Stadionul CUG, formerly known as Baza Sportivă CUG, is a multi-use

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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 ( ...

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. The stadium holds 3,000 people and is used mostly for

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

's youth squads matches and trainings. In the past the stadium was also used for CFR II Cluj matches and for some friendly matches of

. Inaugurated in the early 1970s as a modern sports base, the complex stretched over an area of 65,669 square meters and included a football stadium, a clay football field, an

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football field, a tennis and a handball court. The sports base was the property of CUG (Combinatul de Utilaj Greu - Heavy Machinery Factory), a name with which the base has remained until today. In 2005, the Cluj County Council and the Cluj-Napoca Municipality had discussions to form a partnership with the companies De.Be.Co and S.C. Univers T S.A. Cluj-Napoca. After 2 years, on 10 November 2007, Iulius Mall was inaugurated, which was built on an area of approximately 43,000 square meters, the sports base being restricted only to the football stadium with an area of 24,983 square meters, so from that date ''Baza Sportivă CUG'' (CUG Sports Base) has become just ''Stadionul CUG'' (CUG Stadium).Noul stadion, la baza CUG
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