Clubul Sportiv Șoimii Lipova, commonly known as CS Șoimii Lipova, or simply Șoimii Lipova, is a Romanian professional

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club based in Lipova,

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. The team was founded in 1974 and played in the

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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

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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

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at the end of the 2016–17 season.

History

Șoimii Lipova was founded in 1974 after a merger between ''Mureșul Lipova'' and ''Luptătorul Lipova''. 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

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and qualifying for the

promotion play-off, but lost in front of

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

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 the 1979–80 season, Șoimii Lipova won the county championship again, finished 1st in Series B and won the championship final against the winner of the Series A, Chimia Arad (1–0 at Lipova and 3–3 at Vladimirescu). Followed a

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match to Divizia C against the champion of Liga IV – 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, and 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. 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

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due to some competitive reorganizations dictated by the

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. 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

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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

association. Șoimii obtained two consecutive promotions and in the summer of 2015 was back in the

, 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

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, which they have defeated 7–1 on aggregate and promoted back to

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

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from

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due to the modernization works carried out at the stadium in Lipova.

Chronology of names

Honours

*Winners (2): 1991–92,

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*Runners-up (3): 2018–19, 2019–20,

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Liga IV – Arad County *Winners (3): 1975–76, 1979–80, 2016–17 *Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2004–05

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*Winners (1): 2013–14

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*Winners (1): 2012–13

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*Winners (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

League history

Former managers

* Cristian Todea (2023–2024)

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Șoimii Lipova Football clubs in Arad County Association football clubs established in 1980 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1980 establishments in Romania