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This article is about the club officially called FCSB. For the club claiming to be the legal successor of
the original club and still affiliated with the multi sport entity and the army, see CSA Steaua București
(football). For other uses, see Steaua București (disambiguation).

FCSB

Full name Fotbal Club FCSB[1]

 Steliștii
Nickname(s)
 Roș-albaștrii (The Red and Blues)

Short name Steaua, FCSB

Founded 7 June 1947; 71 years ago

as ASA București

Ground Arena Națională

Capacity 55,634[2]

Owner George Becali

Chairman Valeriu Argăseală

 Manager Nicolae Dică[3]

League Liga I

2017–18 Liga I, 2nd

Website Club website

Away colours

Home colours

Current season

FCSB (Romanian pronunciation: [fet͡ʃeseˌbe]), short for Fotbal Club Steaua București (Romanian
pronunciation: [ˈste̯awa bukuˈreʃtʲ]) and colloquially known as simply Steaua,[note 1] is a Romanian
professional football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1947 as Asociația Sportivă a Armatei
București, it has spent its complete history in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian football league
system.
The team was formerly part of the CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Romanian
Army, however it separated in 1998. The Army sued the football club in 2011 and has since been in
a conflict regarding the ownership of the Steaua brand, which resulted in the change of the name to
the acronym FCSB in early 2017. Domestically, Roș-albaștrii have won Liga I 26 times, Cupa
României 22 times, Cupa Ligii 2 times and Supercupa României 6 times – all competition records.
Internationally, they have won the European Cup and European Super Cup, both in 1986. They
 reached the European Cup final once again in 1989, when they were defeated by A.C. Milan.
Throughout its history, Steaua also played the final of the Intercontinental Cup, the quarter-finals of
the European Cup Winners' Cup and the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Their home ground is Arena Națională, having moved here from the Ministry of National Defence-
owned Stadionul Ghencea. Initially, the club played in the colours of the Romanian tricolour – blue,
yellow and red – but yellow soon lost its importance and the team became associated with the red
and blue colours. Recently, some away kits have begun reintegrating the yellow colour.
The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring Dinamo București, with matches between the
two being commonly referred to as "the Eternal Derby" or "the Romanian Derby".

Contents

 1History
 2Crest and colours
o 2.1Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
 3Stadium
 4Support
o 4.1Rivalries
 5Ownership and finances
 6Popular culture
 7Honours
o 7.1Domestic
 7.1.1Leagues
 7.1.2Cups
o 7.2European
o 7.3Worldwide
 8Rankings
 9Players
o 9.1First team squad
o 9.2Out on loan
o 9.3Notable players throughout history
 10Club officials
o 10.1Board of directors
o 10.2Current technical staff
 11Statistics and records
o 11.1European cups all-time statistics
 12Notable managers
 13See also
 14References
 15External links

History
Main article: History of FC Steaua București
Chart of yearly table positions of Steaua in the first division.

Steaua 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, High
Commander of the Romanian Royal Army. The club's first name was ASA București (Asociația
Sportivă a Armatei București – Army Sports Association). It was formed as a sports society with
seven initial sections, including football, coached by Coloman Braun-Bogdan.[9] 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.[9]
In 1949, CSCA won its first trophy, the Cupa României, defeating CSU Cluj 2–1 in the final. Under
the name of CCA, the club managed to win three Championship titles in a row
in 1951, 1952 and 1953, along with its first Championship–Cup double in 1951. During the 1950s,
the so-called CCA Golden Team became nationally famous.[10] In 1956, the Romania national
team(composed exclusively of CCA players) played Yugoslavia in Belgrade and won 1–0. In the
same year, CCA, coached by Ilie Savu, became the first Romanian team to participate in a
tournament in England, where it achieved noteworthy results against the likes of Luton
Town, Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[11]
At the end of 1961, CCA changed its name once again to CSA Steaua București (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, 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".[12] Also during this period, on 9 April 1974
Steaua's ground, Stadionul Ghencea, was inaugurated with a friendly match against OFK
Belgrade.[13]

Steaua with the European Cup in 1986.

The champion team of 1989

Duckadam

Belodedici

Bumbescu

Iovan (C)

Bărbulescu

Bălan

Bölöni

Balint

Majearu

Lăcătuș

Pițurcă
1986 European Cup Final starting lineup.
 Lung

Ungureanu

Bumbescu

Petrescu

Stoica (C)

Minea

Rotariu

Iovan

Hagi

Lăcătuș

Pițurcă
1989 European Cup Final starting lineup.

Under the leadership of coaches Emerich Jenei and Anghel Iordănescu, 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 on penalties (2–0 thanks to goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam 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. 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 (lost 4–0 to Milan). Notably, this was in addition to its four additional national titles
(1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88,[note 2] 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.[14]
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 1992–93 and 1997–
98to equalize the 1920s performance of Chinezul Timișoara[15] and also three more cups in 1995–96,
1996–97 and 1998–99. At international level, the club also managed to reach the UEFA Champions
League 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 (Fotbal Club Steaua –
Football Club Steaua),[16] being led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu
performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.[17] George Becali, another
businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in the hope that Becali would invest money
in the club. Becali eventually purchased the majority share in 2002 and turned the governing
company public in January 2003.[18]
Because of his controversial character, he has been challenged by the majority of Steaua
fans.[19][20][21][22] The team qualified for the UEFA Cup group stage in the 2004–05 season and became
the first Romanian team to make it to the European football spring since 1993 (also Steaua's
performance). The next season, Steaua reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2005–06, where it
was eliminated by Middlesbroughthanks 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 in 2006, the latter being the club's 50th trophy in its
59-year history.[23]
In 2013, 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 and 2015.
After the Ministry of National Defense sued FC Steaua București in 2011,[8] claiming that
the Romanian Army were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, colours, honours and name,[24] the
Executive Committee of the Romanian Football Federation approved an application to modify the
name of the club from "SC Fotbal Club Steaua București SA" to "SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA" on 30
March 2017,[1][25] following more judiciarysentences. CSA Steaua București had previously
announced they would refound their football department in the summer of the same year.[26]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.[7]

Crest and colours

ASA București was founded by the Royal Army on 7 June 1947,[9] at which date the club had no
official crest. During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue
shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolour flag.[27] 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 colours remained, up to this day, the red and the blue.
As communists assumed total control of the country on 30 December 1947,[28] the Royal Army was
transformed into the People's Army and ASA automatically with it. Being inspired by the Red Army,
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 (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, the Army decided to break all links to the defunct communist
regime, so, in 1991, CSA Steaua had a last change of crest with an eagle also present on
the Ministry of Defence 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.
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 2008–12 and 2014–16 away kit (all-yellow), the 2012–14 away kit ( all-sky
blue or sky blue shirts with dark blue shorts and socks). For the 2016–17 season, the away kit is all-
white.
The Ministry of National Defense sued Steaua in 2011, claiming that the Romanian Army were the
rightful owners of the Steaua logo, among others.[24] The Supreme Court found in the army's favour,
and on 3 December 2014 stripped the football club of its badge.[24] Steaua were forced to play their
next home game, against CSM Studențesc Iași, without it on the stadium scoreboard.[24] 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.[29]
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Steaua's kit is currently manufactured by Nike, who have held the contract since 2002, after a long
partnership with Adidas.[30] First team shirt sponsors have been City Insurance since
2013.[31] Previous sponsors include Ford,[32] Castrol, Philips, CBS, Bancorex (initially BRCE), Dialog
(currently Orange), BCR, RAFO and CitiFinancial.[33]

Stadium
Main articles: Arena Națională and Stadionul Steaua (1974)

Arena Națională

Location Basarabia Blvd., Nr. 37-39 Sector 2, Bucharest,

Romania

Owner Municipality of Bucharest

 Capacity 55,634

Field size 105 m × 68 m (115 yd × 74 yd)

Construction

Broke ground 20 February 2008

Opened 6 September 2011

Architect Gerkan, Marg and Partners

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, a club disbanded in 1949.[34] 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 stadium 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,[13] at which
time it was the first football-only stadium ever built in Communist Romania, with no track &
field facilities. The stadium was built through order of the Ministry of National Defence inside a
former military base and was long used by CSA Steaua.
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. [35] After a second renovation in
2006,[36] Ghencea was able to host UEFA Champions League events, being a 'Category 3' arena
according to the UEFA classification system.[37]
The Romania national team was also a tenant for numerous fixtures.[38]
From 2011, Steaua played European games and its most important domestic games at the newly
constructed Arena Națională, and from March 2015, played exclusively at the Arena Națională. In
the 2016–17 domestic league season FCSB drew an average home attendance of 5,067, the best in
the Romanian league. Their highest home attendance was 35,000 in that league season.[39][40]

Support
See also: Steaua fans
Choreography at the Peluza Nord in 2011

Peluza Nord in 2008

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, with 12%, and Rapid București,
with 9%.[41]
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.[42] 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 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),[43] 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, 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.[44]
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".[45]
Steaua's Peluza Nord and Peluza Sud fan groups no longer support the current team, as a sign of
protest. They have instead started to attend the matches of CSA Steaua. However, an
online poll conducted by Sport.ro in 2017 has shown that of the 120,000 voters, 95% consider FCSB
to hold the real Steaua identity.[4] A new fan group made up of a handful of individuals, Peluza Roș-
Albastră, is trying its luck at filling the void left by the legendary Peluza Nord and Peluza Sud, with
mixed results
A heavy debated topic about the fans is the one related to racism. Stemmed from their rivalry with
Rapid București, whose fans are often envisioned as Romani ethnics,[46] the issue degenerated on
certain situations in several incidents between factions of supporters of Steaua and Rapid.[47] Also,
the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Shelbourne, resulted in a one-
matchday pitch suspension for Steaua during the same European season, after racial chants were
heard from the crowd.[48]
In the 21st century, crowd turbulence has been one of the club's main problems. Liga I matchday
suspensions and UEFA suspensions have been dictated against the Ghencea-based club out of
reasons such as crowd trouble, racial chants or torch lighting. In 2009, UEFA ordered Steaua to play
two home games of the Europa League behind closed doorsdue to their fans displaying racist
banners in a second qualifying round match against Hungarian side Újpest.[49] Three further incidents
occurred in the 2014–15 season, with the club fined and ordered to play further games in an empty
stadium after displays of racist banners in matches against Dynamo Kyiv, Ludogorets
Razgrad and Strømsgodset.[50]
Rivalries
Main article: Eternal derby

An Eternal derby played at the Arena Națională

Steaua's most important rivalry is the one against Dinamo București. Eternul derby ("The Eternal
Derby") has been the leading Romanian football encounter in the last 60 years, 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.[51] 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.[52] It is also a
match between the former clubs of the Romanian Army (Steaua) and the Ministry of Internal
Affairs (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.[53] On 16 August 2016, during Steaua's Champions League play-off 0–5 loss to Manchester City,
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.[54] 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.[55]
The second-most important rivalry was with Rapid București. Several matches throughout the years
between Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans.[47]The conflict has
become even fiercer after Steaua outpassed Rapid in an all-Romanian quarter-final of the 2005–06
UEFA Cup. 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 Universitatea
Craiova, Politehnica Timișoara, Petrolul Ploiești, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Cluj and a recent one
with Astra Giurgiu.[56]

Ownership and finances

Steaua has previously been known as the club of the Romanian Army, which founded it in 1947 as
a sports society.[9] The Army continues to own the sports society, named CSA Steaua București. The
football department, however, in order to comply with UEFA rules, separated and turned private in
1998, owned and financed by a non-profit organization called AFC Steaua București, chaired by
businessman Viorel Păunescu.[16]
In January 2003, the team 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
Steaua, as he gradually renounced his shares. However, the facts that the current shareholders, that
include several nephews of his,[57] are people loyal to him and that he is still in charge of Steaua are
obvious.[58] 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.[59]
George Becali is a highly controversial figure at Steaua, 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.[60][19][20][21][22]

Popular culture
As Steaua is currently the most popular football team in Romania,[41] 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.[61] Prima TV comedy show Mondenii often airs
sketches parodying Steaua owner George Becali, the players and other representatives around the
club.[62] Pro TV 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, Bere Gratis, Gaz pe Foc, an album was released in 2006
as a compilation by Mircea Vintilă, Chicanos, Bogdan Dima and several other
artists.[63] 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[64] or you
can be a Steaua fan").[65]
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.[66]

Honours
Note: As of June 2018, UEFA and LPF regard FCSB as the continuation of historic FC Steaua and attribute all
honours since 1947 to this entity.[5][6] However, the ownership of the many trophies won between 1947 and 2003 is
disputed, with the restarted football department of former parent club CSA Steaua also claiming them[67] following
legal disputes between the two organisations.[68][69][70]

Domestic
Leagues

 Liga I / Divizia A
 Winners (26) – Record: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 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[71][5]
 Runners-up (16): 1954, 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
Cups

 Cupa României
 Winners (22) – Record: 1948–49, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–
67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88,[72]1988–
89, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2014–15[71][5]
 Runners-up (8): 1953, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2013–14

 Supercupa României
 Winners (6) – Record: 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2013[71][5]
 Runners-up (5): 1999, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015

 Cupa Ligii
 Winners (2) – Record: 2014–15, 2015–16[71][5]
European

 European Cup
 Winners (1): 1985–86[5][71]
 Runners-up (1): 1988–89

 European Super Cup

 Winners (1): 1986[5][71]
Worldwide

 Intercontinental Cup
 Runners-up (1): 1986

Rankings
These are the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) club's points as of This is the UEFA club's coef
28 April 2018:[73]

P Club
P Club Points
60 Midtjylland 159,00 57 Sporting CP

60 PAOK 159,00 58 Saint-Étienne

62 Östersunds 158,00 59 KAA Gent

63 FCSB 157,50 60 FCSB

64 Ajax 156,00 61 PAOK

64 Corinthians 156,00 62 Ludogorets Razg

64 Emelec 156,00 63 Levante

Players
First team squad
As of 16 October 2018[75][76]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-
FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No. Position Player

4 DF Mihai Bălașa (vice captain) 21 FW Ianis Stoica
5 MF Mihai Pintilii (3rd captain) 22 FW Cristian Dumitru
6 MF Dragoș Nedelcu 23 MF Ovidiu Popescu
7 FW Florinel Coman 24 FW Raul Rusescu
8 MF Lucian Filip (4th captain) 26 FW Daniel Benzar
9 FW Harlem Gnohéré 28 MF Mihai Roman
10 FW Florin Tănase 33 MF Hristo Zlatinski
11 MF Olimpiu Moruțan 34 GK Cristian Bălgrădean
12 GK Răzvan Ducan 42 MF Daniel Toma
13 DF Júnior Morais 77 DF Alexandru Stan
15 DF Marko Momčilović 80 MF Filipe Teixeira
16 DF Bogdan Planić (captain) 98 FW Dennis Man
17 MF Antonio Jakoliš 99 GK Andrei Vlad
20 DF Romario Benzar

Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-
FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No. Position Player

Vlad Mihalcea (to Academica Mario Mihai (to Turris-
18 MF — MF
Clinceni until 30 June 2019) Oltul until 30 June 2019)
Gabriel Simion (to Dunărea
— DF
Călărași until 30 June 2019)

Notable players throughout history

For a list of the club's most important players throughout time, see List of FC Steaua București
players.

Club officials
Board of directors Current technical s
Role Name Role

Owner George Becali Head coach

President Valeriu Argăseală

Assistant coaches
Image President Helmuth Duckadam
Goalkeeping coach
Economic Director Iulian Ghiorghișor

Sporting Director Mihai Stoica Fitness coaches

Coordinator of the Academy Dumitru Dumitriu [77] Kinetotherapist

Secretary Sorin Pitu Club doctor
Responsible for Order and Safety Adrian Ianuli Medical assistant
Press officer Cătălin Făiniși
Masseurs
 Last updated: 3 August 2018
 Source: Board of directors
 Last updated: 3 Augus
 Source: Technical staf
 Source: Medical staff

Statistics and records

See also: FC Steaua București statistics
Steaua currently boasts itself with the most impressive pedigree in Romania. With 62 seasons
spent in Liga I, they are one of only two teams to have played only in the first national league,
along with Dinamo București (61 seasons). At the same time, the club is the current record
holder for the number of national championships (26), national cups (22), national super cups (6)
and the national league cup (2). Between 1993 and 1998, its run of six consecutive national
titles won equaled the one of Chinezul Timișoara 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 and 1989).
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.[78] 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.[79]
Tudorel Stoica 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 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 (most national caps – 134) or Gheorghe Hagi (most
goals scored for Romania – 35; most appearances of a Romanian player in the European
cups – 93).[80]
European cups all-time statistics
Main article: FC Steaua București in European football
As of 30 August 2018

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD

UEFA Champions League / European Cup 28 144 52 40 52 203 204 –1

UEFA Super Cup / European Super Cup 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 19 134 54 36 44 181 158 +23

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup 11 40 14 12 14 51 54 –3

Intercontinental Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1

Total 60 320 121 88 111 436 417 +19

Notable managers
Main article: List of FC Steaua București managers
The following managers have all won at least one major trophy with Steaua București:[81]
Table correct as of 15 January 2017
 Name Period Trophies

08.1948–
Colea Vâlcov Romanian Cup
07.1949

03.1950–
11.1950
09.1953–
Francisc Rónay Romanian Cup
11.1953
03.1954–
06.1954

03.1951–
08.1953
08.1958–
Gheorghe Popescu 4 Divizia A, 3 Romanian Cups
07.1960
03.1962–
07.1962

09.1954–
11.1955
Ilie Savu 1958 3 Romanian Cups
08.1964–
06.1967

03.1956–
Ștefan Dobay 11.1956
Divizia A

09.1960–
06.1961
08.1962–
Ștefan Onisie Divizia A, Romanian Cup
11.1963
08.1970–
06.1971

08.1967–
Ștefan Covaci 07.1970
Divizia A, 2 Romanian Cups

Gheorghe Constantin 03.1973– Romanian Cup

12.1973
 08.1978–
06.1981

08.1975–
06.1978
08.1983–
05.1984
10.1984–
10.1986
Emerich Jenei 5 Divizia A, 3 Romanian Cups, European Cup
04.1991–
12.1991
08.1993–
04.1994
10.1998–
04.2000

10.1986–
06.1990
Anghel Iordănescu 4 Divizia A, 2 Romanian Cups, European Super Cup
08.1992–
06.1993

03.1992–
06.1992
08.2000–
06.2002
Victor Pițurcă Divizia A, Romanian Cup, Romanian Supercup
10.2002–
06.2004
07.2010–
08.2010

08.1994–
06.1997
05.2005– 4 Divizia A, 2 Romanian Cups, 2 Romanian
Dumitru Dumitriu 06.2005 Supercups
09.2015–
12.2015

08.1997–
10.1998
09.2009–
Mihai Stoichiță 05.2010
Divizia A, Romanian Supercup
03.2012–
05.2012
 08.2002–
10.2002
Cosmin Olăroiu 03.2006–
Divizia A, Romanian Supercup
05.2007

Gabriel Caramarin1 05.2011 Romanian Cup

05.2012–
Laurențiu 05.2014
2 Liga I, League Cup, Romanian Supercup
Reghecampf 12.2015–
05.2017

06.2014–
Constantin Gâlcă 06.2015
Liga I, Romanian Cup, League Cup

Notes:
^1 Caretaker coach.

See also
The Invincibles (football)

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