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unusual facts about CFR Cluj


Brian McLean

On 18 July 2008 he suffered significant damage to his knee in a tackle by Argentinian striker Diego Ruiz during an ill-tempered preseason 'friendly' against CFR Cluj.


Aleksei Kulbakov

His first match at this level took place 17 September 2009 CFR Cluj won 2-0 against København in Cluj-Napoca.

Cluj derby

Most of Romanian sport media claims that Cluj derby is an ethnic derby between the team of the Hungarian community in Cluj, that means to be CFR and team of the majority Romanian community, that means to be "U" Cluj.

Ivan Bebek

Bebek is considered the best Croatian referee and is the only Croatian referee who supervised two UEFA Champions League group stage matches (Lazio v. Werder Bremen during the 2007–08 season and Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj in the 2008–09 season).

Piotr Celeban

Celeban scored Vaslui's first goal of the season on 5 August against CFR Cluj with a 4th minute header from Adrian Sălăgeanu's corner.

Sulley Muniru

Sulley Sariki Muniru (born 25 October 1992 in Konongo) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays for CFR Cluj.

Valentin Velcea

However, Velcea loses both finals, first 0–2 at home against Rapid Bucureşti in 2007 and the other one in 2009 at Tudor Vladimirescu stadium 3–0 against CFR Cluj.


see also

Andrea Mandorlini

On 15 September 2010, Andrea Mandorlini was sacked by CFR Cluj due to a poor start in the season; his dismissal was announced only days before his UEFA Champions League debut against FC Basel.