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(Redirected from Steaua Bucureşti Handball) Romanian professional handball club
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 Team colours Team colours Home Team colours Team colours Team colours Team colours Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of CSA Steaua
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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.

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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.

Crest, colours, supporters

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

Team

Squad for the 2024–25 season
CSA Steaua București
Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line Players
Left Backs
Central Backs
Right Backs

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season
Joining


Leaving

European record

European Cup and Champions League

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

EHF Challenge Cup

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

EHF ranking

As of 14/07/2022
Rank Team Points
117 Luxembourg Handball Käerjeng 36
118 Poland MMTS Kwidzyn 36
119 Romania Steaua București 35
120 Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou 35
121 Greece AC Diomidis Argous 35
122 North Macedonia RK Tineks Prolet 34
123 Turkey 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".

External links

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The club
Football
Facilities
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Rivalries
Supporter groups
Liga Națională
Clubs
2018–19
Former
Seasons
European Cup and EHF Champions League winners
European Cup
EHF Champions League


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