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U Cluj

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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27th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

22.9/ 100

Competitions included in this score: Europa League · UEFA Cup · Conference League · Cup Winners’ Cup.

10.0

Pv · Progression

41.7

P · Match performance

44.4

Pct · Points including bonuses

38.7

GB · Goal Balance

5 completed competition entries · 12 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 8 regular points + 0 bonus points; 18 available regular points; 12 goals scored and 19 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competitionExpectationCalTDisTExpPvEPoints / PdBonus
1965/66 · Cup Winners’ CupReach quarter-final15250.04 / 80
1972/73 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0630.02 / 40
2025/26 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group0940.00.5 / 20
2026/27 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group01050.01 / 20
2026/27 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group0940.00.5 / 20

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
5Seasons
6Competition entries
10Opponent teams
9Present-day countries
9Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
1qualifications to the next stage

1 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

Competition entries5
Matches12
W3
D4
L5
GF12
GA19

First appearance: 1965/66 · Cup Winners’ Cup

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS
0qualifications to the next stage
Competition entries1
Matches4
W0
D1
L3
GF3
GA8

First appearance: 1995 · Intertoto Cup

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–1 Levski-Spartak Sofia1972/73 · UEFA Cup

2–0 Wiener Neustadt1965/66 · Cup Winners’ Cup

1–0 Wiener Neustadt1965/66 · Cup Winners’ Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–5 Levski-Spartak Sofia1972/73 · UEFA Cup

0–4 Atlético Madrid1965/66 · Cup Winners’ Cup

1–3 SK Brann2026/27 · Conference League

0–2 Atlético Madrid1965/66 · Cup Winners’ Cup

1–2 FC Ararat-Armenia2025/26 · Conference League

Top 5 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Cup Winners’ Cup1965/66

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Heaviest defeat

1–4 Germinal Beerschot1995 · Intertoto Cup

2–3 FC Aarau1995 · Intertoto Cup

0–1 Tromsø IL1995 · Intertoto Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Intertoto Cup1995

Busiest season · 4 matches: 1965/66 (1 competition entry) · 1995 (1 competition entry) · 2026/27 (2 competition entries)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
Penalty shoot-outs1010
After extra time (a.e.t.)3030

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active

Cluj’s university club, known as U Cluj and the Red Caps, with black-and-white colours and a century-old student tradition.

Founded
23 November 1919
City
Cluj-Napoca
Colours
Black · White
Home ground
Cluj Arena

Refounded in 2016 through a project involving the municipality, Babeș-Bolyai University and supporters. The archive retains the club’s historical European record.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

ACSF Alb-Negru al Studenților Clujeni · FC Universitatea Cluj · Societatea Sportivă a Studenților Universitari · Știința Cluj

Club crests · 1
Current crest
Current crestImage reference ↗
Match archive16 matches with recorded scores · filters and season order
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Principal competitions

12 matches with recorded scores

2026/27

Europa LeagueUEFA
Conference LeagueUEFA

2025/26

Conference LeagueUEFA

1972/73

UEFA CupUEFA

1965/66

Cup Winners’ CupUEFA

Știința Cluj

Romania4 match records
First roundWiener Neustadt (Austria)Aggregate 3–0Qualified⌄
Wiener Neustadt · Austria
Away1 September 1965Wiener NeustadtȘtiința Cluj
QualifiedRomania1–0Wiener NeustadtAustria
Home6 October 1965Cluj-NapocaȘtiința Cluj
QualifiedRomania2–0Wiener NeustadtAustria
Second roundAtlético Madrid (Spain)Aggregate 0–6Eliminated⌄
Atlético Madrid · Spain
Home17 November 1965Cluj-NapocaȘtiința ClujRomania0–2Atlético MadridSpain
Away15 December 1965MadridȘtiința ClujRomania0–4Atlético MadridSpain

Secondary competitions

4 matches with recorded scores

1995

Intertoto CupUEFA

U Cluj

Romania4 match records
Group stage⌄

Grupa 3

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1FC AarauSwitzerland422014868
2Germinal BeerschotBelgium422010558
3Tromsø ILNorway421113497
4HB TórshavnFaroe Islands4022217-152
5U ClujRomania401338-51

3 points per win · 1 point per draw.

Owner-supplied Intertoto workbook · Clasamente, checked against Raw data

Romanian club’s matches · 4
Home23 July 1995U ClujRomania2–3FC AarauSwitzerland
Away15 July 1995U ClujRomania1–4Germinal BeerschotBelgium
Home9 July 1995U ClujRomania0–1Tromsø ILNorway
Away24 June 1995U ClujRomania0–0HB TórshavnFaroe Islands
Opposition associations9 associations recorded in the archive
ArmeniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaFaroe IslandsNorwaySpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Opponent teams10 opponents · explore the profiles
Atlético MadridBeerschot ACDynamo KyivFC AarauFC Ararat-ArmeniaHB TórshavnLevski SofiaSK BrannTromsø ILWiener Neustadt