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{{short description|Association football club in Romania}}
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{{Infobox football club
| clubname    = Dacia Unirea Brăila
| image       = Dacia_Unirea_logo.png
| image_size  = 200px
| fullname    = Asociația Fotbal Club 1919 Dacia Unirea Brăila
| nickname    = ''Alb-albaștrii''<br />{{nowrap|(The White and Blues)}}
| short name  = Dacia Unirea
| founded     = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1919|03|15}}
| ground      = [[Brăila Municipal Stadium]]
| capacity    = 20,154
| owntitle    = Owners
| owner       = Brăila County Council <br />[[Al Dahra Agricultural Company|Al Dahra-Agricost]]
| chairman    = Renato Favero
| manager     = [[Alin Pânzaru]]
| league      = [[Liga III]]
| season      = [[2023-24 Liga III#Seria II|2023–24]]
| position    = Liga III, Seria II, 6th
| website     = http://daciaunireabraila.ro/
| current     = 2021–22 ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila season
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'''Asociația Fotbal Club 1919 Dacia Unirea Brăila''', commonly known as '''Dacia Unirea Brăila''', is a Romanian [[Association football|football]] [[football team|club]] based in the city of [[Brăila]], [[Brăila County]], which competes in the [[Liga III]].<ref name="Clubul de Fotbal Brăila">{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/dacia_unirea_braila/dacia_unirea_braila.shtml |title=Clubul de Fotbal Brăila profile on |publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro }}</ref>
Founded in 1919, among the team's best performances are a sixth-place [[Liga I|top division]] finish in the [[Divizia A 1991–92|1991–92 season]]<ref name="1991-1992 Liga I on romaniansoccer.ro">{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1991_92.shtml |title=1991–1992 Liga I on |publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro }}</ref> and having reached a [[Cupa României]] final the [[1992–93 Cupa României|following campaign]].<ref name="1992-1993 Romanian Cup Final on romaniansoccer.ro">{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1992_1993.shtml |title=1992–1993 Romanian Cup Final on |publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro }}</ref>
The players of Dacia Unirea are nicknamed "the White and Blues" or "the Lions of Cosmoc" (''Leii lui Cosmoc''), and their home games have been hosted by the [[Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)|Stadionul Municipal]] since 1974. The club's most notable rivalry is the one against [[ASC Oțelul Galați|Oțelul Galați]].
==History==
===Early years of football (1919–1950)===
''Dacia Brăila'' was founded in 1919 around the same time with another team, ''Unirea''. Until 1928, when the two merge their collective and ''Dacia Unirea'' appears, each separately participated in the regional championship.<ref name="Istoria echipei">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbraila.ro/istorie.php |title=Istoria echipei 1922–2010 on |publisher=Cfbraila.ro |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518214147/http://www.cfbraila.ro/istorie.php |archive-date=18 May 2010 }}</ref>
In November 1929 Dacia Unirea had the following base team: Padimatopol (Căpreanu), Stanciu, Vasiliu, Leo (Săvulescu), Fritz, Grigoriou, Anastasios, Leșu, I. Goldenberg, Teodorescu (Frătescu, Cavada, Geller, Munteanu). In the 1929–30 season the team won the regional tournament and qualified for the national championship tournament. In the quarter-finals they were eliminated by [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Juventus Bucharest]], the team that won the championship that year.
Afterwards, '''Dacia Unirea''' played in the [[Divizia B]] between the years 1934–1937, 1938–1940 and in the [[Divizia A]] between the years [[Divizia A 1937–38|1937–38]], [[Divizia A 1940–41|1940–41]], the name of the team and of the club changing a few times: D.U.I.G. (Dacia Unirea Ignatz Goldenberg) in 1937, Dacia Unirea in 1938 and FC Brăila in 1940.
During the war it activated in the [[Cupa Eroilor]]. After the war, the club changed its name back to the traditional "Dacia Unirea", and participated at only one season of the [[Divizia C]], in the season 1946–47, after which it disappeared from all divisional levels. We can mention a part of the players who played in that period: I. Goldenberg, N. Stanciu, Hagiopol, Saramet, Weiss, Cavadia, Bonațiu, V. Pop, Negrescu, Drăghicescu, Pascalide, D. Stanciu.
===Hard times (1950–1965)===
After 1949, when both teams (Dacia Unirea Brăila and [[Franco-Româna Brăila]]) disappear from all the divisional levels, the football in Brăila sees itself in crises, and not being able to get out of it, despite a few attempts to reorganize. Starting with '''1953''' the situation improves, the club is refounded and changes names successively: '''Metalul''' (1953–1956), '''Energia''' (1956–57), '''Dinamo''' (1957–58), '''Industria Sârmei''' (1958–59), '''C.S.M.''' (1960–61), '''Progresul''' (1962–63), '''Laminorul''' (1963–64), '''Constructorul''' (1964–65), again '''Progresul''' (1965–1975), '''FC Brăila''' (1975–1980), '''FCM Progresul''' (1980–1991), '''Dacia Unirea''' (1991–2006) and finally '''CF Brăila''' starting with the 2006–07 season. Taking into consideration these historical conditions, with a lot of problems in the organisation department, the participation in the divisional system after 1953 is as it follows: 10 times in [[Liga III]] (1956–1959, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1999–2001, 2007–2010), 41 times in [[Liga II]] (1953, 1954, 1960–1963, 1964–1967, 1968–1990, 1994–1999, 2001–2007, 2010&nbsp;– present) and 4 times in [[Liga I]] (1990–1994).
===Dacia Unirea, ascension (1965–1994)===
The team that succeeded to bring Brăila back to the [[Divizia A]], after half a century, in 1990, had the following players:[[Ionel Dinu]], C Brătianu-[[Vasile Brătianu|V. Brătianu II]], [[Vasile Darie]], Gh. Negoiță, Cristea Rusu, Minciu Sandu&nbsp;– M. Anton, A. Marin, Muscă, N. Pascu, M. Petrache, N. Rădulescu, A. Stamate, Titirișcă&nbsp;– Cujbă, Drăgoi, E. Popescu, Vio. Radu, M. Săvescu, [[Marian Ivan|M. Ivan]]. Coach: [[Bujor Hălmageanu]].
In the 1992–93 season the team qualified in the [[Cupa României]] final (its best performance so far), coach [[Ioan Sdrobiș]] (who came at half season to replace [[Gheorghe Mulțescu]]) had at his service the following players: C. Brătianu I, Hăisan, Nicoloff&nbsp;– G. Baciu, [[Adrian Baldovin]], [[Vasile Brătianu]], [[Vasile Darie]], Gh. Negoiță, [[Tudorel Pelin]], Sandu Minciu&nbsp;– Burleanu, Drăgoi, Jica, M. Lazăr, Matincă, Măstăcan, M. Petrache, Titirișcă&nbsp;– Cujbă, Dochia, C. Luca, Marcadonatu, Mașcu, [[Arben Minga]], [[Marius Șumudică]]. Coaches who were in charge of the team worth mentioning: I. Economu, [[Viorel Mateianu]], [[Ionel Iuga]], [[Dumitru Nicolae]] "Nicușor", C. Oțet, [[Dumitru Dumitriu]] III, [[Virgil Dridea|V. Dridea II]]. Special merits go to committed chairmen who obtained great results in charge of the club, especially to [[Octavian Ulman]].
===Decline of football (1994–2006)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" align="right"
|-
|style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147"|Period
|style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147"|Name
|-
|1919–1928
|align=left|''Dacia Brăila''
|-
|1928–1936
|align=left|'''Dacia Unirea Brăila'''
|-
|1936–1938
|align=left|''Dacia Unirea Ignatz Goldenberg Brăila''
|-
|1938–1939
|align=left|'''Dacia Unirea Brăila'''
|-
|1939–1944
|align=left|''FC Brăila''
|-
|1946–1947
|align=left|'''Dacia Unirea Brăila'''
|-
|1948–1949
|align=left|''Progresul Brăila''
|-
|1953–1955
|align=left|''Metalul Brăila''
|-
|1955–1956
|align=left|''Energia Brăila''
|-
|1960–1962
|align=left|''CSM Brăila''
|-
|1962–1963
|align=left|''Progresul Brăila''
|-
|1963–1964
|align=left|''Laminorul Brăila''
|-
|1964–1965
|align=left|''Constructorul Brăila''
|-
|1965–1975
|align=left|''Progresul Brăila''
|-
|1975–1980
|align=left|''FC Brăila''
|-
|1980–1991
|align=left|''FCM Progresul Brăila''
|-
|1991–2006
|align=left|'''Dacia Unirea Brăila'''
|-
|2006–2015
|align=left|''CF Brăila''
|-
|2015–present
|align=left|'''Dacia Unirea Brăila'''
|}
Four years after the relegations from the [[Divizia A]] came that from the [[Divizia B]] (in 1999), the tear between the club and [[Insula Mare a Brăilei]] (its main sponsor) having disastrous consequences. Actually, prior to that, the main event that triggered the fall happened during the 1994–95 season. Fighting at the time with [[Selena Bacău]] for the promotion to the [[Divizia A]], the team from [[Brăila]] was stopped by a corruption case at a game with [[FC Politehnica Iaşi (1945)|FC Politehnica Iaşi]], in which, in exchange for a sum of money, the team from [[Dealul Copoului]] should have conceded the game. The case was highly mediated, ending up with arrests, [[Ilie Trifina]] (Dacia Unirea's competition organiser) and [[Leonard Cănănău]] (journalist from [[Iași]], ex football player). Dacia Unirea ended up with an 8-point penalty, and being forbidden to participate at the qualification knock-out for the promotion to the [[Divizia A]]. The team succeeded to make a comeback to the [[Divizia B]] in 2001.
===Reformation (2006–2015)===
[[File:stemacfbraila.png|150px|thumbnail|left|Former logo.]]
At the end of the [[Liga II 2006-07|2006–07]] CF Brăila was relegated to the [[Liga III]]. Their best performance during this period was the acceding to the [[Cupa României]] quarter-finals in the 2004–2005 season, where they lost to [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] 1–0 at [[Stadionul Dinamo]] and 2–0 at [[Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)|Stadionul Municipal]]. In the round of 32, Dacia Unirea won against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (coached at the time by [[Răzvan Lucescu]]) at [[Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)|Stadionul Municipal]], goal scored by [[Romeo Buteseacă]] and in the round of 16, they passed by [[FC Unirea Alba Iulia]] with 2–0, goals scored by Romeo Buteseacă and Cristian Dicu. Players who had a great contribution to this performance, among others, are: Marius Mindileac, Iulian Olteanu;– [[Laurențiu Ivan]], Gheorghe Rădulescu, Valentin Stan, Victor Olenic, [[Tudorel Pelin]], [[Nicolae Rotaru|Nicolae Ciocea]]&nbsp;– Daniel Pleșa, Dumitru Horovei, Mihalache Basalîc, Cristian Dicu;– [[Romeo Buteseacă]], [[Marius Matei]], Paul Sorin Bogdan. We also have to mention [[Bănel Nicoliță]], who played at Dacia Unirea until 2004 and where he made his debut.
The 2008–09 season meant some serious reorganisation, ''SC CONCIVIA SA'' became the owner of the team,<ref name="Soare junior, preşedintele CF Dunărea, a cumpărat acţiuni la Concivia">{{cite web|url=http://www.obiectivbr.ro/economic/30097-soare-junior-preedintele-cf-dunrea-a-cumprat-aciuni-la-qconciviaq.html |title=Soare junior, preşedintele CF Dunărea, a cumpărat acţiuni la "Concivia" |publisher=Obiectivbr.ro }}</ref> and the objective was the promotion to the [[Liga II]]. But in the end, the club finished 8th the [[Liga III 2008–09#Seria II|Championship]], and it seemed that [[Liga II]] was further than was thought.
The 2009–10 season has started with a lot of promise. During the summer, [[Gheorghe Mulțescu]] was appointed advisor with the transfers, and a lot of promising players were bought. At the end of the first half of the championship, the club sees itself on the top of the table, 1st, in the run with [[FC Politehnica Iași (1945)|Politehnica II Iași]], [[SCM Petrotub Roman|Petrotub Roman]] and [[CS Panciu]] for the promotion.
At half season, coach [[Vasile Darie]] was replaced with [[Daniel Timofte]] and the season ended with the victory and the promotion to the [[Liga II]], and to top it all, Nelu Bucă finished 1st in the goalscorers ranking, with 25 goals.<ref name="Liga a III-a 2009-10">{{cite web|url=http://www.frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=3&season=&serie_id=192 |title=Rankings on frf.ro |publisher=Frfotbal.ro |date=28 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Clasament liga 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.liga2.ro/liga-3/clasament/ |title=Rankings and goalscoreres on |publisher=Liga2.ro }}</ref>
Brăila started poorly the [[2010–11 Liga II|2010–11 season]], by being eliminated from the [[Romanian Cup]] in the [[2010–11 Cupa României|4th Round]] by [[Unirea Slobozia]] and by being last in the championship after five rounds, with only one point. After round five of the championship, [[Gheorghe Bunea Stancu]] replaced [[Daniel Timofte]] with [[Liviu Ciobotariu]].,<ref name="„Ciobi">{{cite web|url=http://www.liga2.ro/seria-1/ciobi-prezentat-oficial-7434388 |title="Ciobi", prezentat oficial |publisher=Liga2.ro |date=30 September 2010}}</ref> but brought Timofte back after round 10 of the championship, after the disaster at Piatra Neamţ, 0–4 with Ceahlăul,<ref name="Ceahlaul&nbsp;— Braila 4-0">{{cite web|url=http://frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=12&season=74&serie_id=158&etapa_id=3573 |title=Ceahlaul&nbsp;– Braila 4–0 |publisher=Frfotbal.ro }}</ref> thus concluding Ciobotariu's charge in front of our club, and like Timofte, with only one point obtained in five matches. Timofte's return had no success, the club ranking last at the end of the first half of the championship, with only four points in 15 rounds.<ref name="2010/11 half season stadings">{{cite web|url=http://frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=12&season=74&serie_id=158&etapa_id=3564 |title=2010/11 half season stadings on frf.ro |publisher=Frfotbal.ro }}</ref>
The second half of the championship was more productive, CF Brăila managing to raise 17 more points, totaling 21 in the end, but not enough to avoid relegation, finishing next to last in the [[2010–11 Liga II|series]].<ref name="2010/11 liga 2 stadings">{{cite web|url=http://frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=12&season=74&serie_id=158 |title=2010/11 liga 2 stadings on frf.ro |publisher=Frfotbal.ro |date=4 June 2011}}</ref> But all was not lost, because [[Unirea Urziceni]] withdrew from the [[2011–12 Liga II]] season, this meaning that our club could play in its place.<ref name="CF Brăila rămâne în Liga 2 pe locul Unirii Urziceni">{{cite web|url=http://liga2.prosport.ro/special/cf-braila-ramane-in-liga-2-pe-locul-unirii-urziceni-8466065 |title=2010/11 CF Brăila rămâne în Liga 2 pe locul Unirii Urziceni |date=8 July 2011 |publisher=Liga2.prosport.ro }}</ref>
CF Brăila had an excellent run in the first half of the [[2011–12 Liga II]], ranking 5th during the winter brake, just three points behind the second-placed team, [[Săgeata Năvodari]]. It finished 6th at the end of the championship.
===Return to Dacia Unirea name (2015–present)===
In 2015, the club decided to return to its first name, Dacia Unirea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/sperante-pentru-un-viitor-mai-bun-in-fotbalul-brailean-cf-braila-ia-o-denumire-istorica-si-anunta-ca-are-sprijinul-consiliului-judetean-si-local-14618798 |title=Speranţe pentru un viitor mai bun în fotbalul brăilean. CF Brăila ia o denumire "istorică" şi anunţă ca are sprijinul Consiliului Judeţean şi Local |publisher=liga2.ro |date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
==Stadium==
{{Main|Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)}}
[[File:Tribunabr.JPG|150px|thumbnail|left|Dacia Unirea's stadium in 2015]]
Dacia Unirea Brăila plays its home matches at the [[Stadionul Municipal (Brăila)|Municipal Stadium]],<ref name="Stadionul Municipal Brăila">{{cite web|url=http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stadionul-municipal-braila/ |title=Stadionul Municipal Brăila |date=16 June 2008 |publisher=Virtualglobetrotting.com }}</ref> [[Brăila]], which has a capacity of 20,000.<ref name="Capacitate Stadionul Municipal Brăila">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/romania.shtml |title=Capacitate Stadionul Municipal Brăila |publisher=Worldstadiums.com |access-date=31 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805140311/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/romania.shtml |archive-date=5 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The stadium was opened on 21 August 1974 and was built on the ground of the old ''Vasile Roaită Stadium'', a small stadium that had only one stand.<ref name="Istoria Stadionului Municipal Brăila">{{cite web |url=http://forum.cfbraila.ro/index.php?/topic/265-stadion/ |title=Istoria Stadionului Municipal Brăila |publisher=Forum.cfbraila.ro |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816145700/http://forum.cfbraila.ro/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F265-stadion%2F |archive-date=16 August 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
The original capacity was 30,000 on benches. A general renovation occurred in 2008. This included installing seats, which dropped the capacity to 20,154, making the 10th stadium in the country, by capacity. ([[List of football stadiums in Romania]])
==European record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!  style="width:242px;"|Competition
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| S | Seasons}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| P | Played}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!  style="width:35px;"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
|-
|align=left|[[1992–93 Balkans Cup|Balkans Cup]]
|1||2||0||1||1||1||2||– 1
|-
| '''Total'''
|'''1'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''– 1'''
|}
==Honours==
===Leagues===
*'''[[Liga II]]'''
**'''Winners (2):''' [[1934–35 Divizia B|1934–35]], [[1989–90 Divizia B|1989–90]]
**Runners-up (6): [[1935–36 Divizia B|1935–36]], [[1974–75 Divizia B|1974–75]], [[1975–76 Divizia B|1975–76]], [[1988–89 Divizia B|1988–89]], [[1994–95 Divizia B|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Divizia B|1995–96]]
*'''[[Liga III]]'''
**'''Winners (3):''' [[1963–64 Divizia C|1963–64]], [[2000–01 Divizia C|2000–01]], [[2009–10 Liga III#Seria I|2009–10]]
**Runners-up (3): [[1957–58 Divizia C|1957–58]], [[1967–68 Divizia C|1967–68]], [[2020–21 Liga III#Seria II|2020–21]]
===Cups===
*'''[[Romanian Cup]]'''
**Runners-up (1): [[1993 Cupa României Final|1992–93]]
===Other Performances===
*Appearances in [[Liga I]]: '''6'''
*Best finish in Liga I: '''6th''' in [[1991–92 Divizia A|1991–92]]
*The most successful team from [[Brăila County]]
*Semi-finalist of [[1992–93 Balkans Cup|1992–93]], [[Balkans Cup]]
==Players==
===First team squad===
{{updated|6 September 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daciaunireabraila.ro/echipa/|title=Echipa|trans-title=Squad|publisher=AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila|language=ro|access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>
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{{fs player|no= 1|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Andrei Moisoiu}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Robert Stepanenco}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=Adobonu Israel}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=Amara Touré}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Sebastian Răileanu}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Rareș Boroșu}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Adenji Kolade}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=Christopher Amaechi}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Alexandru Duțu|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=12|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Bogdan Toma}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=NGA|pos=MF|name=Emanuel Okwuego}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Ștefăniță Sava}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=Atche Eloh}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Adrian Ghiță}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=TUR|pos=FW|name=Altay Kayalik}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Koko Dedan}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Robert Dragomir}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Alin Simion}}
{{Fs end}}
==Club officials==
{{col-start}}
{{col-4}}
===Board of directors===
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Role
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Name
|-
| Owners
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Brăila County Council <br /> {{Flagicon|UAE}} [[Al Dahra Agricultural Company|Al Dahra-Agricost]]
|-
| President
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Renato Favero
|-
| Vice-President
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Vasile Popa
|-
| Board Member
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Bocchi
|-
| Sporting director
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Gianluca Pavanelo
|-
| Secretary
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Gabriel Mărgineanu
|}
{{col-4}}
===Current technical staff===
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Role
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Name
|-
| Technical director
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Vasile Darie
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Alin Pânzaru]]
|-
| Assistant manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Edgar Marcu
|-
| Club Doctor
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Moise Candid
|-
| Medical Assistant
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Alexandru Neagu
|-
| Kinetotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Andrei Huțu
|-
| Masseur
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Gabriel Crețu
|-
| GK Coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Ștefan Nicolof
|}
{{col-end}}
==Statistics==
''Up to and including the end of the 2012–13 season''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!
!Pts
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga I]] (6 seasons)
|'''138'''||178||54||30||94||193||328
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga II]] (49 seasons)
|'''1476'''||1464||631||262||581||2081||1912
|-
|align=left|In [[Liga III]] (11 seasons)
|'''378'''||296||165||48||83||602||316
|}
==League history==
{{see also|Romanian football league system}}
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! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Season
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Tier
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Division
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Place
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Notes
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Cupa României
|-
| [[2024–25 Liga III#Seria II|2024–25]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria II)</small> || TBD || ||
|-
| [[2023–24 Liga III#Seria II|2023–24]] || '''3''' || Liga III <small>(Seria II)</small> || 6th || ||
|-
| [[2022–23 Liga III#Seria 2|2022–23]] || '''3''' || Liga III <small>(Seria II)</small> || 10th || ||
|-
| [[2021–22 Liga II|2021–22]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''19th''' || <small>Relegated</small> ||
|-
| [[2020–21 Liga III#Seria II|2020–21]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria II)</small> || align=center bgcolor=silver| '''2nd''' || <small>Promoted</small> ||
|-
| [[2019–20 Liga III#Seria II|2019–20]] || '''3''' || Liga III <small>(Seria II)</small> || 14th || ||
|-
| [[2018–19 Liga II|2018–19]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''20th''' || <small>Relegated</small> || [[2018–19 Cupa României|Round of 32]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Liga II|2017–18]] || '''2''' || Liga II || 15th || || Round of 32
|-
| [[2016–17 Liga II|2016–17]] || '''2''' || Liga II || 11th || || Round of 16
|-
| [[2015–16 Liga II|2015–16]] || '''2''' || Liga II <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd || || Round of 32
|-
| [[2014–15 Liga II|2014–15]] || '''2''' || Liga II <small>(Seria I)</small> || 6th || || Round of 32
|-
| [[2013–14 Liga II|2013–14]] || '''2''' || Liga II <small>(Seria I)</small> || 7th || ||
|-
| [[2012–13 Liga II|2012–13]] || '''2''' || Liga II <small>(Seria I)</small> || 5th || || Round of 16
|-
| [[2011–12 Liga II|2011–12]] || '''2''' || Liga II <small>(Seria I)</small> || 6th || || Round of 32
|-
| [[2010–11 Liga II|2010–11]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || 15th || ||
|-
| [[2009–10 Liga III|2009–10]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st''' '''(C)''' || <small>Promoted</small> ||
|-
| [[2008–09 Liga III|2008–09]] || '''3''' || Liga III <small>(Seria II)</small> || 8th || ||
|-
| [[2007–08 Liga III|2007–08]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || 9th ||  ||
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Season
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Tier
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Division
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Place
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Notes
! style="background:#0070FF;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #002147;" |Cupa României
|-
| [[2006–07 Liga II|2006–07]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''18th''' || <small>Relegated</small> ||
|-
| [[2005–06 Divizia B|2005–06]] || '''2''' || [[Divizia B]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || 7th || ||
|-
| [[2004–05 Divizia B|2004–05]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || 4th || || Quarter-finals
|-
| [[2003–04 Divizia B|2003–04]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd || ||
|-
| [[2002–03 Divizia B|2002–03]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || 8th || ||
|-
| [[2001–02 Divizia B|2001–02]] || '''2''' || [[Divizia B]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || 12th || ||
|-
| [[2000–2001 Divizia C|2000–01]] || '''3''' || [[Divizia C]] || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st''' '''(C)''' || <small>Promoted</small> || Round of 32
|-
| [[1999–2000 Divizia C|1999–00]] || '''3''' || [[Divizia C]] || 10th || ||
|-
| [[1998–99 Divizia B|1998–99]] || '''2''' || [[Divizia B]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''18th''' || <small>Relegated</small> ||
|-
| [[1997–98 Divizia B|1997–98]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || 13th ||  ||
|-
| [[1996–97 Divizia B|1996–97]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=#BF8D5B| 3rd || ||
|-
| [[1995–96 Divizia B|1995–96]] || '''2''' || Divizia B <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||  ||
|-
| [[1994–95 Divizia B|1994–95]] || '''2''' || [[Divizia B]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||  ||Round of 32
|-
| [[1993–94 Divizia A|1993–94]] || '''1''' || [[Divizia A]] || align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC| '''18th''' || <small>Relegated</small> || Round of 16
|-
| [[1992–93 Divizia A|1992–93]] || '''1''' || Divizia A || 14th || || align=center bgcolor=silver| [[1993 Cupa României Final|Final]]
|-
| [[1991–92 Divizia A|1991–92]] || '''1''' || Divizia A || 6th || || Quarter-finals
|-
| [[1990–91 Divizia A|1990–91]] || '''1''' || [[Divizia A]] || 13th || || Round of 32
|-
| [[1989–90 Divizia B|1989–90]] || '''2''' || [[Divizia B]] <small>(Seria I)</small> || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st''' '''(C)''' || <small>Promoted</small> ||
|}
{{col-end}}
==Former managers==
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* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Franz Platko]] (1937)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Octavian Popescu (footballer, born 1938)|Octavian Popescu]] (1973–1974)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Titus Ozon]] (1975–1976)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Nicolae Tătaru]] (1976–1977)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Robert Cosmoc]] (1977–1978)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Robert Cosmoc]] (1980–1981)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Robert Cosmoc]] (1982–1983)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Francisc Zavoda]] (1983)
* {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Viorel Mateianu]] (1983–1984)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Robert Cosmoc]] (1987–1988)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mircea Dridea]] (1988)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioan Sdrobiș]] (1988–1989)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Dumitru Nicolae]] (1991)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasile Simionaș]] (1991)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gheorghe Mulțescu]] (1992–1993)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioan Sdrobiș]] (1993–1994)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Bujor Hălmăgeanu]] (1994)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Virgil Dridea]] (1994–1995)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ionel Augustin]] (2002–2003)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ion Gigi]] (2003–2004)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Imilian Șerbănică]] (2005–2006)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Daniel Timofte]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Liviu Ciobotariu]] (2010)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Daniel Timofte]] (2010–2011)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Viorel Ion]] (2011–2012)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Alin Pânzaru]] (2012–2018)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Florentin Petre]] (2018–2021)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Laurențiu Ivan]] (2021–2022)
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasile Coteț]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Petre Iancu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Marian Oprea (footballer)|Marian Oprea]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ionel Iuga]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasile Grosu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Eugen Tudose]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Pavel Buburuz]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Constantin Oțet]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|daciaunireabraila.ro}}
* {{facebook|DaciaUnireaBraila}}
{{AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila}}
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