CFR Cluj
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-->CFR Cluj is a Romanian football club that is currently playing in the top Romanian league, Divizia A, and which finished 11th in the 2004/2005 season.
Founded in 1907, its initial name was KVSC (Koloszvári Vasutas Sport Club), it was the team of the railroad workers of Cluj and it played in the Austro-Hungarian championship. After WWI and the abolition of the Austro-Hungarian empire it moved to the Romanian championship.
The team is coached by the Romanian international Dorinel Munteanu, who is also a player for the team.
Recently, the club received much attention, both in Romania and abroad, for their excellent campaign in the Intertoto Cup in 2005, in which they managed to reach the final (the first Romanian club to ever accomplish such a feat), in the process knocking out famous teams such as Athletic Bilbao and Saint Etienne.
They lost the final to RC Lens, a team from France.
The ultras groups of CFR Cluj are called 'Commando Gruia' and 'KVSC'.
CFR Cluj finished 5th in the 2005/2006 season, tying its best performance in 1972/1973. Currently the team is in Austria where CFR will play several friendly matches:
Dynamo Kiev - CFR Cluj 3-2
Hearts - CFR Cluj 1-1
SV Parsching - CFR Cluj 2-4
Sparta Prague - CFR Cluj
The Romanian "Liga 1" 2006/2007 season begins in late July. CFR's first game is away at Otelul Galati.
CFR 1907 CLUJ-NAPOCA CURRENT SQUAD
| width="1%" | |bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="48%"| |}Squad changes during 2006/07 season
In:- Ocatavian Chihaia from National Bucharest
- Bogdan Bucurica from La Berrichonne de Châteauroux
- Pedro Oliveira from Vitoria Setubal
- Antonio Semedo from Estrella Amadora
- Manuel Jose Vieira from Boavista Porto
- Ricardo Cadu from Boavista Porto
- Gualberto Mojica from Blooming Santa Cruz
- Ciprian Deac from Unirea Dej
- Tudor Balmos from Unirea Dej
- Tiberiu Zelencz from Unirea Dej
- Marius Curileac from Unirea Dej
Out:
- Sorin Oncica to UT Arad
- Cosmin Vasie to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
- Cristian Turcu to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
On Loan:
- Sead Bruncević to Gloria Bistriţa
- Radu Marginean to Gloria Bistriţa
- Robert Roszel to Gloria Bistriţa
- Emil Stef to Unirea Dej
- Gabriel Bacneanu to Unirea Dej
Starting Lineup
| Goalkeeper |
12 M. Tudor |
| Defense |
4 Panin |
30 Jula |
Cadu |
6 Miclaus |
| Midfield |
16 Oliveira |
5 Manuel Jose |
18 Semedo |
8 Munteanu |
| Forward |
9 Anca |
24 R. Surdu |
Second Lineup
External links
- [Official CFR 1907 Cluj website]
- [Unofficial CFR 1907 Cluj website]
- [Commando Gruia - CFR Cluj supporters]
- [KVSC - CFR Cluj supporters]
- redirect [[Template:Divizia A]]
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