FC Universitatea Cluj

Universitatea Cluj, short and U Cluj is a Romanian sports club from Cluj- Napoca. The football section of the club won in 1965, the Romanian football cup and enters since 2010 in the top division, the League 1, on. In addition to football, the most important departments of the club rugby, basketball, handball, volleyball and athletics. The soccer players are şepcile rosii ( red caps ) because earlier the medical students wore red caps in Cluj as part of their uniform.

History

Universitatea Cluj was founded by students of the universities in Cluj in September 1919. The first president of the club was Professor Iuliu Haţieganu. In the first years U Cluj played mostly in regional competitions, before the club was in season 1932/33, founding member of the new Romanian professional league, the Divizia A. After the first initial successes ( runner-up in 1933, participation in the Cup final in 1934 ) the club fell in the league back more and more and had to stay in 1938 for the first time in Divizia B.

After the Second Vienna Award in 1940, the club had to switch to Sibiu, Cluj because from now on ( until 1947 ) was one of Hungary. After the Second World War, the club returned to his hometown.

1948 changed its name to U Cluj first in CSU Cluj, a year later in StiinTa Cluj on. From 1952 to 1959 StiinTa was trained by Ştefan Kovács, who was the first Romanian coach with Ajax Amsterdam training a top European club later. In the season 1964/65 StiinTa was his biggest club celebrating success, as the Romanian Cup was won. Subsequently, the team played with in the European Cup winners and reached the second round.

In 1966 is again a name change and the club took back to his old name Universitatea Cluj. In the 1971/72 season U Cluj achieved the best result in Divizia A by the club reached the third place. However, in the UEFA Cup the team was eliminated in the first round.

End of the 1990s followed the descent of the Divizia A in 1999 and then a further descent into Divizia C in 2000, the first time belonged to the club in the following season in their history. After only one year succeeded under coach Ioan Sabău, who began his football career in Cluj, the immediate resurgence. In the following season 2001/ 02 Stelian Gherman was for five games, but in which no victory could be won, coach of the team.

June 30, 2006 took over with Adrian Falub another former player and the team led U Cluj in the 2006/07 season back in League 1 after the first ten championship games in which U Cluj had remained winless, Falub however, on 6 October. , 2007 dismissed and replaced on 12 October 2007 by Gheorghe Mulţescu. On January 8, 2008 Mulţescu was itself replaced by Alpár Mészáros, which coincided with Stelian Gherman also the owner of a valid Pro coaching license was engaged as technical director. At the end of the 2007/ 08 rose from Universitatea Cluj in the Liga II and Gherman had to leave the club on 11 July 2008. After the home defeat on the opening day of the new season also coach Mészáros the interim coach Marius Popescu was released on 20 August 2008 and replaced on 26 August 2008 Dorinel Munteanu. 26 October 2008 Munteanu left the club to hire at Steaua Bucharest. His previous assistant coach Gheorghe Mihali took over as coach until April 2009, when Munteanu returned for two months as a trainer at Universitatea Cluj.

On 8 July 2009, the Italians Carmelo Palilla was hired as successor Dorinel Munteanu, but after just three official games had to vacate his chair coach on August 25, 2009. After short-term sporting director Marius Popescu had stepped in again as a coach, was on 30 August 2009, he was Cornel Ţălnar introduced as the new coach. But Ţălnar who had Universitatea Cluj already cared for in the 1997/98 season, the expectations could not meet and so the fourth coach was with Cristian Dulca 4 October 2009 committed in the course of the first round in 2009/10. In January 2010 came with Viorel Hizo added as technical director. Under the leadership of the two who had already worked with FC Vaslui, the club managed in 2010 to re- promotion to the League 1 After Florian Walter, a patron of Universitatea Cluj, immediately after the end of the season Marian Pană was discontinued in June 2010 as the new technical director, took this in mid-July 2010, the training of the first team since Dulca did not have the necessary UEFA Pro license. Dulca had to change in the youth field and left the club in October 2010 in the direction of Delta Tulcea. Pană announced his contract on 8 November 2010 and striker Claudiu Niculescu took over for two games and the coach office before with Ionut Badea, a new head coach was unveiled on 19 November 2010. On March 13, 2012 Badea resigned after he had refused to withdraw the exclusion of Gabriel Boştină from the player squad to pressure the patron Florian Walter. His successor Claudiu Niculescu was re-appointed, who was also still active as a player. In addition, Emil Ursu, the former coach of third division club CS Buftea, as a manager obliged, as Niculescu did not possess the necessary coaching license.

Achievements

  • Romanian Cup Winners: 1965
  • Romanian runner-up: 1933
  • Knockout round in Europe Cup Winners' Cup: 1966
  • Cup finalist: 1934, 1942, 1949

In the youth field U Cluj is one of the best of Romania and was already gaining some titles:

  • Romanian Under-21 champion: 1963, 1971, 1972
  • Romanian Junior Champion: 1955, 1956, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 2001

Known player

Former coach

  • Romania Anca Dan ( October 1989 to March 1990, October 1993 and the summer of 1994, October 1995 to the summer of 1997, in December 1998 to summer 1999 )
  • Romania Cornel Ţălnar ( 1997-1998, August 30, 2009 to October 4, 2009 )
  • Romania Ioan Sabău (2000 to summer 2001, summer 2003 to 2003)
  • Romania Stelian Gherman (2001 to 2002)
  • Romania Mircea Cojocaru (2003 to July 2004)
  • Romania Ion Marin (July 2004 to 8 July 2005)
  • Romania Leontin Grozavu (July 8, 2005 to Summer 2006)
  • Romania Adrian Falub (30 June 2006 to 6 October 2007)
  • Romania Gheorghe Mulţescu (October 12, 2007 to January 8, 2008 )
  • Romania Alpár Mészáros (8 January 2008 and 20 August 2008)
  • Romania Marius Popescu (August 20, 2008 to August 26, 2008, August 25, 2009 to August 30, 2009, from October 2012 to November 2012, November 2012-February 2013 )
  • Romania Dorinel Munteanu (August 26, 2008 to October 26, 2008 April 2009-June 2009 )
  • Romania Gheorghe Mihali (26th October 2008 to April 2009 )
  • Italy Carmelo Palilla (8 July 2009 to 25 August 2009)
  • Romania Cristian Dulca (4th October 2009 to July 2010, July 2012-October 2012 )
  • Romania Marian Pană (July 2010 to November 8, 2010)
  • Romania Claudiu Niculescu ( 8 November 2010 to 19 November 2010 14 March 2012 to July 2012 )
  • Romania Ionut Badea (November 19, 2010 to March 13, 2012 )
  • Romania Marius Şumudică ( November 2012 )
  • Ioan Viorel Ganea Romania ( February 2013-September 2013 )
  • Romania Gheorghe Barbu ( October 2013 )
  • Romania Mihai Teja (since October 2013)

Fans

The fans of U Cluj are spread all over Romania, especially in Transylvania. One reason for the large following is the fact that in Cluj-Napoca, many universities are located: visit while studying the home games and are distributed after the conclusion of the whole country.

Cluj Arena 2012–13 Liga I 1932–33 Divizia A 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 Divizia A 1972–73 UEFA Cup Liga III 2007–08 Liga I 1997–98 Divizia A 2009–10 Liga II 2013–14 Liga I CFR Cluj FC Astra Giurgiu
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