CSU Voința Sibiu

Voința Sibiu
	Municipal
Capacity	14,200
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

CSU Voința Sibiu was a

football team from Sibiu, Sibiu County, founded in 1965 and dissolved in the autumn of 2012. In the summer of 2007, to continue the football tradition of Sibiu after the dissolution of Inter Sibiu in 2001 and FC Sibiu in 2007, the Romanian businessman Ioan Hămbășan took control over the club managed three consecutive promotions from Liga IV to Liga I.^[1] It played for one season in Romania's top football league, in the 2011–12 Liga I

.

History

Voința Sibiu was founded in 1965 and was subordinated to ATCOM (Territorial Association of Craft Cooperative Organizations). For most of the club's history, Voința Sibiu or Metalul Voința Sibiu evolved in the district, regional or county championship.

Voința had an excellent start in the

FC Timişoara

.

Next season, Gaz Metan took its revenge in the championship. They have defeated Voința in both matches: home, in Mediaș, with 3–0, then away, in Sibiu, easily, 2–0.

Voința finished 1st the first half of the 2010–11 Liga II season, and had a great chance to promote for the first time in history to the Liga I.

Voința finished 4th its first

Voința Sibiu for the last vacant place in the 2011–12 Liga I.^[2]

After 0–0 at Năvodari and a 2–0 win at Sibiu, Voința promoted for the very first time in history to the Liga I. Sibiu is represented at the highest football level after 15 years of absence, Inter last playing there in the 1995–96 Divizia A. In

Astra

.

Voința relegated after only one season of top football, finishing 16th in the table, with 32 points.

After only 11 rounds played in the 2012–13 Liga II Voința withdrew from the championship, because of immense debts.^[3]

Honours

Liga III
- Winners (1): 2009–10
Liga IV – Sibiu County
- Winners (2): 1988–89, 2008–09

References

^ "Unică în România! Voința a ajuns în Liga 1 după trei promovări consecutive" [Unique in Romania! Voința reached League 1 after three consecutive promotions]. liga2.prosport.ro. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2022.(in Romanian)
^ "Comitetul de urgenţă al FRF" [Emergency Committee of the FRF]. FRF. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
^ "Adio Voința Sibiu! Hămbăşan a retras echipa din campionat" [Goodbye Voința Sibiu! Hămbașan withdrew the team from the championship]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2012.(in Romanian)

External links

Official website

[1] "Unică în România! Voința a ajuns în Liga 1 după trei promovări consecutive" [Unique in Romania! Voința reached League 1 after three consecutive promotions]. liga2.prosport.ro. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2022.(in Romanian)

[2] "Comitetul de urgenţă al FRF" [Emergency Committee of the FRF]. FRF. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.

[3] "Adio Voința Sibiu! Hămbăşan a retras echipa din campionat" [Goodbye Voința Sibiu! Hămbașan withdrew the team from the championship]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2012.(in Romanian)

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