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CS Universitatea Cluj Napoca (rugby)

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Full name
  
U Prodvinalco Cluj

President
  
Lorin Cantor

Founded
  
1949

League
  
SuperLiga

Location
  
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2015
  
5th

Arena/Stadium
  
Cluj Arena

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Ground(s)
  
Cluj Arena (Capacity: 31,479)

Coach(es)
  
Bogdan Cantor (head coach), Ioan Teodorescu (assistant coach)

U Prodvinalco Cluj is a Romanian professional rugby union club from Cluj-Napoca, playing in the Romanian SuperLiga, the top division of Romanian rugby. The club is part of the CS Universitatea sports club.

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History

The rugby section of CS U Cluj was founded in 1949 and has since played in the Romanian rugby union championship. Throughout its history the team has also been known as Ştiinţa Cluj, Locomotiva Cluj, Agronomia Cluj, Politehnica Cluj and U 16 Februarie Cluj.

Stadium

The home ground of U Cluj has historically been the rugby stadium from within the Iuliu Haţieganu Park of the Babeş-Bolyai University, which features several other sport facilities. Since March 2013, through a deal with the Cluj County Council, U Cluj started playing its home games at Cluj Arena, a multi-use stadium opened in October 2011, mainly used by the football club U Cluj.

Honours

SuperLiga:

  • Runners-up (1): 2001
  • Third place (4): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004
  • Romanian Cup:

  • Winners (2): 2002, 2003
  • Runners-up (2): 1998, 1999
  • Current squad

    As of 28 March 2015

    Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

    Current staff

    As of 28 March 2015

    References

    CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (rugby) Wikipedia