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Romania
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Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia and it has an area of 238,391 square kilometres and a temperate-continental climate. With over 19 million inhabitants, the country is the member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is the sixth-largest city in the EU, the River Danube, Europes second-longest river, rises in Germany and flows in a general southeast direction for 2,857 km, coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romanias Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest are marked by one of their tallest peaks, Moldoveanu, modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877, at the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. Romania lost several territories, of which Northern Transylvania was regained after the war, following the war, Romania became a socialist republic and member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition back towards democracy and it has been a member of NATO since 2004, and part of the European Union since 2007. A strong majority of the population identify themselves as Eastern Orthodox Christians and are speakers of Romanian. The cultural history of Romania is often referred to when dealing with artists, musicians, inventors. For similar reasons, Romania has been the subject of notable tourist attractions, Romania derives from the Latin romanus, meaning citizen of Rome. The first known use of the appellation was attested in the 16th century by Italian humanists travelling in Transylvania, Moldavia, after the abolition of serfdom in 1746, the word rumân gradually fell out of use and the spelling stabilised to the form român. Tudor Vladimirescu, a leader of the early 19th century. The use of the name Romania to refer to the homeland of all Romanians—its modern-day meaning—was first documented in the early 19th century. The name has been officially in use since 11 December 1861, in English, the name of the country was formerly spelt Rumania or Roumania. Romania became the predominant spelling around 1975, Romania is also the official English-language spelling used by the Romanian government. The Neolithic-Age Cucuteni area in northeastern Romania was the region of the earliest European civilization. Evidence from this and other sites indicates that the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture extracted salt from salt-laden spring water through the process of briquetage
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FC Universitatea Cluj
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Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from Cluj-Napoca, founded in 1919 by Iuliu Hațieganu. The team plays in Romanias fourth league, Liga IV, Universitatea Cluj traditionally plays in white and black clothing, although variations of red, maroon and gold have been used—especially for away kits. U Cluj played for 89 years at the Ion Moina Stadium, U Cluj are nicknamed Șepcile roșii after the red berets worn by students from the University of Medicine in Cluj. They are traditionally considered to be the most important football club in Transylvania, the club has spent most of its history in the first league but have never become national champions. They have played in four Romanian Cup finals—each time under a different name—and won the trophy in the 1964–65 season, the Universitatea sports club of Cluj was founded in September 1919 by the Sports Society of University Students. Its first chairman was Professor Iuliu Hațieganu, a physician and politician, in the early years of its existence U Cluj played in local competitions, at the time there was no national football championship in Romania. The team played against Chinezul Timișoara in the 1923 final of the Mara Cup, U played in the Romanian national football championship Divizia A from 1932. In their first season U finished first in its group and played the final against Ripensia Timișoara. In the first season of the Romanian Cup, in 1933–34, U reached the final, in 1940, U moved from Cluj to Sibiu as a result of the Second Vienna Award, when the northern part of Transylvania was ceded to Hungary. In 1942, U played in the final of the Romanian Cup for a second time, in 1945, after the end of the Second World War and the return of the northern part of Transylvania to Romania, U returned to its home in Cluj. In 1946, the name of the club was changed to Știința Cluj, in 1949, the team reached the final of the Romanian Cup for the third time, but it was beaten by CSCA București—now called Steaua București. At the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, in 1964–65, Știința Cluj won the Romanian Cup, this remained the greatest performance of the club for many years. In 1966, the name of the team was changed back to Universitatea, in 1998, U reached the final of Cupa Ligii but lost to FCM Bacău. In 1999, U was relegated into the second Romanian division, Divizia B and in 2000 it was relegated for the first time in its history into the third division and it played one season in the third division, and in 2001 it was promoted back to Divizia B. The manager of the team at the time was the ex-Romanian international, in the 2005–06 Divizia B season, the new objective became promotion to the first league. In the beginning of the 2006–07 Liga II season, a new manager, under his lead, the team had a poor early season and only reached 8th position. Yet, the moment passed and the team reached 1st position, on 19 May 2007, virtual promotion was achieved after a 0–0 draw against second place contender Dacia Mioveni. Three weeks before the match day, U ended its 8-year spell in the lower divisions
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CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball)
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CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, 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 in its name. Whilst the parent sports club, U Cluj was founded in 1919, 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 sponsors name is usually added to the name of the parent sports club, U Cluj. This resulted in a change of name every time the sponsor was changed. Previous names of the team were, U, Ştiinţa, Ştiinţa IMF, U Metalul Rosu, U Fimaro, U SM Invest, U Sanex, in the 2012-2013 season, U Mobitelco Cluj Napoca finished on 7th place 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 season the coach and all the foreign players left the team. Played at least one international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time. The most famous player that played for U Cluj was Gheorghe Mureșan - Signed in 1993 with the Washington Bullets, 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. Official website U Mobitelco BT Cluj-Napoca Team Profile at Baschetromania. ro Team Profile at Eurobasket. com
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