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| 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 Constantea | ||
| Head coach | Ioan Sabău | ||
| League | Liga I | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga I, 10th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://fcuniversitateacluj.ro/ | ||
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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.
- ^ "Universitatea Cluj – Site-ul oficial al echipei de fotbal FC Universitatea Cluj". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2017.