CS Unirea Ungheni 2018

The first sporting club in Urziceni was a basketball club called "Ialomița". On an improvised pitch at Obor, the football team "Ialomița" played against teams from Ploiești, Buzău, and Slobozia. They also played many games against Germans settled around the local lake, from which they took the name "La Nemți" ("At the Germans'").

In 1976, a new stadium, Tineretului, was inaugurated.

In 1988, the club reached the round-of-sixteen phase of the Cupa României, but lost 3–1 to Corvinul Hunedoara.

Prior to their promotion to Liga II 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 Liga II. Following the play-offs, played against Forex Brașov and Bihor Oradea, at Stadionul Național, the club was promoted to the Liga I for the very first time in its history.

Ascension

The club finished 10th in its first season in the top division. In the Liga I 2007–08, they finished seventh and reached the cup final. Manager and former Chelsea player Dan Petrescu nicknamed the team Chelsea of Ialomița. The following season the club won the league for the first time, after they beat Timișoara 2–1, and qualified for the Champions League.

The club finished 3rd in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage, obtaining 8 points. They beat Rangers 4–1 in Glasgow and Sevilla in Bucharest 1–0 and drew 1–1, with VfB Stuttgart and Rangers at Bucharest. In the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Knockout stage, Urziceni were drawn against English giants Liverpool. In the first round, at Anfield, Liverpool won 1–0, and at Bucharest, Unirea lost again, 1–3.

Unirea finished second in the 2009–10 Liga I season, again qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. In the third qualifying round, Unirea finished 0–0 against Zenit St. Petersburg at Bucharest. In Russia, they lost 1–0, with Danny scoring the winner. In the Europa League Play-off round Unirea played against Hajduk Split. They lost in the first game played in Poljud 4–1, and drew 1–1 in Bucharest.

Decline, dissolution and refounding

In 2010, Unirea Urziceni started to decline. Dumitru Bucșaru sold almost the entire team during the first half of the championship, on account of a debt owed to Steaua owner Gigi Becali. In the second half of the season, Unirea took players on loan from Steaua II București and Dinamo II București, but only finished the season in 17th place. Although Unirea had avoided relegation, it didn't renew its license and was dissolved in 2011.