2024–25 FC Gloria Buzău season

FC Gloria Buzău
2024–25 season
Manager	Andrei Prepeliță
Stadium	Buzău Municipal Stadium
Liga I	10th
Cupa României	Pre-season
Biggest defeat	Dinamo București 4–1 Gloria Buzău

The 2024–25 season is the 52nd season in the history of FC Gloria Buzău. Gloria will make a return to Liga I this season after 15 years in lower divisions.^[1] In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Dorian Railean	Dinamo București	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Constantin Budescu	Farul Constanța	Free	1 July 2024

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

15 June 2024 Friendly	Hermannstadt	1–0	Gloria Buzău
17:00	Bejan 15'

20 June 2024 Friendly	Rapid București	4–1	Gloria Buzău
09:00

26 June 2024 Friendly	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	Gloria Buzău	Slovenia
18:00

30 June 2024 Friendly	NK Radomlje	2–2	Gloria Buzău	Radomlje, Slovenia
17:30	27' 35'		11' (pen.) 67'	Stadium: Športni park Radomlje

3 July 2024 Friendly	Gloria Buzău	1–1	Hebar Pazardzhik	Slovenia
17:30	67'		10'

Mid-season

7 January 2025 Friendly

Kastamonuspor

1–2

Gloria Buzău

9 January 2025 Friendly

Gloria Buzău

2–0

Turan Tovuz

12 January 2025 Friendly

Gloria Buzău

4–3

Mladost Lučani

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	15 July 2024		Matchday 1	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00
Cupa României				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00

Last updated: 2 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
12	Oțelul Galați	30	7	11	12	24	32	−8	32	Qualification for play-out round
13	Politehnica Iași	30	8	7	15	29	46	−17	31^[a]
14	Botoșani	30	7	10	13	26	37	−11	31^[a]
15	Unirea Slobozia	30	7	5	18	28	47	−19	26
16	Gloria Buzău	30	5	5	20	25	51	−26	20

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Politehnica Iași (4); Botoșani (1).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4	0	0	1	1	2	−1	1	1	1	3	5	−2

Last updated: 2 August 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	L
Position	9	11	7	10

Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[3]

15 July 2024 1	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Gloria Buzău	Ploiești
21:30 UTC+3	Huja 39' Grozav 58' Hanca 63'		Călin 11' Sălceanu 48'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: István Kovács

22 July 2024 2	Gloria Buzău	1–2	Sepsi OSK	Buzău
18:30 UTC+3	Tescan 86'		Ciobotariu 12' Coman 30'	Stadium: Buzău Municipal Stadium Referee: Iulian Călin

27 July 2024 3	Politehnica Iași	1–2	Gloria Buzău	Iași
19:00 UTC+3	Tailson 12' Roman 29', 45+6' Tănasă 89'		Matos 45+12', 52' Turda 46' Dobrosavlevici 59' Prejmerean 71' Tescan 71' Čanađija 90+5'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Referee: Iulian Dima

2 August 2024 4	Dinamo București	4–1	Gloria Buzău	Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3	Politic 10', 84' Opruț 27' Selmani 80'		Boateng 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arcul de Triumf Stadium Referee: Szabolcs Kovács

Cupa României

References

^ ZANFIR, ROBERT (7 May 2024). "Gloria Buzău revine în Liga 1 după 15 ani! A doua echipă calificată direct în primul eșalon".
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

[table_hth_IAS0.83895534222897-2] Ranked on head-to-head points: Politehnica Iași (4); Botoșani (1).

[1] ZANFIR, ROBERT (7 May 2024). "Gloria Buzău revine în Liga 1 după 15 ani! A doua echipă calificată direct în primul eșalon".

[sw-3] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[4] Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

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