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According to the club's own records<ref name=CSAfotbal>{{cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|title=Jocuri sportiveb fotbal|trans-title=Sporting departments: football|publisher=CSA Steaua București|date=|accessdate=1 November 2017|language=Romanian}}</ref>, it is the most successful football club in Romania, having won the [[Liga I]] 21 times, the [[Cupa României]] 20 times and the [[Supercupa României]] 4 times&nbsp;– all competition records. Internationally, they won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in 1986 and [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] in 1987.<ref>http://www.steaualibera.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20292988_1389555091080148_3321750527425968456_n.jpg</ref>
According to the club's own records<ref name=CSAfotbal>{{cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|title=Jocuri sportiveb fotbal|trans-title=Sporting departments: football|publisher=CSA Steaua București|date=|accessdate=1 November 2017|language=Romanian}}</ref>, it is the most successful football club in Romania, having won the [[Liga I]] 21 times, the [[Cupa României]] 20 times and the [[Supercupa României]] 4 times&nbsp;– all competition records. Internationally, they won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in 1986 and [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] in 1987.<ref>http://www.steaualibera.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20292988_1389555091080148_3321750527425968456_n.jpg</ref>
However, all the records are disputed with another club, [[FC Steaua]], that also pretends it is the real Steaua Bucharest.


Founded in 1947 as ''ASA București'', they spent their entire history in the [[Liga I]] up until 2003, when the legal status of the football team's governing institution was changed to a [[S.A. (corporation)|share company]]. However, in 2014 this action's procedure was found in [[Judiciary of Romania|Court]] to be non-statutory, and the ownership of the Steaua football team returned to the parent club CSA Steaua.<ref name=gone>{{cite web|url=http://evz.ro/s-a-stins-steaua-lui-gigi-becali-fcsb-preia-palmaresul-din-2003.html|title=S-a stins Steaua lui Gigi Becali. FCSB preia palmaresul din 2003.|trans-title=Gigi Becali's Steaua is gone. FCSB keeps historical record only as of 2003.|publisher=[[Evenimentul Zilei]]|date=30 March 2017|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=Romanian}}</ref> The club which had acted as Steaua between 2003 and 2014 (always remaining in the top division) was ruled to retroactively be a distinct one and is now called Fotbal Club Fcsb.<ref name="Special Broadcasting Service">{{cite web|url= http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/03/31/steaua-bucharest-change-name-fc-fcsb|title=Steaua Bucharest change name to FC FCSB|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|date=31 March 2017|accessdate=25 April 2017}}</ref>
Founded in 1947 as ''ASA București'', they spent their entire history in the [[Liga I]] up until 2003, when the legal status of the football team's governing institution was changed to a [[S.A. (corporation)|share company]]. However, in 2014 this action's procedure was found in [[Judiciary of Romania|Court]] to be non-statutory, and the ownership of the Steaua football team returned to the parent club CSA Steaua.<ref name=gone>{{cite web|url=http://evz.ro/s-a-stins-steaua-lui-gigi-becali-fcsb-preia-palmaresul-din-2003.html|title=S-a stins Steaua lui Gigi Becali. FCSB preia palmaresul din 2003.|trans-title=Gigi Becali's Steaua is gone. FCSB keeps historical record only as of 2003.|publisher=[[Evenimentul Zilei]]|date=30 March 2017|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=Romanian}}</ref> The club which had acted as Steaua between 2003 and 2014 (always remaining in the top division) was ruled to retroactively be a distinct one and is now called Fotbal Club Fcsb.<ref name="Special Broadcasting Service">{{cite web|url= http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/03/31/steaua-bucharest-change-name-fc-fcsb|title=Steaua Bucharest change name to FC FCSB|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|date=31 March 2017|accessdate=25 April 2017}}</ref>

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For the parent multi-sport club, see CSA Steaua București.
CSA Steaua București
Full nameClubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)
  • Steliștii
  • Militarii (The Military Men)
  • Roș-albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
  • Viteziștii (The Speedsters)
Short nameCSA Steaua
Founded2017
GroundGhencea V
Capacity1,000[1]
OwnerMinistry of National Defence
ChairmanCristian Neagoe[2]
ManagerMarius Lăcătuș
CoachMarius Lăcătuș
LeagueLiga IV
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of CSA Steaua
AthleticsBasketballBoxingCanoe & Kayak
CyclingEquestrianFencingFootball
GymnasticsHandballHockeyJudo
KarateKenpōMotorcyclingPentathlon
RowingRugbySamboShooting
SwimmingTaekwondo WTFTable tennisTennis
VolleyballWater PoloWeightliftingWrestling

CSA Steaua București (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈste̯awa bukuˈreʃtʲ]), colloquially known as simply Steaua or Steaua Bucharest in English, is a Romanian football club based in Bucharest and one of the sporting sections of CSA Steaua București.

According to the club's own records[3], it is the most successful football club in Romania, having won the Liga I 21 times, the Cupa României 20 times and the Supercupa României 4 times – all competition records. Internationally, they won the European Cup in 1986 and European Super Cup in 1987.[4] However, all the records are disputed with another club, FC Steaua, that also pretends it is the real Steaua Bucharest.

Founded in 1947 as ASA București, they spent their entire history in the Liga I up until 2003, when the legal status of the football team's governing institution was changed to a share company. However, in 2014 this action's procedure was found in Court to be non-statutory, and the ownership of the Steaua football team returned to the parent club CSA Steaua.[5] The club which had acted as Steaua between 2003 and 2014 (always remaining in the top division) was ruled to retroactively be a distinct one and is now called Fotbal Club Fcsb.[6]

In 2017, the parent club reactivated its football section and entered it into the 2017-18 season of Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian Championship. They play their home matches on Ghencea V, one of the former training fields of the Complexul Sportiv Steaua, as its main football arena is currently undergoing reconstruction in order to serve as a training pitch for Euro 2020.

Initially, the club played in the colours of the Romanian tricolour – blue, yellow and red – until yellow soon lost its importance and the team became associated with only red and blue.

History

Main article: History of FC Steaua București

Foundation

Steaua was founded on 7 June 1947 at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Royal Army. The establishment took place following a decree signed by General Mihail Lascăr, High Commander of the Armed Forces. The club's first name was ASA București (Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București – Army Sporting Association). It was formed as a sports society with seven initial sections, including football, coached by Coloman Braun-Bogdan.[7] ASA was renamed to CSCA (Clubul Sportiv Central al Armatei – Central Sporting Club of the Army) in 1948 and to CCA (Casa Centrală a Armatei – Central House of the Army) in 1950.[7]

Early years

In 1949, CSCA won its first trophy, the Cupa României, defeating CSU Cluj 2–1 in the final. Under the name of CCA, the club managed to win three Championship titles in a row in 1951, 1952 and 1953, along with its first Championship–Cup double in 1951. During the 1950s, the so-called CCA Golden Team became nationally famous.[8] In 1956, the Romania national team (composed exclusively of CCA players) played Yugoslavia in Belgrade and won 1–0. In the same year, CCA, coached by Ilie Savu, became the first Romanian team to participate in a tournament in England, where it achieved noteworthy results against the likes of Luton Town, Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[9]

Rename to Steaua

At the end of 1961, CCA changed its name once again to CSA Steaua București (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – Army Sports Club Steaua). The club's new name translated to The Star and was adopted because of the presence of a red star, a symbol of most East European Army clubs, on its crest. A poor period of almost two decades followed in which the club claimed only three championships (1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78). Instead, the team won nine national cup trophies, for which matter it gained the nickname of "cup specialists".[10] Also during this period, on 9 April 1974 Steaua's current ground, Stadionul Ghencea, was inaugurated with a friendly match against OFK Beograd.[11]

Steaua with the European Cup in 1986.
The champion team of 1989

European glory

1986 European Cup Final starting lineup.
1989 European Cup Final starting lineup.

Under the leadership of coaches Emerich Jenei and Anghel Iordănescu, Steaua had an impressive Championship run in the 1984–85 season, which it won after a six-year break. Subsequently, Steaua became the first Romanian club to reach a European Cup final, which it ultimately won against Barcelona on penalties (2–0, after a goalless draw). Steaua therefore became the first Eastern European team to claim the title of European champions. An additional European Super Cup was won in 1987 against Dynamo Kyiv. Steaua remained at the top of European football for the rest of the decade, managing one more European Cup semi-final in 1987–88 and one more European Cup final in 1989 (lost 4–0 to Milan). Notably, this was in addition to its four additional national titles (1985-86, 1986-87, 1987–88, 1988-89) and four national cups (1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88[note 1], 1988–89). Furthermore, from June 1986 to September 1989, Steaua ran a record 104-match undefeated streak in the championship, setting a world record for that time and a European one still standing.[12]

The Romanian Revolution led the country towards a free open market and, subsequently, several players of the 1980s team left for other clubs in the West. After a short pull-back, a quick recovery followed and Steaua managed a six consecutive championship streak between 1992–93 and 1997–98 to equalize the 1920s performance of Chinezul Timișoara[13] and also three more cups in 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1998-99. At international level, the club also managed to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage three years in a row between 1994–95 and 1996–97.

Separation from the Romanian Army

In 1998, the football club separated from CSA Steaua and changed its name to FC Steaua București (Fotbal Club Steaua),[14] ruled by a non-profit association led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.[15] George Becali, another businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in hope of richer investment in the club. Eventually in 2003, Becali managed to gain control over the club by turning it from non-profit to a public share company.[16]

Subsequently, even though the club managed to win five national championships and to qualify for the UEFA Champions League four times, it became increasingly associated with Becali's controversial character, infamous for his homophobia,[17] xenophobia, misogyny, racism,[18] tax evasion[19] and even imprisonments.[20] Apart from this, the club also moved from the historical Stadionul Ghencea to the newly built Arena Națională.

Steaua vs FCSB lawsuit

In December 2014, following legal action from former parent club CSA Steaua, the Becali-backed club lost its right to use the "Steaua" trademark, its use having never been approved by CSA Steaua.[6] The club which had acted as Steaua throughout this time was summoned to change their name and logo;[21] presently, they are officially called Fotbal Club FCSB SA[22] and continue to play in Liga I. A further ongoing trial has been initiated by CSA Steaua, claiming FCSB must pay almost 37 million Euros as compensation for having unlawfully used the Steaua brand from 2003.[23]

Nevertheless, FCSB has been continuing to use Steaua's heritage in communication, despite court orders.[24]

According to comments made by Constantin Danilescu (a former Steaua employee who worked for the club until 1999), during the 1998 separation CSA Steaua did not relinquish ownership of the team's name, honours or brand, as was believed until 2017. The club only allowed the non-profit it partnered with to use these elements, but the non-profit never had any right to sell them, placing doubt over the claims of FCSB to titles won before the takeover by Becali.[25]

Football section reopened

Having legally reclaimed the football team, CSA Steaua București reactivated its football section and entered it to Liga IV's 2017–18 season, the fourth tier of the Romanian Championship. Funded from privately owned CSA Steaua finances,[26] the team's objective is to promote every year to the higher league, until it reaches Liga I, a timeline which is to coincide with the opening of the new Stadionul Ghencea.

In April 2018, CSA Steaua played a home league fixture against AS Academia Rapid București, the principal 'phoenix club' established by supporters of the defunct FC Rapid București. Due to the high profile of the participants, the match was moved to the Arena Națională and attracted a crowd of 36,277, setting a lower-league national record; Academia Rapid won 3–1 to consolidate their position at the top of the table, with CSA Steaua five points behind in second place.[27]

Crest and colours

ASA București was founded by the Royal Army on 7 June 1947,[7] at which date the club had no official crest. During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolour flag.[28] Starting with the following season and with the Army's change of identity from the Royal Army to the People's Army, the yellow was gradually given up, so that the official colours remained, up to this day, the red and the blue.

As communists assumed total control of the country on 30 December 1947,[29] the Royal Army was transformed into the People's Army and ASA automatically with it. Being inspired by the Red Army, the new Ministry of Defence decided to create a crest for the club, along with the change of name to CSCA, consisting in an A-labeled red star (symbol of the Red Army) on a blue disc.

Two years later, the change of name to CCA brought with it a new crest consisting of the same red star labeled CCA surrounded by a crown of laurel. The all-present star motif on the crest finally had its saying over the new name of Steaua as up 1961. It was opted for a badge which, redesigned, remains up to this day the club's symbol: the red and blue striped background with a golden star in the middle, to symbolize to Romanian tricolour flag. The shape for the emblem was redesigned in 1974, once the team moved to Stadionul Ghencea.

Following the Romanian Revolution, the Army decided to break all links to the defunct communist regime, so, in 1991, CSA Steaua had a last change of crest with an eagle also present on the Ministry of Defence coat of arms and also on Romania's. As FC Steaua appeared in 1998, the club added two yellow stars on top of the CSA Steaua badge signifying its 24 titles of champions won, along with the Fotbal Club specification.

In 2003, the FCSB Board of Administration decided to change the crest, a revamp of the old logo of 1974–1991, redesigned with the two yellow stars on top. Following the 2014 lawsuit that stripped FCSB from its association with Steaua, this logo was transferred to the football section of CSA Steaua București.

Steaua has never had a standard playing kit. However, the most widely used throughout time was the combination of red shirts, blue shorts and red socks. Other variants have been all-red, all-blue and also shirts in vertical red and blue stripes during the 1960s and 1970s. Other kit colours have very rarely been used. Exceptions were the 1986 European Cup Final in which Steaua wore, for the only time in their history, an all-white kit and a brief period in the 1970s with yellow shirts.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Steaua's kit is currently manufactured by Joma, after a long partnership with Adidas. The club's main sponsor, featured on their kits is betting company BetArena.[30] Previous sponsors include Ford,[31] Castrol, Philips, CBS, Bancorex (initially BRCE), Dialog (currently Orange), and BCR.

Stadium

Main article: Stadionul Ghencea
Ghencea
Location35, Bulevardul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania
OwnerMinistry of National Defence
Capacity1,000 (secondary pitch)
Opened9 April 1974

Steaua played its three first matches in history at the defunct Stadionul Venus. Opened in 1931, the venue had previously been in the property of former inter-war club Venus București.[32] After the ground's demolition through order of the Communist regime, Steaua had played its home matches on either two of Bucharest's largest multi-use stadia: Republicii and Stadionul 23 August. Stadionul 23 August (current Arena Națională) was mostly used for either matches between Bucharest teams or for important European matches, while Stadionul Republicii for regular league matches.

As of 1974, Steaua had played its home matches at the Stadionul Ghencea, a football stadium situated in South-Western Bucharest. Part of Complexul Sportiv Steaua, it was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly match against OFK Beograd,[11] at which time it was the first football-only stadium ever built in Communist Romania, with no track and field facilities.

The stadium, built through order of the Ministry of National Defence inside a former military base, broke ground in 1973[33] and has been used by Steaua ever since. Its original capacity was 30,000 on benches. A general renovation occurred in 1991. This included installing seats, which dropped the capacity to 28,365,[34] inaugurating a floodlight system and erecting a VIP personal box section.

The Romania national team was also a tenant. The first game played by the national team at Ghencea was in March 1977 against Turkey, with 59 other matches played there ever since, the last occurring in October 2006 against Belarus.[35] Also, several matches from the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, including the final, have been hosted by the arena.

Currently, Stadionul Ghencea is to be demolished and reconstructed, with the same approximate capacity of 30,000 seats, in order to serve as a training pitch for Euro 2020. The stadium, built through order of the Ministry of National Defence inside a former military base, broke ground in 1973.[36]

Support

Choreography at the Peluza Nord in 2011
Peluza Nord in 2008

Steaua has the largest number of supporters of any team in Romania. A survey conducted in June 2007 suggested that the club accounts for approximately 42% of all Romanian football lovers, far greater than the teams ranked second and third, Dinamo București, with 12%, and Rapid București, with 9%.[37] The largest concentration of fans are in Bucharest, notably in areas adjacent to Stadionul Ghencea, covering the whole southern half of Bucharest, a city geographically divided by the Dâmbovița River.[38] Also, the club has an important fan base inside the country, and also outside the borders, among Romanian expats and emigrants.

Ultra history

The Steaua Ultras movement began in 1995, when the bases of Armata Ultra (AU), the first Ultras group from Bucharest (and second in Romania after Politehnica Timișoara's Commando Viola Ultra Curva Sud),[39] were set. The group quickly reached an impressive number of members, but in 2001 they dissolved following a conflict with the present-day FCSB owner George Becali. Steaua's ultras subsequently broke into several smaller groups, some of them remaining in the Peluza Nord (North End), others relocating to the Peluza Sud (South End) - the latter of which became the most vocal against then-owner Becali.

Present day

While ultra groups stopped attending matches around the time of the Court's demand that FCSB does't have the rights to be Steaua, regular spectators continued their presence at Arena Națională matches and now form the majority of the FCSB support, mostly at important European fixtures.

Ever since the Court's decision in 2014, Peluza Sud has fully adopted the reopened football team of CSA Steaua București and represents a constant presence for the Liga IV matches.

More recently, as of 2017, the supporters have formed their own official association, called AS 47 (Asociația Steliștilor 1947 – Steaua Supporters' Association 1947), as a legal entity with its stated goals of 'reoffering Steaua and its supporters their true meaning, in harmony with the club's original values' .[40]

Rivalries

Main article: Eternal derby

Steaua's most important rivalry is the one against Dinamo București. Marele Derby (The Great Derby) has been the leading Romanian football encounter in the last 60 years, as Steaua and Dinamo are the two most successful football teams in the country.

It is also a match between the former clubs of the Romanian Army (Steaua) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Dinamo). Several clashes between different factions of supporters have often occurred and still occur inside and outside the stadium.

The second-most important rivalry is with Rapid București, while other secondary rivalries are with non-Bucharest teams, such as Universitatea Craiova, Politehnica Timișoara, Petrolul Ploiești.

Honours

Main article: List of FC Steaua București records and statistics

According to their own records,[3] CSA Steaua claims all honours won by Steaua București between 1947 and 2003. However this is disputed with the FCSB entity.[5][41][24][25]

As of November 2017, UEFA regards FCSB as the continuation of FC Steaua and attributes all honours since 1947 to that entity.[42] The restarted football section of CSA Steaua has no separate honours, having only completed the first dozen games of its inaugural season.

Domestic

European

Worldwide

Current season

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
Liga 4 2017/2018 - Bucharest Group 1 10 9 1 0 59 2 +57
Romanian Cup 2017/2018 - Bucharest Group 1 2 2 0 0 34 1 +23
Total 1 9 8 1 0 70 3 +67

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Claudiu Chiș
2 DF Romania ROU Mihai Butoi
3 DF Romania ROU Andrei Grigore
4 DF Romania ROU Ștefan Pădureț
5 DF Romania ROU Eduard Radu
6 MF Romania ROU Mihai Lolescu
7 MF Romania ROU Andrei Pătrănoiu
8 MF Romania ROU Cadolar Curt
9 FW Romania ROU Cătălin Mirea
10 MF Romania ROU Alin Predescu
11 MF Romania ROU Junior Măcriș
12 GK Romania ROU Andrei Voican
15 FW Romania ROU Mihai Olaru
16 MF Romania ROU Adrian Vîlcea
17 MF Romania ROU Roberto Chivu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Romania ROU Adrian Dorobanțu
19 MF Romania ROU Alin Turbatu
20 DF Romania ROU Bogdan Sitaru
21 FW Romania ROU Gheorghiță Constantinescu
22 GK Romania ROU Horia Iancu (captain)
23 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Chirilă
25 DF Romania ROU Claudiu Zamfirescu
26 DF Romania ROU Alex Moldoveanu
27 DF Romania ROU Răzvan Prodan
28 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Peptănuș
11 FW Romania ROU Marius Bâtfoi [44]
17 MF Romania ROU Florin Răsdan [45]
24 MF Romania ROU Cristian Jitaru [46]
14 MF Romania ROU Florin Boerean [47]
13 FW Senegal SEN Abdou Kasse Camara [48]

Club officials

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