CSO Petrolul Potcoava

Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Petrolul Potcoava, also known as Petrolul Potcoava, or just Potcoava is a Romanian football club based in Potcoava, Olt County, which currently competes in Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football.

Petrolul Potcoava

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Petrolul Potcoava
Nickname(s)	Potcovenii (The people from Potcoava) Petroliștii (The Oilmen)
Short name	Potcoava
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950) as Unirea Potcoava
Ground	Orășenesc
Capacity	1.100
Owner	Potcoava Town
League	Liga III
2023–24	Liga III, Seria VI, 9th
Website	https://fcpetrolulpotcoava.freewb.ro/
Home colours Away colours

History

The town of Potcoava is known for its crude oil and gas deposits, thanks to which the oil industry has developed. Ciurești Scaffold and Petrom Service Potcoava operated in the territory.^[1]

The club first appeared in 1950 under the name Unirea Potcoava and played in Argeș Regional and District Championships. The club changing its name during the 1960s to Petrolul Potcoava and played in the first season of Olt County Championship finishing in 5th place.

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.^[2][3]

In their first season in Liga III, Petrolul managed to finish in 8th place, and in the following seasons the club had ranking as follows: 8th in 2021–22, 7th in 2022–23 and 9th in the 2023–24, resulting in the relegation to fourth league. However, The Oilmen were spared from relegation due to withdrawal of other clubs from Liga III.^[4]

Honours

Liga IV – Olt County

• Winners (1): 2019–20
• Runners-up (3): 1982–83, 2014–15, 2017–18

League history

See also: Romanian football league system

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria IV) TBD Third round 2023–24 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 9th Second Round 2022–23 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 7th

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 8th 2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 8th 2019–20 4 Liga IV (OT) 1st (C) Promoted

References

1. "Orașul Potcoava" [Potcoava Town] (in Romanian). cjolt.ro. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
2. "Gafă inimaginabilă la Minerul Costești: 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" [Unimaginable gaffe at Minerul Costești: he did antibody tests instead of RT-PCR and loses the only match it had at the dam! Petrolul Potcoava promotes to League 3 without playing] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
3. "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 2 September 2024.
4. "FRF a anunțat 11 cluburi care vor completa din locurile vacante pentru noul sezon de Liga 3!" [FRF has announced 11 clubs that will fill the vacancies for the new League 3 season!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

External links

• CSO Petrolul Potcoava on Facebook