Cluj Arena is a multifunctional stadium in the city of Cluj-Napoca ( Romania ), the home stadium of the Universitati football club. Built in 2009-2011 on the site of the old Yon Moina stadium. It seats more than 30 thousand spectators, being the stadium of the 4th (elite) category according to the UEFA rating .
| Cluj Arena | |
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| original name | Clubs arena |
| Location | Cluj-Napoca , Cluj County , Transylvania , Romania |
| Pledged | July 16, 2009 |
| Built | 2009 - 2011 |
| Open | October 1, 2011 |
| Construction cost | € 45 million [1] |
| Architect | Architectural Bureau Dico si Tiganas |
| Owner | Cluj County Government |
| Capacity | 31 479 |
| Home team | University |
| Field dimensions | 105x68 m |
| Coating | natural lawn |
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History
The first Cluj stadium for football and athletics was built in 1908-1911. He had one wooden platform for up to 1,500 people. The opening of the stadium in 1911 was marked by a match between the national team of Cluj and the Turkish Galatasaray . This was the first game in Europe for Galatasaray, and the team from Cluj won with a score of 8: 1. In 1960, the wooden stands were dismantled and moved to the town of Campia Turzi , and in their place appeared reinforced concrete in the shape of the letter “U” - the local club Universitatea (Roman Universitatea) in Romania is abbreviated called “U Cluj”. The new stadium accommodated 28,000 spectators, being at that time the third largest in the country. In the early 1990s, the stadium was named after the Romanian sprinter Jon Moin , the 1948 European champion.
According to the results of the 2006-2007 season, the University entered the top division of Romanian football - League I and the city authorities had to allocate funds to repair the stadium in order to bring it in line with the requirements of the major league. As the stadium was dilapidated, for safety reasons only 7,600 seats were allowed for spectators. Changing rooms, toilets and a press center were also repaired, as a result of which in July 2007 the stadium passed FRF licensing. But in the end, it was still decided to build a new stadium.
New Stadium Construction
In February 2008, the authorities of Cluj County announced the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTC-N) as the winner of an international tender for the construction of a new stadium. However, then his results were canceled. On June 13, 2008 UTC-N was nominated for a second tender, in which Spanish construction firm Obrascón Huarte Lain also participated. The Romanian project involved the construction of a purely football stadium of a rectangular shape, and the Spanish one - an oval-shaped stadium with athletics tracks. Both projects also featured a high-rise building of 20+ floors. As a result, the UTC-N project won because of the lower cost.
In November 2008, the demolition of the old stadium began. It was originally planned to complete construction work on July 15, 2011 . But during the construction, the project was revised: the athletics complex, which was planned to be placed outside the stadium according to the initial project, was moved inside the arena, as a result of which 8 racetracks appeared on the stadium. As a result, construction work was completed in the fall of 2011. The cost of the stadium amounted to 45 million euros, of which 14 million were allocated by the Romanian Government , 31 million was spent from the treasury of the Cluj County , in whose ownership he remained.
Stadium after opening
The official opening of the Cluj Arena took place on October 1. On October 7, a Scorpions concert was held at the stadium, bringing together more than 40,000 spectators, and the very next day Smokie performed here. October 11 was the first football match - the University in a friendly match met with Kuban from Krasnodar. The first official meeting took place on October 17, 2011 - in the framework of the Romanian Championship, the University hosted FC Brasov .