CFR Cluj
Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj ('CFR' stands for Căile Ferate Române, meaning Romanian Railways) is a Romanian association football club from Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club spent most of its history in the lower divisions. Great financial gains in 2002 led them to reach the Liga I in 2004. The following season, the CFR Cluj took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and finished as runners-up. For the first time in their history, the club won the Liga I in 2008. That season, they took the title away from the teams of Bucharest for the first time in 17 years. Since 2004, they have won the Liga I 3 times, the Romanian Cup 3 times and the Romanian Supercup twice.
The teams colours are purple and white, and their biggest rival is Universitatea Cluj.
Honours[change | change source]
- Winners (7): 1946–47, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02
- Runners-up (3): 1936–37, 1958–59, 1987–88
European competitions[change | change source]
Their most recent appearance in a European competition was in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, in which they reached the third qualifying round.
Season | Competition | Round | Opponents | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | 3–2 | 4–1 | 7–3 | |
Second round | 1–0 | (aet) 0–1 | 1–1 (5–3 p) | |||
Third round | 1–1 | 2–2 | (a) 3–3 | |||
Semi–finals | 5–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | |||
Finals | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | |||
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Second qualifying round | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Group A | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4th place | |
0–0 | 1–2 | |||||
1–2 | 0–1 | |||||
2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Group K | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4th place | |||
0–2 | 0–1 | |||||
2–3 | 0–2 | |||||
2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4th place | |
1–1 | 1–2 | |||||
0–4 | 2–3 | |||||
2012–13 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
Play-off round | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |||
Group H | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3rd place | |||
1–2 | 1–0 | |||||
1–3 | 1–1 | |||||
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Third qualifying round | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Other websites[change | change source]
- Official website (in Romanian)