CS Gloria Albești
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Gloria Albești | ||
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| Short name | Gloria Albești | ||
| Founded | 1974 | ||
| Ground | Central | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Owner | Albești Commune | ||
| Chairman | Irinel Resmeriță | ||
| Manager | Vasile Enache | ||
| League | Liga V | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga V, Constanța County, 3rd | ||
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Clubul Sportiv Gloria Albești, commonly known as Gloria Albești, is Romanian football club based in Albești, Constanța County and currently playing in the Liga V – Constanța County, the fifth tier of the Romanian football league system.
History
[edit]Gloria Albești was founded in 1974 and initially played in the Mangalia City Championship. In the next forty-six years, the club played constantly at the Constanța County Championship level.[1]
Gloria earn the promotion to Third Division at the end of the 2019–20 season, when was declared the county champion and the representative of Constanța County at the promotion play-off to Liga III being the only team from the top four that complied with the conditions imposed by the medical protocol after the season was suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[2] Due to the fact that the winner of Liga IV – Tulcea County, Pescărușul Sarichioi, did not participate in the play-off, Gloria Albești and CSM Râmnicu Sărat, the winner of Liga IV – Buzău County, played a decisive match 0–0 (4–3 p) at Oțelul Stadium in Galați. The team led by Ionel Melenco was composed among others: David Gârniță, Rareș Micu – Răzvan Arteni, Ilie Ionuț (cpt.), Adelin Cristea, Alexandru Boț, Cornel Ciobanu, Adrian Moga, Ciprian Loloț, Mihai Zugravu, Vasile Șicu, Marian Canțur, Valentin Găiceanu, Daniel Simion, Tănase Halep and Marius Busuioc.[3][4]
The 2020–21 season saw the debut of Gloria in Liga III. Ionel Melenco was sacked after the first part of the season, being replaced with Vasile Enache, who led the team to finish the season on eighth place.[5]
In the following season, the team of the small commune from the South-East of Romania, after missing the qualification in the play-off in the last round finished first in the play-out, fifth in the general ranking of the Series II.
Honours
[edit]- Winners (1): 2019–20
Club officials
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League history
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References
[edit]- ^ "Părintele echipei de fotbal din Albești ar putea fi rudă cu o cunoscută cântăreaţă din România" [The father of the football team from Albești could be related to a well-known singer from Romania]. ziuaconstanta.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Echipa de pe locul 3 din Liga 4 Constanța a fost desemnată campioană. Cum a fost posibil și ce adversare va avea la barajul pentru Liga 3" [The 3rd place team from Liga 4 Constanța was designated champion. How it was possible and what opponent will he have in the play-off for Liga 3]. liga2.prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2022.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Gloria Albești a obținut în premieră promovarea în Liga a 3-a" [Gloria Albești achieved promotion in the 3rd League for the first time]. ziuaconstanta.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Gloria Albești a promovat în Liga a 3-a" [Gloria Albești promoted to the 3rd League]. telegrafonline.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.(in Romanian)
- ^ "Mișcări de trupe la Gloria Albești" [Troop movements at Gloria Albești]. focuspress.ro. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.(in Romanian)