CS Șoimii Pâncota

Şoimii Pâncota

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Șoimii Pâncota
Nickname(s)	Şoimii ( The Hawks )
Short name	Şoimii Pâncota
Founded	1932 as Spartak Pâncota
Ground	Șoimii
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Pâncota Municipality
Chairman	Pavel Piroș
Manager	Zsolt Muzsnay
League	Liga II
2014–15	Liga II, Seria II, 9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Şoimii Pâncota is a Romanian professional football club from Pâncota, Arad County, Romania, founded in 1932. Home matches are played at Stadionul Șoimii.

History

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, Caşcostan, Hat, Lacatus, Lazea Goşa, 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.

Current squad

As of 19 April 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrei Cioară 2 MF Daniel Dan 3 DF Gabriel Siminic 4 DF Ionuţ Ianc 5 MF Marian Fuchs 6 MF Alin Pavel (vice-captain) 7 MF Florin Gâlcă 8 MF Issa Thiaw (captain) 9 FW Alin Mihai 10 MF Dragoş Dragalina 11 MF Cosmin Farcaş 12 GK Cristian Irimia

No. Position Player 14 DF Claudiu Pascariu 16 MF Emanuel Vasi 17 FW Alexandru Leucuţă 18 DF Radu Dubeştean 19 DF Cornel Suciu (on loan from Viitorul) 20 FW Marius Ion 21 FW George Pirtea 23 GK Ovidiu Paşcalău 24 FW Ovidiu Mandache 25 MF Dumitru Mitu — MF Ovidiu Bulzan — MF Denis Ursoi

Club Officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Pâncota Municipality President Pavel Piroş Sporting Director Liviu Ilea

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Zsolt Muzsnay Assistant Manager Zsolt Muzsnay jr. Assistant Manager Dumitru Mitu Goalkeeping coach Cristian Irimia Club Doctor Florin Voin

Honours

Championships

Liga II

• Best finish 9th 2014–15

Liga III

• Winners (1): 2013–14

Liga IV-Arad County / Arad County Championship

• Winners (3): 1982, 1998, 2011–12

Regional Championship

• Winners (1): 1967–68

Cups

Cupa României

• Round of 32 (1): 2014–15
• Winners of Arad Couty Faze (1): 2011–12

References

External links

• Şoimii Pâncota Prosport page