FC Gloria Buzău

Association football club in Buzău

Football club

FC Gloria Buzău

Full name

Fotbal Club Gloria Buzău

Nickname(s)

Roș-albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Formația din Crâng (The Squad from Crâng)

Short name

Gloria

Founded

25 August 2016; 7 years ago (2016-08-25)
as FC Buzău

Ground

Municipal

Capacity

12,321

Owners

Buzău Municipality (40%)
Buzău County County Council (40%)
TV Buzău Trust Campus (20%)

General director

Costin Stanciu

Head coach

Andrei Prepeliță

League

Liga I

2023–24

Liga II, 4th of 20 (promoted)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Current season

Fotbal Club Gloria 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 25 August 2016, following the dissolution of FC Gloria Buzău. FC Buzău promoted 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

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

In the summer of 2022, the club received the rights to use the name Gloria Buzău non-commercially.^[6]

Ground

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

FC Buzău has many supporters in Buzău and especially in Buzău County. The ultras group of Gloria it is known as "Peluza Crâng".^[7]

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Liga III
- Winners (1):2018–19

Liga IV – Buzău County
- Winners (1): 2017–18

Liga V – Buzău County
- Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 July 2024^[8]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	ROU	Grigore Turda
6	MF	ROU	Tudor Călin
7	FW	ROU	Cristian Dumitru (Captain)
8	FW	ROU	Daniel Benzar
9	FW	POR	Ricardo Matos
10	MF	ROU	Constantin Budescu
11	FW	ROU	Dragoș Tescan
12	GK	ROU	Alexandru Greab (vice-captain)
13	DF	ROU	Dragoș Grigore
18	DF	ROU	Robert Sălceanu
19	FW	ROU	Alex Stan (on loan from Rapid București)
20	MF	CPV	David Tavares
21	DF	ROU	Alin Dobrosavlevici (3rd captain)
22	DF	ROU	Sergiu Pîrvulescu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ROU	Vlad Prejmerean
27	MF	CRO	Dario Čanađija
29	GK	ROU	Dragoș Horeboiu
30	FW	ROU	Alexandru Ișfan (on loan from Universitatea Craiova)
39	GK	MDA	Dorian Railean
66	MF	RUS	Rasambek Akhmatov
77	FW	SEN	Mouhamadou Keita
80	MF	ROU	Denis Dumitrașcu
87	DF	BUL	Diego Ferraresso
88	MF	ROU	Ion Gheorghe
98	FW	ROU	Andreas Mihaiu
99	DF	ROU	Cosmin Gladun (on loan from FC Argeș)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Dragoș Lazăr (to AFC Metalul Buzău until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Nicușor Brîncoveanu (to CSM Alexandria until 30 June 2025)

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owners	Buzău Municipality (40%) Buzău County County Council (40%) TV Buzău Trust Campus (20%)
President	Constantin Cristea
Board members	Cristian Ceaușel Eduard Pistol Dragoș Cefălan Gheorghe Guiu
General director	Costin Stanciu
Sporting director	Dumitru Mureșan
Youth Center Manager	Marian Crăciun
Delegate	Marian Lambru
Press Officer	Gabriel Cernat

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Andrei Prepeliță
Assistant coaches	Valentin Năstase Daniel Ghiță
Goalkeeping coach	Viorel Dumitrescu
Fitness coach	George Neagu
Club doctor	Ovidiu Vasiloiu
Kinetotherapist	Ionuț Dimofte
Masseurs	Cătălin Bălan Gheorghe Roșu

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.

Former managers

Ilie Stan (2019–2021)
Cristian Pustai (2021–2022)
Adrian Mihalcea (2022–2023)
Andrei Prepeliță (2023–)

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
2024–25	1	Liga I	TBD	TBD
2023–24	2	Liga II	4th	Promoted	Group Stage
2022–23	2	Liga II	5th		Group Stage
2021–22	2	Liga II	8th		Quarter-finals

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
2020–21	2	Liga II	12th		Round of 32
2019–20	2	Liga II	8th		Third Round
2018–19	3	Liga III (Seria I)	1st (C)	Promoted
2017–18	4	Liga IV (BZ)	1st (C)	Promoted
2016–17	5	Liga V (BZ)	1st (C)	Promoted

References

^ "S-a înființat FC Buzău" [FC Buzău was founded]. tvbuzau.ro. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ "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.
^ "GLORIA BUZAU" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 23 July 2024.