Crusaders was founded on February 13, 2010, when they had the first training session together as a team, and the coach Rafael Ruiz met them face to face for the first time, finding only a group of individuals who did not know about American football, but had a desire to learn and become an organized team.

After two weeks, the Predators came to Cluj on April 24, 2010, to return the visit with a scrimmage (special teams, but no extra points or field goals due to the absence of posts).

In the same month, with Warriors and Lions, they began to organize the first National Football Championship (CNFA) being played in three stages, in Timișoara, Cluj and Bucharest.

The first powerlifting contest was held in Cluj-Napoca with three weight categories giving medals to the top three places and the best lifters.

On March 26, 2011, the first organized tryouts of the Cluj Crusaders to recruit new people took place, growing from a team of 19 in 2010 to 34 registered players for the 2011 season.

In an effort to promote more the sport, the team organized with Timișoara Lions a tournament that is expected to become tradition between these two cities, The Cupa de Vest.

Due to the situation of American Football in Romania, the second edition of the Ro-Bowl took place as a cup, again between the Cluj Crusaders and Bucharest Warriors.

The difference in points made the Crusaders lose the championship, but this only gave more motivation to prepare for next year and at the end the team accomplish one of the primary objectives of the 2011 season, to arrive to the Ro-Bowl again.

With the season end, Crusaders started to prepare and co-operate in the organization of the Bench Press National Championship in Alba Iulia on November 26 and 27, 2011.

Crusaders appeared in all the publicity offered by the Powerlifting Federation as a partner along with important institutions and companies.

Florin Oltean #85 making history, being the first player to score in the first national championship, but he injured his collar bone at the end of the play, in the endzone.

Crusaders touchdowns were scored by: Florin Oltean #85 on a kickoff return Dan Crasnic #93 long pass from Paul Cirja #7.

Crusaders started their Regular Season with a 46–0 win in Bucharest over Warriors and concluded with an 8–0 victory against the 89ers in Timișoara.