Piroș Security Arad
Full nameAtletic Club Piroș Security Lioness Arad
Nickname(s)Leoaicele (The Lionesses)
Short namePiroș
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
as Piroș Security Arad
GroundSânnicolau Mic
Capacity900
OwnerPavel Piroș
ChairmanLiviu Ilea[1]
ManagersFlorin Bugar
LeagueLiga I
2018–19Liga II, 1st

Atletic Club Piroș Security Lioness Arad, commonly known as Piroș Security Arad, Piroș Arad or simply Piroș, is a Romanian women's football club based in Arad, Arad County, Romania.[2] The team currently plays in the Liga I, first tier of the Romanian women's football system, after promoting at the end of the 2018–19 season.[1]

History

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The team was created in 2016 by Arad businessman Pavel Piroș, owner of the Piroș Security firm and former president of Șoimii Pâncota. Since 2013, when the female section of UTA Arad withdrew from the championship, Arad did not have a women's football team. Gigi Cameniță, the former coach of UTA, returned to women's football coaching. Along with him, veteran players Floarea Liheț, Meszaros returned to playing football in red-white in Arad. A tight-knit team was formed, which managed to win first place in the newly created third tier of Romanian women's football, and to promote in the second league.

In its second season, Piroș set again promotion as the new objective. With four new additions to the team (Magocs, Bajko, Chiș, Vanu) the team managed to fight its way to the top of the league. However, only 4th place was achieved, as the Arad team had powerful competitors. Still, it managed to reach the semifinals of the Romanian Women's Cup. Thus, Piroș became the only second league team that ever managed such a performance (except the second squad of champions Olimpia Cluj, back when second teams were still allowed in the competition).

In its third season, promotion was again the main objective. During winter break, Piroș brought in a group of experienced players from Timiș County (Sîrbovan, Bărbosu, Vuicin, Usain) and managed to win the second series of Liga II and promote in front of Luceafărul Filiași.

The fourth season marked the debut on the first stage of Romanian women's football, Liga I. Surprisingly, Piroș managed to win 7 out of 11 league games in the first half of the season, bringing the team on an unexpected 5th place. In spring, the team also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Romanian Women's Cup, but soon the season was suspended due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus Pandemic.


Crest and Kits

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Selection of Piroș kits through history
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The white shirt with green stripes, white shorts and white-green socks. Worn 1943–1944
 
 
 
 
 
 
The white shirt with three green stripes, white shorts and greens socks. Worn 2017–2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
The white shirt with three green stripes, white shorts and white socks. Home kit worn 2018–2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
The black shirt with white vertical line, green insertion and white socks. Away kit worn 2018–2019


Honours

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Leagues

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Cups

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Season by season

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  Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Promoted   Relegated

Season Division Tier Place Cup WCL
1 2016–17 Liga II 3 1st 2R
2 2017–18 Liga II, Seria II 2 4th SF
3 2018–19 Liga II, Seria II 2 1st R16
4 2019–20 Liga I 1 TBD TBD

Current squad

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As of 15 May 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ROU Mirela Abălașei
MF   ROU Lavinia Dobrea
MF   ROU Floarea Liheț (Captain)*
MF   ROU Melisa Olariu
MF   ROU Andreea Balaș
DF   ROU Denisa Marcea
MF   ROU Mădălina Chiș *
DF   ROU Lidia Șuveț
MF   ROU Andrada Vanu *
MF   ROU Larisa Matei
MF   ROU Eniko Nagy
MF   ROU Florentina Ancăș
MF   AZE Nazlican Parlak
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ROU Andreea Dubăț *
MF   ROU Romina Herbei
FW   ROU Larisa Sîrbovan
FW   ROU Loredana Bondre
FW   ROU Eliza Bozian-Ruth
FW   ROU Bianca Biriș *
FW   GHA Priscilla Hagan *
FW   ROU Alexandra Prodan
FW   ROU Răduț
FW   ROU Drăgan
FW   ROU Bot
FW   ROU Antonia Ciuclea
FW   ROU Alice Cociuba

Club officials

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References

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  1. ^ a b Performanță notabilă în sportul timișean – ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, în Superliga națională de fotbal feminin. ziarultimisoara.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Fortuna Becicherecu Mic. soccerway.com
  3. ^ Lot ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic. fotbalfeminin.net (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "Performanță notabilă în sportul timișean - ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, în Superliga națională de fotbal feminin". www.ziarultimisoara.ro.
  5. ^ "ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic".
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