The 1992 census figure showed that nearly 23% of Cluj's population was ethnic Hungarian.
Today, the community has an unusual visitor - the mayor of Cluj, Georghe Funar.
Chelsea must beat Cluj in their last group game to be sure of qualifying.
"I don't believe the Hungarians make up more than 10% of the population of Cluj, " he says.
Tottenham will now face Inter Milan after the Italian giants won 3-0 away at Cluj Napoca in Romania.
He then suffered another knee injury against CFR Cluj in the Champions League in Romania two weeks ago.
Chelsea now sit one point behind Roma in Group A, who leapfrogged them with a win over Cluj.
Two goals from Rodrigo Palacio put Inter Milan in a commanding position against CFR Cluj-Napoca before the second leg in Romania.
Champions League debutants CFR 1907 Cluj came from behind to beat Roma to record a stunning 2-1 victory at the Stadio Olimpico.
Meanwhile, in Group K , Otman Bakkal's first-half header was enough for PSV Eindhoven to claim their opening win at home to CFR Cluj.
But if I thought the team did not have the quality to beat Cluj at home, then I had better go back to Brazil.
But Romanian side Cluj, which faces United at Old Trafford in its final game, still has a chance of making it through to the knockout phase.
Similarly, Gheorghe Funar, an ultra-nationalist who in the 1990s was mayor of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, is remembered only for a semi-official Ponzi scheme and for painting park benches in national colours.
With Roma's victory over Cluj, the Italians moved a point clear of Chelsea, who must now beat Cluj in their final group match to be sure of reaching the knockout stages.
While it is not quite winner takes all at Stade Chaban-Delmas, neither side can afford to lose as they look to escape a very tight Group A that also includes Roma and CFR Cluj.
Bakkal scored the game's only goal after nine minutes when the impressive Balazs Dzsudzsak picked him out with a cross, but the hosts had to withstand a Cluj onslaught as they nervously held on.
In Group K, Romania's CFR Cluj -- who impressed in the Champions League last season -- won 2-0 at home to Danish side Copenhagen with second-half goals from Juan Culio and substitute Lacina Traore.
Sparta Prague moved off the bottom into second on four points with their first group-stage win since 2003, as the Czech side defeated Romania's CFR Cluj 2-0 with first-half goals from Juraj Kucka (15) and Roman Hubnik (32).
The populist mayor of Cluj, Georghe Funar, has built a career out of needling the city's Hungarians, doing away with historic street-names and sponsoring what Hungarians say is a spurious archaeological dig round a statue of Matthias Corvinus, a 15th-century Magyar king.
应用推荐