CFF Clujana was an
association football
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club from
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
in
Romania
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. Clujana's women's football team played in the top domestic league and has won seven consecutive
Romanian national championships and four
domestic cups.
History
CFF Clujana was founded in 2001 by the businessman Florin Chelaru in collaboration with Mirel and
Teodora Albon. The team manages to win its first title in 2003 and proceeded to establish itself as the most successful Romanian women's football team of the 2000s, being champions for seven consecutive years between 2003 and 2009, and winning four
Romanian Cups.
In 2009, the coach, Mirel Albon, the brain behind the team's success, left the club due to increasingly divergent views with Chelaru. Next year, Albon proceeded to form his own club, taking with him a significant part of Clujana's top players. In the two seasons that followed, rivals Olimpia won the title, while Clujana finished in the bottom part of the championship.
The women's football side ceased in 2012. The parent club was still active in 2018, having a male futsal team since 2005 under the same name CFF Clujana, even though CFF is short for "Women's Football Club",
as Chelaru did not bother to officially change the name.
The full name of the club is "Clubul de Fotbal Feminin Clujana Cluj-Napoca", or CFF Clujana Cluj-Napoca. For a while, it was known as CFF Clujana Protherm Cluj-Napoca for sponsorship reasons.
Honours
Leagues
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Liga I
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**Winners (7):
2002–03,
2003–04,
2004–05,
2005–06,
2006–07,
2007–08,
2008–09
Cups
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Romanian Women's Cup
**Winners (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
**Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
Season by season
Notable former players
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Teodora Albon
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Mara Bâtea
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Georgiana Birțoiu
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Ioana Bortan
*
Cosmina Dușa
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Maria Ficzay
*
Adina Giurgiu
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Daniela Gurz
*
Andreea Laiu
*
Corina Olar
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Elena Pavel
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Florentina Spânu
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Raluca Sârghe
Monica Raluca Sârghe Simes is a former Romanian women's soccer, football player and current manager. She helped her teams win eight championships in Romania and five in Turkey also amassing 40 appearances in the UEFA Champions League as well as ...
*
Ștefania Vătafu
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Andreea Voicu
Andreea Voicu (born 16 January 1996) is a Romanian football defender currently playing for FCU Olimpia Cluj. She played most of her career in the First League for Olimpia Cluj, with which she has also played the Champions League. She made h ...
References
External links
CFF Clujana- official website
{{Football in Romania
Sport in Cluj-Napoca
Association football clubs established in 2001
Women's football clubs in Romania
2001 establishments in Romania
Association football clubs disestablished in 2012
2012 disestablishments in Romania
Defunct football clubs in Romania