Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional

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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 ( ...

, which currently plays in the

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, the top tier in Romania operated by the

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Honours

: **Third place (4) : 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003 *

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**Runners-up (3): 1998, 1999, 2002

Current squad

* Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.

Notable former players

Csaba Gál Minya Csaba Gál (born Cluj-Napoca, 7 March 1985) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays a centre. Gál first played at U Cluj, moving to Dinamo Bucharest, in 2004. He currently plays for CSM Baia Mare. He also plays internationally for B ...

Cristian Săuan Cristian Daniel Săuan (born 18 March 1974 in Cluj-Napoca) is a former Romanian rugby union player. He played as a wing. Săuan played for U Cluj, in Romania, from 1992/93 to 2000/01. He was runners-up of the National Championship in 2000/01, hi ...

Romeo Gontineac Romeo Ștefan Gontineac (born 18 December 1973 in Hlipiceni, Botoşani) is a Romanian rugby union coach and former player who played as a centre. He currently coaches Aurillac. Gontineac played for Universitatea Cluj (1993–96) in Romania, Sou ...

Tiberiu Brînză Tiberiu Eugen Brînză (born 21 September 1968 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player. He played as number eight. He played for RC Narbonne and for Rumilly in France. He had 37 caps for Romania, from 1990 to 2002, scoring 2 tries, ...

Nicolae Răcean Nicolae Răcean (born 29 November 1963 in Sărmaș) is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach of Italian side ASD Tuscia. He played as a centre. Club career During his career Răcean played for Romanian clubs Universitatea Cluj ...

* Paulică Ion *

Cristian Petre Cristian Constantin Petre (born 22 March 1979 in Oradea)Cristian Petre player profile
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* Alexandru Tudori *

Valentin Maftei Valentin Dimian Maftei (born 26 September 1974) is a Romanian former rugby union player. He played as a fullback. Club career During his career, Maftei played for Universitatea Cluj in Romania, Mirano in Italy and for Aurillac, Figeac and Maur ...

* Cristian Podea * Bogdan Voicu *

Bogdan Bălan Bogdan Bălan (born 11 February 1980 in Brăila) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer who played as prop. Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home town. He then played for Timişoara, U Cluj and Bucharest Wolves. After ...

External links

Official website
(archived)

SuperLiga Squad Details

PlanetaOvala.ro – Romanian Rugby News
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Honours

Current squad

Notable former players

See also

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