At the end of their second season in the top division they earned qualification to Europe, and one year later they claimed the domestic title.

In 2010, the team's owner withdrew financial support and Urziceni was forced to sell most of its players to pay debts, leading to relegation at the end of the 2010–11 season.

In the summer of 2011, owner Dumitru Bucșaru did not file for a licence for the club to play in the Liga I and decided not to enroll the team in any championship.

[1] Currently, there is the football team AS FC Urziceni, established and supported by the local mayorship in 2016, which plays on the Tineretului stadium in the Ialomița county leagues.

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

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.

His role was seen similar to that of Roman Abramovich, who started to invest massively in Chelsea in 2003, turning them in one of the best teams in Europe.

Both of these nicknames were rarely used by the Romanian media, which usually referred to the team as Ialomițenii, after the Ialomița County from where the club was based.

However, the football equipment worn by the "ialomițeni" had over time other than the traditional colors such as orange, green, black or blue.

They played their European matches at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest because Stadionul Tineretului didn't meet UEFA criteria.