CFR Cluj facts for kids
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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
- Winners (3): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12
- Winners (2): 1968–69, 2003–04
- Runners-up (1): 1977–78
Liga III
- 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
- Winners (4): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16
- Runners-up (1): 2012–13
Romanian Supercup
- Winners (2): 2009, 2010
- Runners-up (1): 2012
European competitions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Vėtra |
3–2 | 4–1 | 7–3 |
| Second round |  Athletic Bilbao |
1–0 | (aet) 0–1 | 1–1 (5–3 p) | ||
| Third round |  Saint-Étienne |
1–1 | 2–2 | (a) 3–3 | ||
| Semi–finals | Žalgiris Vilnius |
5–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | ||
| Finals | Lens |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Second qualifying round |  Anorthosis |
1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Group A |  Roma |
1–3 | 2–1 | 4th place |
 Chelsea |
0–0 | 1–2 | ||||
| Bordeaux |
1–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  Sarajevo |
2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Group K |  Copenhagen |
2–0 | 0–2 | 4th place | ||
 PSV Eindhoven |
0–2 | 0–1 | ||||
 Sparta Prague |
2–3 | 0–2 | ||||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Group E |  Basel |
2–1 | 0–1 | 4th place |
| Roma |
1–1 | 1–2 | ||||
 Bayern Munich |
0–4 | 2–3 | ||||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Slovan Liberec |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Play-off round | Basel |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Group H |  Braga |
3–1 | 2–0 | 3rd place | ||
| Manchester United |
1–2 | 1–0 | ||||
 Galatasaray |
1–3 | 1–1 | ||||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | Internazionale |
0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |  Jagodina |
0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Third qualifying round |  Dinamo Minsk |
0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Images for kids
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Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club team in 1911.
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Dan Petrescu led the club to the 2017–18 and 2019–20 league titles. He also briefly managed them for the final games of the 2018–19 Liga I, which CFR also won.
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Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
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Cluj Arena
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CFR fans at a home game in 2010
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