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| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Galben-albaștrii (The Yellow-Blues) Dragonii (The Dragons) | ||
| Short name | Unirea | ||
| Founded | 1955 as Unirea Slobozia 2004 (refounded) as AFC Unirea 04 Slobozia | ||
| Ground | 1 Mai | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Owner | Slobozia Municipality | ||
| Chairman | Ilie Lemnaru | ||
| Head coach | Adrian Mihalcea | ||
| League | Liga II | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga II, 11th of 20 | ||
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Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (Romanian pronunciation: [uˈnire̯a sloboˈzi.a]), commonly known as AFC Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea Slobozia, is a Romanian football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga II.
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
Founded in 1955, 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
Players
First team squad
- As of 30 October 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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Notable former players
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.
- Romania
Mihai Adăscăliței- Christo Bolohan
- Cristian Coconașu
- Laurențiu Cristea
- Leonida Dobre
- Marian Florea
- Dumitru Gheorghe
- Viorel Gheorghe
- Ionuț Gurău
- Augustin Ivașcă
- Marius Jianu
- Marius Macare
- Liviu Mihai
- Adrian Mihalcea
- Emil Nanu
- Ciprian Perju
- Adrian Răduca
- Costel Roșu
- Ciprian Rus
- Romeo Soare
- Stelian Stan
- Bogdan Topor
Notable managers
- Marian Catană
- Ion Cojocaru
- Vasile Dobrău
- Marin Dună
- Constantin Enache
- Ion Ionescu
- Vladimir Marica
- Constantin Prepeliţă
- Ion Răuţă
League history
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