| Clubname: | Podgoria Pâncota |
| Fullname: | Clubul Sportiv Podgoria Pâncota |
| Short Name: | Podgoria |
| Nickname: | Viticultorii (Grape Growers) Pâncotanii (The People of Pâncota) Șoimii (The Hawks) |
| Founded: | as Spartak Pâncota |
| Ground: | Șoimii |
| Capacity: | 2,000 |
| Owner: | Town of Pâncota |
| Chairman: | Sergiu Dragalina |
| Manager: | Remus Lung |
| League: | Liga IV |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Liga IV, Arad County, 7th of 15 |
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Clubul Sportiv Podgoria Pâncota is a Romanian professional football club based in Pâncota, Arad County, Romania, founded in 1923, under the name of Spartak Pâncota. The club is currently a member of the Liga IV, fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The best period of the team based in Arad County was during the first part of the 2010s, when it reached the second division, under the name of Șoimii Pâncota.
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 Șiria, Lipova, Salonta, 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 Second World War, the team played on the current stadium, named after the club.
In 1967–68 season, with Simion Buda and Iosif Retter among the players, Șoimii, won the first regional championship title in their history. Pâncotanii also had a period of force after the Romanian Revolution, finishing first in 1991–92, 1997–98, 2006–07 (as CNM Pâncota) in the Arad county league.[1]
Șoimii Pâncota promoted to the 3rd league after 2011–12 successful season, finishing first in Liga IV Arad and winning the promotion play-off against CSM Vulcan.[2] Also won the Romanian Cup county phase.
At the end of 2013–14 Liga III, they finished 1st promoting for the first time ever in Liga II. In their first season in second league they finished at 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.[3] 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.[4]
The club was re-organized in 2016, under a new name, Podgoria Pâncota and enrolled in the lowest division.
Regional Championship
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 7th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 8th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 5th | ||||
| 2020–21 | align=center colspan=5 | Not active due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 11th | ||||
| 2 | align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 20th | Relegated | |||
| 2 | Liga II (Seria II) | 8th | ||||
| 2 | Liga II (Seria II) | 9th | Round of 32 | |||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria V) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C) | Promoted | ||
| 3 | Liga III (Seria V) | 4th | Round of 32 |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C) | Promoted | ||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 5th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B | 3rd | |||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C) | |||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 4th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 14th | ||||
| 4 | Liga IV (AR) | 11th |