THE EUROPEAN ARCHIVE

Gloria Bistrița

The club, the milestones and every European campaign.

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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26th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

25.0/ 100

Competitions included in this score: UEFA Cup · Cup Winners’ Cup.

11.1

Pv · Progression

50.0

P · Match performance

42.9

Pct · Points including bonuses

38.9

GB · Goal Balance

3 completed competition entries · 8 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 6 regular points + 0 bonus points; 14 available regular points; 7 goals scored and 11 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competition	Expectation	Cal	TDis	TExp	PvE	Points / Pd
1993/94 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	1 / 4
1994/95 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	2 / 4
1996/97 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	3 / 6

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements

10Seasons

10Competition entries

20Opponent teams

17Present-day countries

17Opposition associations

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

1qualifications to the next stage

1 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

Competition entries3

Matches8

GF7

GA11

First appearance: 1993/94 · UEFA Cup

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

6qualifications to the next stage

Competition entries7

Matches28

W11

L13

GF46

GA33

First appearance: 1997 · Intertoto Cup

Final round · Intertoto Cup · 2007

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

2–1 Real Zaragoza1994/95 · Cup Winners’ Cup

2–1 Valletta FC1996/97 · Cup Winners’ Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–4 Real Zaragoza1994/95 · Cup Winners’ Cup

0–2 NK Maribor1993/94 · UEFA Cup

0–1 ACF Fiorentina1996/97 · Cup Winners’ Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Cup Winners’ Cup1996/97

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

11–0 Olympiakos Nicosia2005 · Intertoto Cup

5–0 Olympiakos Nicosia2005 · Intertoto Cup

5–2 Bangor City2003 · Intertoto Cup

3–0 KS Teuta Durrës2002 · Intertoto Cup

2–0 Union Luxembourg2002 · Intertoto Cup

2–0 Maccabi Haifa2007 · Intertoto Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–4 FC Groningen1997 · Intertoto Cup

0–2 Lille OSC2002 · Intertoto Cup

0–2 FC Thun2004 · Intertoto Cup

0–2 Maccabi Haifa2007 · Intertoto Cup

2–3 FK Čukarički Stankom1997 · Intertoto Cup

2–3 NK Slaven Belupo2005 · Intertoto Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

6 Intertoto Cup2002

6 Intertoto Cup2007

Busiest season · 6 matches: 2002 (1 competition entry) · 2007 (1 competition entry)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Secondary competitions

Decision	Times	Won	Lost	Unconfirmed
Away goals	1	0	1	0
Penalty shoot-outs	1	1	0	0

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Inactive · original dissolved 2015

The 1994 Romanian Cup winners faced Real Zaragoza in the Cup Winners’ Cup and later became regular Intertoto participants.

Founded: 6 July 1922
City: Bistrița
Colours: White · Blue
Last home ground: Stadionul Jean Pădureanu

The historical ACF club went bankrupt in 2015. Later clubs in Bistrița sought to continue its tradition; their existence is distinguished here from the club responsible for these European campaigns.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026