CSA Steaua București (handball)

CSA Steaua București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Bucharest, Romania. It competes in the Romanian Handball League. They are part of the CSA Steaua sports organization.

CSA Steaua București
Full nameClubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Short nameSteaua
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
(in 11 players)
1958; 66 years ago (1958)
(in 7 players)
ArenaSala Polivalentă
(Capacity: 5,300)
Sala Sporturilor Concordia
(Capacity: 1,465)
Head coachStephane Plantin
LeagueLiga Națională
2022–23Liga Națională, 4th of 14
Club colours   
Team colours
Team colours
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Home
Team colours
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Away
Website
Official site
Location of Steaua București
Bucuresti
Bucuresti
Location of Steaua București

History

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Founded in the late 1940s as part of the CSA Steaua army sports club. The handball section has won a record 28 national championships and 9 Romanian cups. Steaua won two EHF Champions League titles as well as reaching two further finals.

In 2006, they won the EHF Challenge Cup with Vasile Stîngă as their coach. The club played under various names throughout the years for sponsorship reasons.

Their biggest rival is Dinamo Bucharest with whom they contest the Bucharest derby.

Crest, colours, supporters

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Naming history

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Name Period
ASA București 1949–1950
CCA București 1950–1961
Steaua București 1961–2006
Steaua MFA București 2006–2010
CSA Steaua București 2010–2015
CSA Steaua Alexandrion 2015–2017
CSA Steaua București 2017–present

Honours

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Domestic competitions European competitions
  • Liga Națională (in 11 players):
    • Champions (7): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1960–61
    • Runners-up (3): 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58
  • Romanian League:
    • Champions (28): 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08
    • Runners-up (10): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2017–18
  • Romanian Cup:
    • Winners (9): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
    • Runners-up (10): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2021–22
Winners (6): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08

Team

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Squad for the 2024–25 season[1]
CSA Steaua București

Technical staff

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Transfers

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Transfers for the 2024–25 season

European record

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European Cup and Champions League

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1967–68
  Winners
Round 2   HB Dudelange 37–14 29–10 66–24
Quarter-finals   VfL Gummersbach 15–9 14–13 29–22
Semi-finals   SC Dynamo Berlin 16–12 15–16 31–28
Finals   Dukla Prague 13–11
1976–77
  Winners
Round 1   Pallamano Trieste 38–21 38–18 76–39
Round 2   HB Dudelange 35–17 28–11 63–28
Quarter-finals   CB Calpisa 22–19 18–20 40–39
Semi-finals   KFUM Fredericia 29–22 19–19 48–41
Finals   CSKA Moscow 21–20

EHF Challenge Cup

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2005–06
  Winners
Round 3   AC Diomidis Argous 33–28 32–22 65–50
Round 4   KA Akureyri 30–21 23–24 53–45
Quarter-finals   Vardar Skopje 34–29 31–35 65–64
Semi-finals   Medveščak Zagreb 30–28 24–25 54–53
Finals   Sporting Club Horta 34–27 21–26 55–53

EHF ranking

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As of 14/07/2022[2]
Rank Team Points
117   Handball Käerjeng 36
118   MMTS Kwidzyn 36
119   Steaua București 35
120   Parnassos Strovolou 35
121   AC Diomidis Argous 35
122   RK Tineks Prolet 34
123   Spor Toto SK 34

Former club members

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Notable former players

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References

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  1. ^ "CSA Steaua Bucuresti - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  2. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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