Editing Cluj-Napoca (section)

== Sports ==

[[File:Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu.jpg|thumb|CFR Cluj vs. [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], in the Round of 32 of the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League|2019–20]] [[UEFA Europa League]] in February 2020 at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu]]

[[Association football|Football]] in the city features four clubs playing in the leagues organised by the [[Romanian Football Federation]], in [[Liga I|Liga 1]]—formerly Divizia A<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2006 |title=Divizia A devine Liga I |url=http://www.realitatearomaneasca.ro/content.php?c=articole&id_categorie=7&articol_id=6581&article=divizia+a+devine+liga+i |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212020325/http://www.realitatearomaneasca.ro/content.php?c=articole&id_categorie=7&articol_id=6581&article=divizia+a+devine+liga+i |archive-date=12 December 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Realitatea Românească |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 2010 |title=Revine Liga I – Programul primei etape a sezonului 2010–2011 |url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/revine-liga-i-programul-primei-etape-a-sezonului-2010-2011-900511.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716195337/http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/revine-liga-i-programul-primei-etape-a-sezonului-2010-2011-900511.html |archive-date=16 July 2010 |access-date=2011-03-21 |work=Evenimentul Zilei |language=ro}}</ref>—the top division in the Romanian football association, [[liga II]] and [[liga III]].

[[CFR Cluj|CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca]] (founded in 1907) is one of the oldest established teams in the Romanian Championship. It has eight Romanian championship titles [[2007–08 Liga I|2008]], [[2009–10 Liga I|2010]], [[2011–12 Liga I|2012]], [[2017–18 Liga I|2018]], [[2018–19 Liga I|2019]], [[2019-20 Liga I|2020]], [[2020-21 Liga I|2021]], [[2021-22 Liga I|2022]] and four Romanian Cups [[2015–16 Cupa României|2008]], [[2015–16 Cupa României|2009]], [[2015–16 Cupa României|2010]], and [[2015–16 Cupa României|2016]] as well as four Supercupa Romaniei in [[2009 Supercupa României|2009]], [[2010 Supercupa României|2010]], [[2018 Supercupa României|2018]], and [[2020 Supercupa României|2020]]. It succeeded in winning a league and cup [[Double (association football)|double]] first time in its history during [[Liga I 2007–08|2007–2008 season]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaharia |first=Paul-Daniel |date=10 May 2008 |title=Cluj cup success caps remarkable season |url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=694207.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513143920/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=694207.html |archive-date=13 May 2008 |access-date=2008-05-12 |publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> and again in the [[Liga I 2009–10|2009–2010 season]].

The [[FC Universitatea Cluj]] football team was founded in 1919, and its greatest success ever was the 1965 [[Romanian Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Istorie |url=http://www.ucluj.ro/fotbal-u-cluj/istorie.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307032943/http://www.ucluj.ro/fotbal-u-cluj/istorie.php |archive-date=7 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Universitatea Cluj |language=ro}}</ref> They were also the runner-ups in liga I in the [[1932-33 Divizia A|1932-1933]] season and in Cupa Ligii in [[1998 Cupa Ligii|1998]].

The city is also represented in the [[Liga III|third league]], through [[CS Sănătatea Cluj-Napoca]], founded in 1986. This team, which has the [[Victoria Someșeni Stadium]] as its home ground, reached the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup during the 2007–2008 season, its best performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2007 |title=Dinamo a spulberat visul "virușilor" |url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=6175 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}}</ref>

[[FCU Olimpia Cluj]] is the local women's soccer team, established in 2010 by [[Babeș-Bolyai University]]. The team won the Liga I 10 times, and Romanian Cup 6 times.
[[File:Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 5.jpg|thumb|[[Cluj Arena]], opened in 2011]]
[[Cluj Arena]], home ground of "U" Cluj, is the largest stadium in Cluj-Napoca (capacity 30,201), and is ranked as an UEFA Elite stadium. The next largest stadium (23,500 seats) is the [[Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu|Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium]], home field of the [[CFR Cluj]] football team, located in Gruia. This stadium has undergone major refurbishment, featuring up-to-date lighting for [[night game]]s and automated lawn irrigation, and is due to undergo still further modernisation with the construction of new seating.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2008 |title=Stadion de 5 stele la Cluj! |url=http://www.sport.ro/stiri/24354/Fotbal-Extern/Liga-campionilor/Stadion-de-5-stele-la-Cluj-Ultimele-imagini-cu-arena-CFR-ului.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117093224/http://www.sport.ro/stiri/24354/Fotbal-Extern/Liga-campionilor/Stadion-de-5-stele-la-Cluj-Ultimele-imagini-cu-arena-CFR-ului.html |archive-date=17 January 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Sport.ro |language=ro}}</ref>
[[File:Cluj_Polyvalent_Hall_2.jpg|thumb|[[BT Arena]]]]
"Universitatea" club also incorporates teams in sports such as [[rugby union]], basketball (with the successful men's basketball team, [[U-BT Cluj-Napoca|U-BT]]), [[team handball|handball]] and volleyball. The city also features three [[water polo]] teams, as recognised by the Romanian Water Polo Federation: CSS Viitorul, CS Voința and Poli CSM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teams |url=http://www.frpolo.ro/echipe.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617153959/http://www.frpolo.ro/echipe.asp |archive-date=17 June 2008 |access-date=2008-05-12 |publisher=Federația Română de Polo}}</ref> Facilities for such sports are located in the vicinity of the stadium, including [[BT Arena]] sports hall opened in 2014 with a capacity of 9300 seats (10000 during concerts), the [[Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian]], a multi-functional hall designed for sports like [[team handball|handball]], basketball or volleyball, the Politehnica Swimming Complex, which includes indoor and open-air swimming pools, as well as the [[Iuliu Hațieganu]] Park – with tennis and track facilities and a new swimming pool under construction. Cluj-Napoca regularly organises national championships in different sports because of this large concentration of facilities.

In the automotive field, Cluj-Napoca hosts two stages in the National Rally Championship. ''Raliul Clujului'' is held in June;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Istoric |url=http://www.raliulclujului.ro/istoric.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111021046/http://www.raliulclujului.ro/istoric.php |archive-date=11 January 2010 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Raliul Clujului Mobil1 |language=ro}}</ref> the ''Avram Iancu'' Rally, held in September, has been officially organised since 1975, though there were several years when it was not held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Istoricul Raliului Avram Iancu |url=http://www.raliulavramiancu.ro/informatii_generale.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920134213/http://www.raliulavramiancu.ro/informatii_generale.php |archive-date=20 September 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Raliul Avram Iancu |language=ro}}</ref> The latter rally begins in Cipariu Square and runs across the surroundings of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raliul Avram Iancu – Plan orar |url=http://www.raliulavramiancu.ro/plan_orar.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920023408/http://www.raliulavramiancu.ro/plan_orar.php |archive-date=20 September 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Motorhome Napoca Rally Team}}</ref>

Amateur athletes are also active in Cluj-Napoca, with swimming pools, [[miniature golf]] courses, tennis courts, [[paintball]] arenas and [[bikeway]]s available,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strategia de Dezvoltare a Județului Cluj 2007–2013 |url=http://www.cjcluj.ro/UserUploadedFiles/File/strategia%20judetului/Strategie%20Cluj_v_finalaII.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531205218/http://www.cjcluj.ro/UserUploadedFiles/File/strategia%20judetului/Strategie%20Cluj_v_finalaII.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=2012-01-21 |publisher=Cluj County Council |page=143 |language=ro}}</ref> as well as skiing, [[bobsledding]], skating, [[caving]], hiking, hunting, fishing and [[extreme sport]]s in the vicinity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pentru o dezvoltare durabilă: viziunea, prioritățile strategice și industriile motoare ale ZMC |url=http://primariacj.ro/docs/propiecte%20dezbateri/zona%20metropolitana/PIDU.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227073456/http://www.primariacj.ro/docs/propiecte%20dezbateri/zona%20metropolitana/PIDU.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2012 |access-date=2012-01-21 |publisher=Cluj-Napoca City Hall |language=ro}}</ref> April 2011 saw the first annual edition of the ''Cluj International Marathon'', a competition that takes place in the city centre's streets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Race Info – Cluj International Marathon |url=http://www.maraton-cluj.ro/en/race-info.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320233413/http://www.maraton-cluj.ro/en/race-info.html |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=2012-01-21 |publisher=Runners Club Sports Association}}</ref>