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Revision as of 17:28, 18 September 2024

Gloria Buzău
Full nameAsociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Buzău
Nickname(s)Roș-albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Formația din Crâng (The Squad from Crâng)
Short nameGloria
Founded16 June 1973; 51 years ago (1973-06-16)
as CSM Buzău
25 August 2016; 8 years ago (2016-08-25)
as FC Buzău
GroundMunicipal
Capacity12,321
OwnersBuzău Municipality (40%)
Buzău County Council (40%)
TV Buzău Trust Campus (20%)
General directorCostin Stanciu
Head coachEugen Neagoe
LeagueLiga I
2023–24Liga II, 4th of 20 (promoted)
Websitehttps://asfcbuzau.ro/
Current season

Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Buzău (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡlori.a buˈzəw]), commonly known as Gloria Buzău or simply as Buzău, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Buzău, Buzău County, that competes in the Liga I.

The club was originally founded on 16 June 1973, and made its first top-flight appearance in the 1978–79 campaign. It achieved its best result in the competition during the 1984–85 season, finishing fifth in the league table. Following the club's dissolution in 2016, Gloria Buzău returned to the Liga I in 2024.

Known as "The Squad from Crâng," the team plays its home matches at the Municipal Stadium in Buzău, which has a capacity of 12,321 seats.

History

Establishment

The team was founded on 16 June 1973, by the Buzău County Local Council, as part of CSM Buzău (Clubul Sportiv Municipal), the local all-sports association.

Gloria absorbed the former team of Buzău, Metalul, whose place it also took in Divizia C (currently Liga III). With Metalul's players, together with other local footballers (especially from another team, Şoimii), they ranked 1st in their first season of Divizia C. Gloria won the subsequent Divizia B promotion play-off tournament and thus won promotion in their first year of existence.

1970s and 1980s

After several attempts to attack the first place in Seria I of Divizia B, Gloria managed, only 6 years after their establishment, to rank first at the end of the 1977–78 season and to gain promotion to the Divizia A for the first time for a team from Buzău. After a season in which Gloria obtained probably their best result in history (4–1 at home with Steaua București), they managed to surprisingly maintain themselves in the first league after causing a major upset by winning against UTA Arad, one of the Romanian giants of the moment, and provoking their relegation. They relegated though the next season.

After four seasons, Gloria was again in Divizia A where they remained for three more seasons. The season of 1984–85 was Gloria's most successful one in history as they ranked 5th and obtained their tickets to the Balkans Cup, where they reached the semi-finals stage, outpassed by Panionios of Greece.

Two decades of lower leagues

What followed was 20 seasons of anonymous lower-league football, including two seasons in Divizia C (2000–01 and 2001–02). After gaining promotion to the Divizia B again, former glory Viorel Ion took over as head coach and as player and led them to the Divizia A promotion play-offs lost in front of FC Politehnica AEK Timişoara.

Meanwhile, the club confronted itself with major financial difficulties, nearing bankruptcy. This went on up until the 2006–07 season, when investor Aurel Brebeanu took over the club from former president Dan Tulpan and managed to save the club. The same season also meant a big success for the Crâng-based club, as it won promotion to the Liga I after 20 years of absence.

In 2007, businessman Constantin Bucur purchased 52% of the shares of the newly promoted club, becoming majority shareholder.

Presence in the First League (2007–2009)

After the 2006–07 season, Gloria managed to promote to Liga I, coached by Viorel Ion. Businessman Constantin Bucur fired Ion after only a few matches in the 2007–08 season of Liga I, and replaced him with Ștefan Stoica. The team fought to avoid relegation to the last match, and managed to obtain the last rank that kept the team in the first league. The following season was more of a disappointment and Gloria finished last and relegated back to Liga II.

Back in the lower leagues

Abandoned by Bucur, and due to financial problems the team lost almost all the players at the end of the season 2008–09. The first season back in Liga II was difficult, as the team received an 8 pct deduction because it did not fulfill the minimum number of points in the previous season, and also lost the game from the first day with 3–0 by federal decision because it had some ex-players that were unpaid. They managed to find players only a few weeks before the start of the season. The board promoted Nicolae Anton as coach who had previously coached the second team (from the Liga IV) and the youth department. Although the team faced several problems it managed to get a run of 6 wins between days 2 and 8 (four of these wins came between days 2 and 5). The team avoided relegation by ranking 14th; after a new season in which they finished 10th, further financial problems caused the team to revert to youth players, which led to the relegation to the Liga III.

The 2012–13 season saw the team fighting to get back to Liga II. Their main opponents, Viitorul Axintele, seemed to have the better of them at the beginning, but after Ștefan Stoica (who came back to the team for the season) had to quit in order to care for his wife and was replaced with Marian Roșu, Gloria started to make up for the difference. In the direct match in the spring of 2013, Gloria lost to Viitorul and the promotion seemed to be lost. At the end of the season, however, a Romanian Football Federation inquiry proved that Viitorul did not have three youth teams in the county-level competition, as required by Liga III regulations, and gave Viitorul a 9-point penalty that led to Gloria finishing first and being promoted to Liga II.

On 26 May 2016, the Romanian Football Federation fined 14 Gloria players and three managers for match-fixing in Liga II in 10 matches between September 2014 and May 2015 and imposed total bans of 174 months on them.[1] At the end of the 2015–16 Liga II season, Gloria had to face Olimpia Satu Mare in a relegation play-off in June but the club did not compete after it did not have enough players to line up once the bans had come into effect.[2] Along with these developments the club went into bankruptcy.

Refounding and ascent (2016–present)

After the bankruptcy of FC Gloria Buzău, businessman Ionel Turturică founded a new club, FC Buzău, which was enrolled in the Liga V – Buzău County.[3] After only one season, the new club, which also had players with many matches played for FC Gloria Buzău, promoted to Liga IV with a total of 63 points, 7 points ahead the second place.[4]

In the summer of 2017 FC Buzău was renamed as SCM Gloria Buzău, as part of the city new sports club SCM Gloria Buzău, and at the end of the 2017–18 season promoted again, this time in the Liga III.[5]

In the 2018–19 season of Liga III SCM Gloria managed to promote for the third consecutive year, this time in the Liga II, after winning the first series of the third tier, series in which they had tough matches against teams such as Oțelul Galați, Foresta Suceava, Bucovina Rădăuți or Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, under these conditions "the red and blues" suffered their first defeat only in the last round, having the best run of all the series winners.[6]

After two seasons in the Liga II ended with middle table rankings, SCM Gloria Buzău was renamed again as FC Buzău, in order to get a Liga I licence, provided that SCM Gloria was a public entity, but FC Buzău is a public-private partnership, a partnership that is legally eligible for a top-flight licence.[7]

In the summer of 2022, the club regained its old records, history and brand and was renamed FC Gloria Buzău.[8]

Ground

Main article: Stadionul Municipal (Buzău)

The club plays its home matches on Municipal Stadium from Buzău, with a capacity of 12,321 seats. Municipal Stadium was opened in 1942, is located in the Crâng park, hence the nickname Crâng (Grove). The arena was renovated several times since its opening ceremony (1971–1976, 2005–2007, 2008). The last renovations works were made in the summer of 2018 when the pitch of the stadium was changed.

Municipal Stadium in 2007.

Support

Gloria Buzău has many supporters in Buzău and especially in Buzău County. The ultras group of Gloria it is known as "Peluza Crâng".[9]

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 September 2024[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU David Lazar (on loan from Unversitatea Craiova; 4th captain)
5 DF Romania ROU Grigore Turda
6 MF Romania ROU Tudor Călin
7 FW Romania ROU Cristian Dumitru (Captain)
8 MF Romania ROU Dragoș Albu (on loan from FC U Craiova)
9 FW Portugal POR Ricardo Matos
10 MF Romania ROU Constantin Budescu
11 FW Romania ROU Dragoș Tescan
12 GK Romania ROU Alexandru Greab
17 FW Senegal SEN Mouhamadou Keita
18 DF Romania ROU Robert Sălceanu (3rd captain)
19 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Stan (on loan from Rapid București)
20 MF Cape Verde CPV David Tavares
21 DF Romania ROU Alin Dobrosavlevici (Vice-captain)
22 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Pîrvulescu
23 DF Romania ROU Darius Grosu (on loan from Farul Constanța)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Croatia CRO Dragan Lovrić
27 MF Croatia CRO Dario Čanađija
29 GK Romania ROU Dragoș Horeboiu
30 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Ișfan (on loan from Unversitatea Craiova)
39 GK Moldova MDA Dorian Railean
66 MF Russia RUS Rasambek Akhmatov
80 DF Romania ROU Denis Dumitrașcu
87 DF Bulgaria BUL Diego Ferraresso
88 MF Romania ROU Ion Gheorghe
92 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Mike Cestor
98 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Jipa (on loan from Hermannstadt)
99 DF Romania ROU Cosmin Gladun (on loan from Argeș Pitești)
— DF Belgium BEL Alessandro Ciranni
— FW Netherlands NED Luc Castaignos

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Dragoș Lazăr (to Metalul Buzău until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Nicusor Brincoveanu (to CSM Alexandria until 30 June 2025)

Club officials

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for CS Mioveni.

For a list of all former and current FC Gloria Buzău players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Gloria Buzău players.
Romania
Argentina
Nigeria

Notable former managers

For a list of all former and current FC Gloria Buzău managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Gloria Buzău managers.

League history

References

  1. ^ "Sancțiuni fără precedent în fotbalul românesc: 174 de luni de suspendare pentru pariuri!". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Barajul dintre Olimpia şi Gloria Buzău nu se mai dispută. Sătmărenii s-au salvat de la retrogradare fără să joace. Documentul trimis de FRF". liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "S-a înființat FC Buzău" [FC Buzău was founded]. tvbuzau.ro. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Liga a V-a, Seria I, sezon 2016–2017" [Liga a V-a, Seria I, season 2016–2017]. frf-ajf.ro. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Moda "reîncarnării" a ajuns și la Buzău. Reînvie și Gloria. "Am reușit, numele nu va dispărea!"" [The fashion of "reincarnation" has reached Buzau. Gloria also revives. "We have succeeded, the name will not disappear!"]. libertatea.ro. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Promovarea SCM Gloria în Liga a III-a, sărbătorită împreună cu fanii" [Promotion of SCM Gloria in the Third League, celebrated with fans]. adevarul.ro. 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ FC Buzău are conducere administrativă! Consiliul Județean și Local și-au ales reprezentanții în AGA și Consiliul Director al clubului care îi ia locul în Liga 2 echipei SCM Gloria Buzău. Ce buget va avea Archived 2021-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  8. ^ OFICIAL | Gloria Buzău a revenit la viață și e ca și nouă, la 6 ani distanță după ce FRF o spulbera cu sancțiuni în urma implicării în aranjamente pentru pariuri! În noul sezon de Liga 2 nu va mai juca FC Buzău Archived 2022-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  9. ^ "FOTBAL: Peluza Crang va fi prezenta sămbata in Crâng" [FOOTBALL: Peluza Crâng will be present in the Crâng]. buzau.net. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  10. ^ "GLORIA BUZAU" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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