FCU Olimpia Cluj
Romanian football club
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Fotbal Club U Olimpia Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as FCU Olimpia Cluj, or simply as U Olimpia Cluj, is a women's football team from Cluj-Napoca in Romania. It is Romania's top women's football club, having won all league titles since its inception, and thus represents Romania year by year in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The club also gives a majority of the Romania women's national football team players.
Cluj-Napoca
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| Full name | Fotbal Club U Olimpia Cluj-Napoca | ||
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| Nickname | Studentele (The Students) | ||
| Founded | 7 July 2010 | ||
| Ground | Clujana / Cluj Arena | ||
| Capacity | 1,300 / 30,335 | ||
| Owner | Radu Munteanu | ||
| Chairman | Alin Cioban | ||
| Manager | Ioana Bortan | ||
| League | Liga I | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga I, 4th | ||
| Website | https://u-olimpiacluj.ro | ||
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History
Founded on 7 July 2010[1] at the initiative of Mirel Albon, Clujana's coach, due to increasingly divergent views with his club's owners,[2][3] Olimpia started directly in Romania's top level women's league, as there was no second-level league at the time, and convincingly won the championship in its very first season. The team won all of its 24 matches which totaled a goal difference of 253–11 and wins as high as 26–0 and 27–0.[4] The title qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. In addition they won the Romanian cup that year too.[5] They went on to win all of the league titles since, and most of the domestic cups.
Olimpia had a partnership with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, its rector, Radu Munteanu being for a period of time also Olimpia's chairman (president).[6] This partnership reflected in the team's name between 2012 and 2015. Since the 2018–19 season, the teams signed a partnership with FC Universitatea Cluj and has rebranded as "U" Olimpia Cluj.[7]
Chronology of names
| Period | Full Club Name | Short name |
| 2011–2012 | Clubul de Fotbal Feminin Olimpia Cluj-Napoca[8] | Olimpia Cluj |
| 2012–2015 | Clubul de Fotbal Feminin Olimpia Universitatea Tehnică Cluj-Napoca[9][10] | Olimpia UT Cluj |
| 2015–2018 | Clubul de Fotbal Feminin Olimpia Cluj-Napoca | Olimpia Cluj |
| 2018–present | Asociația Fotbal Club Universitatea Olimpia Cluj[1] | U Olimpia Cluj |
Football Academy
Together with the club in 2010 the Olimpia Women's Football Academy was established, supported by a partnership with the city and the council.[11] The goal of south-east Europe's first female football academy is to advance women's football in Romania.
Honours
Leagues
Cups
Season by season
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
| Season | Division | Tier | Place | Cup | WCL | |
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| 1 | 2010–11 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | W | – |
| 2 | 2011–12 | Liga I, Seria Vest | 1 | 1st | W | R32 |
| 3 | 2012–13 | Liga I, Seria Vest | 1 | 1st | W | R16 |
| 4 | 2013–14 | Superliga | 1 | 1st | W | Grp |
| 5 | 2014–15 | Superliga | 1 | 1st | W | Grp |
| 6 | 2015–16 | Superliga | 1 | 1st | F | R32 |
| 7 | 2016–17 | Superliga | 1 | 1st | W | Grp |
| 8 | 2017–18 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | QF | R32 |
| 9 | 2018–19 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | SF | Grp |
| 10 | 2019–20 | Liga I | 1 | 1st[a] | QF* | Grp |
| 11 | 2020–21 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | W | 2QR |
| 12 | 2021–22 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | W | 1R |
| 13 | 2022–23 | Liga I | 1 | 1st | F | 1R |
| 14 | 2023–24 | Liga I | 1 | 2nd | W | 2R |
| 15 | 2024–25 | Liga I | 1 | 4th | – | |
- not crowned as Champions
Current squad
- As of August 2021[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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FC U Olimpia Cluj in Europe
In their first participation they started in the qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. Already after two wins against Bosnian and Lithuanian opposition they qualified for the round of 32.[15]
1 Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination.
Notable former players
The footballers enlisted below have been called up or had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 50 caps for U Olimpia Cluj.
