Ion Moina Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Cluj-Napoca,

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. It was used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of

U Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

. The stadium held 28,000 people and was inaugurated in 1911. The first football and

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stadium in Cluj-Napoca was built between 1908 and 1911. It had wooden stands and had a capacity of 1,500 people. The official inauguration in 1911 was done by organizing a game between a

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XI and

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. It was the first game in

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, and Cluj won 8–1. In 1961, new stands were built and the capacity of the stadium became 28,000 on wooden benches, while the old stands were moved to

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. The 1961 stands have a U-shaped appearance, as the name of the team that uses it ( "U" Cluj). The stadium is named after Ion Moina, the fastest sprinter in Europe in 1948. American R&B star Beyoncé performed for the first time in the country in this stadium on October 22, 2007, during ''

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'' tour. On November 20, 2008, the demolition process began, and was planned to be finished in spring 2009. On November 22, 2008, the last official football match played in this stadium, Mureşul Deva, finished 0–0. The construction of the new stadium,

Cluj Arena Cluj Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It serves as the home of Universitatea Cluj of the Liga II and was completed on 1 October 2011. It is also the home of the Untold Festival. The facility, owned by the county coun ...

, began in summer 2009 and finished in 2011. It was inaugurated in 11 October 2011 with a friendly match of

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

against Kuban Krasnodar. The new stadium construction was completed in 2012.

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