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Unirea Urziceni is a professional football club from Urziceni, Romania. Established in 1954, Unirea currently competes in Liga 1, Romania's top football league. Its best performance was obtained in 2009, when Unirea won the championship.

In 2002 the team was taken over by a new sponsor, Valahorum, changing the whole board. After 6 months the stadium was expanded to 7000 seats and the lockers were upgraded. In 2003 the new F.C. Unirea Valahorum Urziceni won promotion to the second division for the first time in its history. Then in 2006 came Unirea's best showing ever when it advanced to the top level of Romanian football, Liga I. More . . .