ACF Gloria 1922 Bistrița
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| Full name | Asociaţia Club Fotbal Gloria 1922 Bistrița[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Blue Vampires The Glorious Ones Dracula squad |
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| Founded | 6 July 1922 | |||
| Ground | Jean Pădureanu (capacity: 7,800[2]) |
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| Chairman | Alexandru Hatfaludi | |||
| Manager | Nicolae Manea | |||
| League | Liga I | |||
| 2011–12 | Liga II, Seria II, 2nd | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Gloria Bistrița (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡlori.a ˈbistrit͡sa]) is a Romanian professional football club from Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County.
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 Bistrița (before World War II), CS Bistrița (after World War II) and Progresul Bistrița 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, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Emilian Dolha and others.
Club honors
Domestic
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- Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 2002–03
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- Winners (3): 1957–58, 1969–70, 1974–75
- Runners-up (1): 1964–65
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- Winners (1): 1993–94
- Runners-up (1): 1995–96
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- Winners (1): 2000
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- Winners (0):
- Runners-up (1): 1994
European
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- Winners (0):
- Runners-up (1): 2007
European record
| Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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
Remus Vlad (1990–92)- Constantin Cârstea (1992–93)
- Remus Vlad (1994)
- Constantin Cârstea (1994–96)
- Remus Vlad (1996–97)
- Constantin Cârstea (1997–02)
- Remus Vlad (2002–04)
- Constantin Cârstea (2004–05)
- Ioan Sabău (July 2005–June 9)
- Sandu Tăbârcă (July 2009–Oct 09)
- Florin Halagian (Oct 2009)
- Marian Pană (Oct 2009–Dec 09)
- Marius Şumudică (Jan 2010–May 10)
- Laurenţiu Reghecampf (June 2010–Oct 10)
- Nicolae Manea (Oct 2010–)
Current squad
As of 21 March 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club records
Club records dating from the past 20 years
Longest winning run
- 5 matches, June 10, 1995 – August 19, 1995
Longest unbeaten run
- 7 matches, March 22, 1997 – May 3, 1997
Biggest wins
- 5–0 against Rapid Bucureşti, 1990–91 season
- 5–0 against Jiul Petroşani, 1990–91 season
- 5–0 against Sportul Studenţesc, 1993–94 season
- 6–1 against FC Maramureş, 1994–95 season
- 5–0 against Oţelul Galaţi, 1996–97 season
- 0–5 against Jiul Petroşani, 1997–98 season
- 5–0 against Foresta Suceava, 1998–99 season
- 6–1 against Unirea Alba Iulia, 2004–05 season
- 5–0 against Politehnica Iaşi, 2009–10 season
Biggest losses
- 0–6 against Progresul Bucureşti, 1994–95 season
- 0–6 against UTA Arad, 2002–03 season
- 0–6 against FC Braşov, 2009–10 season
Most played games
- Victor Ciocan – over 600
Most goals
- Victor Ciocan – 426
Notable players
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References
↑Jump back a sectionExternal links
- ACF Gloria Bistriţa official website
- Unofficial website
- Gloria Bistriţa unofficial website
- Gloria Bistriţa – Liga 1
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