Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (), commonly known as AFC Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea Slobozia, is a Romanian

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based in

Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,241 in 2011. Etymology Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word its ...

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, which competes in the

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

. The team was founded in 1955 and reestablished in 2004, being for the most part of its history a participant in the third tier of the Romanian league system, the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. Unirea Slobozia has also spent several seasons in the Liga II, first in the early 1990s and then between 2012 and 2015, when it also obtained its best ranking in the competition, namely a third place behind top flight regulars Politehnica Iași and

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. "The Yellow-Blues" play their home games at the Stadionul 1 Mai, which can host 6,000 spectators.

History

Founded in 1955, Unirea Slobozia has been for most of its history a classic

team, as it only promoted to the

for the first time in 1989. In the early 2000s, the club encountered financial isses and was dissolved, being refounded in 2004 as AFC Unirea 04 Slobozia. The new entity also reached the second tier of the

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, where it spent three years between 2012 and 2015. In the 2013–14 season, the team obtained a third place in its series, behind top flight regulars Politehnica Iași and

Since the start of the 2020–21 campaign, Unirea Slobozia has been again competing in the Liga II.

Honours

*Winners (4): 1982–83, 1988–89, 2011–12, 2019–20 *Runners-up (3): 1978–79, 1979–80, 2010–11 Liga IV – Ialomița County *Winners (3): 1969–70, 1997–98, 2004–05

Players

First team squad

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Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Notable managers

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* Marian Catana *

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* Vasile Dobrău *

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* Ion Ionescu *

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* Ion Răuţă *

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Unirea Slobozia Association football clubs established in 1955 Slobozia Football clubs in Ialomița County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs 1955 establishments in Romania