CSA Steaua București (handball)

CSA Steaua București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)	Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Short name	Steaua
Founded	1949 (1949) (in 11 players) 1958 (1958) (in 7 players)
Arena	Sala Polivalentă (Capacity: 5,300) Sala Sporturilor Concordia (Capacity: 1,465)
Head coach	Sandu Iacob
League	Liga Națională
2018–19	Liga Națională, 6th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

CSA Steaua București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Bucharest, Romania. It competes in the Romanian Handball League. They are part of the CSA Steaua sports organization.

History

Founded in the late 1940s as part of the CSA Steaua army sports club. The handball section has won a record 28 national championships and 9 Romanian cups. Steaua won two EHF Champions League titles as well as reaching two further finals.

In 2006, they won the EHF Challenge Cup with Vasile Stîngă as their coach. The club played under various names throughout the years for sponsorship reasons.

Their biggest rival is Dinamo Bucharest with whom they contest the Bucharest derby.

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Liga Națională (in 11 players): Champions (7): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1960–61 Runners-up (3): 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58 Romanian League: Champions (28): 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08 Runners-up (10): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2017–18 Romanian Cup: Winners (9): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 Runners-up (9): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2015–16, 2018–19

EHF Champions League: Winners (2): 1967–68, 1976–77 Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 1988–89 Semi-finalists (3): 1969–70, 1974–75, 1985–86 EHF Challenge Cup: Winners (1): 2005–06 EHF Cup: Semi-finalists (2): 1992–93, 1993–94 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-finalists (1): 2009–10

Team

Current roster

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeepers

• Tudor Stănescu
• Alexandru Bucătaru

Wingers

RW

• Andrei Mihalcea
• Ionuţ Georgescu
• Sergiu Olaru

LW

• Gabriel Florea
• Alin Roșu

Line players

• Nemanja Grbović
• Martin Johansson

Back players

LB

• Krsto Milošević
• Gabriel Burlacu

CB

• Valentin Ivancenco

RB

• Samvel Aslanyan
• Alexandru Căpățînă

Notable former players

• Dan Rosescu
• Otto Tellman
• Hansi Schmidt
• Werner Stöckl
• Aurel Bulgariu
• Gheorghe Gruia
• Ștefan Birtalan
• Cristian Gațu
• Alexandru Dincă
• Constantin Tudosie
• Radu Voina
• Cezar Drăgăniță
• Vasile Stîngă
• Alexandru Dedu
• Nicolae Munteanu
• Adrian Simion
• Dumitru Berbece
• Alexandru Buligan
• Marian Dumitru
• Cornel Oțelea
• Ionuț Georgescu
• Ciprian Beșta
• Iulian Stamate
• Gheorghe Goran
• Ion Popescu
• Alin Șania
• Adrian Ghimeș
• Liviu Ianoș
• Andrei Cian
• Sebastian Bota

Notable coaches

• Niculae Nedeff
• Radu Voina
• Vasile Stîngă
• Nicolae Munteanu
• Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu
• Cornel Oțelea
• Olimpiu Nodea

External links

• Club website (in Romanian)
• EHF competition history at ehfcl.com
• CSA Steaua at eurohandball.com
• CSA Steaua at handbalvolei.ro (in Romanian)