The official inauguration in 1911 was done by organizing a game between a Cluj XI and Galatasaray Istanbul.

The stadium is named after Ion Moina, the fastest sprinter in Europe in 1948.

On November 22, 2008, the last official football match played in this stadium, Mureşul Deva, finished 0–0.

The construction of the new stadium, Cluj Arena, began in summer 2009 and finished in 2011.

It was inaugurated in 11 October 2011 with a friendly match of Universitatea Cluj against Kuban Krasnodar.