CFF Clujana is an
association football
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club from
Cluj-Napoca
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in
Romania
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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. 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
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Liga I
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**Winners (7):
2002–03,
2003–04,
2004–05,
2005–06,
2006–07,
2007–08,
2008–09
Cups
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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
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Teodora Albon
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Mara Bâtea
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Georgiana Birțoiu
Georgiana Alina Birțoiu is a Romanian international football striker currently playing for WFC Rossiyanka in the Russian league. She previously played for Clujana, with which she played the UEFA Women's Cup, and Kokkinichorion in the Cypriot ...
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Ioana Bortan
Ioana Andrada Bortan (born 23 January 1989) is a Romanian football midfielder and manager currently under contract with Olimpia Cluj in the Romanian First League. She has played the Champions League with CFF Clujana and Olimpia, and she is a mem ...
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Cosmina Dușa
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Maria Ficzay
Maria Ficzay (born 8 November 1991) is a Romanian women's football defender, currently playing for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish Elitedivisionen.
She is also a member of the Romanian national team.
Personal life
Ficzay was born in Ocna Șug ...
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Adina Giurgiu
Adina Sabina Giurgiu (born 17 August 1994) is a Romanian women's football defender who plays for Sassuolo of the Italian Serie A.
Honours
;Olimpia Cluj
Winner
* Romanian Superliga (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Romanian W ...
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Daniela Gurz
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Andreea Laiu
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Corina Olar
Corina-Simona Olar-Corniciuc (born 27 August 1984) is a Romanian footballer. She currently plays for Olimpia Cluj and the Romanian national team
The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Ro ...
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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, a ...
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Florentina Spânu
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Raluca Sârghe
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Ștefania Vătafu
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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