The Derbiul Bucureștiului (English: Bucharest derby), also known as Derbi de București and Big Bucharest derby is the

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, between ''

FCSB Fotbal Club FCSB (), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the Liga I, the top flight of the Romanian football le ...

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''. It is considered one of the fiercest intra-city derbies in the country, alongside other major local derbies,

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and Eternal derby, one of the greatest and hotly contested derbies in

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History

The two clubs have played each other over 130 times, beginning with Rapid's 1–0 victory on November 4, 1947 (at the time Rapid was named "CFR", and Steaua "ASA București"). Several matches throughout the years between Steaua and

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have ended in serious clashes between fans. The two teams are notable for their dominance of Romanian football, alongside

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. Even though Rapid only won 3 Romanian football championships to Steaua/FCSB's 27, they both dominate the

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(23 times for Steaua/FCSB and 13 times for Rapid) and the

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(7 times for Steaua/FCSB and 4 times for Rapid). They also have great performances in club competitions organised by

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among other Romanian football team. Steaua won the

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, was runner-up in the same competition in

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after reaching the semi-finals in

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. In

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, Steaua and Rapid faced one another in the quarter-finals of the

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, Steaua winning over two legs on the

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. Moreover, Steaua won the

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and was defeated in the Intercontinental Cup by River Plate the same year. On the other hand, Rapid won the

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2 times in a row in

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and

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and reached the quarter-finals of the

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. The rivalry also extends to other sports.

Honours

Statistics and records

* Largest win:

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2–8 Steaua București on 3 May 1989 * Largest home win (championship): Steaua București 5–0

on 19 June 1988 * Largest away win (championship):

2–8 Steaua București on 3 May 1989 * The most goals in one match (all competitions): 10 in

2–8 Steaua București on 3 May 1989, Divizia A * The most goals in one match (championship): 10 in

2–8 Steaua București on 3 May 1989 * Steaua's largest win:

2–8 Steaua București on 3 May 1989 * Steaua's longest series undefeated (all competitions): 23 matches (18 wins, 5 draws) between 22 May 1977 and 19 March 1994 * Steaua's longest series undefeated (championship): 20 matches (16 wins, 4 draws) between 22 May 1977 and 19 March 1994 *Rapid Bucharest's greatest win(championship): 5–1, 18 April 2010; 27 May 2023

Head to head results

All matches

Liga I

Romanian Cup (Cupa României)

Romanian SuperCup (Supercupa României)

League Cup (Cupa Ligii)

UEFA Cup

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:FC Rapid Bucuresti-FC Steaua Bucuresti rivalry Football rivalries in Romania Football in Bucharest Recurring sporting events established in 1947 FC Rapid București 1947 establishments in Romania FCSB