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This article is about the football club. For the sports of the Army) in 1950.[1]
club, see CSA Steaua Bucureti.
In 1949, CSCA won its rst trophy, the Romanian Cup,
defeating CSU Cluj 21 in the nal. Under the name
Fotbal Club Steaua Bucureti (Romanian pronunciation: of CCA, the club managed to win three Championship
[steawa bukuret]) is a Romanian professional football titles in a row in 1951, 1952 and 1953, along with
club based in Bucharest. They currently compete in Liga their rst Championship-Cup Double in 1951. DurI, the division in which they have spent their entire his- ing the 1950s, the so-called CCA Golden Team betory. Domestically, Steaua have won Liga I 26 times, came nationally famous.[2] In 1956, the national team
Cupa Romniei 22 times, Supercupa Romniei 6 times of Romania, composed exclusively of CCA players,
and Cupa Ligii one time all competition records. In took on Yugoslavia in Belgrade and won 10. DurUEFA competitions they have won the European Cup ing the same year, CCA, coached by Ilie Savu, was the
and European Super Cup, both in 1986. They have also rst Romanian team to enterprise a tournament in Engreached the European Cup nal in 1989, the nal of the land where they achieved noteworthy results against the
Intercontinental Cup, quarter-nals of the European Cup likes of Luton Town, Arsenal, Sheeld Wednesday and
Winners Cup and the semi-nals of the UEFA Cup.
Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3]
The club is historically known as the Romanian Army At the end of 1961 CCA changed its name once again to
sports club, though the football department separated in CSA Steaua Bucureti (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua
1998.
Army Sports Club Steaua). The clubs new name transSteaua currently play their home games at Arena Naion- lates The Star and was adopted because of the presence of
a red star, symbol of most East-European Army clubs, on
al, having moved there from their former home,
the Ministry of National Defence-owned, Stadionul their crest. A poor period of almost two decades followed
Ghencea. Initially, the club played in the colours of the in which the club claimed only three championships
Romanian tricolour blue, yellow and red but yellow (196768, 197576, 197778). Instead, the team won
matter they gained
soon lost its importance, and the team became associated nine national cup trophies, for which
[4]
the
nickname
of
cup
specialists.
Also
during this pewith the red and blue colours. Since 2008 away kits have
riod,
on
9
April
1974,
Steauas
current
ground,
Stadionul
begun to reintegrate the yellow colour. Except 201213
Ghencea,
was
inaugurated
with
a
friendly
match
opposing
when the away kit was blue. The club has a long-standing
[5]
OFK
Beograd.
rivalry with Dinamo Bucureti, matches between the two
being commonly referred to as "The Eternal Derby" or
"The Romanian Derby".
History
1 HISTORY
Duckadam
Belodedici
Bumbescu
Iovan (C)
Brbulescu
Blan
Blni
Balint
Majearu
Lctu
Piurc
1986 European Cup Final starting lineup.
Gheorghe Hagi
Lung
Ungureanu
Bumbescu
Petrescu
Stoica (C)
Minea
Rotariu
Iovan
Hagi
Lctu
Piurc
1989 European Cup Final starting lineup.
Under the leadership of coaches Emerich Jenei and
Anghel Iordnescu, Steaua had an impressive Championship run in the 198485 season, which they won after
a six-year break. Subsequently, they were the rst Romanian team to make it to a European Cup nal, which
they won in front of Barcelona on penalties (20 thanks
to goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam succeeding to save
all four penalties taken by the Spaniards), after a goalless draw. Steaua therefore became the rst EasternEuropean team to claim the title of European champions.
An additional European Super Cup was won in 1987 in
front of Dynamo Kyiv. Steaua remained at the top of Eu-
3
ropean football for the rest of the decade, managing one
more European Cup seminal in 198788 and one more
European Cup nal in 1989 (lost 40 to Milan). This happened next to their four additional national titles (1985
86, 198687, 198788, 198889) and four national cups
(198485, 198687, 198788, 198889). 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.[6]
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
199293 and 199798 to equalise the 1920s performance
of Chinezul Timioara[7] and also three more cups in
199596, 199697 and 199899. At international level,
they also managed to make it to the UEFA Champions
League group stage three years in a row between 1994
95 and 199697. In 1998, the football club separated
from CSA Steaua and changed their name for the nal
time to FC Steaua Bucureti (Fotbal Club Steaua Football Club Steaua),[8] being led by Romanian businessman
Viorel Punescu. Punescu performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.[9] George
Becali, another businessman, was oered the position of
vice-president, in hope that he would invest money in the
club. Becali eventually purchased the majority share in
2002 and turned the governing company public in January 2003.[10]
Because of his controversial character, he has been contested by the majority of Steaua fans.[11] The team qualied for the UEFA Cup group stage in the 200405 season and further on became the rst Romanian team to
make it to the European football spring since 1993 (also
Steauas performance). The next season, they reached
the UEFA Cup semi-nals in 200506, where they were
eliminated by Middlesbrough thanks to a last minute goal
and thereafter qualied for the following UEFA Champions League seasons after a ten-year break. In the 2007
08 season Steaua have qualied again in the group stage of
UEFA Champions League. Nationally, they gained two
titles in 200405 and 200506 and the Romanian Super
Cup in 2006, the latter being the clubs 50th trophy in its
59-year history.[12]
In 2013, Steaua won its 24th national title, also reaching the UEFA Champions League group stage. They repeated the same performance next year, in 2014, winning
the 25th championship.
5 SUPPORT
only time in their history, an all-white kit, the 199900 only stadium ever built in Communist Romania, with no
away kit (yellow and red), the 200506 third kit (yellow track and eld facilities.
and black)and the 200809 away kit (all yellow).
The original capacity was 30,000 on benches. A general renovation occurred in 1991. This included installing
seats, which dropped the capacity to 28,365,[26] inaugu2.1 Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors rating a oodlighting system and erecting a VIP personal
box section.
Steauas kit is currently manufactured by Nike, who have
held the contract since 2002, after a long partnership with After a second renovation, in[27]2006, which included rewas able to host UEFA
Adidas.[18] First team shirt sponsors have been City Insur- furbishing the turf, Ghencea
[19]
[20]
Champions
League
events,
being
a third category arena
ance since 2013.
Previous sponsors include Ford,
according
to
the
UEFA
classication
system.[28] Lately,
Castrol, Philips, CBS, Bancorex (initially BRCE), Dialog
there have been talks for increasing the capacity to either
(currently Orange), BCR, RAFO, and CitiFinancial.[21]
45,000 or 60,000.[29]
Rankings
Stadium
5 Support
See also: Steaua fans
.
5
European season, after racial chants were heard from the
crowd.[38]
Lately, crowd turbulence has been one of the clubs main
problems. During the last three seasons, 11 Liga I matchday suspensions and one in the UEFA Cup have been dictated against the Ghencea-based club out of reasons such
as crowd trouble, racial chants or torch lighting.
and Rapid Bucureti, with 9%.[31] The largest concentration of fans are in Bucharest, notably in areas adjacent to 6 Club rivalries
the arena, covering the whole southern half of Bucharest,
a city geographically divided by the Dmbovia River.[32] Main article: Eternal derby (Romania)
Also, the club has an important fan base inside the coun- Steauas most important rivalry is the one against Dinamo
try, where several towns are renowned for counting vast
majorities of Steaua supporters, and outside the borders,
among Romanian emigrants.
The Steaua Ultras movement began in 1995, when the
bases of Armata Ultra (AU), the rst Ultras group
from Bucharest (and second in Romania after Politehnica
Timioara's Commando Viola Ultra Curva Sud),[33] were
set. The group quickly reached an impressive number
of members, but, in 2001, they dissolved due to internal problems. Currently Steauas supporters are divided
into several groups, some of them being located at the
Peluza Nord (North End) (Titan Boys, Nucleo, Insurgenii 1998, Skins 1996, Combat, Armata 47 Vest), while
some other ones taking their place at the Peluza Sud
(South End) (Vacarm, Glas, E.R.A., Hunters, Outlaws,
Shadows, Roosters, T.K., Tinerii Sudisti). Several important groups such as Stil Ostil, Ultras, Banda Ultra' and
South Boys retired from attending Steauas matches due
to the clubs constant abuses towards them and, mainly,
to the current ownership of Steaua.[34]
More recently, as of 2006, the supporters have formed
their own ocial association, called AISS (Asociaia Independent a Suporterilor Steliti Steaua Supporters Independent Association). AISS was formed as a legal entity
with its stated goals of protecting the interests and image
of Steaua supporters, as well as identifying and promoting
the clubs perennial values.[35]
A heavy debated topic about the fans is the one related to racism. Stemmed from their rivalry with Rapid
Bucureti, whose fans are often envisioned as Romani
ethnics,[36] the issue degenerated on certain situations in
several incidents between factions of supporters of Steaua
and Rapid.[37] Also, the UEFA Champions League 2005
06 qualifying match against Shelbourne, resulted in a onematchday pitch suspension for Steaua during the same
6
domestic league.[44]
The second most important rivalry is the one with Rapid
Bucureti. Several matches in the last years between
Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans.[37] Rivalry has become even ercer since
Steaua outpassed Rapid in an all-Romanian quarter nal of the UEFA Cup 200506 season. The local sports
newspapers said that the 2 teams were linked up in this
quarter nal by the line of the number 41 tram which links
the Ghencea Stadium to the Valentin Stnescu Stadium.
Milder and historical rivalries are also with nonBucharest teams such as Universitatea Craiova, Several other examples from music can be attributed as
Politehnica Timioara, Petrolul Ploieti, CFR Cluj, Steaua-related. Apart from club anthems played throughUniversitatea Cluj and a recent one with Astra Giurgiu.[45] out time by Marcel Pavel, Bere Gratis, Gaz pe Foc, an album was released in 2006 as a compilation by Mircea Vintil, Chicanos, Bogdan Dima and several other artists.[53]
Delikt and Ultras are two former hip hop bands whose
7 Ownership
members ranked the defunct Armata Ultra' brigade and
would always show up displaying fan materials. Also,
Steaua has always been known as the club of the Voltaj, in their song 'MSD2', make reference to the fans
Romanian Army, who founded it in 1947 as a sports so- in the line Poi s i cine sau poi stelist (You can be a
[54]
or you can be a Steaua fan).[55]
ciety.[1] The Army continues to own the society, called dog
CSA Steaua Bucureti at the moment.
One of the most famous pop-culture references about the
club is the association with Scooter's song Maria, rst
sung spontaneously in 2003 by the fans in Peluza Nord after the team would score. Ever since, it has been adopted
as an unocial club anthem and is being played at the
stadium at every match, sung together by the supporters. Nonetheless, the song is beginning to lose popularity,
In January 2003, the club turned public, under the leadermainly because it has become too commercial and many
ship of investor and current politician George Becali, who
fans do not feel bonded with it any more.[56]
had already purchased 51% of the societys shares and
later on acquired the rest to become owner of the club.
At present Becali has no ocial link to the club, as he
gradually renounced his shares. However, the facts that 9 Statistics and records
the current shareholders, that include several nephews of
his,[47] are people loyal to him and that he is still in charge See also: FC Steaua Bucureti statistics
of Steaua are obvious.[48] An unocial explanation for
this situation is represented by the heavy amount of unpaid taxes added up by the former governing company, Steaua currently boasts itself with the most impressive
AFC Steaua Bucureti, whose payment towards the tax pedigree in Romania. With 62 seasons spent in Liga I,
authority was avoided this way by transferring its assets they are one of only two teams to have played only in
to the new-formed company, with the old association go- the rst national league, along with Dinamo Bucureti
(61 seasons). At the same time, the club is the current
ing on liquidation bankruptcy.[49]
record holder for the number of national championships
George Becali is currently a highly controversial person, (26), national cups (22), national super cups (6) and the
whose involvement in the life of the club and the team national league cup (1). Between 1993 and 1998, their
has often been described as authoritarian and dictatorial run of six consecutive national titles won equaled the one
by both the media and the fans.[50]
of Chinezul Timioara from the 1920s. Internationally,
they are the only Romanian club to have won continental
trophies (the European Champions Cup in 1986 and the
European Super Cup in 1986) and to have played in the
8 Steaua in popular culture
nal of the European Cup (in 1986 and 1989).
The football department however, in order to comply
with UEFA rules, separated and turned private in 1998,
owned and nanced by a non-prot organization called
AFC Steaua Bucureti, chaired by businessman Viorel
Punescu.[46]
For three years and three months (June 1986 September 1989), Steaua counted a number of 104 unbeaten
matches in the league, establishing, at that moment, a
world record and a European one still standing.[57] Also
inside the national league, they counted 112 matches be-
10.2
European
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Winners (1) Record: 201415
Supercupa Romniei
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European record
10.3 Worldwide
10.1
Domestic
10.1.1
League
Intercontinental Cup
Runners-up (1): 1986
Liga I / Divizia A
Winners (26) Record: 1951, 1952, 1953,
1956, 195960, 196061, 196768, 1975
76, 197778, 198485, 198586, 1986
87, 198788, 198889, 199293, 1993
94, 199495, 199596, 199697, 1997
98, 200001, 200405, 200506, 201213,
201314, 201415
Runners-up (14): 1954, 195758, 1962
63, 197677, 197980, 198384, 1989
90, 199091, 199192, 200203, 200304,
200607, 200708, 201516
10.1.2
Cups
Cupa Romniei
Winners (22) Record: 194849, 1950,
1951, 1952, 1955, 196162, 196566, 1966
67, 196869, 196970, 197071, 1975
76, 197879, 198485, 198687, 1987
88,[60] 198889, 199192, 199596, 1996
97, 199899, 201011, 201415
Runners-up (8): 1953, 196364, 1976
77, 197980, 198384, 198586, 198990,
201314
11 Players
11.1 First-team squad
As of 25 June 2016.[61][62]
Note: Flags indicate national team as dened under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
11.4 Transfers
Main article: 201617 FC Steaua Bucureti season
Cupa Ligii
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12
Club ocials
12.1
12.2
Board of directors
As of 21 June 2016.[63]
12.3
REFERENCES
[12] Steaua a cucerit al 50-lea trofeu din istoria clubului. HotNews.ro. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
For a list of the clubs most important players throughout [13] Rosu, Emmanuel (27 December 2014). Where the team
time, see List of FC Steaua Bucureti players.
has no name: the ght over Steaua Bucharests identity.
The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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Notable managers
[15] Krasimirov, Angel (16 January 2015). UPDATE 1Soccer-Dinamo fan Tamas joins bitter city rivals Steaua.
Reuters: UK edition. Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^1 Caretaker coach.
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[2] Brancu, Constantin (1994), Din culisele supercampioanei,
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[3] Steaua Anglican". FCSteaua.ro.
[4] Cupa Romaniei: STEAUA Otelul Galati.
Steaua.ro.
FC-
dol.ro.
Retrieved
[54] 'The Red Dogs is a common nickname adopted by Dinamos fans for their team.
[55] Versuri Voltaj Msd2"". versuri.ro. Retrieved 200708-12.
[56] Despre Scooter. fcsteaua.ro. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
[57] Steauas series of 104 matches unbeaten in the Divizia
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[58] Inter Milano a egalat recordul tandemului Steaua Dinamo.. 7plus.ro. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
[59] Alin Huiu. Steaua Europeana. onlinesport.ro. Retrieved
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[61] First Team. steauafc.com. Steaua Bucureti. Retrieved
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[62] Steaua Bucureti. lpf.ro. LPF. Retrieved 1 October
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[63] Technical and medical sta. steauafc.com. Steaua Bucureti. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
[64] Ion Toma este noul sef al Centrului de Copii si Juniori.
steauafc.com. Steaua Bucureti. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
[65] Schimbare de ultim moment Massimo Pedrazzini a fost
nlocuit (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 2015-08-01.
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[66] Istoric Antrenori. steauafc.com. Retrieved 9 March
2013.
15 External links
Ocial website
FC Steaua Bucureti on Facebook
FC Steaua Bucureti at UEFA
FC Steaua Bucureti at teamsandplayers.com
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