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Some interesting facts about Urziceni
Urziceni is a town in Ialomi?a County, Romania, located around 60 km north-east of Bucharest. It has a population of 17,090.
Founded by Romanian shepherds, its name is derived from the word "urzic?" (nettle). It was mentioned for the first time in a written document on 23 April 1596, during the reign of Mihai Viteazul. It gained in 1831 the status of market town and in 1895 the city status. For 117 years, it was the capital of Ialomi?a county (between 1716 and 1833).
A little town by any standards, Urziceni is perhaps best known for its football team, Unirea Urziceni. Urziceni holds the record for the smallest town to have a team in the Champions League.
So. We managed to narrowly beat a team from a town where the total population is less than half the capacity of Anfield. The sense of immense pride I have is almost overwhelming me
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Lolsgalore
It has to be said though that a lot of the Romanian clubs have been targeted by Russian/Eastern European billionaires of late. Brazilians and all sorts of South Americans and a lot of promising players from the African continent too are flooding their league.
PS Hoffenheim in Germany is even smaller than this Urziceni btw and they were even leading the Bundelsliga at one stage this Season wasn't they?
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Hoffenheim is a suburb of Sinsheim. Like Everton is a suburb of Liverpool. Still small though admittedly.
Rhein-Neckar Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,164 people, situated in a town with a population of 35,00
Amazing. Match day must be a burgalars paradise in Sinsheim.