FC Universitatea Cluj
Full name | Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj | ||
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Short name | U Cluj | ||
Founded | 23 November 1919 as Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari 2016 (refounding) as ACSF 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 Costantea | ||
Head coach | Ioan Sabău | ||
League | Liga I | ||
2022–23 | Liga I, 10th of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Asociația Sportivă 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, that competes in the Liga I.
Founded in 1919 by doctor Iuliu Hațieganu, Universitatea Cluj has spent more than half of its history in the top flight, but never became national champion. It has played six Cupa României finals under four names, and won the trophy in the 1964–65 season after a 2–1 defeat of Dinamo Pitești. Once considered the most important side in the region of Transylvania, its status has been threatened in the 21st century by the success of CFR Cluj, with whom it contests the Cluj derby.
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 team traditionally plays in white and black kits, although variations of red, maroon and gold have been used in the past. Its home ground is Cluj Arena, which was opened in 2011 and can host around 30,000 spectators.
History
The Universitatea sports club of Cluj was founded on 23 November 1919 by the "Sports Society of University Students" (Romanian: Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari—abbreviated to "U"), the press from Cluj wrote an announcement that day:"With patriotic warmth for every young Romanian university student to hold on to a holy duty to join the sports lists that are at the University's Secretariat".[2][3] Its first chairman was Professor Iuliu Hațieganu, a physician and politician who in 1932 said:"Our goal is not to create champions, but healthy people. Not record, but harmony, not hate, but camaraderie; not personal victory, but the victory of the nation; don't speculate, but sacrifice".[4] On 16 May 1920, the team played its first game, a 3–1 win over Gloria Arad with goals scored by Crâsnic II, Târla and Vatian, the first 11 being: Mihai Tripa – Aurel Guga, Eugen Metainu – Brutus Ratiu, Ioan Nichin, Petrila Petica, Arcadie Crâsnic I – Sabin Vatianu, Eugen Crâsnic II, Sabin Târla, Nicolae Gruescu.[4] In addition to participating in the first regional championships, "U" stands out as the first Romanian team to perform in an international tournament. It happened in 1923, Cluj playing with some of the most important teams from France, Italy and Yugoslavia: 0–5 Stade Francaise, 4–2 with Lyon, 3–0 with Grenoble Etudiant Club, 0–1 with Politehnica Turin and 1–2 with HAŠK Zagreb.[4]
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
The first notable
In 1946, the name of the club was changed to
At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, the manager of Știința Cluj was
In 1966, the name of the team was changed back to "Universitatea". At the end of the
In the beginning of the
Name | Period |
Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari Cluj | 1919–1940 |
Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu | 1940–1945 |
Știința Cluj | 1946–1948 |
CSU Cluj | 1948–1950 |
Știința Cluj | 1950–1966 |
Universitatea Cluj | 1966-1994 |
AS FC Universitatea Cluj | 1994–2015 |
ACS Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni | 2016–2017 |
FC Universitatea Cluj | 2017–present |
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.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19] After only one season under the ownership of Walter, "U" Cluj promoted to Liga I finishing second 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 eighth 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 seventh 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
In the spring of 2013 Florian Walter announced that he will return at "U" Cluj.[22] 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.[23] Șepcile Roșii contest the decision at CAS and won, assuring his presence in the next season of Liga I.[24] 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.
"Universitatea Cluj won and lost when no one expected. Even its victory in the Cupa României is the result of some calendar coincidences, when the students found the maximum form through the laws of chance. "U" tried several times to be more more than it can. It tried to forget what it was. It tried, in the last resort, to stop being "U", sacrificing the lovely black horseshoe on its student chest, in the name of wanting to be what it could never be. Universitatea Cluj will always be just a champion of unsettled enthusiasms. Can there be a more beautiful title?"
–Former "U" Cluj captain, Mircea Luca's analysis about the club[4]
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.[25] 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.[26] 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 tenth place and relegated to Liga III.[27]
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.[28] 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.[29] 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.[30][31][32]
On 29 September 2016 Walter's society, FC Universitatea Cluj, has gone bankrupt leaving the name free.[33] 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
Stadium
During the construction works for the new stadium, Universitatea played its home games in the
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 and Kuban won 4–0; the game was also the retirement match for one-club man, Cristinel Pojar who played a few minutes for "U".[37][38][39][40][41] The first official match at the new stadium was played; Universitatea won the Liga I game against FC Brașov 1–0 on 16 October 2011.[42]
Support
"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 Babeș-Bolyai University, the largest in the country with more than 45,000 students.[43]
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
Some of the present-day ultras groups of "U" Cluj are: Groparii, VG (Vecchia Guardia), BOYS, MADS, FPU (The Few The Proud The Ultras), Potaissa, PPS (Prezenti pentru simbol), MNST (Mănăștur). .[45]
The fanaticism sometimes led to violence, some violent episode being in 1979 when
Rivalries and Friendships
Universitatea have a rivalry with local city team
The second-most important rivalry is against FC Rapid București due serious clashes between fans in 2006, 2011, 2019. Another rivalries are Steaua București,
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",[49] although in the 1970s and 1980s, "U" supporters had friendships with other important clubs fans, like Poli Timișoara or Rapid București, these teams being the few that already had fan-groups.[44]
Honours
Domestic
Leagues
Cups
- Cupa României
- Winners (1): 1964–65
- Runners-up (5):
- 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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Club officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
Period | Kit manufacturer | Period | Shirt partner |
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2009–2014 | Nike | 2010–2015 | Romprest |
2014–2019 | Erima | ||
2017– | IRUM | ||
2019– | Adidas | 2020– | Superbet |
Records and statistics
European cups all-time statistics
Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup | ||
Round 1 | ||
Wiener Neustädter | 0–1 | Știința Cluj |
Știința Cluj | 2–0 | Wiener Neustädter |
Round 2 | ||
Știința Cluj | 0–2 | Atlético Madrid |
Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | Știința Cluj |
1972–73 UEFA Cup | ||
Round 1 | ||
Știința Cluj | 4–1 | Levski Sofia |
Levski Sofia | 5–1 | Știința Cluj |
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup | ||
Group stage | ||
HB Tórshavn | 0–0 | Universitatea Cluj |
Universitatea Cluj | 0–1 | Tromsø |
Germinal Ekeren | 4–1 | Universitatea Cluj |
Universitatea Cluj | 2–3 | Aarau |
History by season
Key
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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)[54] | Notes | Name[55] | |||||||||||
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Division[56][57][58] | Pos | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Name | Goals | ||||||||
1921 | District | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | – | Universitatea Cluj | |||||||
1921–22 | 4th | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | – | Nicolae Bonciocat | 4 | |||||||
1922–23 | 5th | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 11 | – | Nicolae Bonciocat/Aurel Guga | 4 | |||||||
1923–24 | 1st | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 18 | – | Finals | QF | Nicolae Bonciocat | 6 | |||||
1924–25 | 1st | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 24 | – | Finals | QF | Nicolae Bonciocat | 5 | |||||
1925–26 | 2nd | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 26 | – | Nicolae Bonciocat | 14 | |||||||
1926–27 | 1st | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 16 | – | Finals | SF | Aurel Blaj | 8 | |||||
1927–28 | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 12 | – | Vasile Giurgiu | 14 | |||||||
1928–29 | 2nd | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 17 | – | Vasile Giurgiu | 8 | |||||||
1929–30 | 1st | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 16 | – | Finals | SF | Vasile Giurgiu | 12 | |||||
1930–31 | 1st | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 15 | – | Grațian Sepi | 7 | |||||||
1931–32 | 1st | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9 | – | Grațian Sepi | 9 | |||||||
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/Cornel Orza | 8 | |||||||
1935–36 | 12th[59] | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 53 | 16 | SF | Ion Păunescu | 8 | |||||||
1936–37 | 9th | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 62 | 18 | QF | Janos Szaniszlo | 13 | |||||||
1937–38 | 6th | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 50 | 16 | R32 | Petre Truță/Petru Draga | 8 | |||||||
1938–39 | Div B | 3rd | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 21 | p | Emil Țiereanu | 13 | ||||||
1939–40 | 2nd | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 22 | 29 | p | Paul Wieser | 25 | |||||||
1940–41 | Div A | 11th | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 42 | 58 | 17 | p | Hariton Dascălu | 14 | Moved to Sibiu due to Second Vienna Award |
Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu | ||||
1941–42 | Bessarabia Cup | SF[60] | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | – | F | ||||||||
1942–43 | War Championship | 8th[60] | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 51 | 20 | QF | Hariton Dascălu | 22 | ||||||
1943–44 | 4th[60] | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 15 | – | Hariton Dascălu | 11 | |||||||
1944–45 | No championship | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Universitatea Cluj | |||||
1945–46 | District | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | – | ||||||||
1946–47 | Div A | 9th | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 47 | 25 | – | Hariton Dascălu | 17 | ||||||
1947–48 | 4th | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 48 | 34 | R16 | Hariton Dascălu | 18 | |||||||
1948–49 | 12th | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 50 | 19 | F | Sever Coracu | 10 | C.S.U. Cluj | ||||||
1949 | Autumn Cup | 5th[60] | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | – | Iosif Lutz | 4 | ||||||
1950 | Div B | 1st | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 34 | R16 | Silviu Avram | 12 | Știința 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 | Alexandru Moldovan/Miron Dragoman | 6 | |||||||
1953 | 8th | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 18 | SF | Silviu Avram | 12 | |||||||
1954 | 5th | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 28 | R32 | Miron Dragoman | 9 | |||||||
1955 | 7th | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 23 | R32 | Miron Dragoman | 9 | |||||||
1956 | 12th | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 17 | R16 | Miron Dragoman | 6 | |||||||
1957 | Spring Cup | 3rd[60] | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 14 | – | Horațiu Moldovan | 8 | ||||||
1957–58 | Div B | 1st | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 23 | 37 | p | Horațiu Moldovan | 14 | ||||||
1958–59 | Div A | 11th | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 15 | R16 | Horațiu Moldovan | 6 | ||||||
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/Paul Marcu | 11 | |||||||
1961–62 | 7th | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 44 | 26 | R32 | Paul Marcu | 13 | |||||||
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 | Ion Mureșan | 11 | |||||||
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 | Zoltán Ivansuc | 9 | 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 | Viorel Mureșan | 6 | |||||
1973–74 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 33 | QF | Viorel Mureșan | 8 | |||||||
1974–75 | 12th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 33 | QF | Alexa Uifăleanu | 7 | |||||||
1975–76 | 18th | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 30 | 45 | 19 | R16 | Ion Batacliu | 8 | |||||||
1976–77 | Div B | 12th | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 40 | 32 | p | Septimiu Câmpeanu | 7 | ||||||
1977–78 | 3rd | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 27 | 47 | p | Vasile Vidican | 16 | |||||||
1978–79 | 1st | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 73 | 23 | 46 | R32 | Septimiu Câmpeanu | 19 | |||||||
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 | Nicolae Bucur | 14 | ||||||
1983–84 | 2nd | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 78 | 25 | 51 | p | Cornel Fâșic | 21 | |||||||
1984–85 | 1st | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 50 | p | Septimiu Câmpeanu | 11 | |||||||
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 | Zoltán Kádár | 9 | |||||||
1989–90 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 60 | 29 | R32 | Imre Bíró | 9 | |||||||
1990–91 | 18th | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 67 | 16 | R16 | Marian Alexandru | 6 | |||||||
1991–92 | Div B | 1st | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 82 | 10 | 57[61] | p | Nicolae Ilea | 16 | ||||||
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 Predatu | 13 | |||||||
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 | Marius Predatu | 5 | |||||||
1999–00 | Div B | 17th | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 76 | 24 | 4R | Daniel Dăscălescu/Adrian Trușcă | 5 | ||||||
2000–01 | Div C | 1st | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 65 | p | Alexandru Păcurar | 11 | ||||||
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 |
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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[61] | 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[62] | ||||||||||||
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[63] | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 26 | 82 | R16 | Cristian Gavra | 22 | ||||||
2019–20 | 14th | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 27 | R16 | Dorin Goga | 5 | |||||||
2020–21 | 11th | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 29 | QF | Idan Golan | 5 | |||||||
2021–22 | 3rd[64] | 29 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 23 | 57 | Fourth round | Alexandru Boiciuc | 6 | |||||||
2022–23 | L1 | 10th | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 34 | F | Mamadou Thiam | 9 | ||||||
9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33[65] |
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.
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Former managers
- Adalbert Kovács (1932)
- Otto Eckhardt (1933)
- Adalbert Molnár (1933–34)
- Fritsch (1934–35)
- Iosif Kovács (1935–36)
- Otto Eckhardt (1936)
- Janos Szaniszló (1937)
- Adalbert Kovács (1937–38)
- Janos Szaniszló (1938)
- Onoriu Chețanu (1938)
- Ferenc Nyúl (1938–39)
- Janos Szaniszló (1939–40)
- Iosif Kovács (1940–41)
- Onoriu Chețanu (1941–42)
- Maertens (1942–1944)
- Markos Imre (1946)
- Nicolae Kovács (1946–47)
- Nicolae Munteanu (1947–48)
- Ștefan Cârjan (1948)
- Andrei Sepci (1949)
- Iuliu Baratky (1949–51)
- Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1951)
- Ștefan Kovács (1952)
- Vasile Gain (1953)
- Ștefan Kovács (1954–55)
- Petre Rădulescu (1955)
- Ștefan Kovács (1956)
- Nicolae Munteanu (1956)
- Nicolae Szoboszlay (1957)
- Ștefan Kovács (1957–58)
- Virgil Mărdărescu (1958–59)
- Andrei Sepci (1959–61)
- Neța Gheorghe (1961–62)
- Constantin Rădulescu (1962–63)
- Andrei Sepci (1963)
- Mircea Luca (1964)
- Andrei Sepci (1964–66)
- Eugen Mladin (1966–67)
- Nicolae Szoboszlay (1967)
- Constantin Teașcă (1968)
- Ștefan Cârjan (1969–70)
- Silviu Avram (1970)
- Andrei Sepci (1970–71)
- Vasile Băluțiu (1971)
- Ștefan Onisie (1971–73)
- Mircea Luca (1973)
- Silviu Avram (1973–74)
- Vasile Băluțiu (1974–75)
- Paul Popescu (1975–76)
- Constantin Rădulescu (1976–77)
- Petre Moldoveanu (1977–78)
- Toader Pop (1979)
- Gheorghe Staicu (1980–81)
- Angelo Niculescu (1981–83)
- Constantin Ardeleanu (1983)
- Remus Vlad (1983–85)
- Alexa Uifăleanu (1985)
- Remus Vlad (1985–88)
- Cornel Dinu (1989)
- Dan Anca (October 1989 – March 1990)
- Ștefan Sameș (1990)
- Ion Ciocan (1990)
- Vasile Iordache (1990)
- Ioan Sdrobiș (1991–92)
- Remus Vlad (1992–93)
- Dan Anca (1993–94)
- Ioan Andone (1994–95)
- Dan Anca (1995–97)
- Adrian Coca (1997)
- Cornel Țălnar (1997–98)
- Tiberiu Poraczky (1998)
- Dan Anca (Dec 1998–99)
- Marcel Lăzăreanu (1999)
- Grigore Boca (1999)
- Alexa Uifăleanu (1999)
- Zoltan Iașko (1999)
- Petre Gigiu (2000)
- Mircea Cojocaru (2000)
- Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (2000–01)
- Mihai Marian (2001)
- Cristian Mustacă (2001)
- Vasile Gheorghe (2002)
- Dan Anca (2002)
- Vasile Gheorghe (2002)
- Dan Anca (2002–03)
- Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (2003)
- Mircea Cojocaru (2003 – 4 July 2004)
- Marin Ion (July 2004 – 5 July 2005)
- Leontin Grozavu (July 2005–06)
- Francisc Dican (2006)
- 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)
- Marius Popescu (2009)
- Dorinel Munteanu (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 – 2010)
- Viorel Hizo (2010)
- Cristian Dulca (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 Sărmăşanc (2016)
- Marius Popescu (1 July 2016 – 16 September 2017)
- Adrian Falub (20 September 2017 – 18 October 2018)
- Mircea Cojocaruc (19 October 2018 – 8 December 2018)
- Bogdan Lobonț (8 December 2018 – 14 June 2019)
- Cristian Dulca (20 June 2019 – 2 September 2019)
- Adrian Falub (4 September 2019 – 14 September 2020)
- Costel Enache (17 September 2020 – 10 May 2021)
- Erik Lincar (11 May 2021 – 24 August 2022)
- Eugen Neagoe (25 August 2022 – 31 December 2022)
- Ioan Ovidiu Sabău(1 January 2023 – 30 May 2023)
- Anton Petrea (9 June 2023 – 24 August 2023)
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- ^ Technical staff
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"Romania 1931/32". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 13 March 2024. - ^ Won the Relegation play-off against ILSA Timișoara (5–1 agg)
- ^ a b c d e Unofficial championship.
- ^ a b Deducted two points.
- ^ Points halved after the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled. Entered the play-out with 16 points.
- ^ Lost the Promotion play-off against FC Hermannstadt (1–2 agg)
- ^ Win the Promotion play-off against Dinamo București (3–1 agg)
- ^ Points halved after the regular season.
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External links
- Official website
- Club profile on UEFA.com