CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (women's basketball)

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Nickname	Șepcile roșii; (The Red Caps); Studentele; (The Students); Alb-Negrele; (The White and Blacks)
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	1947;72 years ago
History	CS Univ. Cluj-Napoca; (1947–present)
Arena	Polyvalent Hall ; Horia Demian
Capacity	7,308; 2,525
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Team colors	White, Black ;
President	Sorin Grozav
Head coach	Dragan Petričević
Championships	14 Romanian Leagues
Website	Official Website
Uniforms
Home	Away

Last updated March 17, 2019

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a professional women's basketball team from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club plays in the Liga Națională.^[1]

Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. From 1895 until 1970, the term "women's basketball" was also used to refer to netball, which evolved in parallel with modern women's basketball. It is mostly popular in America.

Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania, and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest, Budapest and Belgrade. Located in the Someșul Mic River valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital to the historical province of Transylvania. From 1790 to 1848 and from 1861 to 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania.

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the southeast, Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the 12th largest country and also the 7th most populous member state of the European Union, having almost 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, and other major urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, and Brașov.

History

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is the oldest and the most successful Liga Națională team. Founded in 1947, in Cluj-Napoca, the club won not less than 14 Romanian Leagues, between 1953 and 1993. In the 80's they won the league in almost every year except 1980 and 1983 when the league was won by 2 teams from Bucharest, Politehnica and Voința. After 13 years of domination U Cluj entered in a regress period and have not won any trophy from 1993, but still remain the team with the most Leagues won in Romanian women's basketball.^[2]^[3]

The Liga Națională, formerly known as Divizia A, is the women's top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. Established in 1950, it is currently contested by eleven teams. Universitatea Cluj is the Liga Națională's most successful club with fourteen titles including a ten-years winning streak between 1984 and 1994, while CSM Târgoviște and ICIM Arad have dominated the championship in subsequent years with ten and eight titles respectively.

Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25′57″N26°06′14″E, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border.

Honours

Liga Națională

Winners (14): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93,

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, from its French name Fédération internationale de basket-ball, is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur, in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its name but retained the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of basketball.

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
PG	7000500000000000000♠5	Sfîrlea, Marina	7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
G/F	7000800000000000000♠8	Voica, Bianca	7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PG	7000900000000000000♠9	Maxim, Mihaela	7000167000000000000♠1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
F/C	7001100000000000000♠10	Neagu, Teodora	7000182000000000000♠1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF	7001110000000000000♠11	Irimia, Gabriela. (C)	7000177000000000000♠1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PF	7001150000000000000♠15	Cutaș, Cristiana	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F/C	7001230000000000000♠23	Părău, Irina	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
F/C	7001240000000000000♠24	Agunbiade, Omowumi	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	7001250000000000000♠25	Harrison, Taneisha	7000182000000000000♠1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
F	7001290000000000000♠29	Mandache, Andra	7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C	7001320000000000000♠32	Denson, Brittany	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PG	7001330000000000000♠33	Ross, Adrianne	7000173000000000000♠1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
SG	7001550000000000000♠55	Butulja, Dajana	7000176000000000000♠1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Head coach

Petričević Dragan

Assistant coach(es)

Coldea Mihai

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 18 February 2017

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[1] Team profile– History

[2] U Cluj most successful club

[3] U Cluj history