CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud

Clubul Sportiv Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud, commonly known as Gloria Bistrița, or simply as Gloria is a Romanian football club based in Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County, currently playing in the Liga III.

This article is about the football club established in 2018. For the dissolved club, see ACF Gloria Bistrița. For the handball team, see CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud (handball). For other uses, see Gloria Bistrița.
Gloria Bistrița
Full nameClubul Sportiv Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud
Nickname(s)Alb-albaștrii
(The White and Blues)
Glorioșii
(The Glorious Ones)
Vampirii albaștri
(The Blue Vampires)
Echipa lui Dracula
(Dracula's Squad)
Short nameGloria
Founded31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)
GroundJean Pădureanu
Capacity7,800
OwnerBistrița-Năsăud County Council
ChairmanEugen Cosma
ManagerAdrian Falub
LeagueLiga III
2020–21Liga III, Seria X, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

Founded on 31 May 2018 under the name of 1. FC Gloria, the team is considered as the unofficial successor of ACF Gloria Bistrița, both by supporters, the media, but also the club itself assuming this status. The team has a similar name, same colors (white and blue), is playing on the same stadium, also having former directors, managers and players of the old club involved in the destiny of the new entity.

History
Former logo, used between 2018 and 2021

CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud was founded on 31 May 2018 and was enrolled directly in the Liga III, on the place of newly promoted ACS Dumitra, club that gave its place and right to play in the third tier, as well as all the players, entire administrative and technical staff to the newly formed club, simultaneously enrolling in the fourth tier and becoming an official partner for 1. FC Gloria, as the second team.[1][2] The club is considered the unofficial successor of ACF Gloria Bistrița, both by supporters, the media, but also the club itself assuming this status. The team has a similar name, same colors (white and blue), is playing on the same stadium, also having former directors, managers and players of the old club involved in the destiny of the new entity.[3][4]

In the summer of 2021, 1. FC Gloria was taken over by Bistrița-Năsăud County Council and changed its name to CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud.

Grounds
Main article: Stadionul Jean Pădureanu

1. FC Gloria, like its predecessor, ACF Gloria Bistrița, plays its home matches on Jean Pădureanu Stadium in Bistrița, with a capacity of 7,800 seats. The stadium is named in honor of the longest-running president of a football club in Romania, Jean Pădureanu, the man who led the old Gloria for 47 years (1966–2013). A respected, but also a controversial character, the Lord, as he was called, managed to maintain the club in the Liga I for 22 consecutive years.[5]

Players

First team squad
As of 8 March 2022[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Octavian Ivan (on loan from Metaloglobus)
2 DF  ROU Andrei Dicu
3 DF  ROU Roberto Hasnaș
4 DF  ROU Claudiu Meșter
5 DF  ROU Paul Potra
6 DF  ROU Bogdan Pop (on loan from CFR II Cluj)
7 DF  ROU Bogdan Milandru
9 FW  ROU Ovidiu Stoianof
10 MF  ROU Adrian Nalați (Captain)
11 MF  ROU Petruț Chirlejan
12 GK  ROU Valentin Neacșu
13 MF  ROU Andrei Enescu
14 MF  ROU Alexandru Stoica
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  ROU Darius Andrecuț
17 MF  ROU Alexander Trifan
18 MF  ROU Bogdan Vasile
19 MF  ROU Darius Buia
20 MF  ROU Răzvan Sulici
21 FW  ROU Marius Curtuiuș (Vice-Captain)
22 GK  ROU Sergiu Mureșan
25 MF  ROU Cristian Mihali
27 DF  ROU Florin Cordoș
29 DF  ROU Raul Runcan
31 MF  ROU Ovidiu Covaciu
68 MF  ROU Andrei Joca
77 FW  ROU Alin Damian

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club Officials

League history

References
  1. "Asociația Club Sportiv Unu Fotbal Club Gloria" [Association Sports Club One Football Club Gloria]. firme.info. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "Ioan Horoba, în spatele noului proiect de la Bistriţa. Echipa promovată la "masa verde" în Liga 3 are gânduri de Liga 2. "Contez pe ajutor substanţial"" [Ioan Horoba, behind the new project in Bistrita. The team promoted to League 3 by forfeit has thoughts of League 2. "I count on substantial help"]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. "Despre club" [About the club]. gloria-bistrita.ro. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. "Alt nume de tradiție care reînvie în fotbalul românesc? » Un personaj cunoscut din Liga 1 a pus bazele și va conduce destinele echipei" [Another name of tradition that revives in Romanian football? »A well-known person from the League 1 has laid the foundations and leadership of the team]. gsp.ro. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. "A murit Jean Pădureanu! A fost cel mai longeviv președinte de club din România, dar și părintele Cooperativei" [Jean Pădureanu died! He was the longest-running club president in Romania, but also the parent of the Cooperative]. gsp.ro. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. "Jucători" [Players] (in Romanian). Gloria Bistrița. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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