pandurii târgu jiu was founded in august 1963 after two clubs, "flacăra-unirea târgu jiu" and "cil târgu-jiu", came together. their best performance in the liga i was 2nd place in the 2012/13 season. they then qualified for the 2013–14 uefa europa league, and made it to the group stage after defeating levadia tallinn, hapoel tel aviv and braga in the qualification and play-off rounds.