U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Basketball team in Cluj-Napoca, Romania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as U-BT Cluj-Napoca, is a professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania that competes domestically in the Liga Națională de Baschet and internationally in the EuroCup. Like other teams that were initially part of the Universitatea Cluj multi sports club, the basketball team keeps the letter U (short form of Universitatea) in its name.[1] The main sponsor of the team is the locally based banking institution Banca Transilvania.[4] The team colors are black and white. U-BT Cluj plays its home games at the BTarena, which accommodates 10,000 spectators,[3][8] or in Horia Demian Sports Hall with a capacity of 2,525 spectators.[8]
U-BT Cluj-Napoca | |||
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Nickname | Șepcile roșii (The Red Caps) Studenții (The Students) Alb-Negrii (The White and Blacks) | ||
Leagues | EuroCup Liga Națională Romanian Cup | ||
Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947)[1][2] | ||
History | List
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Arena | BTarena Horia Demian | ||
Capacity | 10,000[3] 2,525 | ||
Location | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
Team colors | White, Black | ||
Main sponsor | Banca Transilvania[4] | ||
President | Marius Bojiță[5] | ||
Vice-president(s) | Mircea Cristescu Sergiu Mircea | ||
Head coach | Mihai Silvășan[6] | ||
Team captain | Patrick Richard | ||
Championships | 8 Romanian Leagues 7 Romanian Cup 4 Romanian Supercup[7] | ||
Website | www.u-bt.ro | ||
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Initially being founded in 1947, the basketball team split from the parent sports club at the beginning of the 2000s, retaining its place in the top tier of Romanian basketball.[1][2] While the fans consider the current club as the moral successor of the team that won three league titles before the turn of the century, the parent club claims all the trophies won before 2002 as part of its own records.[9] In 2017, an image partnership was agreed between U-BT Cluj-Napoca and FC Universitatea Cluj (the local football club which itself was functioning as a private entity following its split from the parent sports club), uniting them under the same brand.[10] Therefore, beginning with the 2017-18 season, U-BT Cluj-Napoca uses the same logo as the football club.[11][12]