CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Tudor Vladimirescu | |||
Capacity | 12,518 | ||
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2022–23 | Liga IV, Gorj County, 13th (withdrew) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Clubul Sportiv Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌklubul sporˈtiv panˈdurij liɡˈnitul ˌtɨrɡu ˈʒiw]), commonly known as Pandurii Târgu Jiu or simply Pandurii, was a Romanian football club based in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, which last competed in the Liga IV.
Founded in 1962 following the merger of Flacăra-Unirea Târgu Jiu and CIL Târgu Jiu,[1] the team's best performances were finishing as Liga I runners-up in the 2012–13 season and playing a League Cup final in 2015. Gorjenii qualified for the first time for a European competition in the 2013–14 campaign, when they reached the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.
The colours of Pandurii Târgu Jiu were white and blue, and they played their home games at the
History
Founding and lower divisions (1962–2005)
Pandurii Târgu Jiu was founded in August 1962, after the merger of the two big rivals from the town, Flacăra-Unirea Târgu Jiu and CIL Târgu-Jiu. The club entered the
In the first years, Pandurii finished constantly in the first half of the standings, so the club decided to attack a promotion to Divizia B. In the 1976–77 season, with a young team and with Titus Ozon as coach, the dream came true. Pandurii dominated the competition, climbed from the first stages on top of the standings and won the promotion to the second division. But this level was a much bigger hat to wear for Pandurii, who relegated the next season back to Divizia C.
The following years, the team changed frequently the division, promoting to Divizia B and relegating after a few years. They played in Divizia B between 1979 and 1983 then between 1986 and 1991. After a decade in Divizia C, in 2000 the team promoted again in the second league, and in 2004 finished second, behind Sportul Studențesc.
Beginning years in the top league (2005–2011)
The performance from the last seasons was an incentive for the management who decided to push for the first presence of Pandurii in
It was difficult to maintain its position in Divizia A, and Pandurii finished their
Alexandru Păcurar, Ciprian Vasilache and Liviu Mihai were brought, and the team finished 11th in the 2006–07 season. They kept their position at the middle of the table for the next seasons.
In 2010, they finished below the line but avoided the relegation after the withdrawal of Internațional Curtea de Argeș, team that ended tenth but the owner decided to disband the club. With a lot of players from Internațional Curtea de Argeș like Vlad Chiricheș, Mihai Pintilii, and Dan Nistor, Pandurii were 13th the following season.
Ascent and first European participation (2011–2013)
Period | Name[2] |
1963–1965 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
1965–1970 | Victoria Târgu Jiu |
1970–1973 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
1973–1975 | Cimentul Târgu Jiu |
1975–1976 | Cimentul Victoria Târgu Jiu |
1976–1985 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
1985–1988 | Gloria Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
1988–2022 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
In the 2011–12 season the team reached the highest place in history, finishing seventh. For a while, they were fifth and the fans hoped for Europa League.
The
Achieving performance (2013–2017)
On 10 March 2015, with
In the 2015–16, season of Liga I Pandurii had many achievements along the season with the same coach and players like UEFA Europa League winner Cristian Săpunaru, Dan Nistor, Ioan Hora and Mihai Răduț and Narcis Răducan as president. In April 2015 they became the first team to win a match in Liga I with the new play-off, play-out system. On 6 February 2016, they secured both a place in the competition play-offs and a place in a European competition next year with a victory with ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș. During this season they had the most matches without a defeat, about 10 games. At the end of the season, Pandurii finished on the podium as third-place qualifying for the second time in UEFA Europa League, but this time in the third qualifying round.
Back to the lower leagues (2017–2022)
Although the team had a fairly good start for the season 2016–17, with players like Lucian Sânmărtean or George Țucudean coming at the club, and playing in the summer against Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Europa League, problems occurred in the second half of the season. The main sponsor started having problems and for this reason they did not fund the team anymore. Many players have left the team so the young players from the second team were brought to the first team along with other players from elsewhere. Unfortunately after 12 seasons in Liga 1 Pandurii relegated for the first time since the 2005 promotion but fought to avoid it until the last round.
For the 2017–18 Liga II, Pandurii has been prepared with some players promoted from the second team or from the youth teams and moved to Motru until the new stadium was completed in 2019.
In the wake of the 2020–21 Liga II season, Pandurii relegated in Liga III for the first time after 21 years.
Ground
The club play its matches at the new
Honours
Domestic
Honour | Season(s) | |
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Liga I | Runners-up | 2012–13 |
Third place | 2015–16 | |
Liga II | Winners | 2004–05
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Runners-up | 2003–04
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Liga III | Winners | 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1999–2000 |
Runners-up | 1975–76, 1983–84 | |
Liga IV – Gorj County | Winners | 1962–63 |
Cupa Ligii | Runners-up | 2014–15 |
Youth
Honour | Season(s) | |
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Cupa României U17 | Winners | 2015–16 |
Supercupa României U17 | Runners-up | 2016 |
Rankings
This is the UEFA club's coefficient as of 1 November 2018:[4]
Pos. | Team | Points |
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304 | Universitatea Craiova | 3.190 |
305 | Dinamo București | 3.190 |
306 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 3.190 |
307 | Politehnica Iași | 3.190 |
308 | Târgu Mureș | 3.190 |
Records and statistics
Domestic
- Liga I seasons: 12
- Liga I play-offs seasons: 1
- Liga I longest unbeaten run: 10 (2015–16)
- Place 30 out of 98 teams in Liga I all-time table
- Cupa României best result: Semi-finals (2006–07)
- Cupa Ligii seasons: 3
- The most successful team from Gorj County
European
- UEFA Europa League seasons: 2
- UEFA Europa League best result: Group Stages (2013–14)
- Levadia Tallinn (2013–14)
League history
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European Cups history
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Levadia Tallinn
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4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
3Q | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
PO | Braga | 0–1 | 2–0 (aet) | 2–1 | ||
Group E | Fiorentina | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4th | ||
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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0–1 | 1–4 | ||||
Paços de Ferreira | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||
2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 |
European cups all-time statistics
- As of August 2016.
Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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UEFA Europa League | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 |
Total | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | −5 |
Notable former players
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
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Notable former managers
References
- ^ "De 50 de ani "Panduri"! Gorjenii sărbătoresc jumătate de secol prin lansarea unei sigle aniversare" ["Pandurs" for 50 years! The Gorj people celebrate half a century by launching an anniversary crest]. ProSport (in Romanian). 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Former winners learn group stage fates". UEFA. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2018". Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2018.