ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa

Gloria Bistriţa

Full name	Asociaţia Club Fotbal Gloria 1922 Bistriţa
Nickname(s)	Blue Vampires The Glorious Ones Dracula squad
Founded	July 6, 1922
Ground	Gloria (Capacity: 7,800)
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.

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:

• Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 2002–03

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

• Winners (1): 2000

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

• Remus Vlad (1990–92), (1994), (1996–97), (2002–04)
• Constantin Cârstea (1992–93), (1994–96), (1997–02), (2004–05)
• Ioan Sabău (2005–09)
• Sandu Tăbârcă (2009)
• Marian Pană (2009–10)
• Marius Şumudică (2010)
• Laurenţiu Reghecampf (2010)
• Nicolae Manea (2010–)

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

• 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

Romania Răzvan Pădureţu Cosmin Tilincă Alin Rus Gavril Balint Viorel Moldovan Dorel Zegrean Ciprian Tătăruşanu Alin Minteuan László Sepsi

Sergiu Mândrean Lucian Sânmărtean Dinu Sânmărtean Costel Câmpeanu Adrian Falub Florin Tene Nicolae Manea Mihai Tararache Cristian Silvăşan Vasile Oană

Sergiu Costin Dorel Zaharia Vasile Jula Ionel Ganea Brazil Júnior Moraes Jordan Thaer Bawab

Poland Łukasz Szukała Senegal Souleymane Keita

External links

• ACF Gloria Bistriţa official website
• Unofficial website
• Gloria Bistriţa unofficial website
• Gloria Bistriţa – Liga 1