U BT Cluj-Napoca

This article is about the men's basketball club. For the sports club, see CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca.

U BT Cluj-Napoca
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	1947
Arena	Sala Polivalentă
Arena Capacity	7,308
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Team colors	Black, White
President	Valentin Nica
Vice-president(s)	Ştefan Petre Mircea Cristescu
Head coach	Marcel Țenter
Championships	4 Romanian Championships
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away

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 BT Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională. As other sports teams that were initially part of the parent sports club, U Cluj, for historical reasons, the club still keeps the name U (short form of Universitatea) in its name.

History

Whilst the parent sports club, U Cluj was founded in 1919, the basketball team was founded in 1947 and played for the first time in the Romanian Championship in 1966. Since then, U Cluj was a constant presence in the Romanian First Division, with their best performances being recorded in the 1990s, when they won three Romanian Championships.

During its history, the team had different names. Since 1990, the main sponsor's name is usually added to the name of the parent sports club, U Cluj. This resulted in a change of name every time the main sponsor was changed. Previous names of the team were: U, Ştiinţa, Ştiinţa IMF, U Metalul Rosu, U Fimaro, U SM Invest, U Sanex, and U Carbochim.

In the 2012-2013 season, U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca finished on 7th place (20 wins - 10 losses) and qualify for the Play-Off. Here the team played the first round against CSM Oradea but lost with 3-1. Also the team played the Romanian Cup final, but lost against CS Gaz Metan Medias with the score 62-76. At the end of that season the coach and all the foreign players left the team.

Arena

File:Cluj Polyvalent Hall 2.jpg

Sala Polivalentă

U Mobitelco Cluj plays its home games in the main Sports hall from Cluj-Napoca, Sala Polivalentă, that currently accommodates 7,308 spectators.

Logos

• U Mobitelco Cluj logo.jpg

  The team's logo used until the 2015–16 season

Honours

• Romanian Champions: 4
  • 1992, 1993, 1996, 2011
• Romanian Championship, Runners-up: 7
  • 1959, 1962, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010
• Romanian Championship, Third place: 12
  • 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1995, 1999, 2007
• Romanian Cup, Runner-up: 1
  • 2006
• FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Quarter Finals: 1
  • 2007
• Central European Basketball League(CEBL), Final :1
  • 2010

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Universitatea Cluj roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. SG 0 Dykes, Kyndall 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PG 4 Pašalić, Muhamed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) PG 8 Adamović, Filip 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) C 10 Baciu, Catalin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) SF 11 Kalnichenko, Andrii 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) F 13 Jucan, Tudor 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) PF 14 Török, Rolland 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) F 18 Jorović, Branko 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) SG 22 Kuti, Nandor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) C 27 Žigeranović, Ivan 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) F 21 Brosser, Wilhelm 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SG 7 Gheorghe, Tudor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) F 44 Guțoaia, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F 2 Todić, Miroslav 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Head coach Marcel Tenter Legend (C) Team captain Last update: 10.02.2016

Notable former players

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The most famous player that played for U Cluj was Gheorghe Mureșan - Signed in 1993 with the Washington Bullets, becoming the tallest player ever in the NBA. Played 6 successful seasons with the Bullets and the New Jersey Nets, averaging a career 9.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists. Obtained the title of NBA Most Improved Player following the 1995–96 NBA season. Began his career playing two years for Universitatea Cluj-Napoca.

Notable former coaches

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External links

• Official website
• U Mobitelco BT Cluj-Napoca Team Profile at Baschetromania.ro
• Team Profile at Eurobasket.com