AFC Metalul Buzău was founded in 1954 as
AS Metalul Buzău and was set up by the trade union of IUT Buzău. From the first season to the 1966 season, the team evolved into the county championship and in autumn of 66, the city of
Buzău returned with a team in
Divizia C, this team was Metalul. In 1971, through a reorganization of the football from
Buzău,
Gloria Buzău was formed and taking a part of Metalul's players and the place in
Divizia C, Gloria succeeded in the
1971–72 Divizia C season to occupy the 1st place in the series and after a play-off match at
Ploiești to promote in
Divizia B. At the insistence of the workers from the IUT factory, in 1982 the football team was re-established. At that time Steaua Săhăteni, a small team from
Buzău County played in
Divizia C.
Buzoienii merged with the team from
Săhăteni and took its place in
Liga III. In 1996, following the association with CORD Buzău, Metalul became
Metalcord Buzău. The last edition in which the team from
Buzău evolved in the
Liga III under this name was
2005–06 Divizia C season. In the summer of 2007, the club returned to its former name
AS Metalul Buzău and participated annually in the Buzău County Championship, the equivalent of the
Liga IV in the
Romanian football system. The team was taken over in 2013 by the company Revicom Oil, changing its name in
AFC Metalul Buzău. At the end of
2016–17 Metalul won
Liga IV – Buzău County and the
promotion play-off match against CS Amara, the
Ialomița County champion, 9–2 on aggregate and promoted back to
Liga III after 10 years of absence. In the 2019–20 season, Metalul achieved the club's best performance in
Cupa României when reached Round of 16, after winning against
Avântul Zărnești (3–0 by FA decision; 2nd Round),
Gloria Buzău (3–2 after
pen.; 3rd Round),
CSM Focșani (1–0
a.e.t.; 4th Round),
FK Miercurea Ciuc (1–0; Round of 32) and losing to
Politehnica Iași (0–3; Round of 16). ==Stadium==