CLUB
Gloria Arad
Romania
Overview
Gloria Arad is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Romania. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- City
- Arad
- 1930 name
- Gloria Arad
- Club status
- historical-entity-ended-refounded
- Founded
- 1913
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 2014
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- Gloria Arad (2021/22 refoundation, separate legal continuity)
- 1930 team context
- Romania
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Gloria Arad already had a documented club history extending from 1913 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1913, Gloria Arad was runner-up in Romania’s 1929–30 championship.
Chapter 2Description: The club survived through numerous name changes but entered severe financial trouble in the 2010s.
Chapter 3Description: The historic organisation was dissolved in 2014. The Gloria name was later revived by a new ownership group.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Founded in 1913 in Arad and remembered as one of the city’s historic football identities, later spending long periods in Romania’s lower divisions.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Gloria Arad is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: The historic organisation went bankrupt in 2014. Later refoundings using the Gloria name are treated as revival identities rather than automatic uninterrupted legal continuity.
Historical timeline
1913Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Gloria Arad identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Gloria Arad already had a documented club history extending from 1913 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1913, Gloria Arad was runner-up in Romania’s 1929–30 championship.
Chapter 2Description: The club survived through numerous name changes but entered severe financial trouble in the 2010s.
Chapter 3Description: The historic organisation was dissolved in 2014. The Gloria name was later revived by a new ownership group.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Ștefan Barbu.
2014Description: The historical club went bankrupt and was dissolved in 2014; the name was revived by a later organisation.
Season-by-season history
1913Season: 1913 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Gloria Arad was founded with yellow-and-blue colours.Founding milestone.
1922Season: 1922 · Competition: Arad regional football · Finish: Merger/name transition · Notes: Merged with CFR Arad and became Gloria CFR Arad.Documented players: SzabóDocumented players named in club history; not claimed as a full season squad.
1922/23Season: 1922/23 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Quarter-finalist · Notes: Won regional championship and reached the national quarter-final, losing to Chinezul.No full roster asserted.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Quarter-finalist · Notes: Regional champion; eliminated by Banatul Timișoara in the national quarter-final.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Romanian national championship · Finish: Runners-up · Notes: Reached the national final, losing 0–3 to Juventus București.Documented players: Ștefan BarbuDocumented contributors named in club history; not claimed as full squad. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1932/33–1938/39Season: 1932/33–1938/39 · Competition: Divizia A · Finish: Continuous top-flight run · Notes: Gloria competed continuously in Romania’s top division after the national league system was introduced.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1937/38Season: 1937/38 · Competition: Divizia A · Finish: 3rd in group · Notes: Best documented placement of the later interwar top-flight period.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1938/39Season: 1938/39 · Competition: Divizia A · Finish: 12th / relegated · Notes: Relegated to Divizia B.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1939/40Season: 1939/40 · Competition: Divizia B Series II · Finish: 6th / promoted by reorganisation · Notes: Returned to the top flight through league reorganisation.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1940/41Season: 1940/41 · Competition: Divizia A · Finish: 8th · Notes: Last full pre-war national league season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1942/43Season: 1942/43 · Competition: Cupa Eroilor · Finish: 7th in series · Notes: Wartime competition replacing the second division.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1943/44Season: 1943/44 · Competition: Cupa Eroilor · Finish: 4th in series; incomplete season · Notes: Wartime season did not reach normal completion.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1946/47Season: 1946/47 · Competition: Divizia B Series I · Finish: 12th · Notes: Post-war second-tier season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1947/48Season: 1947/48 · Competition: Divizia B · Finish: 15th in series · Notes: Dropped out of the upper national tiers after this season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1969/70Season: 1969/70 · Competition: Arad County Championship · Finish: Champions; lost promotion play-off · Notes: Won the county championship but failed to promote.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1970/71Season: 1970/71 · Competition: Arad County Championship · Finish: Champions / promoted · Notes: Won again and reached Divizia C.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1971/72Season: 1971/72 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 12th · Notes: First of three consecutive third-tier seasons.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1972/73Season: 1972/73 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 11th · Notes: Third-tier season.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1973/74Season: 1973/74 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 16th / relegated · Notes: Returned to county football.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1974/75Season: 1974/75 · Competition: Arad County Championship · Finish: Champions / promoted · Notes: Immediate return to Divizia C.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1975/76Season: 1975/76 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 11th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1976/77Season: 1976/77 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 10th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1977/78Season: 1977/78 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 15th / relegated · Notes: Returned to county level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2004/05Season: 2004/05 · Competition: Liga IV Arad · Finish: Champions / promoted · Notes: Returned to the national third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2005/06Season: 2005/06 · Competition: Divizia C · Finish: 9th · Notes: Competed as Gloria CTP Arad.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2006/07Season: 2006/07 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 14th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2007/08Season: 2007/08 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 6th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2008/09Season: 2008/09 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 11th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2009/10Season: 2009/10 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 12th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2010/11Season: 2010/11 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 11th · Notes: Third tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2011/12Season: 2011/12 · Competition: Liga III · Finish: 15th / relegated · Notes: Returned to Liga IV.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2012/13Season: 2012/13 · Competition: Liga IV Arad · Finish: 2nd; County Cup winners · Notes: Strong county season after relegation.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2013/14Season: 2013/14 · Competition: Liga IV Arad · Finish: 3rd · Notes: Final completed season of the original club.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2014/15Season: 2014/15 · Competition: Liga IV Arad · Finish: Withdrew / excluded · Notes: Financial problems ended the original senior club after 101 years.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1913Description: Club formation | Founded | Gloria Arad was founded with yellow-and-blue colours.
1922Description: Arad regional football | Merger/name transition | Merged with CFR Arad and became Gloria CFR Arad.
1922/23Description: Romanian national championship | Quarter-finalist | Won regional championship and reached the national quarter-final, losing to Chinezul.
1928/29Description: Romanian national championship | Quarter-finalist | Regional champion; eliminated by Banatul Timișoara in the national quarter-final.
1929/30Description: Romanian national championship | Runners-up | Reached the national final, losing 0–3 to Juventus București.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Historic Romanian regional and lower-division participation; no unsupported major-title claim is added.
Stadium and ground history
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Ștefan BarbuDescription: FW · Romania · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
The 1913–2014 organisation ended in 2014. A later Gloria Arad revival/refoundation is recorded as a namesake/brand continuation, not automatically the same legal club.
Club lineage
Gloria AradPeriod: 1913–1922 · Status: original identity
Gloria CFR AradPeriod: 1922–1934 · Status: original identity after merger with CFR Arad
Gloria AradPeriod: 1934–1949 · Status: original identity
ICA AradPeriod: 1949–1968 · Status: continuing historical identity/name phase
Gloria AradPeriod: 1968–2010 · Status: continuing historical identity
Gloria CTP AradPeriod: 2010–2014 · Status: final name phase of original organisation
Original club dissolvedPeriod: 2014 · Status: identity ended
Gloria Arad revivalPeriod: 2021/22 onward · Status: refounded/namesake; not silently treated as the same legal entity
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Gloria Arad identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Ștefan BarbuPosition: FW · National Team: Romania · Player Slug: stefan-barbu
Sources
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
RomaniaRole: National team context · Type: national_team