Fotbal Club Păpăuți, commonly known as FC Păpăuți, or simply as Păpăuți, is a Romanian football club based in Păpăuți, Covasna County. The club currently competes in Liga IV - Covasna County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football. At their best the club finished 10th in 2013–14 Liga III and reached the Second round of Cupa României in 2017–18 season.[1]
| Full name | Fotbal Club Păpăuți |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Păpăuțenii (The people from Păpăuți) |
| Short name | Păpăuți |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Ground | Comunal |
| Capacity | 800 |
| Owner | Zagon Commune |
| Chairman | Csaba Benedek |
| Manager | Attila Kelemen |
| League | Liga IV |
| 2023–24 | Liga IV, Covasna County 9th of 14 |
History
editFC Păpăuți was founded in 2000 and played mostly in the amateur leagues. Păpăuți won the 2008–09 Liga V – Covasna County season promoting for the first time to the fourth tier.[2]
The club promoted to Liga III at the end of 2012–13 season, winning the Liga IV – Covasna County eight points ahead of Sepsi OSK and thrashing FC Râșnov, the winner of Liga IV – Brașov County, in the promotion play-off 7–1 on neutral ground at Porumbenii Mari.[3][4]
In the first season in Liga III, Păpăuți avoided relegation finishing 10th in Series VI, but in the next season was excluded from third league after 11 rounds due to non-payment of arbitration scales.[5][6]
Rivalries
editThe club had a local rivalry with FC Zagon, where they played in Liga IV and Liga III, until 2015 when Păpăuți was excluded from the league. One year later Zagon withdrew from the third league and was dissolved.
Honours
edit- Winners (1): 2008–09
Cupa României – Covasna County
- Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
References
edit- ^ "Păpăuți în fața unei performanțe unicat pentru club" [Păpăuți in front of a unique performance for the club]. covasnamedia.ro. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Két csapat a mezőny fölé nőtt — Áros Károly" [Two teams rose above the field — Károly Áros]. 3szek.ro. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Hungarian)
- ^ "Papolc a bajnok, Csernáton a kieső" [Păpăuți is the champion, Cernat is relegated]. 3szek.ro. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Hungarian)
- ^ "Comuna Zagon are două echipe de fotbal în Divizia C" [Zagon commune has two football teams in Division C]. covasnamedia.ro. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Brașovul "câștigă" o echipă în Liga 3. FC Păpăuți va evolua la Bod" [Brașov "wins" a team in League 3. FC Păpăuți will evolve at Bod]. liga2.prosport.ro. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Excluderea Păpăuțiului a dus la modificări minore în clasamentul Seriei I" [The exclusion of Păpăuți led to minor changes in the Serie I standings]. liga2.prosport.ro. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.(in Romanian)
External links
edit- FC Păpăuți on Facebook
- FC Păpăuți at Soccerway