CSA Steaua București (handball)

CSA Steaua București
Full nameClubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Short nameSteaua
Founded1949 (1949)
(in 11 players)
1958 (1958)
(in 7 players)
ArenaSala Polivalentă
(Capacity: 5,300)
Sala Sporturilor Concordia
(Capacity: 1,465)
Head coach Nedeljko Matic
LeagueLiga Națională
2023–24Liga Națională, 11th of 14
Club colours   
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Website
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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.

Bucuresti
Location of Steaua București

History

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.

Club name history

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

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
  • Double
Winners (6): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08

First-team

Current squad

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

Technical staff

  • Head coach: Nedeljko Matic
  • Assistant coach: Ştefan Laufceac
  • Goalkeeping coach: Ionuţ Ciobanu
  • Fitness coach: Marius Tudor

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

European record

European Cup and Champions League

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

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

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

Notable former players

References

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