Argeș in 2009, and one year later earned a transfer to Steau ...
and
Narcis Răducan
Narcis Claudiu Răducan (born 23 September 1974 in Focşani) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Honours Club
;FCM Bacău
*Liga II: 1994–95
;Steaua București
*Liga I: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
* Cupa Româ ...
as president. In April 2015 they became the first team to win a match in
Liga I
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with the new play-off, play-out system. On 6 February 2016, they secured both a place in the competition play-offs and a place in a European competition next year with a victory with
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș
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. During this season they had the most matches without a defeat, about 10 games. At the end of the season, Pandurii finished on the podium as third-place qualifying for the second time in UEFA Europa League, but this time in the third qualifying round.
Back to the lower leagues (2017–present)
Although the team had a fairly good start for the season
2016–17, with players like
Lucian Sânmărtean
Lucian Iulian Sânmărtean (born 13 March 1980) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
Regarded by coach Ioan Sabău as the country's most talented player after Gheorghe Hagi, he was awa ...
or
George Țucudean
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He made his senior debut with UTA Arad in 2009, and throughout his career represented among others Dinamo București, FCSB, V ...
coming at the club, and playing in the summer against
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
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Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as ...
in Europa League, problems occurred in the second half of the season. The main sponsor started having problems and for this reason they did not fund the team anymore. Many players have left the team so the young players from the second team were brought to the first team along with other players from elsewhere. Unfortunately after 12 seasons in Liga 1 Pandurii relegated for the first time since the 2005 promotion but fought to avoid it until the last round.
For the
2017–18 Liga II
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, Pandurii has been prepared with some players promoted from the second team or from the youth teams and moved to
Motru
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until the new stadium was completed in 2019.
In the wake of the
2020–21
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Liga II
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season, Pandurii relegated in
Liga III
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for the first time after 21 years.
Ground
The club play its matches at the new
Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium
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, opened in 2019.
Honours
Domestic
Youth
Rankings
This is the
UEFA
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club's coefficient as of 1 November 2018:
UEFA Team Ranking 2018
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Records and statistics
Domestic
*Liga I seasons: 12
*Liga I play-offs seasons: 1
*Liga I longest unbeaten run: 10 ( 2015–16)
*Place 30 out of 98 teams in Liga I all-time table
*Cupa României
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best result: Semi-finals ( 2006–07)
*Cupa Ligii
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History
It is unclear when the competition was first created, as there are no ...
seasons: 3
*The most successful team from Gorj County
Gorj County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”).
Demographics
In 2011, the county had a ...
European
*UEFA Europa League
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seasons: 2
*UEFA Europa League
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best result: Group Stages ( 2013–14)
*UEFA Europa League
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biggest win: 4–0 vs. Levadia Tallinn
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( 2013–14)
League history
European Cups history
;Notes
* 1Q: First qualifying round
* 2Q: Second qualifying round
* 3Q: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round
European cups all-time statistics
Notable former players
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
;Romania
* Paul Anton
Paul Viorel Anton (; born 10 May 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Győr.
Club career
Early years
In 2008, Anton began his career with his hometown club Gloria Bistr ...
* Alin Chibulcutean
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Honours
Armătura Zalău
*Divizia C
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* Vlad Chiricheș
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* Liviu Ciobotariu
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Club career
Ciobotariu debuted in Divizia A with Prog ...
* Constantin Grecu
* Ovidiu Herea
* Ioan Hora
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Club c ...
* Alexandru Maxim
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Maxim recorded his professional de ...
* Dan Nistor
Dan Nicolae Nistor (born 6 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club CS Universitatea Craiova.
After starting out in the lower leagues, Nistor totalled over one hundred Liga I matches for Pandurii ...
* Daniel Orac
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* Mihai Pintilii
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A midfielder known for his combative playing style, Pintilii started out at Viitorul H ...
* Victor Pițurcă
Victor Pițurcă (; born 8 May 1956) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
Club career
Pițurcă was born in Orodel, Dolj County. He joined Universitatea Craiova as a youth in 1970, aged 14, and four years later he was ...
* Marian Pleașcă
;Romania
* Florin Popete
Florin Laurențiu Popete (born 27 December 1977) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a right back for teams such as Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Farul Constanța or Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, among others. Popete played ...
* Mihai Răduț
Mihai Cosmin Răduț (born 18 March 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Voluntari.
Răduț started out at Internațional Curtea de Argeș in 2009, and one year later earned a transfer to Steau ...
* Adrian Ropotan
Adrian Ropotan (born 8 May 1986) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Adrian Ropotan was born in Galați on 8 May 1986, playing his first Divizia A match for Dinamo București on 18 March 2006 in a 2–0 victory ag ...
* Adrian Rusu
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Club career
Rusu began his professional career with FC UTA Arad in 2003 ...
* Lucian Sânmărtean
Lucian Iulian Sânmărtean (born 13 March 1980) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
Regarded by coach Ioan Sabău as the country's most talented player after Gheorghe Hagi, he was awa ...
* Cristian Săpunaru
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Săpun ...
* Răzvan Stanca
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Career
Pandurii
In 2008 ...
* Iulian Ștefan
* George Țucudean
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He made his senior debut with UTA Arad in 2009, and throughout his career represented among others Dinamo București, FCSB, V ...
* Bogdan Ungurușan
* Robert Vancea
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Club statistics
...
* Claudiu Voiculeț
;Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Adnan Gušo
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Club career Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born in Sarajevo, G ...
* Stojan Vranješ
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;Brazil
* Cardoso
;Congo
* Armel Disney
Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila (born January 7, 1980) is a retired Congolese football player. FIFA lists his name as Armel Mamouna-Ossila.
Armel began his football career in his native Republic of the Congo with Étoile du Congo, before ...
;Cyprus
* Paraskevas Christou
;Czech Republic
* Lukáš Droppa
;Ivory Coast
* Constant Djakpa
* Ousmane Viera
;Lithuania
* Deivydas Matulevičius
Deivydas Matulevičius (born 8 April 1989) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a striker for I Lyga club Dainava. Matulevičius has previously played for Interas-AE Visaginas, FC Vilnius and Žalgiris Vilnius in Lithuania, Odra Wodzisław ...
;Nigeria
* Christian Obodo
Christian Obodo (born 11 May 1984 in Warri, Nigeria) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Football career
He was plucked from relative obscurity in the Nigerian league, playing for Plateau United before he bec ...
;Portugal
* Pedro Mingote
* Vasco Fernandes
;Slovenia
* Jaka Štromajer
Jaka Štromajer (born 27 July 1983) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Izola as a forward.
Honours
; Koper
*Slovenian Cup
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slo ...
Notable former managers
* Ilie Balaci
Ilie Balaci (; 13 September 1956 – 21 October 2018) was a Romanian Association football, football midfielder and Manager (association football), manager.
He spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitate ...
* Sorin Cârțu
* Petre Grigoraș
* Marin Ion
Marin Ion (also known as Ion Marin; born 25 March 1955) is a Romanian football manager and former defender who currently manages Romania women's national under-19 football team.
Playing career
Marin started his football career as a defender ...
* Edward Iordănescu
Edward Iordănescu (; born 16 June 1978), sometimes known as Iordănescu Jr., is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Romania national team.
He represented nine teams during a rather uneventful ...
* Eugen Neagoe
Eugen Neagoe (born 22 August 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former striker, currently in charge of Liga I club CS Universitatea Craiova. He is the cousin of Victor Pițurcă.
While managing Dinamo București, on 21 July 2019, during ...
* Titus Ozon
Titus Ozon (13 May 1927 – 24 November 1996) was a Romanian international football striker and manager. He was considered one of the greatest talents of the postwar in the Romanian football, famous for his extraordinary ability to dribble.
Car ...
* Emil Săndoi
Emil Săndoi (born 1 March 1965) is a Romanian football manager and former player.
A centre-back, he was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983.
Săndoi made his debut for the Romanian nat ...
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in Gorj County
Association football clubs established in 1962
Association football clubs disestablished in 2022
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1962 establishments in Romania
2022 disestablishments in Romania
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
The uprising of 1821 was a social and political rebellion in Wallachia, which was at the time a tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. It originated as a movement against the Phanariote administration, with backing from the more conservative bo ...