CSO Petrolul Potcoava
| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Petrolul Potcoava | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Potcovenii (The people from Potcoava) Petrolenii (The petrol people) | ||
| Short name | Petrolul | ||
| Founded | 1967 | ||
| Ground | Orășenesc | ||
| Capacity | 1.100 | ||
| Owner | Potcoava Town | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga III, Seria VI, 9th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Petrolul Potcoava, also known as Petrolul Potcoava, or just Petrolul is a Romanian football club based in Potcoava, Olt County, which currently plays in Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football.
History
[edit]Petrolul Potcoava was founded in 1967 and played mostly in the amateur leagues until 2020, when they were promoted.
The club finished 2nd at the end of the 2014–15 Liga IV season, 19 points behind the leader.
In the 2017–18 season the club finished 2nd, behind Vedița Colonești, as in the following season the club finished 3rd place 27 points behind CSM Slatina.
In the 2019–20 season the season was suspended, because of the COVID-19, and the club finished 1st place, and were promoted to Liga III, due to Minerul Costești not having testing.[1][2][3]
In their first season the club finished 8th place, as in the following seasons the club had the following rankings: 6th 2021–22, 7th 2022–23 and 9th 2023–24.
The club was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of 10 clubs.
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ciocioană, Simona (2020-08-01). "Petrolul Potcoava este în Liga a III-a. Minerul Costeşti nu a avut testare RT-PCR". Newsflux (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Marius, Anghel (2020-08-01). "Gafă inimaginabilă la Minerul Costeşti: a făcut teste de anticorpi în loc de RT-PCR și pierde singurul meci pe care îl avea la baraj! Petrolul Potcoava promovează în Liga 3 fără să joace". Liga 2 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "Decizie. Petrolul Potcoava, campioana județului Olt" [Decision. Petrolul Potcoava, Olt county champion] (in Romanian). gazetaoltului.ro. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2022.