CFF Clujana is an

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club from

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. Clujana's women's football team played in the top domestic league and has won seven consecutive Romanian national championships and four domestic cups.

History

CFF Clujana was founded in 2001 by the businessman Florin Chelaru in collaboration with Mirel and

Teodora Albon Teodora Albon (born 2 December 1977 in Cisnădie, Romania) is a Romanian football referee. Albon started her refereeing career in 2000 while still playing for Clujana Cluj-Napoca, where she was coached by her husband, Mirel Albon, a former Liga I ...

. The team manages to win its first title in 2003 and proceeded to establish itself as the most successful Romanian women's football team of the 2000s, being champions for seven consecutive years between 2003 and 2009, and winning four Romanian Cups. In 2009, the coach, Mirel Albon, the brain behind the team's success, left the club due to increasingly divergent views with Chelaru. Next year, Albon proceeded to form his own club, taking with him a significant part of Clujana's top players. In the two seasons that followed, rivals Olimpia won the title, while Clujana finished in the bottom part of the championship. The women's football side ceased in 2012. The parent club was still active in 2018, having a male futsal team since 2005 under the same name CFF Clujana, even though CFF is short for "Women's Football Club", as Chelaru did not bother to officially change the name. The full name of the club is "Clubul de Fotbal Feminin Clujana Cluj-Napoca", or CFF Clujana Cluj-Napoca. For a while, it was known as CFF Clujana Protherm Cluj-Napoca for sponsorship reasons.

Honours

Leagues

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

**Winners (7): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

Cups

* Romanian Women's Cup **Winners (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 **Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2009–10

Season by season

Notable former players

* Mara Bâtea * Georgiana Birțoiu * Ioana Bortan * Cosmina Dușa * Maria Ficzay * Adina Giurgiu *

Daniela Gurz Daniela Gurz is a Romanian women's soccer, football defender (soccer), defender currently playing for ENP Famagusta FC. She has played the UEFA Women's Champions League, Champions League with CFF Clujana, FCM Târgu Mureș (feminin), FCM Târgu M ...

Andreea Laiu Andreea Laiu (born 15 March 1986) is a Romanian football midfielder or striker who plays for Kiryat Gat. She previously played for Apollon Limassol of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republ ...

Corina Olar Corina-Simona Olar-Corniciuc (born 27 August 1984) is a Romanian footballer. She currently plays for Olimpia Cluj Fotbal Club U Olimpia Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as FCU Olimpia Cluj, or simply as U Olimpia Cluj, is a women's football team ...

Elena Pavel Elena Iuliana Pavel (born 26 March 1984) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Romania women's national team. She previously played for CFF Clujana, with whom she played the UEFA Women's Cup, an ...

Florentina Spânu Florentina Olar-Spânu (born 6 August 1985), née Spânu, is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring and the Romania women's national team. Career Spânu has been a member of the Romania ...

Raluca Sârghe Monica Raluca Sârghe is a Romanian football midfielder. She played in the Turkish Women's First League for the Turkish club Konak Belediyespor in Izmir. Playing career Sârghe performed athletics before she switched over to football playing. ...

* Ștefania Vătafu *

Andreea Voicu Andreea Voicu (born 16 January 1996) is a Romanian football defender currently playing for FCU Olimpia Cluj. She played most of her career in the First League for Olimpia Cluj, with which she has also played the Champions League. She made her ...

References

External links

CFF Clujana
- official website {{Football in Romania Sport in Cluj-Napoca Association football clubs established in 2001 Women's football clubs in Romania 2001 establishments in Romania Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in Romania Defunct football clubs in Romania