CS Șoimii Lipova


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 1980 as Șoimii-Strungul Lipova 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 1980 as Șoimii-Strungul Lipova, being enrolled from its first season in the Divizia C, third tier of the Romanian football league system. At the end of the first season, Șoimii-Strungul finished on the 4th place, then in the summer of 1981 changed its name in Șoimii Lipova. 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.
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. 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. 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

NamePeriod
Șoimii-Strungul Lipova1980–1981
Șoimii Lipova1981–present

Honours

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

RoleName
Owner Lipova Town
President Virgilius Stamate
Executive President Radu Pop
Sporting Director Marius Bătrân
Organizer of Competitions Claudiu Trif

Current technical staff

RoleName
Manager Flavius Sabău
Assistant Manager Marius Ciubăncan
Goalkeeping Coach Cătălin Bujor
Club Doctor Alina Trif
Masseur Andrei Sala

League history

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCupa României
2019–203Liga III 2nd
2018–193Liga III 2nd
2017–183Liga III 6th

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCupa României
2016–174Liga IV 1st
2015–164Liga IV 6th
2014–154Liga IV 3rd