Fotbal Club Panciu, commonly known as FC Panciu, or simply as Panciu, is a Romanian football club based in Panciu, Vrancea County, currently competes in Liga IV – Vrancea County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system.
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Panciu | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Păncenii (The People from Panciu) | ||
| Short name | Panciu | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Ground | Orășenesc | ||
| Capacity | 1,200 | ||
| Owner | Panciu Town | ||
| League | Liga IV | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga IV, Vrancea County, 4th of 15 | ||
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During over time the club has had several names such as: Viticultorul, Rapid, Tricotex, CS Panciu and Young Stars.
History
editFC Panciu, with former referee Ionică Serea as head coach, promoted to Liga III at the end of 2007–08 season winning the Liga IV – Vrancea County and the promotion play-off against FC Vaslui II, the winner of Liga IV – Vaslui County, 1–0 on neutral ground at Aerostar Stadium in Bacău.[1]
The side enjoyed success in its return to the third league, finishing four consecutive seasons in the first part of the league table; ″Păncenii″, led by Ionică Serea, were finished 5th in the first season, in order that in the 2009–10 season, despite under a succession of managers – Serea departed in January 2010 and replaced with Sorin Haraga as head coach, supervised by Damian Băncilă as technical director, and from May 2010 with Vasile Burgă as head coach, for the last five games of the season – the team between the vineyards finished as runners-up.[2][3][4]
Haraga returned as head coach for 2010–11 season, but financial troubles precipitated another succession of managers – after five rounds Raul Cioran replaced Haraga, and in April 2011, after 22 rounds, Serea were back as head coach and led the team to finish in 6th-place.[5][6][7] In the 2011–12 season, Panciu finished in 7th-place.
In the summer of 2012, the club was renamed as Young Stars Panciu, and Dănuț Bolocan was appointed as the new head coach, but faced with major financial problems, the team from Panciu withdrew from championship after the first part of the 2012–13 season.[8][9][10]
In the first season back in the fourth league, Young Stars finished 2nd with 49 points, 11 points behind Selena Jariștea, despite leading the table by 4 points at the end of the first part of the season.[11][12]
In the 2014–15 season, renamed again as FC Panciu, the club led by Dănuț Bolocan from the bench, won the Liga IV – Vrancea County and the promotion play-off against Victoria Traian, the winner of Liga IV – Brăila County 7–4 on aggregate (1–1 away and 6–3 at home), promoted to Liga III.[13][14]
FC Panciu finished the following season in 9th place, but due to the financial problems could no longer register for next season of the third league. Starting from scratch in the 5th league, Panciu, finishing 2nd, promoted to Liga IV – Vrancea County at the end of the 2016–17 season.[15]
In the 2017–18 season, Panciu finished 2nd in the Group C of Liga IV – Vrancea County, qualifying to championship play-off and conclude the season on 8th place.
The next season was a successful one, the team led by Dănuț Bolocan for the seventh consecutive year, finished 2nd in Group A of the regular season and as runner-up in the championship play-off, five points behind Mausoleul Mărășești.[16]
In the 2019–20 season, FC Panciu ranked 1st in Series C of Liga IV Vrancea and qualified to championship play-offs, being on 3rd place when the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
Honours
edit- Runners-up (1): 2009–10
- Winners (8): 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2014–15
- Runners-up (3): 2006–07, 2013–14, 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
References
edit- ^ "FC Panciu a bătut vedetele" [FC Panciu beat the stars] (in Romanian). ziaruldevrancea.ro. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Damian Băncilă, director tehnic la FC Panciu" [Damian Băncilă, technical director at FC Panciu] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Vasile Burgă e noul antrenor de la Panciu" [Vasile Burgă is the new coach at Panciu] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Panciu a încheiat campionatul pe locul 2, deși a pierdut aseară la Galați" [FC Panciu finished the championship in 2nd place, although they lost last night at Galați] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Sorin Haraga - noul antrenor principal al FC Panciu" [Sorin Haraga - the new head coach of FC Panciu] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Raul Cioran – noul antrenor principal al FC Panciu" [Raul Cioran – the new head coach of FC Panciu] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Ionică Serea, noul antrenor la FC Panciu" [Ionică Serea, the new coach at FC Panciu] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Panciu se transformă în sezonul 2012-2013 în Young Stars Panciu" [FC Panciu transforms in the 2012-2013 season into Young Stars Panciu] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Obiectiv pentru noul sezon: salvarea de la retrogradare" [Objective for the new season: saving from relegation] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Young Stars Panciu se retrage din Liga a III-a" [Young Stars Panciu withdraw from League III] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Gata cu vacanța în fotbalul județean!" [No more holiday in county football!] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Selena Jariștea a fost încoronată cu titlul de campioană a Vrancei" [Selena Jariștea was crowned with the title of champion of Vrancea] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Vrancea are o campioană: FC Panciu" [Vrancea has a champion: FC Panciu] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Agonie și extaz, dar o promovare meritată. Panciu are din nou echipă în Liga 3" [Agony and ecstasy, but a deserved promotion. Panciu has again a team in Liga 3] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "FC Panciu a promovat în Superliga Altdorf Tehnik" [FC Panciu promoted Altdorf Tehnik to the Superliga] (in Romanian). ajfvrancea.ro. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Sezon competițional de excepție pentru echipa de fotbal FC Panciu" [Exceptional competitive season for the FC Panciu football team] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Fotbal, Superliga Vrancei – FC Panciu este în play-off și așteaptă etapa de Cupă a României!" [Football, Vrancea Superleague – FC Panciu is in the play-offs and waiting for the Romanian Cup stage!] (in Romanian). monitoruldevrancea.ro. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2024.