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| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia | |||
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| Short name | Unirea | |||
| Founded | 1955; 70 years ago (1955) asCombil Slobozia 2004; 21 years ago (2004) (refounded) asUnirea 04 Slobozia | |||
| Ground | 1 Mai /Clinceni | |||
| Capacity | 6,000 / 4,500 | |||
| Owners | Slobozia Municipality Ialomița County Council | |||
| Chairman | Ilie Lemnaru | |||
| Head coach | Andrei Prepeliță | |||
| League | Liga I | |||
| 2024–25 | Liga I, 14th of 16 | |||
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Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (Romanian pronunciation:[uˈnire̯asloboˈzi.a]), commonly known asUnirea Slobozia or simply asUnirea, is a Romanian professionalfootballclub based inSlobozia,Ialomița County, which competes in theLiga I, the top tier ofRomanian football.
The team was founded in 1955 and reestablished in 2004, being for the most part of its history a participant in thethird division of theRomanian football. Unirea Slobozia has also spent several seasons in thesecond division, first in the early 1980s and then between 2012 and 2015, when also obtained 3rd place, the best ranking in the competition until then. Unirea promoted for the first time in history infirst division at the end of the2023–24 season.
"The Yellow-Blues" play their home games at theStadionul 1 Mai, which can host 6,000 spectators.
The club was founded in 1955 under the name Combil Slobozia, being under the tutelage of Combil (the IalomițaCombine for the production and industrialization of pork meat) and played fifteen seasons in the Regional and County Championships, having during this period several names such as Avântul, Voința and Energia.[1]
In the1969–70 season, Energia promoted toDivizia C winning theIalomița County Championship and the promotion play-off against ITA București, theBucharest Municipal champion (0–0 at home and 2–1 away).
Meanwhile, the club was taken over by theSlobozia Chemical Combine - Amonil and, after promotion to third division was renamed as Azotul Slobozia. Azotul continued to play in third division, being overall a mid-table team and finishing twice on 3rd position, in1974–75 season and1975–76 season, and 2nd in the1978–79 season.
In the 1979, the club was renamed as Amonil Slobozia spent the following seasons in Divizia C, finishing 2nd in1979–80, 9th in1980–81 and 7th in1981–82.
In the summer of 1982, the club was renamed as Unirea Slobozia, and under the guidance of Ion Păciulete, took the 1st place in Seria IV of the1982–83 season promoting for the first time inDivizia B. The squad was composed of following players: Dumitru Soare, Ion Ionescu, Titel Tache, Săndel Drăguț, Dan Cristea, Vasile Borș, Radu Gogan, Gh. Mateiu, N. Nicolae, Gh. Nicolae, Lazăr, Ion Lupu, Păun, Liviu, Nini Vintilă, Constantinescu andI. Damaschin.[1]
In thefirst season in thesecond division, Unirea strengthened with players such asGheorghe Tătaru, asplayer-coach,L. Toader, Cr.Niță,V. Jercălău, Marian Ene, Hadadea, Marchidan, V.Petrescu,G. Simionov, but Unirea have a bad run, finishing on 17th place relegating back to thethird division.[1]
Thefollowing season, Unirea finished 11th out of 16, tied on points with four other teams, securing their third division status atgoal difference.
Unirea achieved promotion toDivizia B at the end of1985–86 season, detaching in the last two rounds after a spectacular duel withSportul 30 Decembrie. The team managed by Constantin Dinu was composed among others from following players: D. Soare, Suciu, Șoltuz, S. Drăguț, R. Gogan, D. Cristea, I. Țanicoiu, M. Ene, I. Iordache, Dumitru, I. Lupu, I. Constantin (34 goals), N. Vintilă, Păun and Dănilă.[2]
In the1986–87 season, managed by Nicolae Dumitru as head coach in the first part of the season andEmanoil Hașoti in the second part, Unirea reinforced with new players such as M.Istrate,M. Dinu, Ad. Cîrîc, H. Mihale,C. Gache,C. Prepeliță, V. Roșu, S. Bătrâneanu andCr. Mustacă, was ranked 7th in Series I. The stay in second division lasted only two seasons, as in the1987–88 season Ialomițenii finished 16th in its series being relegated to Divizia C.
The promotion was immediate. Unirea, under the leadership ofConstantin Prepeliță asplayer-coach in the first part of the season andVasile Dobrău in the second part, won Series IV of Divizia C in thefollowing campaign. Also, Slobozenii managed to reach the quarter-finals ofCupa României passing two first division teams,Universitatea Cluj 1–0 in the first round andFC Bihor Oradea 2–0 in the second round, being eliminated bySteaua București 1–3. The squad was composed among other players from M. Istrate, Matei, S. Drăguț, I. Țanicoiu, Ad. Cîrîc, Nedelciu, I. Iordache, Ioniță, Paraschiv,C. Prepeliță, Proșteanu, Vlase, Mîndru, N. Vintilă, Piștalu, Costin, Gh.Iovănescu, I. Constantin.[3]
InDivizia B, Unirea competed in Series I, finishing the1989–90 season in 13th place, just one point above the relegation line, followed by 8th place in the1990–91 season and 9th place in the1991–92 season. However, the1992–93 season ended in last place out of 18 teams, resulting in relegation after four seasons in the second division.
In the early 2000s, the club encountered financial issues and was dissolved, being re-founded in 2004 asAFC Unirea 04 Slobozia.
The new entity also reached the second tier of theRomanian football league system, where it spent three years between 2012 and 2015. In the2013–14 season, the team obtained a third place in its series, behind top flight regularsPolitehnica Iași andRapid București.
Unirea Slobozia played again in the Romanian second league in the2020–21 season till of the end of2023–24 season, when Slobozia finished on the 1st place and promoted for the first time in history inLiga I.
Divizia D / Liga IV – Ialomița County
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for AFC Unirea Slobozia.
Mihai AdăscălițeiChristo BolohanCristian CoconașuLaurențiu CristeaLeonida DobreMarian FloreaDumitru GheorgheViorel GheorgheAugustin IvașcăMarius JianuMarius MacareLiviu MihaiAdrian MihalceaEmil NanuOvidiu PerianuCiprian PerjuAdrian RăducaCostel RoșuCiprian RusIosif DamaschinGheorghe TătaruLeontin ToaderȘtefan PetcuLaurențiu VlăsceanuTitus Ozon (1977–1978)Gheorghe Tătaru (1983–1984)Emanoil Hașoti (1987)Vasile Dobrău (1989–1990)Ion Cojocaru (2007)Marian Catană (2008–2009)Ion Răuță (2009–2010)Constantin Prepeliță (2010–2011)Ion Ionescu (2011–2012)Marin Dună (2012–2013)Adrian Mihalcea (2020–2022)Costel Enache (2022–2023)Adrian Mihalcea (2023–2025)Vladimir MaricaIon Păciulete
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