Virtutea and AC Rovine, the pioneers (1921–1950) AS Virtutea Pecica was established on 15 August 1921 and was the first football club of Pecica, just a commune at that time. Virtutea was founded as a sporting and cultural club, in its composition entering three sports sections (football, tennis & table tennis, chess), but also a cultural section (literature), frequented by all the athletes of the club. The management of AS Virtutea was composed of: Prof. Nestor Blaga, Ioan Gh. Pălincaș, priest Teodor Șiclovan (honorary presidents), Dr. Tyurovschi (president), Augustin Bochiș (secretary) A.M. Iobb (cashier) and Dr. Olteanu (sporting director). Board members were: R. Ponta, Florea Locușteanu, Roman Jugu, E. Ponta and Aron Șiclovan. It is worth mentioning that A.S. Virtutea Pecica had legal personality. Among the sports sections that had results at the level of
Arad County, was also the football team, which was in the first part of the standings. During the
1946–47 season, the football section of AS Virtutea activated in the third tier,
Divizia C. One of the notable results obtained in this period was a 1–1 draw, in a match played against the former champion of Romania,
Ripensia Timișoara. These results were obtained with the following players: Alexandru Toth, Ioan Rotariu, Roman Teretean, Ștefan Ponta, Licu Igrișan, Alexandru Molnar, Gheorghe Ponta, Ilie Solomie, Mircea Popețiu, Rudolf Rutz, Iuliu Stainer, Liviu Barbu, Roman Rusu, Cornel Curea, Nicolae Grozav and Gheorge Haș. In the 1948–49 season of the districtual football championship (4th tier), Virtutea was ranked 3rd at the end of the first part of the season. In this edition, the championship included the following members:
Vagonul Arad,
Patria Chișineu-Criș, Unirea Arad, Olimpia Arad,
Șoimii Pâncota, Tricolorul Arad, Unirea Sântana, Frontiera Curtici,
Sebișana Sebiș,
Club Atletic Rovine (Pecica), S.G. Arad, Găiana Arad and
Șoimii Lipova. In addition to the domestic championship, friendly international matches were played against B.T.K. Battonya and Makó, both clubs from
Hungary. The club had only two sections (football, tennis & table tennis) and played only in the districtual championship (4th tier). In first part of the 1948–49 season AC Rovine was ranked 11th of 14, with the following ranking line: 13 (matches) 4 (wins) 1 (draw) 8 (losses) 23 (goals scored) 34 (goals conceded) and 9 (points). The club management included the following members: Pál Zvér, Miklós Gergely, Pál Kabát, Mihály Fais and Mihály Lelik, among others. From the long list of players who played for Club Atletic Rovine, these were the most notable: János Kovács (Kudel), József Jován, Mihály Magyar, József Szanda, András Hegedűs, József Szomorú, Dezső and Mihály Nagy-György.
Progresul cannot exceed its condition (1950–1992) Steaua Roșie Pecica played in four seasons at the level of the 4th tier and was one of the most important clubs from the Arad District. Petrolul managed to avoid relegation for three consecutive seasons achieving the following rankings: 6th of 16 (
1988–89), 8th of 16 (
1988–89) and 14th of 16 (
1990–91). During the
1991–92 season, Petrolul withdrew from Divizia C due to certain financial problems and misunderstandings at local level. In the first season, 1992–93, "the Oilmen" were overtaken by CPL Arad, who then promoted to
Divizia C, but in the following season, 1993–94, West Petrom Pecica became the champion of
Divizia D –
Arad County and played in the promotion play-off. Although it does not won the play-off, West Petrom Pecica reached Divizia C due to the merger between
Astra Arad and Aris Arad, merge that had as result the club named
FC Arad, "pecicanii" receiving the vacant place. After a few seasons ended on the seats 4–6 places, Progresul won again the County League in
2019, but this time also promoted to
Liga III, after winning 3–1 on aggregate against Retezatul Hațeg.
2019–20 Liga III season was the first one at this level for Pecica after 15 years of absence, since West Petrom Pecica withdrew from the league. ==Ground==