FC Unirea Urziceni

Unirea Urziceni FC Valahorum was a Romanian football club from Urziceni town. He played from 2006 to 2011 in the Romanian League 1 and 2009 was Romanian Champion, 2010 runner-up and participants in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10. The club was disbanded in 2011.

History

The first football club in Urziceni was a club called " Ialomiţa ". This team initially played against clubs from Ploieşti, Buzău and Slobozia. Even against resident German played the team frequently.

First significant appearance in the club came in 1988 when the crew of the catchment succeeded in the last sixteen of the Romanian Cup. In the 1988/89 season Unirea reached the second place in the third Romanian League, but could not win against Dunărea Calarasi in the decider. In 2002, finally, the club was taken over by the new principal sponsor " Valahorum ," the newly restructured the club. Even after half a year, the new sponsor decided to expand the stadium to 7,000 seats. Just a year after the arrival of the new sponsor, the team rose to the second league; in the season 2005/ 06 was followed by promotion to the first division. They succeeded Valahorum, from a club that had spent almost 50 years in amateur leagues to make a Romanian first division within four years. On 26 September 2006 Dan Petrescu took Unirea as successor to the sacked Costel Orac under contract.

In the 2007 /08 season Urziceni reached fifth place in the first Romanian football league and qualified for the UEFA Cup. In their first game at the international level, the team played for Hamburger SV 0-0 draw. Due to a 0-2 home defeat in the return leg Unirea missed a place in the group stage.

Since September 2008, the club had a new main sponsor with Alexandros engine. In the 2008 /09 season he celebrated his biggest success by winning the Romanian championship. This was associated with the direct qualification for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10. There Unirea met the VfB Stuttgart, Sevilla FC and Glasgow Rangers. Despite two wins ( against Sevilla at home and abroad in Glasgow ) gave it only for third place, which, however, the qualification for the Round of the Champions League allowed, however, where the team was eliminated against Liverpool. 29 December 2009, Dan Petrescu resigned as coach and was replaced by the Israeli Ronny Levy, who signed a contract for one and a half years on December 31, 2009. Already in mid-August 2010, the club parted but by Levy and after a three -week bridging time under Gabriel Caramarin was presented Octavian Grigore, the former coach of third division Chimia Brazi as a successor on September 8, 2010.

In order to reduce personnel costs, the club patron Dumitru Bucşaru sold in the fall of 2010, most service providers and replaced it with Players out on loan from Bucharest second division. With these, the runner-up of the season slipping 2009/10 until the completion of the first round of 2010/11 on the second from bottom in the league one play and then coach Grigore was dismissed. In December 2010, Bucşaru agreed with the local authorities from Chiajna to a relocation of the club from Urziceni. Unirea was amplified by 13 players of CS Concordia Chiajna and wore its home games under new coach Marian Pană in the second half of 2010/11 in Chiajna from. The home games of the then local second division were again moved to the Stadium of Berceni, the home club of the third division ACS Berceni the remaining players from Concordia Chiajna took over and its home games in Rosu, the former home of the fourth division Concordia II Chiajna fought out. Since club name changes are not permitted in the course of a season, the club retained their old name until the summer of 2011.

After the Romanian Football Federation had prohibited the proposed merger with Chiajna already in February 2011, Unirea was reported in the 2011/2012 season for no championship and the club disbanded in the summer of 2011.

Squad last season 2010/11

Former coach

• Romania Costel Orac (until September 2006)
• Romania Dan Petrescu (September 26, 2006 to December 26, 2009 )
• Israel Ronny Levy ( January 2010-August 2010 )
• Romania Gabriel Caramarin (August 2010 to 8 September 2010)
• Romania Octavian Grigore (8th September 2010 to December 2010 )
• Romania Marian Pană (18 February 2011 to May 2011)

Achievements

• 2002/ 03 - Rise in the Divizia B
• 2005/ 06 - Rise in the Divizia A
• 2007/ 08 - Cup finalist ( against CFR Cluj)
• 2008/ 09 - Romanian Master
• 2009/10 - Romanian runner