Early 20th century Cluj did not have a proper stadium. Because tennis was very popular, in 1903 there were 18 tennis courts and only a few, low quality fields, where enthusiasts could try a new sport that was slowly making its way into society – football (soccer)

In 1908, Somody, an athlete from Cluj, won the London Olympics silver medal in high jump. It was only after this remarkable performance, and after finding out that Somody was practicing in various locations such as schools' yards, that the civic dignitaries considered building a stadium. The idea was enthusiastically received by the city's population, especially by the athletes, and the search for an empty area close to the city center began immediately. Eventually, the chosen space was a lot from the City Park, a location visited frequently be students.

The first grandstand of the City Stadium, which was its original name, was built out of wood and could seat 1500 spectators, a very large number for those times. Locker rooms were build under it, as well as other small rooms where athletes could live. In 1960 this grandstand was moved to Campia Turzii, where it is still in use on the ISCT stadium.
The official opening of the stadium took place in 1911, when a Cluj team defeated Galatasaray Istanbul by 8-1. It was the first visit of the turkish team to Europe.

Exactly 50 years later, the stadium, now renamed “Municipal”, was opening its new grandstand, much more modern, with a capacity of 28000 seats, built in the shape of a horseshoe, to honor the university  team that was using it: “U”.

By Government Decision no. 1546/18.12.2002, the sports complex, owned by the state, was transferred from the administration of the Youth and Sports Ministry to the administration of the Cluj County Council. From here, it was taken over by the Cluj County General Direction for Administration of the Private  and Public Domain, a service under the authority of the County Council.

In the summer of 2007, following the promotion of the football team to the top national league, the local authorities were forced to invest significant amounts of money in the stadium in order to be able to host Liga I matches, according to the latest FIFA and UEFA directives. The high degradation of the stadium's structure of resistance allowed, as a compromise, to use only 7500 seats, in the first 12 rows of little more than half the size of the horseshoe-shaped grandstand. The VIP section, the locker rooms, the press conference rooms and the restrooms were renovated, and in July 2007 the stadium received the approval from the Licensing Division of the Romanian Football Federation. Universitatea team continued to play its home games on the stadium until the first part of the 2008 – 2009 season. The stadium was demolished at the end of 2008.

A new stadium was inaugurated on October 1 2011.

Stadium name: "Dr. Mircea Luca"
Previous names: "Orasenesc", "Municipal"
Address: Splaiul Independentei F.N.
Seat capacity: 30.001 seats
Access: tram lines 101 and 102 (after completion of track repairs), bus line 30