CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (rugby)

U Prodvinalco Cluj

Full name

U Prodvinalco Cluj

Founded

1949

Location

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Ground(s)

Cluj Arena (Capacity: 31,479)

President

Lorin Cantor

Coach(es)

Bogdan Cantor (head coach), Ioan Teodorescu (assistant coach)

League(s)

SuperLiga

2015

5th

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.u-rugby.ro

Active and former/defunct departments of CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

Football	Men's Handball	Women's Handball

Rugby	Men's Basketball	Women's Basketball

Hockey	Men's Volleyball	Women's Volleyball

Athletics	Tennis	Judo

Fencing	Figure skating	Speed skating

Swimming	Water polo	Skiing

Weightlifting	Mountaineering	Chess

Scrabble

U Prodvinalco Cluj is a Romanian professional rugby union club from Cluj-Napoca, playing in the Romanian SuperLiga, the top division of Romanian rugby. The club is part of the CS Universitatea sports club.

History

The rugby section of CS U Cluj was founded in 1949 and has since played in the Romanian rugby union championship. Throughout its history the team has also been known as Ştiinţa Cluj, Locomotiva Cluj, Agronomia Cluj, Politehnica Cluj and U 16 Februarie Cluj.

Stadium

Cluj Arena, the current home ground of U Cluj

The home ground of U Cluj has historically been the rugby stadium from within the Iuliu Haţieganu Park of the Babeş-Bolyai University, which features several other sport facilities. Since March 2013, through a deal with the Cluj County Council, U Cluj started playing its home games at Cluj Arena, a multi-use stadium opened in October 2011, mainly used by the football club U Cluj.

Honours

SuperLiga:

Runners-up (1): 2001
Third place (4): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004

Romanian Cup:

Winners (2): 2002, 2003
Runners-up (2): 1998, 1999

Current squad

As of 28 March 2015

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Daniel Gheța	Hooker	Hungary
Levan Genebashvili	Hooker	Georgia
Paul Petucher	Prop	Romania
Romulus Boar	Prop	Romania
Bogdan Sălăgean	Prop	Romania
Han George	Prop	Romania
Istok Totic	Prop	Serbia
Cristian Murgoci	Prop	Romania
Alexandru Teleșa	Prop	Romania
Andrei Diaconu	Lock	Romania
Vlad Rotar	Lock	Romania
Nicolae Rus	Lock	Romania
Daniel Kadar	Flanker	Romania
Claudiu Curcă	Flanker	Romania
Stefan Dordevic	Flanker	Serbia
Vlad Toma	Flanker	Romania

Player	Position	Union
Renaud Van Neel	Number 8	Namibia
Leimoni Moala	Scrum-half	Tonga
Cristian Podea	Scrum-half	Romania
Ovidiu Butoeru	Fly-half	Romania
Vasile Paraschiv	Fly-half	Romania
Ovidiu Melniciuc	Fly-half	Romania
Ionuț Dimofte	Fly-half	Romania
Nicu Ignea	Fly-half	Romania
Ionuț Mazăre	Fly-half	Romania
Andrei Nistor	Centre	Romania
Mohamed Belguidoum	Centre	France
Csaba Gál	Centre	Romania
Valentin Roșu	Centre	Romania
McGrath Van Wyk	Wing	Namibia
Taniela Halafihi	Fullback	Tonga

Technical staff

Current staff