2009–10 FC Unirea Urziceni season

The 2009–10 season of Unirea Urziceni began on 25 July with the first training session, led by the team's head coach Dan Petrescu. After several friendlies the first competitive game was the Romanian Supercup against CFR Cluj on 26 July 2009. The match ended 1–1 in regular time, but CFR Cluj managed to win the cup after the penalty shootout, in which Răzvan Pădureţu, Raul Rusescu and Sorin Frunză missed.

Unirea Urziceni
2009–10 season
PresidentDumitru Bucşaru
Head coachDan Petrescu
Ronny Levy
StadiumStadionul Tineretului
Liga I2nd
Cupa RomânieiRound of 16
Supercupa RomânieiRunners-up
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marius Bilașco (12)

All:
Marius Bilașco (13)

Unirea has made several squad changes, signing former Steaua captain Sorin Paraschiv, former Rapid captain Vasile Maftei and Antonio Semedo. Sorin Rădoi was loaned to Unirea Alba Iulia.

Pre-season and friendlies

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7 July 2009 Unirea Urziceni   4–1   Înfrăţirea Hărman Braşov, Romania
(Report)[permanent dead link]
  • Nazare   42'
Stadium: Carpaţi
11 July 2009 Petrolul Ploieşti   2–2   Unirea Urziceni Ploieşti, Romania
(Report)
Stadium: Ilie Oană
13 July 2009 Unirea Urziceni   1–2   Plymouth Argyle
(Report)
16 July 2009 Ayr United   1–2   Unirea Urziceni Ayr, Scotland
(Report) Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 970
18 July 2009 Celtic Reserves   1–1   Unirea Urziceni Glasgow, Scotland
(Report)
Stadium: Celtic Park
22 July 2009 Greenock Morton   1–3   Unirea Urziceni Greenock, Scotland
(Report)
Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,059

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 1 August 2009 22 May 2010 Matchday 1 Winners 34 18 12 4 53 26 +27 052.94
Cupa României 27 October 2009 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
Supercupa României 26 July 2009 Final Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 16 September 2009 9 December 2009 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 8 8 +0 033.33
UEFA Europa League 18 February 2010 25 February 2010 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
Total 45 21 15 9 66 40 +26 046.67

Source: Competitions

Supercupa României

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26 July 2009 Final Unirea Urziceni 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
CFR Cluj Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Georgian Ionescu
Penalties

Liga I

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 20 9 5 46 23 +23 69 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Unirea Urziceni 34 18 12 4 53 26 +27 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Vaslui 34 18 8 8 44 28 +16 62[a] Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b]
4 Steaua București 34 18 8 8 49 36 +13 62[a]
5 Timișoara 34 15 14 5 55 27 +28 59 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b VAS 2–1 STE; STE 2–1 VAS
  2. ^ Since 2009–10 Cupa României winners CFR Cluj and runners-up Vaslui qualified for European competitions via their league placement, the allocation of UEFA Europa League spots effectively reverted to league placement as well, with the 6th-placed team Dinamo București also qualifying.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 12 4 53 26  +27 66 10 5 2 30 13  +17 8 7 2 23 13  +10

Source: LT

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLWWDWWLWDLDWDWWWWLDDDDWDWDDWWWWDWW
Position161147525125677633223246566554222222
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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1 August 2009 1 CFR Cluj 2–0 Unirea Urziceni Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Marius Avram
8 August 2009 2 Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Rapid București Urziceni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: István Kovács
16 August 2009 3 Steaua București 0–1 Unirea Urziceni Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
22 August 2009 4 Unirea Urziceni 0–0 Timișoara Urziceni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
28 August 2009 5 Oțelul Galați 1–4 Unirea Urziceni Galați
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Oțelul Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
12 September 2009 6 Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Unirea Alba Iulia Urziceni
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Marius Avram
20 September 2009 7 Dinamo București 2–1 Unirea Urziceni Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Germany)
25 September 2009 8 Unirea Urziceni 4–1 Astra Ploiești Urziceni
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Paul Unimatan
3 October 2009 9 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–0 Unirea Urziceni Mediaș
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Gaz Metan Stadium
Referee: Marius Avram
16 October 2009 10 Unirea Urziceni 1–2 Vaslui Urziceni
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
24 October 2009 11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–0 Unirea Urziceni Târgu Jiu
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu
Referee: Augustus Constantin
31 October 2009 12 Unirea Urziceni 3–2 FC U Craiova Urziceni
21:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
7 November 2009 13 Brașov 0–0 Unirea Urziceni Brașov
21:15 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Stadium
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
21 November 2009 14 Internațional Curtea de Argeș 1–2 Unirea Urziceni Mioveni
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Orășenesc Stadium
Referee: Paul Unimatan
30 November 2009 15 Unirea Urziceni 2–0 Gloria Bistrița Urziceni
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
4 December 2009 16 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–3 Unirea Urziceni Piatra Neamț
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ceahlăul Municipal Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Greece)
14 December 2009 17 Unirea Urziceni 2–0 Politehnica Iași Urziceni
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Victor Berbecaru
22 February 2010 18 Unirea Urziceni 0–1 CFR Cluj Urziceni
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Marius Avram
28 February 2010 19 Rapid București 1–1 Unirea Urziceni Bucharest
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
7 March 2010 20 Unirea Urziceni 2–2 Steaua București Urziceni
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
14 March 2010 21 Timișoara 0–0 Unirea Urziceni Timișoara
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Stadium
Referee: István Kovács
18 March 2010 22 Unirea Urziceni 0–0 Oțelul Galați Urziceni
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Radu Petrescu
22 March 2010 23 Unirea Alba Iulia 1–2 Unirea Urziceni Alba Iulia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cetate Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
28 March 2010 24 Unirea Urziceni 4–4 Dinamo București Urziceni
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Marius Avram
2 April 2010 25 Astra Ploiești 0–2 Unirea Urziceni Ploiești
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Astra Stadium
Referee: Robert Dumitru
7 April 2010 26 Unirea Urziceni 1–1 Gaz Metan Mediaș Urziceni
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
10 April 2010 27 Vaslui 1–1 Unirea Urziceni Vaslui
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
16 April 2010 28 Unirea Urziceni 3–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Urziceni
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
25 April 2010 29 FC U Craiova 1–4 Unirea Urziceni Drobeta-Turnu Severin
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Referee: Radu Petrescu
2 May 2010 30 Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Brașov Urziceni
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
6 May 2010 31 Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Internațional Curtea de Argeș Urziceni
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: István Kovács
11 May 2010 32 Gloria Bistrița 0–0 Unirea Urziceni Bistrița
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Jean Pădureanu Stadium
Referee: Robert Dumitru
17 May 2010 33 Unirea Urziceni 4–0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Urziceni
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
Referee: Radu Petrescu
22 May 2010 34 Politehnica Iași 1–2 Unirea Urziceni Iași
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium
Referee: Marius Avram

Cupa României

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23 September 2009 Round of 32 Unirea Urziceni 3–0 Sportul Studențesc București Urziceni
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Tineretului Stadium
27 October 2009 Round of 16 Unirea Urziceni 0–1 Brașov Urziceni
21:30 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Tineretului Stadium

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEV STU URZ RAN
1   Sevilla 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–0 1–0
2   VfB Stuttgart 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 1–3 3–1 1–1
3   Unirea Urziceni 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–0 1–1 1–1
4   Rangers 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 1–4 0–2 1–4
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2009 1 Sevilla   2–0   Unirea Urziceni Seville, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
29 September 2009 2 Unirea Urziceni   1–1   Stuttgart Bucharest, Romania
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Tasci   5' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 13,557
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
20 October 2009 3 Rangers   1–4   Unirea Urziceni Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 39,476
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
4 November 2009 4 Unirea Urziceni   1–1   Rangers Bucharest, Romania
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 9,923
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
24 November 2009 5 Unirea Urziceni   1–0   Sevilla Bucharest, Romania
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 10,007
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
9 December 2009 6 Stuttgart   3–1   Unirea Urziceni Stuttgart, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

UEFA Europa League

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Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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18 February 2010 First leg Liverpool   1–0   Unirea Urziceni Liverpool, England
20:05 WET (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,450
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
25 February 2010 Second leg Unirea Urziceni   1–3
(1–4 agg.)
  Liverpool Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Players

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Individual statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga I Champions League Cupa României
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   LTU Giedrius Arlauskis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   SRB Ersin Mehmedović 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   ROU Dinu Todoran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   ROU George Galamaz (captain) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   ROU Marius Bilaşco 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   ROU Sorin Paraschiv 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   ROU Răzvan Pădureţu 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 FW   ROU Marius Onofraş 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   ROU Raul Rusescu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW   ROU Cristian Dănălache 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   ROU Epaminonda Nicu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   BRA Ricardo Vilana 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   ROU Pablo Brandán 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   ROU Laurenţiu Marinescu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   POR Bruno Fernandes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   ROU Valeriu Bordeanu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   ROU Vasile Maftei 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   ROU Dan Matei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   ROU Daniel Stan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ROU Sorin Frunză 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   ROU Iulian Apostol 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
74 GK   ROU Daniel Tudor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
77 GK   ROU Cătălin Grigore 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
-- MF   POR António Semedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As of 9 August 2009[1]

Transfers

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
24 DF   Maftei 28 EU Rapid București Transfer Summer 2012 €400,000 [2]
8 MF   Paraschiv 28 EU Rimini   Transfer Summer 2012 Free
FW   Semedo 30 EU Steaua București   Transfer Summer 2014 Free [3]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DF   Rădoi 24 EU Unirea Alba Iulia Loan Summer n/a

Last updated: 2009-08-09

Goals

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Pos. Player L1 CL Cup Overall
1   Răzvan Pădureţu 0 0 1 1

Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Dan Petrescu
Assistant coach 1   Cristian Pojar
Fitness coach   Michele Bon
Goalkeepers coach   Dumitru Stângaciu

Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Players". FC Unirea Urziceni official website. August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Vasile Maftei a semnat cu Unirea Urziceni!".
  3. ^ "Semedo s-a înţeles cu Unirea Urziceni!".

Source: [1]