CFR Cluj

Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃefeˌre ˈkluʒ] or [ˌt͡ʃefere ˈkluʒ]), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County. It was founded in 1907 as Kolozsvari Vasutas Sport Club, when Transylvania was part of Austria-Hungary, and the current name "CFR" is the acronym for Caile Ferate Romane ("Romanian Railways").

Before receiving significant financial support from previous owner Arpad Paszkany in 2002, the club had spent most of its existence in the lower divisions, with brief spells in the first league in the 70's. Since returning to the top flight in 2004, CFR Cluj has relied increasingly on foreign players for its success. In the 2005–06 season, they participated in their first European competition, the Intertoto Cup, finishing as runners-up. In the 2007–08 campaign, they were champions of Liga I for the first time in their history, taking the national title away from capital-based teams after seventeen years and consequently qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage in the process.

Only six years earlier, CFR was playing in the third tier of the Romanian football league system. Between 2017 and 2021, "the White and Burgundies" won four successive championships. CFR has won a total of fifteen domestic trophies, all in the 21st century—seven Liga I, four Cupa Romaniei, and four Supercupa Romaniei.

CFR has a fierce rivalry with neighbouring Universitatea Cluj, with matches between the two being known as Derbiul Clujului. Several, but minor rivalries also developed in the recent period against teams with which CFR contended for the league title.

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