Nickname
Both the club's nicknames originated during Dan Petrescu's period with the club.
Urziceni have been associated with Chelsea by the Romanian media after they quickly evolved from a newly-promoted team to a title contender under the management of former Chelsea defender Dan Petrescu. Dan's 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.
Dan Petrescu is also responsible for coining the Wolves of Bărăgan nickname. During training sessions and official fixtures, he used to call his player Wolves in order to increase their ferociousness. Bărăgan refers to the plain in which the town of Urziceni is located.
Both of these nicknames are rarely used nowadays by the Romanian media, who is usually referring to the team Ialomiţenii, after the Ialomiţa County from which the club hails.
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Famous quotes containing the word nickname:
“A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)