Șoimii Pâncota was a Romanian professional

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club from Pâncota,

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, Romania, founded in 1938. From August 2016, the home matches were played at Otto Greffner Stadium, in

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, until their dissolution in October 2016.

History

Early Years

The first document dates from 1923, at that time the team was called Spartak Pâncota. The team played in a landscaped garden on the site of the markets and the colors were green and white and played in the Western League with similar teams from

, Lipova, Salonta, Arad, etc. Representative members of the batch at the time were: Beszeny, Vagalau, Cornel Vuia, Stark, Schmidth, Chebeleu, Hipp, Pohaner, Badovics, Ardelean, Coroban. In 1938, at the initiative of players the club changed its name from ''Spartak'' to Șoimii (The Falcons). After the Second World War, the team played on the current stadium, named after the club. In 1967–68 season, with Simion Buda and Iosif Retter among the players, ''Șoimii'', won the first regional championship title in their history. ''Pâncotanii'' also had a period of force after the Romanian Revolution, finishing first in 1991–92, 1997–98, 2006–07 (as CNM Pâncota) in the Arad county league.

Top leagues

Șoimii Pâncota promoted to the 3rd league after 2011–12 successful season, finishing first in

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and winning the promotion play-off against

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. Also won the

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county phase. At the end of 2013–14 Liga III, they finished 1st promoting for the first time ever in Liga II. In their first season in second league they finished at 9th place on the table. At the end of the

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season, Șoimii saved from the relegation instead of teams with tradition in Romanian football, like

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, but in the summer of 2016, after Pâncota Municipality withdrew their financial support and forced the team to leave the stadium, the club was seen in the situation of not being able to continue the activity. Then in the last minute before the start of the championship, Pavel Piroș, the president of the club, decided to present at the matches with youth players. As a result, they managed to get some of the biggest counter-performance of Romanian football, 0–18 against Juventus București, 0–16 against CS Afumați and 0–14 against

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Honours

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*Winners (1): 2013–14 Liga IV – Arad County *Winners (4): 1991–92, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2011–12 *Runners-up (3): 1999–2000, 2007–08, 2009–10 Regional Championship *Winners (1): 1967–68

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*Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

Other performances

*Appearances in Liga II: 3 *Best finish in Liga II: 9th ( 2014–15) *Best finish in the

: Round of 32 (

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, 2014–15)

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history

References

External links

Șoimii Pâncota Prosport page
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