U Cluj also participated in the first edition of the Romanian Cup and reached the final where they lost against Ripensia Timișoara; thus becoming the first finalist in the Romanian Cup history. The 1934–35 season was the first in Romanian football history when Divizia A had 1 league. U Cluj finished 4th and Romania Cluj 6th; CFR Cluj finished 5th and CAC (Cluj Athletic Club) finished 7th in Seria III of the Divizia B(first season of Divizia B). The next season Romania Cluj changed its name back to Victoria Cluj, and finished 10th. U Cluj finished 12th(last) but remained in the first division after the playoff against ILSA Timișoara; AC Cluj finished 5th and CFR Cluj 8th(last) in Serie III of the Divizia B, but both were relegated to the newly formed Divizia C. In the 1936–37 season of Divizia A, Victoria finished 5th and U 9th; in the third league, north-west series, CFR finished 2nd and CA 3rd. In the 1937–38 season Divizia A had again 2 groups, so the derby was again played from a distance. Victoria and U were again separated, Victoria finishing 3rd(best place in this format) in Group 1 and U finished 6th in Group 2. Because U finished 6th it was relegated to Divizia B(5 teams from each group were relegated to Divizia B; While in DIvizia C AC again finished 3rd but CFR finished this time below CA on 4th place. In the next season, Victoria finished 6th in Divizia A and U finished 3rd in the North-West Group of Divizia B. The 1939–40 season was the last in Divizia A for Victoria Cluj, when they finished 12th(last). It was also the season when U from the second place of the Serie III of the Divizia B promoted to the top flight. The year 1940 brought change in Romanian football as well. That's when he myth that some of Romanian sport media claims that the Cluj derby is an ethnic rivalry between the team of the Hungarian minority, represented by CFR Cluj, and the team of Romanians, which would be Universitatea Cluj, started. CFR Cluj, CA Cluj and Victoria Cluj stayed in town while U Cluj left to Sibiu when Northern Transylvania was ceded to Hungary.