Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...
club from
Cluj-Napoca
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, which currently plays in the
Liga Națională de Rugby
The Liga Națională de Rugby () is a semi-professional rugby union club competition that is played in Romania.
History
The first Romanian competition took place in 1914 between two Bucharest team's in Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club with T ...
, the top tier in Romania operated by the
Romanian Rugby Federation
The Romanian Rugby Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Rugby), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania. Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs i ...
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Honours
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Liga Națională de Rugby
The Liga Națională de Rugby () is a semi-professional rugby union club competition that is played in Romania.
History
The first Romanian competition took place in 1914 between two Bucharest team's in Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club with T ...
:
**Third place (4) : 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003
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Cupa României
**Runners-up (3): 1998, 1999, 2002
Current squad
* Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
Notable former players
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Csaba Gál
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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 ...
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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, Sout ...
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Tiberiu Brînză
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Nicolae Răcean
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Paulică Ion
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Alexandru Tudori
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Valentin Maftei
Valentin Dimian Maftei (born 26 September 1974 in Săgeata) 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, Figea ...
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Cristian Podea
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Bogdan Voicu
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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 ...
See also
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Rugby union in Romania
Rugby union is a moderately popular team sport played in Romania with a tradition of more than 100 years. The Romanian men's national team are currently 18th in the World Rugby Rankings as of 14 June 2021.
History Early history
The game was int ...
External links
Official website(archived)
SuperLiga Squad DetailsPlanetaOvala.ro – Romanian Rugby News
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Sport in Cluj County
Sport in Cluj-Napoca
Rugby union teams in Romania
Rugby clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Romania