CSM Unirea Alba Iulia
association football team in Romania
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (Romanian pronunciation: [uˈnire̯a ˌalba ˈjuli.a]), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III.
The team from Cetatea Marii Uniri (lit. 'The Citadel of Great Union') plays in black and white, and its home ground is Cetate Stadium (lit. 'Citadel'), which has a capacity of 18,000 seats. Among the club’s greatest achievements are a 6th-place finish in the Romanian top division at the end of the 2003–04 season, and reaching the semi-finals in 1990–91 and the quarter-finals in 2024–25 of the Romanian Cup.
History
Unirea Alba Iulia was founded in 1924. In the beginning the team was called Unirea Mihai Viteazul Alba Iulia. After ten years, they managed to qualify and play in the second division where they managed to obtain the 6th place.
They played in the second division until the year 1939 when they were relegated to the third league. In 1942, they returned to the second league where they played two seasons and then were relegated again. At the end of season 1946–1947 we find the team in the third league in a relegating position. From 1947 until 1970 the team plays in the regional championships, under the level of the first three leagues of Romanian professional football.
Unirea won the Alba County Championship in the 1968–69 season, but lost the promotion play-off against Electromotor Timișoara, winners of the Timiș County Championship, after a 2–2 draw at home and a 0–4 defeat away.
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