FC Unirea Urziceni
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Unirea 2015 Urziceni |
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| Nickname(s) |
Chelsea de Ialomiţa (Chelsea of Ialomiţa) Chelsea de Urziceni (Chelsea of Urziceni) Lupii din Bărăgan (Wolves of Bărăgan) |
| Short name | Unirea |
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| Ground | Tineretului, Urziceni |
| Capacity | 7,000 |
| League | Liga V |
| 2015–16 | Liga V, Seria II, Ialomiţa County Division, 3rd |
Fotbal Club Unirea 2015 Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (Romanian pronunciation: [uˈnire̯a urziˈt͡ʃenʲ]), is a Romanian professional football club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became national champions in 2009, at the end of their third season in the top-flight.
The club was founded in 1954, and spent the majority of its history in the lower tiers of the Romanian league system. In 2007 they reached Liga I for the first time, and received national praise for their results at this level. At the end of their second season in the top division they earned qualification to Europe, and one year later they claimed the domestic title. In 2010, the team's owner withdrew financial support and Urziceni was forced to sell most of its players to pay debts, leading to relegation at the end of the 2010–11 season.
In the summer of 2011, owner Dumitru Bucşaru did not file for a licence for the club to play in the Liga I and decided not to enroll the team in any championship. Unirea Urziceni was subsequently dissolved.
In the summer 2015 Unirea Urziceni was refounded by a Bucharest man and the team plays in Liga V. In 2016, there was another team that was founded in Urziceni, that has the name of AS FC Urziceni, They also play in Liga V.
The first sporting club in Urziceni was a basketball club called "Ialomiţa". On an improvised pitch at Obor, the football team "Ialomiţa" played against teams from Ploieşti, Buzău, and Slobozia. They also played many games against Germans settled around the local lake, from which they took the name "La Nemţi" ("At the Germans'").
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