FC Universitatea Cluj

Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (Romanian pronunciation: [universiˈtate̯a kluʒ]), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County. Founded in 1919 by Iuliu Hațieganu, the team currently plays in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

This article is about the football club. For the sports club, see CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca.

Universitatea Cluj

Full name	Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj
Nickname(s)	Șepcile roșii (The Red Caps) Studenții (The Students) Alb-negrii (The White and Blacks)
Short name	U Cluj
Founded	September 1919 (1919-09) as Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) as Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni
Ground	Cluj Arena
Capacity	30,201[1]
Owners	Cluj-Napoca Municipality Babeș-Bolyai University U Cluj Supporters Association
Chairman	Radu Constantea
Manager	Adrian Falub
League	Liga II
2019–20	Liga II, 14th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Chart showing the progress of U Cluj's league finishes from 1932 to the present.

Universitatea Cluj spent most of their history in the first division, but never became national champions. They played five Romanian Cup finals under four different names, and won the trophy in the 1964–65 season. They were considered to be the important in the region of Transylvania, however this status has been threatened in the 21st century by the success of their city rivals CFR Cluj. Universitatea players and fans are nicknamed Șepcile roșii ("The Red Caps"), after the red berets worn by students of the Cluj University of Medicine.

The club traditionally plays in white and black kits, although variations of red, maroon and gold have been used in the past. Their home ground is Cluj Arena, which was opened in 2011.

History

The Universitatea sports club of Cluj was founded in September 1919 by the "Sports Society of University Students" (Romanian: Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari—abbreviated to "U"). Its first chairman was Professor Iuliu Hațieganu, a physician and politician. In the early years of its existence "U" Cluj played in local competitions; at the time there was no national football championship in Romania. The team played against Chinezul Timișoara in the 1923 final of the Mara Cup, losing 0–2. "U" played in the Romanian national football championship Divizia A from 1932. In their first season "U" finished first in its group and played the championship final against Ripensia Timișoara (0–0 and 3–5).

A statue of "U" Cluj's 1940s and 1950s captain Mircea Luca is in front of the Cluj Arena stadium.

In the first season of the Romanian Cup, in 1933–34, "U" reached the final, losing against Ripensia Timișoara (0–5). In 1940, "U" moved from Cluj to Sibiu as a result of the Second Vienna Award, when the northern part of Transylvania was ceded to Hungary. In 1942, "U" played in the final of the Romanian Cup for a second time and lost against Rapid București (1–7). In 1945, after the end of the Second World War and the return of the northern part of Transylvania to Romania, "U" returned to its home in Cluj.

In 1946, the name of the club was changed to Știința Cluj (English: Science Cluj). In 1949, the team reached the final of the Romanian Cup for the third time, but it was beaten by CSCA București—now called Steaua București (1–2).

At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, the manager of Știința Cluj was Ștefan Kovács—a famous Romanian coach who later became the manager of Ajax Amsterdam. In 1964–65, Știința Cluj won the Romanian Cup; this remained the greatest performance of the club for many years.

In 1966, the name of the team was changed back to "Universitatea". At the end of the 1971–1972 season, "U" was in the best position in the Romanian Championship Divizia A after the Second World War; it finished third in the league table, with the same number of points as the second placed team UTA Arad. In 1998, "U" reached the final of Cupa Ligii but lost to FCM Bacău. In 1999, "U" was relegated into the second Romanian division, Divizia B and in 2000 it was relegated for the first time in its history into the third division, Divizia C. It played one season in the third division, and in 2001 it was promoted back to Divizia B. The manager of the team at the time was the ex-Romanian international, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău—who started playing football in the 1980s at "U" Cluj.

In the 2005–06 Divizia B season, the new objective became promotion to the first league. Under coach Leo Grozavu, who often played highly defensive football, the team made many nil draws and the team lost second place (promotion play-off) by a point, though in the last match days they won 4–0 with the first place and the third, and 3–2 (after leading 3–0) with the 2nd place.

In the beginning of the 2006–07 Liga II season (Divizia B was renamed to Liga II in this season), a new manager, Adrian Falub—who had never coached before but had played over 220 matches for "U" Cluj in the first league—was hired. Under his lead, the team had a poor early season and only reached 8th position. Yet, the moment passed and the team reached 1st position, often separated by over 6 points from the next position. On 19 May 2007, virtual promotion was achieved after a 0–0 draw against second place contender Dacia Mioveni. Three weeks before the final match day, "U" ended its 8-year spell in the lower divisions, returning to the first league for the 52nd season in its history.

"U" Cluj players celebrating the promotion in the Liga I in 2007.

2007–08 Liga I season, first season of Liga I in last 8 years for "U" Cluj was a tough one, the club didn't manage very well the promotion and at the end of a tumultuous season the club finished on 18th place, the last one, with only 17 points, returning to Liga II.[2]

2008–09 Liga II season was a transition one and "U" saved from relegation to Liga III in the last round, after a 3–0 victory against Arieșul Turda while the main contra-candidate ACU Arad ended only 1–1 at home against Bihor Oradea, a match which was followed by a major scandal. Bihor Oradea accused ACU Arad of trying to fix the match, a victory being enough for the team from Arad to save from relegation.[3]

In the summer of 2009 "U" Cluj was taken over by Florian Walter, owner of Romprest Service which is one of the leaders of the facility management sector in Romania.[4] After only one season under the ownership of Walter, "U" Cluj promoted to Liga I finishing 2nd in the 2009–10 Liga II season.

In the new season, "U" Cluj demonstrated that was much better prepared from an administrative and sports point of view and managed to finish 2010–11 Liga I season on the 8th place, far away from the relegation area.

2011–12 Liga I season brought "U" to another area of its existence, well known and valuable players like Mircea Bornescu, George Galamaz, Gabriel Boștină, Marian Cristescu, Ovidiu Hoban, Gheorghe Grozav, Laurențiu Marinescu or Tony were bought by the club and the objective was qualification in the UEFA Europa League. Șepcile Roșii finished only on 7th place and failed to achieve the objective, but they got the best ranking of the club in the last 26 years.

In the summer of 2012, Florian Walter left "U" Cluj and becoming the owner of Petrolul Ploiești. Together with his departure, most valuable players left also the club and signed with the team from Ploiești.[5] Left without the main financier Alb-Negrii attempted to form a squad of competitive players with little money. In February 2013 club debts grew worrying and "U" went into insolvency.[6] Despite all the financial problems the team saved from relegation, finishing 12th at the end of 2012–13 season.

In the spring of 2013 Florian Walter announced that he will return at "U" Cluj.[7] At the end of the 2012–13 season a new problem shaken the already disturbed environment of "U" Cluj. License committee refused to license the club for the 2013–14 Liga I season and decided to relegate it to Liga II.[8] Șepcile Roșii contest the decision at CAS and won, assuring his presence in the next season of Liga I.[9] 2013–14 season it would once again be one without claims for "U" due to financial problems that the club had, also Florian Walter no longer seemed interested in investing too much in the team. With all the problems Studenții managed again to save from relegation, finishing 11th.

2014–15 Liga I season was a reorganization one, 6 teams relegated instead of 4, in attempt to reduce Liga I teams from 18 to 14. "U" Cluj struggled with its few resources until the very end, but at the end of the season the club was placed on 15th position and relegated to Liga II after its 5-year spell in Liga I.

The relegation in the Liga II was a real disaster for "U"'s already shaky financial situation. The club made a squad full of young players from the academy hoping that through the ambition of the young players and a miracle the team will promote back in Liga I after only one season of Liga II.[10] That was the only solution for saving the club, which was at that moment in insolvency for 2 years and a half and with an owner, Florian Walter, present only as a name in the papers, without investing in the club anyway and also being in international tracking for tax evasion and money laundering.[11] 2015–16 Liga II season was a season of extremes for "U" Cluj. In the first part of the championship the team had run over expectations and had great chances of promotion. But after the winter break the financial situation become worse and the team started to have bad results which ended with a qualification in the play-out tournament, without any chances of promotion. This moment was a crucial one, without any motivation the team ended the championship on 10th place and relegated to Liga III.[12]

Summer of 2016 it meant a new beginning for "U". With a sporting society in insolvency, with big chances of bankruptcy and an owner arrested for tax evasion and money laundering, there was no other solution than the formation of a new club. Cluj-Napoca Municipality which is the owner of "U" Cluj logo and record terminated the lease agreement with the company of Florian Walter. Than Cluj-Napoca Municipality together with Babeș-Bolyai University and "U" Cluj Supporters Association started a new project entitled ACSF Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni (ACSF White-Black of the Students from Cluj) a name that was given to the new team, because the society administered by Florian Walter was not yet bankrupt and the name of FC Universitatea Cluj could not belong to two companies. After the foundation of the new team Cluj-Napoca Municipality rented "U" logo and record to the new society.[13] The team was enrolled in Liga IV-Cluj County, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău has been named team manager and Marius Popescu the new coach. Șepcile Roșii also signed with a lot of valuable players like Octavian Abrudan, Alexandru Păcurar, Dorin Goga or Gabriel Giurgiu. Together with them in the team have been added the most talented players of "U" Cluj Football Academy and the objective was the promotion.[14] The project was a real success and Studenții won Liga IV without any problems, winning 26 matches and making only a draw in a match against Sticla Arieșul Turda. Also the team achieved the number of 1,000 contributing members and a lot of development projects are planned.[15][16][17]

On 29 September 2016 Walter's society, FC Universitatea Cluj, has gone bankrupt leaving the name free.[18] But the bankruptcy occurred after the starting of the 2016–17 Liga IV season, so the name remained ACSF Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni for that season. On 11 May 2017 was announced officially that from the 2017–18 season the team will return to the old name, FC Universitatea Cluj and also the basketball team will evolve under the same brand.[19][20]

Stadium

The club's home ground is the Cluj Arena, to which it moved in 2011.

Ion Moina Stadium, the first football and athletics stadium in Cluj-Napoca, was built between 1908 and 1911 and had a capacity of 1,500. The official inauguration in 1911 was a game between a Cluj team and Galatasaray Istanbul. It was the first game in Europe for Galatasaray; the Cluj team won 8–1. In 1961, new U-shaped stands were built and the capacity of the stadium became 28,000. In 2000, most of the stands were declared structurally unsafe for hosting supporters and were closed, leaving the stadium with a capacity of 12–13,000. In late 2008, the old "Ion Moina" Stadium was demolished, and building works begun for the Cluj Arena. The last official game at the old stadium was played on 22 November 2008; Universitatea drew 0–0 in their Liga II game with Mureșul Deva.[21]

During the construction works for the new stadium, Universitatea played its home games in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Liga II seasons at the Clujana Stadium and its home games in the 2010–11 Liga I season at the Cetate Stadium in Alba Iulia, Gloria Stadium in Bistrița and Gaz Metan Stadium in Mediaș.

On 11 October 2011, the first match at the new Cluj Arena stadium—a friendly between Universitatea and the Russian team Kuban Krasnodar—was played; Kuban won 4–0. On 16 October 2011, the first official match at the new stadium was played; Universitatea won the Liga I game against FC Brașov 1–0.

Support

"U" Cluj supporters during a First Division game (season 2011–12)

"U" has many supporters in Cluj-Napoca, but also in some other parts of Romania—especially in Transylvania. One of the reasons for the team's popularity is that Cluj-Napoca has some of Romania's most important universities—including the Babes-Bolyai University, the largest in the country with more than 45,000 students.[22]

The history of U's fanatic supporters began in the 1970s, when fan-groups started to appear on the stadium. First, in 1972 appeared Amicii U, one of the first supporters groups in Romania. The group started to compose songs along with Music Academy's students and wear accessories like the well-known red hats or pins with the club's crest. Those years, Slavă ție studenție was composed, being nowadays club's anthem.[23] After the fall of communist regime, the Ultras idea arrived in Romania. First ultras group founded was Vecchia Guardia in 1996, followed by Ultra Curva Groapa in 1997 and Ultras 19 in 2004.

Some of the present-day ultras groups of "U" Cluj are: VG (Vecchia Guardia), BOYS, MADS, UCG (Ultra Curva Groapa), FPU (The Few The Proud The Ultras), Fanatics, PPS (Prezenti pentru simbol), Black Devils, Zebras Mănăștur, SAN, F.O.R.T., Mănăștur Clan or Battalogne Gheorgheni. .[24]

The fanaticism sometimes led to violence, some violent episode being in 1979 when Sportul Studențesc won the match with "U" due to poor referee decisions. After the match, supporters began to shout thieves in front of the stadium and the police started to fight the angry fans.[23] Other episode happened in 2008, when CFR fans went to one of the main squares of the city to celebrate a Dinamo victory over Steaua, that advantage their team to win the league that year. Some Universitatea fans went to the square and had a fight with the rivals before police intervention.

Rivalries & Friendships

Main article: Cluj derby

"U" Cluj supporters during a Second Division game against CFR Cluj in 2003.

Universitatea have a rivalry with local city team CFR Cluj. The animosity between the teams is one of the oldest in Romanian football.[25] The first incidents between fans of the two sides occurred in the 1920s.[25] A particularly violent episode took place during a derby played in 1924, when the stadium had to be evacuated because of a large-scale fight between supporters. Universitatea won the match 2–1. Other episodes of this rivalry are: in 2005, upset by the fact that Universitatea lost a match against UTA Arad, "U" fans injured CFR players at the Sport Hotel in Cluj-Napoca;[26] in 2008, following a derby, CFR won and obtained its first league title and Universitatea relegated in Liga II, but this match was preceded by a corruption scandal, because Steaua București's owner, Gigi Becali, offered "U" staff one million euros for defeating CFR.[27] Another rivalries are Steaua București, Rapid București and UTA Arad.

Universitatea's fans have a good friendship with Dinamo's fans, the main rivals of FCSB and Rapid. Dinamo friendship started in the mid-1990s, both ultras groups being linked with "the mentality, fanaticism and nationalist side",[28] although in the 1970s and 1980s, "U" supporters had friendships with other important clubs fans, like Poli Timișoara or Rapid Bucureşti, these teams being the few that already had fan-groups.[23]

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

• Liga I
  • Runners-up (1): 1932–33
• Liga II
  • Winners (6): 1950, 1957–58, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1991–92, 2006–07
  • Runners-up (3): 1939–40, 1983–84, 2009–10
• Liga III
  • Winners (2): 2000–01, 2017–18
• Liga IV – Cluj County
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

Cups

• Cupa României
  • Winners (1): 1964–65
  • Runners-up (4): 1933–34, 1941–42, 1948–49, 2014–15
• Cupa Ligii
  • Runners-up (1): 1998

Junior Teams

The "U" Cluj Under 21 and Junior teams have always ranked among the best in the country and have won several National Championship titles:

• The Under-21s were Romanian champions 3 times in: 1962–63, 1970–71, 1971–72
• The Under-21s were Romanian champions 8 times in: 1955, 1956, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1973–74, 2000–01

Players

First team squad

As of 14 August 2020[29]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ROU Robert Neciu (on loan from Viitorul) 4 DF  ROU Răzvan Horj (on loan from CFR Cluj) 5 DF  ROU Tudor Vomir 6 DF  ROU Tudor Telcean 7 MF  ROU Sebastian Mailat (on loan from CFR Cluj) 9 FW  ROU Marius Coman 10 MF  ROU George Florescu 11 FW  ROU Alexandru Pop 13 DF  ROU Carol Taub 14 DF  MDA Artur Crăciun 17 MF  ROU Cătălin Ștefănescu 18 FW  ROU Dorin Goga (Captain) 19 MF  ROU Bogdan Barbu 20 MF  ROU Victor Dican 22 DF  ROU Dan Berci

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF  CPV Kay 33 GK  ROU Andrei Gorcea 42 DF  POR Inácio Miguel 77 MF  ROU Alin Văsălie 93 FW  ROU Cristian Gavra — GK  ROU Rareș Pop — GK  ROU Vlad Muțiu — DF  ROU Renato Imbrea — DF  ROU Laurențiu Rus — MF  ROU Andrei Cobârzan — MF  ROU Alexandru Negrean (on loan from Viitorul) — MF  ROU Daniel Novac — MF  ROU Daniel Pîrvulescu — MF  ROU Alexandru Roșca — MF  ISR Idan Golan

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ROU Mihai Forna

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ROU Mihai Cohan (to Comuna Recea) — DF  ROU Marius Potcoavă (to Comuna Recea)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Cosmin Berinde (to Comuna Recea) — FW  ROU Alexandru Oltean (to Comuna Recea)

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owners Cluj-Napoca Municipality Babeș-Bolyai University "U" Cluj Supporters Association Honorary President Remus Câmpeanu Executive President Radu Constantea Vice-President Cosmin Irimieș General Manager Daniel Stanciu Team Manager Zsolt Szilágyi Organizer of Competitions Marian Onicaș

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Adrian Falub Assistant Managers Marius Suller Lucian Turcu Goalkeeping Coach Mihai Nădăban Fitness Coach Ricardo Proietti Club Doctor Alexandru Buza Kinetotherapists Tudor Punteaș Claudiu Rogozan Masseur Mircea Moldovan

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Period	Shirt partner
2009–2014	Nike	2009–2014
2014–2019	Erima	2014–2015	Romprest
		2017–	IRUM
2019–	Adidas

Records and statistics

European cups all-time statistics

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	1	4	2	0	2	3	6	– 3
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	2	1	0	1	5	6	– 1
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	4	0	1	3	3	8	– 5
Total	3	10	3	1	6	11	20	– 9

History by season

Key

Pos = Final position P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals For GA = Goals Against Pts = Points

Div A / L1 = Liga I Div B / L2 = Liga II Div C / L3 = Liga III L4 = Liga IV p = Preliminary Round 1R = Round 1 2R = Round 2 3R = Round 3

4R = Round 4 5R = Round 5 GS = Group stage R32 = Round of 32 QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 SF = Semi-finals F = Final

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

The players in bold were the top goalscorers in the division.

Season	League									Cup	European Cup		Other		Top Goalscorer(s)		Notes	Name[30]
	Division[31]	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts						Name	Goals
1921–22	District	3rd	7	4	1	2	8	10	9	–								Universitatea Cluj
1922–23										–
1923–24		1st								–			Finals	QF
1924–25		1st	14	10	4	0	27	6	24	–			Finals	QF
1925–26		2nd	18	11	4	3	43	26	26	–
1926–27		1st	10	7	2	1	21	8	16	–			Finals	SF
1927–28		2nd								–
1928–29		2nd								–
1929–30		1st							16	–			Finals	SF
1930–31										–
1931–32		1st								–
1932–33	Div A	1st	12	8	2	2	24	15	18	–			Finals	F	Grațian Sepi	10	Foundation of the Romanian Football League system
1933–34		3rd	14	8	1	5	33	17	17	F					Grațian Sepi	14
1934–35		4th	22	12	1	9	36	34	25	R16					Silviu Ploeșteanu	8
1935–36		12th[32]	22	7	2	13	29	53	16	SF
1936–37		9th	22	8	2	12	38	62	18	QF					Silviu Ploeșteanu	8
1937–38		6th	18	7	2	9	33	50	20	R32
1938–39	Div B	3rd	18	9	3	6	30	21	21	p
1939–40		2nd	18	14	1	3	63	22	29	p
1940–41	Div A	11th	24	8	1	15	42	58	17	p					Sever Coracu	12	Moved to Sibiu due to Second Vienna Award	Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu
1941–42		SF[33]	3	2	0	1	13	6	–	F
1942–43		8th[33]	22	7	6	9	48	51	20	QF
1943–44		4th[33]	13	7	1	5	32	27	15	–					Sever Coracu	9
1944–45		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–					–	–		Universitatea Cluj
1945–46	District	1st								–
1946–47	Div A	9th	26	11	3	12	54	47	25	–					Sever Coracu	13
1947–48		4th	30	14	6	10	54	48	34	R16					Sever Coracu	8
1948–49		12th	26	7	5	14	31	49	19	F					Sever Coracu	10		C.S.U. Cluj
1950	Div B	1st	22	14	6	2	47	16	34	R16								Ştiinţa Cluj
1951	Div A	6th	22	8	5	9	32	36	21	R32					Silviu Avram	10
1952		5th	22	7	7	8	24	23	21	R16
1953		8th	21	7	4	10	24	31	18	SF
1954		5th	26	11	6	9	32	32	28	R32
1955		7th	24	8	7	9	27	35	23	R32
1956		12th	24	6	5	13	22	48	17	R16
1957	Div B	3rd	12	6	2	4	25	23	14	–
1957–58		1st	26	17	3	6	58	23	37	p
1958–59	Div A	11th	22	2	11	9	23	36	15	R16
1959–60		5th	22	7	10	5	34	32	24	QF					Viorel Mateianu	7
1960–61		4th	26	12	5	9	47	44	29	R32					Viorel Mateianu	11
1961–62		7th	26	10	6	10	46	44	26	R32					Petru Emil	8
1962–63		4th	27	11	7	9	42	44	29	R32					Mihai Adam	15
1963–64		9th	26	11	2	13	39	38	24	R32					Mihai Adam	10
1964–65		7th	26	9	6	11	40	38	24	W					Mihai Adam	18
1965–66		7th	26	8	10	8	34	35	26	R16	CWC	2R			Mihai Adam	8
1966–67		6th	26	9	8	9	31	30	26	R32					Mihai Adam	8		Universitatea Cluj
1967–68		10th	26	10	5	11	36	37	25	R16					Mihai Adam	15
1968–69		8th	30	13	4	13	47	39	30	QF					Vasile Oprea	18
1969–70		11th	30	9	10	11	40	37	28	R16					Mihai Adam	11
1970–71		12th	30	10	9	11	36	35	29	SF					Mihai Adam	12
1971–72		3rd	30	16	5	9	39	27	37	R16					Mihai Adam	10
1972–73		16th	30	7	9	14	25	50	23	QF	UEFA	1R
1973–74		10th	34	12	9	13	35	37	33	QF
1974–75		12th	34	12	9	13	29	38	33	QF
1975–76		18th	34	8	3	23	30	45	19	R16
1976–77	Div B	12th	34	14	4	16	37	40	32	p
1977–78		3rd	34	21	5	8	71	27	47	p
1978–79		1st	34	21	4	9	73	23	46	R32
1979–80	Div A	12th	34	14	4	16	44	43	32	R16					Septimiu Câmpeanu	24
1980–81		14th	34	14	4	16	47	57	32	R16					Septimiu Câmpeanu	19
1981–82		16th	34	11	8	15	34	49	30	R16					Septimiu Câmpeanu	11
1982–83	Div B	3rd	34	19	3	12	61	26	41	R32
1983–84		2nd	34	25	1	8	78	25	51	p
1984–85		1st	34	20	10	4	68	23	50	p
1985–86	Div A	7th	34	14	5	15	51	52	33	R16					Septimiu Câmpeanu	12
1986–87		10th	34	14	4	16	54	47	32	R32					Septimiu Câmpeanu	12
1987–88		10th	34	11	7	16	39	54	29	R32					Septimiu Câmpeanu	11
1988–89		14th	34	11	8	15	43	55	30	R32
1989–90		13th	34	10	9	15	40	60	29	R32					Imre Biro	9
1990–91		18th	34	5	6	23	26	67	16	R16
1991–92	Div B	1st	34	26	7	1	82	10	57[34]	p
1992–93	Div A	11th	34	14	2	18	43	51	30	QF					Marius Predatu	14
1993–94		12th	34	11	9	14	39	42	31	SF					Marius Popescu	6
1994–95		12th	34	13	4	17	39	42	43	SF					Marius Predatu	9
1995–96		9th	34	14	6	14	41	40	48	R32	IT	GS			Radu Sabo	12
1996–97		15th	34	11	6	17	52	67	39	QF					Ovidiu Maier	8
1997–98		13th	34	11	7	16	42	40	40	R32			League Cup	F	Marius Popescu	9
1998–99		17th	34	4	4	26	19	92	16	R16
1999–00	Div B	17th	34	6	6	22	30	76	24	4R					Daniel Dăscălescu Adrian Truşcă	5
2000–01	Div C	1st	28	20	5	3	65	19	65	p					Ioan Ovidiu Sabău	9
2001–02	Div B	10th	30	11	7	12	51	40	40	p					Ciprian Prodan	12
2002–03		9th	28	8	10	10	48	44	34	p					Dan Codreanu	14
2003–04		6th	30	15	7	8	49	28	52	p					Răzvan Cociş	12
2004–05		7th	28	12	4	12	41	33	40	R16					Emil Jula	11
2005–06		3rd	28	15	9	4	44	16	54	4R					Dorin Goga	9
2006–07	L2	1st	34	21	9	4	49	21	72	R32					Radu Sabo	10
2007–08	L1	18th	34	4	11	19	32	58	23	R16					Dorin Goga	8
2008–09	L2	14th	34	11	12	11	37	33	43[34]	R32					Flavius Băd	9
2009–10		2nd	32	20	7	5	60	24	67	4R					Valentin Lemnaru	13
2010–11	L1	8th	34	13	8	13	48	54	47	R16					Claudiu Niculescu	13
2011–12		7th	34	11	14	9	46	37	47	R32					Adrian Cristea	8
2012–13		12th	34	10	8	16	39	55	38	R32					Viorel Dinu	9
2013–14		11th	34	11	7	16	29	46	40	R32					Valentin Lemnaru	13
2014–15		15th	34	8	11	15	29	41	35	F			League Cup	QF	Justin Mengolo	5
2015–16	L2	10th	26	13	5	8	30	15	44	R32					Octavian Ursu	8
			10	3	3	4	11	13	28[35]
2016–17	L4	1st	28	27	1	0	167	9	82	2R			Cluj County Phase	W	Brian Lemac	48
2017–18	L3	1st	28	24	2	2	88	16	74	R16					Dorin Goga	16
2018–19	L2	3rd[36]	38	25	7	6	85	26	82	R16					Cristian Gavra	22
2019–20		13th	16	5	6	5	22	18	21	R16

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries at junior and/or senior level on through the time's passing. Additionally, these players have also had a significant number of caps and goals accumulated throughout a certain number of seasons for the club itself as well.

One-club men Dan Anca Remus Câmpeanu Traian Georgescu Mircea Luca Cristinel Pojar Zsolt Szilágyi Romania Octavian Abrudan Mihai Adam Imre Bíró Mircea Bornescu Aurel Boroș Gabriel Boştină Dan Bucşa Septimiu Câmpeanu Horațiu Cioloboc Raul Ciupe Sever Coracu Marcel Coraş Anton Doboş Bogdan Dolha Vasile Dobrău Adrian Falub George Florescu Romulus Gabor Vasile Gain Dorin Goga Aurel Guga Elemer Hirsch Ovidiu Hoban Octavian Ionescu Zoltán Ivansuc Emil Jula

Romania Vasile Jula Valentin Lemnaru Viorel Mateianu Alpar Meszaros Sebastian Moga Lică Movilă Andrei Mureşan Alexandru Mustățea Zsolt Muzsnay Cătălin Necula Mircea Neşu Claudiu Niculescu Cornel Orza Emil Petru Silviu Ploeșteanu Adrian Popa Octavian Popescu Marius Predatu Florin Prunea Ioan Sabău Radu Sabo Graţian Sepi Andrei Sepci Lazăr Sfera Rareş Soporan Constantin Ștefan Marius Suller János Székely Emil Szolomajer Bogdan Unguruşan Călin Zanc Dorin Zotincă

Brazil Fábio Bilica Gabriel Machado Montenegro Milan Jovanović Poland Łukasz Szukała Portugal Nuno Viveiros Slovakia Robert Veselovsky South Korea Park Jae-hong

Former managers

Adalbert Molnár (1932–1933) Otto Eckhardt (1933–1934) Fritsch (1934–1935) Iosif Kovács (1935–1936) Adalbert Kovács (1937) Ferenc Nyúl (1937) I. Szaniszló (1938–??) Maeltus (1944–??) Markos Nagy (1946) Nicolae Kovács (1946–47) Nicolae Munteanu (1947–48) Ștefan Cîrjan (1948) Andrei Sepci (1949) Iuliu Baratky (1949–50) Ștefan Kovács (1952) Vasile Gain (1953) Ștefan Kovács (1954–55) Petre Rădulescu (1955) Ștefan Kovács (1956) Nicolae Munteanu (1956) Ștefan Kovács (1957–58) Nicolae Szoboszlay (1958) Virgil Mărdărescu (1958–59) Andrei Sepci (1959–61) Nicolae Szoboszlay (1961–62) Constantin Rădulescu (1962–63) Mircea Luca (1963) Andrei Sepci (1964–66) Eugen Mladin (1966–67) Nicolae Szoboszlay (1967) Constantin Teașcă (1968) Ștefan Cîrjan (1969–70) Andrei Sepci (1970–71) Ștefan Onisie (1971–73) Silviu Avram (1973–74) Vasile Băluțiu (1974–75) Constantin Rădulescu (1976–77)

Petre Moldoveanu (1977–79) Teodor Pop (1979) Gheorghe Staicu (1979–81) Angelo Niculescu (1981–82) Remus Vlad (1985–88) Cornel Dinu (1989) Dan Anca (October 1989 – March 1990) Ștefan Sameș (1990) Ion Ciocan (1990) Vasile Iordache (1990) Ioan Sdrobiș (1991) Remus Vlad (1992–93) Dan Anca (October 1993–94) Ioan Andone (1994 –1995) Tiberiu Poraczky (1995) Dan Anca (October 1995–97) Adrian Coca (1997) Cornel Țălnar (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998) Tiberiu Poraczky (1998) Dan Anca (Dec 1998–99) Tiberiu Poraczky (1999–2000) Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (10 January 2000 – 30 June 2001) Stelian Gherman (2001–02) Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (2003) Mircea Cojocaru (2003 – 4 July 2004) Marin Ion (July 2004 – 5 July 2005) Leontin Grozavu (July 2005–06) Adrian Falub (1 July 2006 – 7 October 2007) Gheorghe Mulțescu (19 October 2007 – 16 December 2007) Alpar Meszaros (8 January 2008 – 20 August 2008) Marius Popescu (August 2008) Dorinel Munteanu (26 August 2008 – 26 October 2008) Gheorghe Mihali (October 2008 – 9 April 2009)

Dorinel Munteanu (31 March 2009 – 30 June 2009) Carmelo Palilla (July 2009 – 9 August) Marius Popescu (August 2009) Cornel Țălnar (29 August 2009 – 4 October 2009) Cristian Dulca (5 October 2009 – 15 June 2010) Marian Pană (16 June 2010 – 8 November 2010) Claudiu Niculescu (November 2010) Ionuț Badea (19 November 2010 – 14 March 2012) Claudiu Niculescu (14 March 2012 – 23 July 2012) Cristian Dulca (26 July 2012 – 1 October 2012) Marius Popescu (interim) (1 October 2012 – 8 November 2012) Marius Șumudică (9 November 2012 – 15 November 2012) Marius Popescu (15 November 2012 – 1 February 2013) Ionel Ganea (1 February 2013 – 30 September 2013) Gheorghe Barbu (interim) (2 October 2013 – 23 October 2013) Mihai Teja (23 October 2013 – 4 September 2014) George Ogăraru (4 September 2014 – 2 March 2015) Adrian Falub (2 March 2015 – 30 June 2015) Marius Popescu (27 July 2015 – 27 October 2015) Mihai Teja (29 October 2015 – 9 April 2016) Zsolt Szilágyi (2016) Ovidiu Sărmăşan^c (2016) Marius Popescu (2016–17) Adrian Falub (2017–18) Mircea Cojocaru^c (2018) Bogdan Lobonț (2018–19) Cristian Dulca (2019) Adrian Falub (2019)

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32. Won the Relegation play-off against ILSA Timișoara (5–1 agg)
33. Unofficial championship.
34. Deducted two points.
35. Points halved after the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled. Entered the play-out with 16 points.
36. Lost the Promotion play-off against FC Hermannstadt (1–2 agg)

External links

• Official website
• Club profile on UEFA's official website