Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia | |||
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Short name | Unirea | |||
Founded | 1955 as Combil Slobozia 2004 (refounded) as Unirea 04 Slobozia | |||
Ground | 1 Mai | |||
Capacity | 6,000 | |||
Owners | Slobozia Municipality Ialomița County Council | |||
Chairman | Ilie Lemnaru | |||
Head coach | Adrian Mihalcea | |||
League | Liga I | |||
2023–24 | Liga II, 1st of 20 (promoted) | |||
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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 professional football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian football.
The team was founded in 1955 and reestablished in 2004, being for the most part of its history a participant in the third division of the Romanian football. Unirea Slobozia has also spent several seasons in the second 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 in first division at the end of the 2023–24 season.
"The Yellow-Blues" play their home games at the Stadionul 1 Mai, which can host 6,000 spectators.