Cluj Arena
Stadium in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cluj Arena (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkluʒ aˈrena]) is a multi-purpose stadium in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It serves as the home of Universitatea Cluj of the Liga I and was completed on 1 October 2011. It is also the home of the Untold Festival. The facility, owned by the county council of Cluj, can also be used for a variety of other activities such as track and field events and rugby union games. It replaced the Stadionul Ion Moina, which served as Universitatea Cluj's home from 1919 until the end of the 2007-08 season.
The stadium seats 30,355, making it the fourth largest stadium in Romania by seating capacity. It has four two-tiered stands, all of them covered. The seats of the stadium are grey.
The building is located west of Central Park, and next to the Someșul Mic river and the BT Arena.
01History
The first stadium for football and track and field was built from 1908 to 1911. The Stadionul Ion Moina was opened in 1911, consisting of a single wooden stand with a capacity of just 1,500. The first game at the new stadium was a friendly against Turkish team Galatasaray, which Cluj won 8-1.
New wooden stands were built in 1961, increasing the capacity to 28,000. Demolition of the Stadionul Ion Moina officially began on 20 November 2008. Construction of the new Cluj Arena began on July 16, 2009 The stadium opened its gate for the public on 1 October 2011. Eight days later, Scorpions performed at the stadium. The show was sold out with a crowd of 45,000. The next day, Smokie played at Cluj Arena. The first match at the stadium was a game played between Universitatea Cluj and Kuban Krasnodar. The first official match was Universitatea Cluj vs. FC Brașov on 17 October 2011, which finished 1-0.
02Matches
Romania national football team
| International football matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Competition | Home | Away | Score | Attendance |
| 27 March 2016 | Friendly | Romania | Spain | 0-0 | 28,000 |
| 4 September 2016 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Romania | Montenegro | 1-1 | 25,468 |
| 26 March 2017 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | Romania | Denmark | 0-0 | 26,895 |
| 13 June 2017 | Friendly | Romania | Chile | 3-2 | 9,000 |
| 16 June 2018 | Friendly | Romania Legends | Barça Legends | 0-2 | 28,000 |
| 17 November 2022 | Friendly | Romania | Slovenia | 1-2 | 6,845 |
03Other events
Concerts
| Concerts at Cluj Arena | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Artist | Tour | Attendance |
| 8 October 2011 | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour | 40,000 |
| 9 October 2011 | Smokie | 20,000 | |
| 19 July 2012 | Roxette | World Tour | 22,000 |
| 7 June 2013 | Deep Purple | Cluj Arena Music Fest | 20,000 |
| 8 June 2013 | UB40 | Cluj Arena Music Fest | 13,000 |
| 17 May 2014 | various | Forza ZU | 55,000 |
| 30 July, 2 August 2015 | various | Untold Festival | 240,000 |
| 4-7 August 2016 | various | Untold Festival | 300,000 |
| 25 June 2017 | Andrea Bocelli | Andrea Bocelli World Tour 2017 | 15,000 |
| 23 July 2017 | Depeche Mode | Global Spirit Tour | 31,923 |
| 2-5 August 2018 | various | Untold Festival | 355,000 |
| 1-4 August 2019 | various | Untold Festival | 372,000 |
| 9-12 September 2021 | various | Untold Festival | 265,000 |
| 4 August 2023 | Imagine Dragons | Mercury World Tour | |
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- Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 1.jpg by Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0
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