The Gloria Bistrița Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Gloria Bistrița
Dragoş Albu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
8 new faces, and Gloria Bistrița are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Alin Burdeţ
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alin Burdeţ, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Raul Avram gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Raul Avram is on it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Goodnews Ibuchi wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Gloria Bistrița will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Goodnews Ibuchi knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Gloria Bistrița, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The Cătălin Şofroni question follows Gloria Bistrița around
- Squad Dragoş Albu has settled at Gloria Bistrița
- Looking ahead An away day at CSM Slatina next for Gloria Bistrița