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n professional

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based in

Pâncota Pâncota ( Hungarian: ''Pankota'') is a town in Arad County, Crișana, Romania. The town is situated at a distance from the county seat, Arad, in the central zone of the county, at the contact zone of the Arad Plateau and Zărand Mountains. The ...

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, founded in 1923, under the name of ''Spartak Pâncota''. The club is currently a member of the Liga IV – Arad County, fourth tier of the

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. The best period of the team based in

was during the first part of the 2010s, when it reached the

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, under the name of ''Șoimii Pâncota''.

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

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, Lipova,

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, 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

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, the team played constantly in the Arad District Championship on the current stadium, named after the club. In the 1967–68 season, with Simion Buda and Iosif Retter among the players, Șoimii won the Arad District Championship and promoted to Arad County Championship. ''Pâncotanii'' had a period of force after the

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, finishing 1st in Series B of the 1991–92 season beating Aurul Negru Pecica in the championship final 3–1 on aggregate, but missed out on promotion after finishing last in Group X of the

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behind to Venus Lugoj and Minerul Oravița. The 1997–98 season, saw Șoimii winning again the County Championship and promoted to

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after won the promotion play-off against Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești 2–1 at

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. The squad coached by Alexandru Gaica was composed amongst others by Tentu - Grăpan, Crișan, Damian, Folea, Ianoș, Cioarcă, Șofronoci, Burtea, Bulzan, Morar, Dan Cuedan, Blăniță and Igna. However, due to the financial problems, The Falcons continued to play in the fourth division after ceded its place to Inter Arad. In the following seasons the best result was obtained in the 1999–2000 season, when finished on 2nd place 11 points behind Motorul Astra Arad. Meanwhile, in the summer of 2005, the club was renamed as CNM Pâncota finishing 4th in the 2005–06 season. The Falcons won the 2006–07 season of Liga IV – Arad County, but lost the promotion play-off against Turul Micula, the winner of Liga IV – Satu Mare County, 0–1 at Municipal Stadium in

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. The team coached by Mihai Roșca was composed of Dulhaz - Pleșescu, Lengyel, Iancu, Moțiu, Mager, D.Lengyel, Szeleki, Pantea, Mihai, Drăgui Pașca, Gâlcă and Burian.

Top leagues

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

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and winning the promotion play-off against CSM Vulcan. 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

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. 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

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and 0–14 against

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. The club was re-organized in 2016, under a new name, Podgoria Pâncota and enrolled in the lowest division.

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 Arad District Championship *Winners (1): 1967–68

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*Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

Other performances

*Appearances in

: 3 *Best finish in Liga II: 8th ( 2015–16) *Best finish in the

: Round of 32 (

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, 2014–15)

League history

Former managers

Ionuț Popa Ionuț Popa (17 April 1953 – 25 June 2020) was a Romanian professional footballer and manager. Popa managed teams such as UTA Arad, Bihor Oradea, Politehnica Iași and ACS Poli Timișoara, among others. Managerial career Popa was the coach ...

(2015–2016) * Zsolt Muzsnay (2016)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soimii Pancota Association football clubs established in 1923 Football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Arad County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1923 establishments in Romania