ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa

Gloria Bistriţa
Full name Asociaţia Club Fotbal Gloria 1922 Bistriţa[1]
Nickname(s) Blue Vampires
The Glorious Ones
Dracula squad
Founded July 6, 1922
Ground Gloria
(Capacity: 7,800[2])
Chairman Jean Pădureanu
Manager Nicolae Manea
League Liga II
2010–11 Liga I, 14th (Relegated)
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Gloria Bistriţa (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡlori.a ˈbistrit͡sa]) is a Romanian professional football club from Bistriţa, Bistriţa-Năsăud County.

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History

The club was founded on July 6, 1922 and among the founding staff members there were: Simion Sbârcea as the club's president, Teofil Moldovan as the club's secretary, Ion Bota, Dumitru Hara, Simion Pop, Ioan Archiudean and others as the club's administration committee members.

Throughout the years the club had several other names: Ceramica Bistriţa (before World War II), CS Bistriţa (after World War II) and Progresul Bistriţa until 1956, when the old name, Gloria, was readopted.

In 1954 the team participated at Liga II promotion playoffs but missed the promotion, even that at Gloria were playing in that period future Romania internationals, the Munteanu brothers.

Divizia C

The club played in Divizia C (now Liga III) 3 times. It promoted for the first time in 1957, then for the second time in the '60s. Gloria played in Diviza C for a 3rd and final time during the 1974–75 season, after they were relegated from Divizia B. Gloria was relegated from Liga I in 2011 after failing to achieve a license for the next season.

Divizia B

Gloria earned its first Divizia B (now Liga II) promotion in 1958, just one year after they had promoted to Divizia C. They secondly promoted to B in 1970, under coach Titi Popescu and after the one year relegation during 1974–75 season, they finally promoted the 3rd time unde Gheorghe Nuţescu's reign. The team played in Divizia B for 15 years, between 1975 and 1990 giving many valuable players as Daniel Iftodi, Gheorghe Hurloi, Victor Ciocan and others.

Divizia A

The team earned its promotion to the Romanian first league, Divizia A (now Liga I), in 1990 under coach Remus Vlad, league in which Gloria played uninterrupted until 2011. Also the club gave Romanian football remarkable players such as Viorel Moldovan, Gavril Balint, Lucian Sânmărtean and others.

Club honors

Domestic

Liga I:

Liga II:

  • Winners (1): 1989–90
  • Runners-up (7): 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88

Liga III:

  • Winners (3): 1957–58, 1969–70, 1974–75
  • Runners-up (1): 1964–65

Cupa României

  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96

Cupa Ligii

Supercupa României

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 1994

European

UEFA Intertoto Cup

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 2007

European record

Main article: ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa in Europe
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup  2 6 3 1 2 7 9 –2
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 –2
UEFA Intertoto Cup 7 28 11 4 13 46 33 +13
Total 10 36 14 6 16 53 44 +9

Managers

Managerial history dating from the past 20 years

Current squad

As of September 9, 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Ionuţ Irimia
DF Alexandru Tudose
DF Valentin Năstase
DF David Reano
DF Ionuţ Costache
DF Cosmin Frăsinescu
DF Andrei Peteleu
MF Radu Mărginean
MF Paul Anton
MF Gabriel Velcovici
No. Position Player
MF Fernando Cafasso
MF Alin Pădurariu
MF Marius Feher
MF Souleymane Keita
MF Cornel Predescu
MF Jose Marcos Quintino de Santana
FW Albert Voinea
FW Marius Curtuiuş
FW Cristian Silvăşan
FW Daniel Stan

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

Reserves and youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Alexandru Greab
GK Vlăduţ Istrate
GK Florin Uilean
Mihăiţă Roman
Alexandru Florin
Livius Demian
Cristian Macarie
Florin Fizeşan
Cristian Moloca
Vlăduţ Pâtcă
No. Position Player
Paul Oltean
Răzvan Rob
Simion Buta
Voicu Nicoară
Andrei Vasilichi
Cătălin Varga
Alin Pădurariu
Şerban Diudea
Viorel Gibariu
Marius Albuţ

Club records

Club records dating from the past 20 years

Longest winning run

Longest unbeaten run

Biggest wins

Biggest losses

Most played games

Most goals

Notable players

Romania
Brazil
Jordan
Poland
Senegal

References

  1. ^ Official name of Gloria on acfgloria.ro
  2. ^ http://www.acfgloria.ro/ro/stadion

External links

Seria I
Seria II
Liga II seasons
1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40
1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50
1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60
1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70
1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80
1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90