SCM Gloria Buzău is a professional Romanian
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club from
Buzău
Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...
, which plays, starting with 2018-2019 edition, in the
CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian club rugby. At the end of April, Gloria Buzău announced that they will withdraw from the national competition due to financial issues caused by the Coronavirus pandemic leaving only 6 teams in the SuperLiga for the remainder of the season. But they will continue to support their U10`s and U12`s teams.
History
The team was founded in 2005 and bore the name Stejarul Buzău for most of its history. It was financed by the local authorities on a per-project basis until 2017, when the municipality created a sports club called ''Sport Club Municipal Gloria'' and took over several other sports teams in the city, including ''Stejarul''.
Honours
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Divizia Națională de Seniori:
**Runners-up (1) : 2018
**Third place (1) : 2017
*Divizia A:
**Third place (1) : 2014
*
Cupa României
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**Winners (1): 1988
**Runners-up (1): 1990
Last squad before dissolution
*note = Players in bold have played at least one match for their national team.
See also
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Rugby union in Romania
External links
Official websiteSuperLiga Squad DetailsPlanetaOvala.ro - Romanian Rugby News
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:CSM București (rugby)
Sport in Buzău
Rugby clubs established in 2017
Rugby union teams in Romania
2017 establishments in Romania
FC Gloria Buzău