Tineretului Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Urziceni
Urziceni () is a city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, located around 60 km north-east of Bucharest. It has a population of 14,053: 93.1% Romanians, 4.6% Roma and 1.6% Hungarians.
Demographics
As the census of 2011 results show ...
, Romania. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and is the home ground of FC Urziceni.
The stadium is not very big, having a floodlighting system, with a density of 1400 lux, that has been inaugurated in 2007 but it does not meets
UEFA
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's conditions to host
UEFA Champions League
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matches. For this reason, Unirea had to play their home matches in the
2009–2010 edition on the
Steaua Stadium.
In English "tineretului" means "of/to the youth", while "Unirea" is translated as "The Union".
In the autumn of 2014 there were some
hooligans
Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, usually in connection with crowds at sporting events.
Etymology
There are several theories regarding the origin of the word ''hooliganism,'' which is a ...
that vandalized the stadium.
In the 26th of August 2017 a match between FC Urziceni and Abatorul Slobozia was played for the first time ever since the Tineretului been renovated from the vandalization from the autumn of 2014. The match ended up that Urziceni lost 0–2.
Although the match was played, the renovation is not really done yet but there can be played some matches on Tineretului. FC Urziceni used to train at the stadium the season before they played that match in August 2017.
Romania national football team
The following
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
matches were held in the stadium.
See also
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List of football stadiums in Romania
This is a list of football stadiums in Romania, ranked in descending order of capacity. There is a large number of football stadiums and pitches in Romania, so this list is not complete.
Existing stadiums
Team in Bold: Liga I clu ...
Football venues in Romania
FC Unirea Urziceni
Multi-purpose stadiums in Romania
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