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CFR Cluj is a Romania n Football Club that is currently playing in the top Romanian league, Divizia A , and which finished 11th in the 2004/2005 season. Founded in 1907, its initial name was ''KVSC (Koloszvári Vasutas Sport Club)'', it was the team of the railroad workers of Cluj and it played in the Austro-Hungarian championship. After WWI and the abolition of the Austro-Hungarian empire it moved to the Romanian championship. The team is coached by the Romanian international Dorinel Munteanu , who is also a player for the team. Recently, the club received much attention, both in Romania and abroad, for their excellent campaign in the Intertoto Cup in 2005 , in which they managed to reach the final (the first Romanian club to ever accomplish such a feat), in the process knocking out famous teams such as Athletic Bilbao and Saint Etienne . They lost the final to RC Lens , a team from France . The ultras group of CFR cluj is called 'Commando Gruia' Today, CFR cluj is the 6th in the romanian Divizia A, And the next game will be against Dinamo Bucharest, at CFR stadium, Gruia. THE PLAYERS EXTERNAL LINKS
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