FC Universitatea Cluj

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Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (Romanian pronunciation: [universiˈtate̯a kluʒ]), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the top flight of the Romanian league system. Founded in 1919 by professor of medicine Iuliu Hațieganu, Universitatea Cluj has spent more than half of its history in the Romanian first league. Its best finishes in the competition are second place in the 1932–33 and 2025–26 seasons. The club has also reached seven finals of the Cupa României, claiming the trophy in the 1964–65 campaign with a 2–1 defeat of Dinamo Pitești. Historically one of the most prominent football teams in the region of Transylvania, Universitatea's main competitor has been city rival CFR Cluj, particularly since the 2000s. Universitatea's players and supporters are nicknamed Șepcile roșii ("the Red Caps"), a reference to the red caps traditionally...

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