Fotbal Club FCSB (), commonly known as FCSB, is a Romanian professional
football
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club based in
Bucharest
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. It has spent its entire history in the top flight of the
Romanian league system, the
Liga I
The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...
.
The original ''Steaua București'' football team was founded in 1947 and belonged to the
Ministry of National Defence
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, through the namesake
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...
sports club. In 1998, the football department and its facilities were separated from the latter and taken over by a group of shareholders in a
post-Ceaușescu privatisation scheme, allegedly leading to
one of the shareholders acquiring full ownership five years later. However, CSA Steaua București has been in conflict with the football club since 2011, claiming that it was a new and separate entity; this resulted in multiple court cases and the forced change of the name from
''FC Steaua București'' to ''FC FCSB'' in early 2017.
Domestically, when taken together with the disputed pre-2003 honours, the club has won the Liga I 26 times,
Cupa României
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24 times,
Cupa Ligii
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History
It is unclear when the competition was first crea ...
two times, and
Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994, ...
six times—all competition records. Internationally, they have won the
European Cup
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and
European Super Cup, both in 1986. They reached the European Cup final once again in 1989, when they were defeated by
AC Milan
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. Throughout their history, the ''Roș-albaștrii'' also played the final of the
Intercontinental Cup, the quarter-finals of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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and the semi-finals of the
UEFA Cup
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.
FCSB's home ground is
Arena Națională
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, having moved here from the Ministry of National Defence-owned
Stadionul Ghencea. Initially, the club played in the colours of the
Romanian tricolour, but the team became associated with the red and blue scheme after yellow soon lost its importance. Recently, some kits have begun reintegrating the latter colour.
The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring
Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
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, with matches between the two being commonly referred to as the "
Eternal Derby" or the "Romanian Derby".
History
''ASA București'' (''Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București'' – "Army Sports Association") was founded on 7 June 1947 at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Royal House. The establishment took place following a decree signed by General
Mihail Lascăr
Mihail Lascăr (; November 8, 1889 – July 24, 1959) was a Romanian general during World War II and Romania's Minister of Defense from 1946 to 1947.
He was born in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, Kingdom of Romania, and
graduated from the Infantry O ...
, High Commander of the
Romanian Royal Army
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. It was formed as a
sports society
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
with seven initial sections, including football, coached by
Coloman Braun-Bogdan
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Born in Arad, Arad County, which was at the time part of Austria-Hungary, he made a name for himself as one of the best Roman ...
.
[Dida, Alexandru (21–12–2001), ''Steaua fotbalului românesc'', Pro TV Magazin, nr.51/IV, pp.62–63] ''ASA'' was renamed ''CSCA'' (''Clubul Sportiv Central al Armatei'' – "Central Sports Club of the Army") in 1948 and ''CCA'' (''Casa Centrală a Armatei'' – "Central House of the Army") in 1950.
In 1949, ''CSCA'' won its first trophy, the
Cupa României
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, defeating
CSU Cluj 2–1 in the final. Under the name of ''CCA'', the club managed to win three
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
titles in a row in
1951
Events
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,
1952 and
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, along with its first Championship–Cup
double
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in 1951. During the 1950s, the so-called "CCA Golden Team" became nationally famous. In 1956, the
Romania national team
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(composed exclusively of CCA players) played
Yugoslavia
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in
Belgrade
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and won 1–0. In the same year, CCA, coached by
Ilie Savu
Ilie Savu (9 January 1920 – 16 November 2010) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was Steaua București's first goalkeeper.
Playing career
Born in Cornățelu, Dâmbovița County, Romania, Savu began his career at 1 ...
, became the first Romanian team to participate in a tournament in England, where it achieved noteworthy results against the likes of
Luton Town
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,
Arsenal
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,
Sheffield Wednesday
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and
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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.
At the end of 1961, ''CCA'' changed its name once again to ''
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...
'' (''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
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, 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". Also during this period, on 9 April 1974 Steaua's ground,
Stadionul Ghencea, was inaugurated with a friendly match against
OFK Belgrade
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.
![RO B Steaua 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/RO_B_Steaua_1989.jpg)
Under the leadership of coaches
Emerich Jenei
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and
Anghel Iordănescu
Anghel Iordănescu (; born 4 May 1950), also known as "Tata Puiu", is a Romanian former footballer and former manager of the Romania national team, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following Februar ...
, 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
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on
penalties
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* Penalty (rugby)
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* Penalty kick (association football)
* Penalty shoot-out (association football)
* Penalty ...
(2–0 thanks to goalkeeper
Helmuth Duckadam
Helmut Robert Duckadam (; born 1 April 1959) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He was dubbed "the Hero of Seville" due to his performance in the 1986 European Cup Final, won by his club Steaua București, where he s ...
saving all four penalties taken by the Spaniards), 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
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. 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
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(lost 4–0 to
Milan
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). 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,
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.
The
Romanian Revolution
The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred i ...
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
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History
The club was establ ...
and also three more cups in 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1998–99. At an international level, the club also managed to reach the
UEFA Champions League
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group stage three years in a row between
1994–95 and
1996–97.
In 1998, the football club separated from CSA Steaua and changed its name to ''FC Steaua București'',
being led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.
George Becali, another businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in the hope that Becali would invest money in the club. In 2003, Becali allegedly managed to gain control over the club by turning it from non-profit to a public share company.
Because of his controversial character, he has been challenged by the majority of Steaua fans.
The team qualified for the
UEFA Cup
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group stage in the
2004–05 season and became the first Romanian team to make it to the European football spring since
1993
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(also Steaua's performance). The next season, Steaua reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in
2005–06, where it was eliminated by
Middlesbrough
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Until the early 1800s, the a ...
thanks to a last-minute goal. Steaua thereafter qualified for the following Champions League seasons after a ten-year break, and in 2007–08 Steaua again reached the group stage of the Champions League. Nationally, the club won two titles—in
2004–05 and
2005–06—and the
Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994, ...
in 2006, the latter being the club's 50th trophy in its 59-year history.
In
2013
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, Steaua won its 24th national title, and also subsequently reached the
2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage. It repeated the former performance in each of the next two years, being awarded the championship in
2014
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and
2015
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.
After the
Ministry of National Defense
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sued the club,
claiming that the
Romanian Army
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were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, colours, honours and name,
the Executive Committee of the
Romanian Football Federation
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approved an application to modify the name of the club from "FC Steaua București" to "FC FCSB" on 30 March 2017,
following more
judiciary
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sentences.
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...
had previously announced they would refound their
football department in the summer of the same year. However, owner Becali announced that his team would retain the original honours and UEFA coefficient, and was also hopeful of recovering the name in the near future.
Between
2016
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and
2019
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, FCSB finished each time as runners-up in the league, thus becoming the first club in Romania to do so for four consecutive years. On 5 July 2019, yet another unfavorable ruling was handed out against the team. According to it, CSA Steaua would be the rightful entity to assert the honors up until 2003, however, the decision is not definitive.
Crest and colours
During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolor flag. 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 colors remained, up to this day, the red and the blue.
As communists assumed total control of the country on 30 December 1947, the Royal Army was transformed into the People's Army and ASA automatically with it. Being inspired by the
Red Army
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, 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
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(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
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, the Army decided to break all links to the defunct communist regime, so, in 1991,
CSA Steaua
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had a last change of crest with an eagle also present on the
Ministry of Defence
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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 20 titles of champions won, along with the ''Fotbal Club'' specification.
In 2003, the new Board of Administration run by
George Becali decided to change the crest, which was a return to the old emblem of 1974–1991, redesigned with the two yellow stars on top. The club started to use acronym of the name FCSB before the official change of the name in 2017.
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, the 1999–00 away kit (yellow and red), the 2005–06 third kit (yellow and black), the 2008–2010 away kit (a shade of neon yellow-green), the 2010–12 and 2014–16 away kit (all-yellow), the 2012–14 away kit ( all-sky blue or sky blue shirts with dark navy blue shorts and socks). For the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, the away kit was all-white. For the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons the away kit was ice blue with a darker shade on sleeves. For the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, the kit is all-white again.
The
Ministry of National Defense
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sued Steaua in 2011, claiming that the
Romanian Army
The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ...
were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, among others.
The
Supreme Court
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found in the army's favour, and on 3 December 2014 stripped the football club of its badge.
Steaua were forced to play their next home game, against
CSM Studențesc Iași
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* ...
, without it on the stadium scoreboard.
A new badge was unveiled in January 2015, an eight-sided star containing the letters "FCSB", which would eventually become the official name of the club in 2017.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Its kit is manufactured by
Nike
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Nike may also refer to:
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, who have held the contract since 2002, after a long partnership with
Adidas
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. First team shirt sponsors have been betting company Betano since 2022.
Previous sponsors include
Ford
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Ford may also refer to:
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,
Castrol
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,
Philips
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,
CBS
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, Bancorex (initially BRCE), Dialog (currently
Orange
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),
BCR, RAFO,
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and City Insurance..
Stadium
Steaua played the first three matches in its history at the defunct
''Venus'' stadium. Opened in 1931, the venue had previously been in the property of
Venus București
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, a club disbanded in 1949. After that ground's demolition through order of the Communist regime, Steaua played its home matches at any one of Bucharest's three largest multi-use stadia: ANEF,
''Republicii'' (built in 1926 and demolished in 1984 to make room for the erection of the
Casa Poporului) and ''
23 August'' (built in 1953). Of these two, 23 August (later renamed ''Național'') was mostly used when two matches between Bucharest clubs were scheduled in the same matchday or for important European matches, while Republicii for regular matches in the championship.
From 1974 to 2015, Steaua played its home matches at the
Stadionul Ghencea, a
football
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stadium
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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
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,
at which time it was the first football-only stadium ever built in Communist Romania, with no
track & field
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facilities. The stadium was built through order of the
Ministry of National Defence
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inside a former military base and was long used by
CSA Steaua
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.
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. After a second renovation in 2006, Ghencea was able to host
UEFA Champions League
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events, being a 'Category 3' arena according to the
UEFA classification system.
The
Romania national team
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was also a tenant for numerous fixtures.
From 2011, Steaua played European games and its most important domestic games at the newly constructed
Arena Națională
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, and from March 2015, played exclusively at the Arena Națională.
Support
![Steaua north](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Steaua_north.JPG)
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 A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
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, with 12%, and
Rapid București
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, with 9%.
The largest concentration of fans are in Bucharest, notably in areas adjacent to the arena, covering the whole southern half of Bucharest, a city geographically divided by the
Dâmbovița River Dâmbovița can refer to these places in Romania:
* Dâmbovița County
* Dâmbovița (river)
* Dâmbovița Center
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. Also, the club has an important fan base inside the country, where several towns are renowned for counting vast majorities of Steaua supporters, and outside the borders, among Romanian emigrants.
The Steaua
Ultras
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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''), were set. The group quickly reached an impressive number of members, but, in 2001, they dissolved due to internal problems. Steaua's supporters then divided into several groups, some of them being located at the ''Peluza Nord'' ("North End" – ''Titan Boys'', ''Nucleo'', ''Insurgenții 1998'', ''Skins 1996'', ''Combat'', ''Tornado 47'', ''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 Sudiști''). Several important groups such as ''Stil Ostil'', ''Ultras'', ''Banda Ultra and ''South Boys'' retired from attending Steaua's matches due to the club's constant abuses towards them and, mainly, to the current ownership of Steaua.
More recently, as of 2006, the supporters have formed their own official association, called AISS (''Asociația Independentă a Suporterilor Steliști'' – "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 club's perennial values".
Steaua's ''Peluza Nord'' and ''Peluza Sud'' fan groups no longer support the current team, as a sign of protest. The ''Peluza Sud'' have instead started to attend the matches of
CSA Steaua
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. However, an online
poll
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conducted by
Sport.ro in 2017 has shown that of the 120,000 voters, 95% consider FCSB to hold the real Steaua identity.
Rivalries
![Steaua Bucharest choreography](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Steaua_Bucharest_choreography.jpg)
Steaua's most important rivalry is the one against
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* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
. ''
Eternul derby'' ("The Eternal Derby") has been the leading Romanian football encounter since 1948, as Steaua and Dinamo are the two most successful football teams in the country. There have been more than 150 matches played so far between Steaua and Dinamo in the Romanian League, the Romanian Cup and also the Romanian Supercup. With 44 titles combined (Steaua – 26; Dinamo – 18), the two sides have won 36 more than the third-most successful Liga I club,
Venus București
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. It is also a match between the former clubs of the
Romanian Army
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(Steaua) and the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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(Dinamo). Several clashes between different factions of supporters have often occurred and still occur inside and outside the stadium. The heyday was reached before a match kick-off in 1997, when Dinamo's fans set a sector of
Stadionul Ghencea's ''Peluza Sud'', where they were assigned, on fire. On 16 August 2016, during Steaua's Champions League play-off 0–5 loss to
Manchester City
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, undercover Dinamo fans displayed a huge message saying ''Doar Dinamo București'' ("Only Dinamo Bucharest"), which was labelled one of the biggest pranks in football history. Between October 1991 and April 2000, Steaua counted 19 undefeated official matches in front of their rivals, both in the championship and the cup. Just as well, a period of 17 years and 7 months has been recorded in which Dinamo did not manage to win away against Steaua in the domestic league.
The second-most important rivalry was with
Rapid București
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, often called ''
Bucharest derby''. Several matches throughout the years between Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans. The conflict has become even fiercer after Steaua outpassed Rapid in an all-Romanian quarter-final of the
2005–06 UEFA Cup
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. The local sports newspapers said that the two teams were linked up in this quarter-final by the line of the number 41 tram which links the Ghencea Stadium to the
Valentin Stănescu Stadium.
Milder and historical rivalries are also with non-Bucharest-based teams, such as
CFR Cluj
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,
Universitatea Craiova,
Politehnica Timișoara,
Petrolul Ploiești,
Universitatea Cluj
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and a recent one with
Astra Giurgiu
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.
Ownership and finances
Steaua has previously been known as the club of the
Romanian Army
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, which founded it in 1947 as a
sports society
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.
The Army continues to own the sports society, named
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...
. The football department, however, separated and turned private in 1998, owned and financed by a non-profit organization called AFC Steaua București, chaired by businessman Viorel Păunescu.
In January 2003, the team allegedly turned public under the leadership of investor and former politician
George Becali, who had already purchased 51% of the society's shares and later on acquired the rest to become the owner of the club. At present, Becali has no official links with FCSB, as he gradually renounced his shares. However, the facts that the current shareholders, that include several nephews of his, are people loyal to him and that he is still in charge of FCSB are obvious. An unofficial explanation for this situation is represented by the heavy amount of unpaid taxes added up by the former governing company, AFC Steaua București, whose payment towards the tax authority was avoided this way by transferring its assets to the new-formed company, with the old association going on liquidation bankruptcy.
George "Gigi" Becali is a highly controversial figure at FCSB, whose involvement in the life of the club and the team has often been described as authoritarian and dictatorial by both the media and the fans.
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Popular culture
As Steaua is currently the most popular football team in Romania, a good number of musicians or TV and film directors have inspired themselves from ideas linked to the Ghencea-based club. Popular reference, however, appeared only after the Romanian Revolution, as before, mass-media programmes were mostly being controlled by the former communist regime. The 2002 Romanian film ''Furia'' depicts scenes in which Steaua and Dinamo gangs of supporters are fighting on the streets after a direct match between the two sides. Prima TV
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Overview
Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Roman ...
comedy show ''Mondenii'' often airs sketches parodying Steaua owner George Becali, the players and other representatives around the club. Pro TV
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series ''La bloc'' aired an episode in which characters Nelu and Costel are displayed as representing Steaua in a parking lot match against two other neighbours representing Dinamo.
Several other examples from music can be attributed as Steaua-related. Apart from club anthems played throughout time by ''Marcel Pavel
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'', ''Bere Gratis'', ''Gaz pe Foc'', an album was released in 2006 as a compilation by ''Mircea Vintilă'', ''Chicanos'', ''Bogdan Dima'' and several other artists. ''Delikt'' and ''Ultras'' are two former hip hop bands whose members ranked the defunct Armata Ultra' brigade and would always show up displaying fan materials. Also, ''Voltaj'', in their song 'MSD2', make reference to the fans in the line "''Poți să fii câine sau poți fi stelist''" ("You can be a dog or you can be a Steaua fan").
One of the most famous pop-culture references about the club is the association with Scooter's song ''Maria'', first sung spontaneously in 2003 by the fans in Peluza Nord after the team would score. Ever since, it has been adopted as an unofficial 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, mainly because it has become too commercial and many fans do not feel bonded with it any more.
Honours
Domestic
Leagues
*Liga I
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/ Divizia A
**Winners (26) – Record: 1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
, 1952, 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, 1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15[
**Runners-up (19): ]1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
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, 2021–22
Cups
*Cupa României
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**Winners (24) – Record: 1948–49, 1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
, 1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
, 1952, 1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1986–87, '' 1987–88'', 1988–89, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2019–20[
**Runners-up (8): ]1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2013–14
*Cupa Ligii
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History
It is unclear when the competition was first crea ...
**Winners (2) – Record: 2014–15, 2015–16[
*]Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994, ...
**Winners (6) – Record: 1994
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, 1995
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, 1998
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* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, 2001
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, 2006
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, 2013
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[
**Runners-up (6): ]1999
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, 2005
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, 2011
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, 2014
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, 2015
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, 2020
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International
*European Cup
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**Winners: 1985–86[
**Runners-up: 1988–89
* European Super Cup
**Winners: ]1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
[
* Intercontinental Cup
**Runners-up: ]1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
Rankings
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(IFFHS) club's points as of 31 October 2022:
This is the UEFA
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club's coefficient as of 7 November 2022:
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Notable players throughout history
Club officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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Statistics and records
Steaua currently boasts itself with the most impressive pedigree in Romania. With 72 seasons spent in Liga I
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, they are one of only two teams to have played only in the first national league, along with Dinamo București 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 ...
(71 seasons). At the same time, the club is the current record holder for the number of national championships (26), national cups (24), national super cups (6) and the national league cup
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(2). Between 1993 and 1998, its run of six consecutive national titles won equaled the one of Chinezul Timișoara
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History
The club was establ ...
from the 1920s. Internationally, it is 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 final of the European Cup (in 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
and 1989
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).
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. Also inside the national league, the club counted 112 matches between November 1989 and August 1996 of invincibility at Stadionul Ghencea in Liga I. Its run of 17-straight wins in 1988 is another record, equal to the one held by Dinamo as of one year later.
Tudorel Stoica
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He is one of the most famous an ...
is the player with the most appearances for Steaua in Liga I, a record unlikely to be broken in the nearby future, as none of the current players have entered the top-ten so far. The club's all-time top scorer in the league is Anghel Iordănescu
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with 146 goals, a record that also looks solid, out of the same reason as above-mentioned. Other records are currently owned by former players such as Dorinel Munteanu
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A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in tw ...
(most national caps
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– 134) or Gheorghe Hagi
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(most goals scored for Romania
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– 35; most appearances of a Romanian player in the European cups – 93).
European cups all-time statistics
Notable coaches
The following coaches have all won at least one major trophy with Steaua București:
:''Table correct as of 31 August 2020''
Notes:
Caretaker coach.
References
External links
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FCSB
at UEFA
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FCSB
Fotbal Club FCSB (), commonly known as FCSB, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the top flight of the Romanian football league system, Romanian league system, t ...
FCSB
Fotbal Club FCSB (), commonly known as FCSB, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the top flight of the Romanian football league system, Romanian league system, t ...
Liga I clubs
Military association football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Bucharest
1947 establishments in Romania
Unrelegated association football clubs
Steaua
Steaua