AFC Unirea Slobozia

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.

Unirea Slobozia
Full nameAsociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia
Nickname(s)Galben-albaștrii
(The Yellow-Blues)
Dragonii
(The Dragons)
Short nameUnirea
Founded1955 (1955)
as Unirea Slobozia
2004 (2004) (refounded)
as AFC Unirea 04 Slobozia
Ground1 Mai
Capacity6,000
OwnerSlobozia Municipality
ChairmanIlie Lemnaru
ManagerAdrian Mihalcea
LeagueLiga II
2022–23Liga II, 11th of 20

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

Liga III

Liga IV – Ialomița County

Players

First team squad
As of 27 June 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Romania ROU Andrei Dorobanțu
3 DF Romania ROU Mihai Șandru
4 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Dinu
6 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Pospyelov
7 FW Romania ROU Cosmin Bîrnoi
8 MF Romania ROU Ionuț Coadă
9 FW Romania ROU Laurențiu Vlăsceanu
10 DF Romania ROU Constantin Toma (Captain)
11 MF Romania ROU Cosmin Atanase
12 GK Moldova MDA Denis Rusu
14 DF Romania ROU Gabriel Lazăr
17 DF Romania ROU Mario Aioanei (on loan from Farul Constanța)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Serbia SRB Miloš Zukanović
20 MF Cameroon CMR Serges Ekollo
21 DF Romania ROU Florinel Ibrian (Vice-captain)
22 MF Romania ROU Mihăiță Lemnaru
25 MF Romania ROU Denis Milotin
27 MF Romania ROU Ștefan Pacionel
30 GK Romania ROU Andrei Georgescu
31 MF Romania ROU Dragoș Lazăr ( on loan from Gloria Buzău )
33 GK Romania ROU Ștefan Ciupercă
77 MF Moldova MDA Serafim Cojocari
90 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Melniciuc ( on loan from Universitatea Craiova )
98 FW Cameroon CMR Christ Afalna

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player


Youth Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Viorel Gîrbăcea
— MF Romania ROU Raul Iancu
— MF Romania ROU Denis Dragomir
— MF Romania ROU Cristian Chiriță
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Mihnea Ștefan
— FW Romania ROU Dorin Radu
— FW Romania ROU Alexandru Eavaz

Club officials

League history

Notable managers
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