Steaua Rangers are a

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n professional

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club that currently plays in the

Romanian Hockey League The Romanian Hockey League (''Campionatul Național'') is the highest level of Romanian ice hockey. It is governed by the ''Federația Română de Hochei pe Gheață'' (FRHG) ( Romanian Ice Hockey Federation). Romanian clubs in European competiti ...

. They play their home games at the Berceni Arena and sometimes at the Allianz-Țiriac Arena in

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History

The hockey team was founded in 1951 as

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and existed alongside other sections (e.g., football, handball, basketball) in the Steaua București sports club. In 1961, their name was changed to

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D ...

. With 40 championship titles and 31 cup victories, Steaua is the most successful ice hockey team in Romania. They last won the Championship in 2006, and the Cup in 2008. In 2008, Steaua joined the

MOL Liga The Erste Liga (formerly the MOL Liga) is an international ice hockey league organized for clubs based in Hungary and Romania. It is sponsored by the Erste Bank Hungary. The games played between the Hungarian teams count towards the Hungarian ...

along with

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in addition to the Romanian Hockey League. They finished in sixth place out of ten participants. Steaua did not return to the league in 2009-10, due to financial issues.

Achievements

Campionatul Național The Romanian Hockey League (''Campionatul Național'') is the highest level of Romanian ice hockey. It is governed by the ''Federația Română de Hochei pe Gheață'' (FRHG) ( Romanian Ice Hockey Federation). Romanian clubs in European competiti ...

: **Champions (40): 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: **Winners (33): 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990-spring, 1990-autumn, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998-spring, 1998-autumn, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011-autumn, 2012

Notable players

* Mihai Flamaropol * Adam Krug *

Cam Severson Cam Severson (born August 15, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Columbus Blue Jackets. Playing career Severson was d ...

Dezső Varga Dezideriu "Dezső" Varga (born 14 May 1939) is a Romanian former ice hockey player. As a defenceman, he led his hometown Miercurea Ciuc to two Romanian Hockey League titles. He transferred to the Steaua Rangers in 1965, where he won nine nation ...

Gallery

Steaua București 1963.jpg Steaua București (hochei) 1965.jpg Steaua București 1966.jpg

References

External links

Official CSA Steaua website

Club website
Ice hockey teams in Romania

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