CSA Steaua București is a Romanian professional

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club based in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, Romania. It competes in the

Romanian Handball League Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

. They are part of the

CSA Steaua CSA may refer to: Arts and media * Canadian Screen Awards, annual awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television * Commission on Superhuman Activities, a fictional American government agency in Marvel Comics * Crime Syndicate of Amer ...

sports organization.

History

Founded in the late 1940s as part of the

army sports club. The handball section has won a record 28

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and 9 Romanian cups. Steaua won two

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

titles as well as reaching two further finals. In 2006, they won the

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League ...

with

Vasile Stîngă Vasile Stîngă (also Stanga, born 21 January 1957) is a Romanian handball coach and former player. He played 269 matches for Romania men's national handball team, scoring 1414 goals and winning bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He wa ...

as their coach. The club played under various names throughout the years for sponsorship reasons. Their biggest rival is

Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

with whom they contest the Bucharest derby.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Ovidiu Mihăilă * Assistant Coach: Ștefan Laufceac

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining *

Alireza Mousavi Alireza Mousavi ( fa, علیرضا موسوی, born 27 April 1990) is an Iranian handball player for Dinamo București and the Iranian national team. Achievements * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2015 * Liga Națională: **' ...

from

CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast ...

;Leaving

Honours

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:Winners (6): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08

European record

European Cup and Champions League

EHF Challenge Cup

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Silviu Băiceanu (1999–2003) * Ciprian Beșta (1991–1994) *

Ștefan Birtalan Ştefan Birtalan (born 25 September 1948) is a former Romanian handball player, coach and sports official. Birtalan was one of the best players of his time and was named the World Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977. He spent most of his ...

(1970–1985) * Octavian Bizău (2017–2019) * Sebastian Bota (1991–1997) *

Alexandru Buligan Alexandru Buligan (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper who played a record of 280 international games for Romania. He won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Championships. At the club level h ...

(1981–1982) * Ionuț Ciobanu (2005–2010, 2021-) * Alexandru Dedu (1991–1996) *

Cristian Gațu Cristian Gațu (born 20 August 1945) is a retired Romanian handball player. He earned 212 caps with the national team, winning the world title in 1970 and 1974 and medalling at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After retiring from competitions he beca ...

(1968–1978) *

Gheorghe Gruia Gheorghe Gruia Marinescu (October 2, 1940 – December 9, 2015) was a Romanian handball player, coach and sports official. Born in Bucharest, Gruia won the gold medal in the 1964 World Handball Championship and the 1970 World Championship. In t ...

(1961–1973) * Javier Humet (2018–2020) * Ionuț Iancu (2021–) * Josef Jakob (1963–1971) * Andrei Mihalcea (2018–) * Marius Novanc (2005–2010) * Alin Șania (2005–2009) * Ciprian Șandru (2021–) * Hansi Schmidt (1961–1963) * Tudor Stănescu (2016–) * Marius Stavrositu (2007–2010, 2017-2019) *

(1977–1989) *

Werner Stöckl Werner Stöckl (born 28 June 1952) is a retired Romanian handball player of Banat Swabian ethnicity. He won the world title in 1974 and two Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Stöckl took up handball in 1967 and in 1969 joined Steaua București ...

(1969–1981) * Marius Szőke (2011–2017) *

Radu Voina Radu Voina (born 29 July 1950 in Apold, Șaeș, Mureș County) is a Romanian former Team handball, handball player and current head coach. Playing career He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the 1980 Summer O ...

(1972–1991) *

Marin Vegar Marin Vegar (born 22 January 1990) is a Bosnian handball player who is currently player of CSM "Constanta" from Romania and the Bosnian national team. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The ...

(2018–2019) * Ivan Matskevich (2015–2017) * João Pedro Silva (2019-2020) *

Guilherme Valadão Gama Guilherme Valadão Gama (born 25 January 1991) is a Brazilian handballer for Romanian club Steaua București and the Brazilian national team. He represented Brazil at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Titles *South and Central Ameri ...

(2019-2020) *

Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz Rodrigo Alonso Salinas Muñoz (born 25 February 1989) is a Chilean handball player for Bidasoa Irún and the Chilean national team. He ranked second in the 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship's top goalscorers list. Salinas reached ...

(2014-2015) * Nikola Kedžo (2017-2019) *

Guillermo Corzo Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People *Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player *Guillermo Ar� ...

(2014–2015) * Ahmed Khairy (2020-2021) * Mohsen Babasafari (2017-2019) *

(2022-) *

Nemanja Grbović Nemanja Grbović (born 26 April 1990) is a Montenegrin handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) p ...

(2018-2019, 2020-) * Milan Popović (2021-) * Samvel Aslanyan (2017-2021) * Miloš Kostadinović (2016-2018) * Krsto Milošević (2018-) * Stefan Vujić (2017-2019) * Mosbah Sanaï (2020-2021) *((flagocon, SRB)) ((OBRAD IVEZIC)) ((2007-2010))

References

External links

* * Romanian handball clubs

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