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AFC Unirea Slobozia

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Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (Romanian pronunciation: [uˈnire̯a sloboˈzi.a]), commonly known as Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea, is a Romanian football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga I.

Unirea Slobozia
Full nameAsociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia
Nickname(s)Galben-albaștrii
(The Yellow-Blues)
Short nameUnirea
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
as Combil Slobozia
2004; 20 years ago (2004) (refounded)
as Unirea 04 Slobozia
Ground1 Mai
Capacity6,000
OwnerSlobozia Municipality
ChairmanIlie Lemnaru
Head coachAdrian Mihalcea
LeagueLiga I
2023–24Liga II, 1st of 20 (promoted)
Current season

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. 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.

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

History

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The club was founded in 1955 under the name Combil Slobozia, being under the tutelage of Combil (the Ialomița Combine 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 the 1969–70 season, Energia promoted to Divizia C winning the Ialomița County Championship and the promotion play-off against ITA București, the Bucharest Municipal champion (0–0 at home and 2–1 away).

Meanwhile, the club was taken over by the Slobozia Chimical Combine - Amonil and, after promotion to third division was renamed as Azotul Slobozia.

 
Former logo, used until 2024.

Unirea Slobozia has been for most of its history a classic Liga III team, as it only promoted to the Liga II 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, 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

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

Honours

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Liga II

Liga III

Liga IV – Ialomița County

Players

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First team squad

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As of 12 July 2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUT Stefan Krell
2 MF   ROU Andrei Dorobanțu
4 DF   ROU Ionuț Dinu
5 MF   URU Ariel López
6 MF   ROU Paul Antoche
7 FW   ROU Laurențiu Vlăsceanu
8 MF   ROU Ionuț Coadă
9 FW   ROU Filip Ilie
10 DF   ROU Constantin Toma (Captain)
11 FW   FRA Jordan Gele
12 GK   MDA Denis Rusu
14 DF   ROU Gabriel Lazăr (3rd captain)
15 MF   MEX Paolo Medina
17 FW   GUI Sekou Camara
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   ROU Viorel Gîrbăcea
20 MF   ROU Ovidiu Perianu (on loan from FCSB)
21 DF   ROU Florinel Ibrian (Vice-captain)
22 MF   ROU Mihăiță Lemnaru
23 FW   ROU Cristian Bărbuț
25 GK   ROU Ștefan Ciupercă
27 MF   ROU Ștefan Pacionel
29 DF   ROU Daniel Șerbănică
30 MF   ROU Florin Purece
60 DF   UKR Dmytro Pospyelov
77 MF   CRO Adnan Aganović
86 GK   ROU Ștefan Georgescu
98 FW   CMR Christ Afalna

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

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Notable former players

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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.

For a list of all former and current AFC Unirea Slobozia players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:AFC Unirea Slobozia players.
Romania

Former managers

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League history

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References

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  1. ^ Mihai Ionescu & George Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z – Editura Sport-Turism 1984.
  2. ^ "AFC UNIREA 04 SLOBOZIA" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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