AFC Gloria Arad
Asociația Fotbal Club Gloria Arad, also known as AFC Gloria Arad, or simply as Gloria Arad is a Romanian football club based in Arad, Arad County, currently playing in the Liga VI. The club was originally founded in 1913 by Dr. E. Veliciuiu and the colors were from the beginning yellow and blue. After the World War II, the club struggled to survive and mainly played at the level of the third and fourth tiers, then in the middle of the 2000s promoted back in the Liga III, where it remained until in the early 2010s, under the ownership of Sandu Ion. Finally, the club went bankrupt in 2014, but was re-founded in the spring of 2021 by a group of persons who owned the brand of Gloria Arad.
| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Gloria Arad |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Glorioșii (The Glorious Ones) Tramvaiștii (The Tram Makers) Galben-albaștrii (The Yellow and Blues) |
| Short name | Gloria |
| Founded | 24 August 1913 as Gloria Arad 8 April 2021 (refounded) |
| Ground | Zimandu Nou |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Chairman | Remus Borlean |
| Manager | Nicholas Stupar |
| League | Liga VI |
| 2013–14 | Liga IV, Arad County, 3rd |
The best achievement in the history of the "yellow and blues" was a top-flight second place at the end of the 1929–30 season.