page_title: FC Unirea Urziceni
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: FC Unirea Urziceni / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Stadionul Steaua Main Stand at 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round match between Unirea Urziceni and Zenit St. Petersburg
context_page_description: Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni, was 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 2006 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, another team was founded in Urziceni, named FC Urziceni. They also play in Liga V.
context_section_description: 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'").
  In 1976 a new stadium, Tineretului, was inaugurated.
  In 1988 the club reached the round-of-sixteen phase of the Romanian Cup, but lost 3–1 to Corvinul Hunedoara.
  Prior to their promotion to Divizia B at the end of the 2002–03 season, the club had spent its entire history playing in the lower leagues of the Romanian football league system, mostly in Divizia C and Divizia D.
  In 2003 the club was taken over by a new sponsor, Valahorum. At the end of the 2005–06 season the club finished second in the Seria 2 of the Divizia B. Following the play-offs, played against Forex Braşov and Bihor Oradea, at Stadionul Naţional, the club was promoted to the Liga I for the very first time in its history.
caption: Unirea-Zenit 0–0 in 2010
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