FC Buzău (), coloquially known as Gloria Buzău, is a Romanian association football club based in

Buzău The city of Buzău (formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu''; ) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...

. The club currently plays in the

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

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 Liga V is the fifth level of the Romanian football league system. Current format Liga V has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised and are organised by every county association. Each team plays in their own county. The county associatio ...

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Buzău County Buzău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma ...

. After only one season, the new club, which also had players with many matches played for FC Gloria Buzău, promoted to

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season. Current format Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...

with a total of 63 points, 7 points ahead the second place. 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 The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. In the 2018–19 season of

SCM Gloria managed to promote for the third consecutive year, this time in the

, 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. After two seasons in the

ended with middle table rankings, ''SCM Gloria Buzău'' was renamed again as ''FC Buzău'', in order to get a

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...

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. The club always stated that FC Buzău are not affiliated in any way with the bankrupt FC Gloria Buzău.

Ground

The club plays its home matches on Municipal Stadium from

, with a capacity of 12,000 seats. Municipal Stadium was opened in 1942, is located in the

Crâng park Crâng may refer to several villages in Romania: * Crâng, a village in the town of Pătârlagele, Buzău County * Crâng, a village in Ciocani Commune, Vaslui County {{Geodis ...

, 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.

Support

Gloria Buzău has many supporters in

and especially in

. The ultras group of Gloria it is known as "Peluza Crâng".

Honours

Domestic

**Winners (1): 2018–19 *

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**Winners (1): 2017–18 *

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**Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First-team squad

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:FC Buzau Football clubs in Buzău County Sport in Buzău Association football clubs established in 2016 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2016 establishments in Romania