Gloria was for most of its history a second and third-tier side, then during the 1990s achieved its best form (4th place) and was considered as a regular second division member, especially under the management of Victor Roșca.

The team based in Govândari promoted for the first time in the national competitions (Divizia C) at the end of the 1974–75 edition, period in which the football from the city was in one of its best moments, with CSM as a top-flight member since 1972.

[1] Since 1982, Gloria started to develop an interesting local rivalry against CSM Reșița, team that relegated in 1978 from the top-flight.

At the end of the first season of second tier for Gloria, the team based in the Bârzava Meadow was ranked 10th, with two points behind CSM (7th), but also far away from the relegation zone.

[2] The 17th ranking brought also the relegation for "the white and blues", but who would be promoted again in the summer of 1987, after winning the 7th series of the Divizia C with 1 point ahead of Minerul Motru.

[3] After the first two seasons, Gloria settled in the middle of the second division table and at the end of the 1990–91 edition achieved an unexpected 6th place.

The season in which the team relegated after 11 years of constant presence at the level of Divizia B coincided with the departure of Victor Roșca, who was promoted as the manager of CSM Reșița in 1997.