CS Șoimii Lipova

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Șoimii Lipova
CS Șoimii Lipova logo.png
Full nameClubul Sportiv Șoimii Lipova
Nickname(s)Lipovanii
(The People from Lipova)
Short nameȘoimii
Founded1974; 47 years ago (1974)
as Șoimii Lipova
1980; 41 years ago (1980)
as Șoimii-Strungul Lipova
2012; 9 years ago (2012)
as Șoimii Lipova
Ground
Capacity1,000
OwnerLipova Town
ChairmanRadu Pop
Manager
LeagueLiga III
2020–21Liga III, Seria VIII, 1st
WebsiteClub website

Clubul Sportiv Șoimii Lipova, commonly known as CS Șoimii Lipova, or simply Șoimii Lipova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Lipova, Arad County.

The team was founded in 1974 and played in the Divizia C for 14 years, between 1980 and 1994. The most important result was a 1st place in the 11th series, achieved at the end of the 1991–92 season. After 1994 Șoimii played only in the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and even withdrew from any competition in the spring of 2010. After two years of inactivity Șoimii enrolled in the sixth tier and started its ascension, promoting back to Liga III at the end of the 2016–17 season.

History[]

Șoimii Lipova was founded in 1974 after a merger between Mureșul Lipova and Luptătorul Lipova.[1] In the first season, 1974–75 Arad County Championship, the squad based in Lipova finished on the 4th place, then in the following season, 1975–76, won the county championship and qualifying for the Divizia C promotion play-off, but lost in front of Timiș County champion, Laminorul Nădrag (1–0 at Nădrag and 0–2 at Lipova). Followed three seasons in which Șoimii finished on the following positions: 4th (1976–77 and 1977–78) and 9th (1978–79) in the second series of the County Championship. In 1979–80, Șoimii Lipova, won the county championship again, finished 1st in Series B and won the championship final against the winner of the first series, Chimia Arad (1–0 in Lipova and 3–3 in Arad). Followed a promotion play-off match to Divizia C against the champion of Timiș County, Textila Timișoara. Șoimii promoted after two victories (3–1 at Timișoara and 2–1 at Lipova).

After the promotion, in the summer of 1980, the team starts collaborating with the lathe factory from Lipova, changing its name to Șoimii-Strungul.
At the end of the first season in Divizia C, Șoimii-Strungul, with a new coach, Toma Jurcă, finished on the 4th place, then in the summer of 1981 changed its name again in Șoimii Lipova.[2] Followed another 12 consecutive seasons in the Divizia C for Șoimii, which also won the 11th series of the league at the end of the 1991–92 season, but never played in the Divizia B due to some competitive reorganizations dictated by the Romanian Football Federation.[3][4]

At the end of the 1993–94 season "lipovanii" relegated to Divizia D, where they remained for the next 16 years. In the spring of 2010 Șoimii withdrew from Liga IV after the biggest defeat suffered in the history of the club, 1–28 against Frontiera Curtici. In 2012, after two years of inactivity Șoimii Lipova was reestablished and enrolled in the Liga VI, last tier of the Arad County association.[4] Șoimii obtained two consecutive promotions and in the summer of 2015 was back in the Liga IV, competition which they won at the end of the 2016–17 season. As the champion of Arad County, "lipovanii" played the promotion play-off against CS Diosig, the champions of Bihor County, which they have defeated 7–1 on aggregate and promoted back to Liga III after 23 years of absence.[5] In the first season Șoimii finished on the 6th place in the fourth series.

Grounds[]

Stadionul Orășenesc[]

The club plays its home matches on Stadionul Orășenesc from Lipova, with a capacity of 1,000 seats.

Stadionul Șoimii[]

From 2017, the club played its home matches on Stadionul Șoimii from Pâncota due to the modernization works carried out at the stadium in Lipova.

Chronology of names[]

Name Period
Șoimii Lipova 1974–1980
Șoimii-Strungul Lipova 1980–1981
Șoimii Lipova 1981–present

Honours[]

Liga III

Liga IV – Arad County

Liga V – Arad County

  • Winners (1): 2013–14

Liga VI – Arad County

  • Winners (1): 2012–13

Cupa României – Arad County

  • Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 6 September 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Romania ROU Abel Popa
5 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Aldan
6 DF Romania ROU Norbert Polgar
7 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Ban
10 MF Romania ROU Bogdan Bozian
11 DF Romania ROU Vlad Filimon (Captain)
13 DF Romania ROU Toma Bodri
16 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Simion
17 MF Romania ROU Nicholas Brad
20 DF Romania ROU Raul Stoin
21 MF Romania ROU Adrian Suslak
24 GK Romania ROU Cătălin Bujor
25 MF Romania ROU Victor Prună
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Morocco MAR Salhi Ouadie (on loan from Ripensia)
29 GK Romania ROU Raul Buta
69 GK Romania ROU Adelin Iliescu
81 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Hațegan
83 MF Romania ROU Cristian Gherasim
86 MF Romania ROU Andrei Gavrilă (on loan from UTA II)
94 MF Romania ROU Bogdan Nicolescu
96 FW Romania ROU David Ciubăncan (on loan from UTA II)
97 DF Romania ROU Darius Dolga
99 FW Romania ROU Kevin Trabalka
— MF Romania ROU Daniel Leric
— MF Romania ROU Alen Moisin
— FW Romania ROU Andrei Rusu

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials[]

League history[]

References[]

  1. ^ "De 51 ani în slujba fotbalului" [For 51 years in the service of football]. arq.ro. Retrieved 14 October 2020.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ "1980–81 Divizia C" [1980–81 Divizia C]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ "1991–92 Divizia C" [1991–92 Divizia C]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Bine Ati Venit" [Welcome]. soimiilipova.wordpress.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Şoimii Lipova a promovat în Liga 3-a! Scor general dupa doua manse: Lipova – Diosig: 7–1" [Șoimii Lipova promoted to Liga 3! Aggregate score: Lipova – Diosig: 7–1]. ghidularadean.ro. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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