History and achievements
FC Steaua București is a football club in Romania, located in Bucharest. It was founded on 7 June 1947. Initially it was a sports club, named ASA București, with seven sports and one of them was football. The first trophy came in 1949 and that was Cupa României, won by 2 to 1 at the expense of CSU Cluj.
In 1950 the club was renamed to CCA (Central House of the Army) and the following three years the team was crowned with the Championship titles. In 1951, 1952 and 1955 they were the Romanian Cup winners. The period of 1960s and 1970s wasn’t as good as the previous decade: at that time they won three championships (1967/68, 1975/76, 1977/78), nevertheless during two decades they won eight cup titles. Between 1985 and 1989 the team won five consecutive league titles. In 1985/86 the team won the European Cup, in 1987/88 they reached the semi-final and in 1988/89 they were runners-up.
Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989 many players left the club and the team was runner-up for three consecutive seasons nevertheless between 1993 and 1998 Steaua was the title holder. Since the 1994/95 season thrice they reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. In 1998 the club was renamed to FC Steaua București. The following league titles came in 2000/01, 2004/05, 2005/06 and in 2005/06 the team was the semifinalist of UEFA Cup.
The team’s home ground is Stadionul Steaua which has a capacity of 28,365.
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Club top players
№ | Name and surname | Role | Ranking | Age | Weight | Height | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adrian Popa | midfielder |
2 |
35 years | 71 kg | 169 cm | Romania |
2 | Gabriel Tamaș | defender |
1 |
40 years | 79 kg | 188 cm | Romania |
3 | Fernando Varela | defender |
1 |
36 years | 78 kg | 182 cm | Cape Verde |
4 | Alexandru Bourceanu | midfielder |
0 |
39 years | 75 kg | 177 cm | Romania |
5 | Raul Rusescu | forward |
0 |
35 years | 73 kg | 181 cm | Romania |
6 | Cristian Tănase | midfielder |
0 |
37 years | 77 kg | 179 cm | Romania |
7 | Iasmin Latovlevici | defender |
0 |
37 years | 75 kg | 175 cm | Romania |
8 | Paul Papp | defender |
0 |
34 years | 80 kg | 188 cm | Romania |
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