Cluj University was founded immediately after the Great Union, in 1919, as an expression of Romanianism in Transylvania. The main catalyst for the emergence of the club was Iuliu Hațieganu, who today gives his name to the University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the University Sports Park in the city.

The “U” (as the team is known) gave the captain of the Romanian national team, Guga from Banat, the first match in the history of the “tricolor” in 1922.

In 1940, after the Vienna Dictatorship, “U” chose to move to Sibiu to stay in Romania, returning to Cluj after the war.

Although they played in the finals of the first D1 divisional (1933) and Romanian Cup (1934), the “red hats” (the team’s nickname, although the colours are black and white) won only one trophy over the years, the Romanian Cup in 1965.

It participated in two seasons in the European Cups, in 1965 in the Cup Winners’ Cup and in the UEFA Cup in 1972.

After going into insolvency and playing in the Romanian Cup final in 2015, the club went bankrupt in 2016, but was re-established the same year as ACSF Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni, and registered in D4.

Since 2017 it has returned to the legendary name of University. After two consecutive promotions, “U” is now in League II, being one of the main candidates for promotion.

They play at the ultramodern Cluj Arena stadium (30,596 seats) in Cluj-Napoca, inaugurated in 2011 on the site of the team’s former stadium, Ion Moina.

Even after the fantastic series of successes of its fellow countrywoman CFR Cluj in recent years, ‘U’ has remained the historic champion team of Transylvania.

In 2019, “U” celebrated its centenary, which this year Politehnica will also do!

Photo: FC Universitatea Cluj