U Mobitelco Cluj

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U Mobitelco Cluj

Leagues

Romanian Basketball Division A

Founded

1947

Arena

Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian"
(capacity 4,000)

Location

Cluj-Napoca , Romania

Team colors

Black and White

President

Valentin Nica

Vice-presidents

Ştefan Petre

Mircea Cristescu

Head coach

Miodrag Perisic

Championships

(3) Romanian Championships: 1992, 1993, 1996

Website

www.u-mobitelco.ro

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U Mobitelco Cluj is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It plays in the Romanian Basketball Division A, Romanian Basketball Cup and FIBA EuroCup Challenge. They finished third in the last Romanian Championship (2006/2007) and were Romanian Cup finalists in 2006.

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.

1 History
2 Arena
3 Honours
4 Current roster
5 Notable former players
6 Notable former coaches
7 External links

[edit] History

While the parent sports club, U Cluj, was founded in 1919, the basketball team was founded in 1947, but played for the first time in the Romanian Championship only 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.

Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian

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.

[edit] Arena

U Mobitelco Cluj plays its home games in the main Sports hall from Cluj-Napoca, Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian", that can accommodate up to 4,000 spectators.

[edit] Honours

Romanian Champions: 3
- 1992, 1993, 1996
Romanian Championship, Runner-Ups: 5
- 1959, 1962, 1991, 1994, 2006
Romanian Championship, Third place: 12
- 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1995, 1999, 2007
Romanian Cup, Runner-Ups: 1
- 2006
FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Quarter Finals: 1
- 2007

[edit] Current roster

U Mobitelco roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	Νο.	Nat.	Name	Ht.
1.0 PG	4	Serbia	Medvedj, Miljan	71.7 5 ft 11.7 in (1.82 m)
1.0 PG	5	Montenegro	Cuic, Branko	77.6 6 ft 5.6 in (1.97 m)
2.0 SG	6	Romania	Chetreanu, Paul Don	75.2 6 ft 3.2 in (1.91 m)
5.0 C	7	Romania	Mocanu, Ionuţ	82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
2.0 SG	9	USA	Seals, LeVar	76.8 6 ft 4.8 in (1.95 m)
3.0 SF	10	Romania	Cenean, Rǎzvan	77.6 6 ft 5.6 in (1.97 m)
5.0 C	11	Serbia	Krstanovic, Zoran	80.3 6 ft 8.3 in (2.04 m)
4.0 PF	13	Romania	Lǎpuşte, Flavius	79.1 6 ft 7.1 in (2.01 m)
1.0 PG	14	Romania	Popa, Mihai	70.9 5 ft 10.9 in (1.80 m)
3.0 SF	15	Romania	Silvǎşan, Mihai (C)	79.1 6 ft 7.1 in (2.01 m)
5.0 C	22	USA	Bradley, Buckman	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)