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FC Gloria Buzău

Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Buzău (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡlori.a buˈzəw]), commonly known as Gloria Buzău or simply as Buzău, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Buzău, Buzău County.

The club was originally founded on 16 June 1973, and made its first top-flight appearance in the 1978–79 campaign. It achieved its best result in the competition during the 1984–85 season, finishing fifth in the league table. Following the club's dissolution in 2016, Gloria Buzău returned 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.

The club was established on 16 June 1973 by the Buzău County authorities as part of CSM Buzău (Clubul Sportiv Municipal), the city's multi-sport organisation.

Gloria absorbed the former Buzău club Metalul Buzău, whose place in Divizia C it also took. With several former Metalul players, together with other local footballers, particularly from another Buzău side, Șoimii, the newly formed team finished first in its Divizia C series during its inaugural season. Gloria subsequently won the promotion play-off tournament and earned promotion to Divizia B in its first year of existence.

After several attempts to challenge for first place in Series I of Divizia B, Gloria finally won the series at the end of the 1977–78 season, only five years after its establishment, and earned promotion to Divizia A for the first time in the history of a club from Buzău.

During its first season in the top flight, Gloria recorded one of the most memorable results in its history, a 4–1 home victory over Steaua București. The club managed to avoid relegation, notably defeating UTA Arad late in the campaign, a result that contributed to the Arad club's relegation. Gloria itself was relegated the following season.

After four seasons outside the top flight, Gloria returned to Divizia A, where it remained for another three seasons. The 1984–85 season became the most successful league campaign in the club's history, with Gloria finishing 5th. The result also qualified the club for the Balkans Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by Greek side Panionios.

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