Nickname(s) Șoimii ( The Hawks ) Dissolved 2016 Ground Capacity 2,000 / 1,100 League Liga II | Short name Șoimii Pâncota Ground Șoimii / Otto Greffner Founded 1938 | |
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Full name Clubul Sportiv Șoimii Pâncota | ||
Șoimii Pâncota was a Romanian professional football club from Pâncota, Arad County, Romania, founded in 1938. From August 2016, the home matches were played at Otto Greffner Stadium, in Șiria, Arad County. until their dissolution, in October 2016.
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Early Years
The first document dates from 1923, by this time called the Spartak club Pancota. Team play in a landscaped garden on the site of the markets and the colors were green and white. The team played in the Western League with similar teams from Șiria, Lipova, Salonta, Arad, etc. Representative members of the batch at the time were: Beszeny, Vagalau, Cornel Vuia, Schmidth, Chebeleu, Hipp, Pohaner, Badovics, Ardelean. In 1938, at the initiative Vuia players, Stark, Hipp, Chebeleu, Coroban, Filo and Păcurar, the club changed its name from Spartak Pancota the Falcons Pancota. After the Second World War, the team played on the current stadium, named for the club. Sports Year 1967–68 was for CS Falcons Pancota year winning the district championship for the first time in its history. In 1982, the group of children: Boros, Cașcostan, Hat, Lacatus, Lazea Goșa, Pancan, Covaci I Covaci II, Olari, having as coach Simon Buda became county champion. The same performance was repeated in 1998.
Top leagues
In the 2011–2012 season of Liga IV-Arad County they finished first and promoted to Liga III. In the same year they won the Arad County Faze of Romanian Cup. At the end of 2013–14 Liga III, they finished 1st promoting for the first time ever in Liga II. They finished on the 9th place on the table.
At the end of the 2015–16 Liga II season, Șoimii saved from the relegation instead of teams with tradition in Romanian football, like Universitatea Cluj or FC Bihor Oradea, 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 Foresta Suceava. Meanwhile at the club has appeared as an investor, Angelo Massone, a businessman who came with promises but ended up leading the club into bankruptcy and exclusion, just like his previous football club, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.
Championships
Liga II
Liga III
Liga IV-Arad County / Arad County Championship
Regional Championship
Cups
Cupa României