Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (), commonly known as AFC Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea Slobozia, is a Romanian
football club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album '' kelsea''
Brands and enterprise ...
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 it ...
,
Ialomița County
Ialomița County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Slobozia.
Demographics
In 2011, the county had a population of 258,669 and the population density was 58.08/km2.
Romanians make up 95.6% of the popula ...
, 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 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...
.
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 ...
. 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
Rapid București
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...
.
"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
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 ...
team, as it only promoted to 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 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...
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
Romanian football league system
The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues ar ...
, 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
Rapid București
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...
Since the start of the
2020–21 campaign, Unirea Slobozia has been again competing in the Liga II.
Honours
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 ...
*Winners (4):
1982–83,
1988–89,
2011–12,
2019–20
*Runners-up (3):
1978–79,
1979–80,
2010–11
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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
*
Adrian Mihalcea
*
Marian Catana
Marian may refer to:
People
* Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia
* Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
* Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
*Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
* Marian, Queensla ...
*
Ion Cojocaru
*
Vasile Dobrău
Vasile Dobrău (born 14 June 1953) is a Romanian former football centre back. He was also a manager, assistant coach and youth coach.
International career
Vasile Dobrău played five games at international level for Romania, including qualifi ...
*
Marin Dună
Marin Dună (born 2 August 1967) is a former Romanian professional footballer and currently a manager.
Honours Player
;Național București
*Divizia A runner-up: 1995–96, 1996–97
* Divizia B: 1991–92
*Cupa României runner-up: 199 ...
*
Ion Ionescu
*
Gheorghe Liliac
Gheorghe Liliac (born 22 April 1959) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His clubs included FC Bihor Oradea, Steaua București, Petrolul Ploieşti and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C.
He was a member of the Romanian nati ...
*
Vladimir Marica
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Uk ...
*
Constantin Prepeliţă
Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname.
For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name).
See also
* Constantine (name)
Constantine ( or ; Latin: ''Cōnsta ...
*
Ion Răuţă
*
Eusebiu Tudor
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1955
Slobozia
Football clubs in Ialomița County
Liga II clubs
Liga III clubs
1955 establishments in Romania