Fotbal Club Păpăuți, commonly known as FC Păpăuți, or simply as Păpăuți, is a

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club based in Păpăuți, near Zagon,

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. The club currently competes in Liga IV - Covasna County, the fourth tier of the

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. At their best the club finished 10th in

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and reached the Second round of

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in 2017–18 season.

History

FC Păpăuți was founded in 2000 and played mostly in the amateur leagues. Păpăuți won the 2008–09

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season promoting for the first time to the fourth tier. The club promoted to

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at the end of 2012–13 season, winning the Liga IV – Covasna County eight points ahead of Sepsi OSK and thrashing FC Râșnov, the winner of Liga IV – Brașov County, in the

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7–1 on neutral ground at Porumbenii Mari. In the first season in

, Păpăuți avoided relegation finishing 10th in Series VI, but in the next season was excluded from third league after 11 rounds due to non-payment of arbitration scales.

Rivalries

The club had a local rivalry with FC Zagon, where they played in

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and

, until 2015 when Păpăuți was excluded from the league. One year later Zagon withdrew from the third league and was dissolved.

Honours

Liga IV – Covasna County *Winners (1):

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*Runners-up (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20

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*Winners (1): 2008–09

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*Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19

References

External links

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