CSA Steaua București (football)

{{main|History of the Steaua București football team}}

ASA București (Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București – "Army Sports Association") 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. It was formed as a sports society with seven initial sections, including football, coached by Coloman Braun-Bogdan.Dida, Alexandru (21–12–2001), Steaua fotbalului românesc, Pro TV Magazin, nr.51/IV, pp.62–63 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.

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.Brancu, Constantin (1994), Din culisele supercampioanei, Tempus, p.5–8, {{ISBN|973-95993-1-1}} 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.{{cite web|url= http://www.gsp.ro/gsp-special/superreportaje/foto-intiia-cucerire-a-occidentului-citeste-povestea-primei-echipe-a-stelei-care-a-facut-furori-in-europa-306381.html|title=Întîia cucerire a Occidentului!|publisher=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=14 February 2012 |access-date=21 May 2013}}

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".{{cite news

| url = http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/3562

| title = Cupa Romaniei: STEAUA – Otelul Galati

| work = FCSteaua.ro

}} Also during this period, on 9 April 1974 Steaua's ground, Stadionul Ghencea, was inaugurated with a friendly match against OFK Belgrade.{{cite web

| url = http://www.stadiumguide.com/ghencea.htm

| title = Ghencea Stadion

| work = StadiumGuide.com}}

File:Steaua si Cupa Campionilor Europeni.jpg

File:RO B Steaua 1989.jpg

{{football squad on pitch|align = right

| GK = Duckadam

| RB = Iovan (C)

| RCB = Belodedici

| LCB = Bumbescu

| LB = Bărbulescu

| RM = Balint

| RCM = Bălan

| LCM = Bölöni

| LM = Majearu

| RCF = Lăcătuș

| LCF = Pițurcă

| caption = 1986 European Cup Final starting lineup.

}}

{{football squad on pitch|align = right

| GK = Lung

| RB = Petrescu

| RCB = Ungureanu

| LCB = Bumbescu

| LB = Stoica (C)

| RM = Iovan

| RCM = Minea

| LCM = Rotariu

| LM = Hagi

| RCF = Lăcătuș

| LCF = Pițurcă

| caption = 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 Helmut 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,{{refn|group=note|Steaua București gave up the trophy in 1990.}} 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.{{cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html

| title = Unbeaten in the Domestic League

| work = RSSSF

| access-date = 2015-06-04

}}

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 1997–98 to equalize the 1920s performance of Chinezul Timișoara{{cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html

| title = Romania – List of Champions

| work = RSSSF

| access-date = 2007-07-07

}} 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, Steaua's football section separated from CSA Steaua and changed its name to AFC Steaua București{{cite news| url = http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=8354&data=1998-05-29| title = Politica mineaza sportul românesc| work = Ziua| author = Besutiu, Andrei| access-date = 2007-06-10| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183349/http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=8354&data=1998-05-29| archive-date = 30 September 2007| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}} ruled by a non-profit association led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.{{cite news| url = http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Sport/20015/Conducatorii-vor-plati-cu-averea-datoriile-cluburilor| title = Conducatorii vor plati cu averea datoriile cluburilor| work = 9am.ro| author1 = Petrache, Bogdan| author2 = Predan, Cristian| access-date = 2007-07-07| archive-date = 8 July 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708114419/http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Sport/20015/Conducatorii-vor-plati-cu-averea-datoriile-cluburilor| url-status = dead}} George Becali, another businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in hope of richer investment in the club. In 2003, Becali managed to gain control over the club by turning it from non-profit to a public share company.{{cite web| url = http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/planurile-lui-becali.html| title = Planurile lui Becali| work = Evenimentul| access-date = 2007-06-11| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155856/http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/planurile-lui-becali.html| archive-date = 30 September 2007| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}

Subsequently, even though the club managed to win five national championships and to qualify for the UEFA Champions League four times, it became increasingly associated with Becali's controversial character, infamous for his homophobia,{{cite web|url= http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2015/04/10/10572602/from-racism-and-homophobia-to-peace-and-religion-is-gigi|title=From racism and homophobia to peace and religion: Is Gigi Becali really a changed man?|publisher=Goal.com|date=10 April 2015|access-date=9 September 2017}} xenophobia, misogyny, racism,{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/28/the-most-offensive-owner-in-world-sports-is-sadly-not-donald-sterling/|title=The most offensive owner in world sports is sadly not Donald Sterling|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=28 April 2014|access-date=9 September 2017}} tax evasion{{cite web| url = http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_34128-Gigi-Becali-si-a-vandut-toate-actiunile-de-la-Steaua-nepotilor-sai.htm| title = Gigi Becali si-a vandut toate actiunile de la Steaua nepotilor sai| access-date = 2007-09-06| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104841/http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_34128-Gigi-Becali-si-a-vandut-toate-actiunile-de-la-Steaua-nepotilor-sai.htm| archive-date = 29 September 2007| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}} and even imprisonments.{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/racist-sexist-and-an-mp-meet-gigi-becali-the-owner-of-steaua-bucharest-8523542.html| title = Racist, sexist and an MP, meet Gigi Becali, the owner of Steaua Bucharest|work=The Independent| date = 7 March 2013| access-date = 2017-09-06}} Apart from this, the club also moved from the historical Stadionul Ghencea to the newly built Arena Națională.

{{see also|Steaua București football records dispute}}

In December 2014, following legal action from former parent club CSA Steaua, the Becali-backed club lost its right to use the "Steaua" trademark, its use having never been approved by CSA Steaua București.{{cite web|url= http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/03/31/steaua-bucharest-change-name-fc-fcsb|title=Steaua Bucharest change name to FC FCSB|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|date=31 March 2017|access-date=25 April 2017}} The club which had acted as Steaua throughout this time was summoned to change their name and logo;{{cite web|url=http://www.frf.ro/comunicate/comunicate-frf/deciziile-comitetului-executiv-din-30-martie-2017-id21749.html|title=Deciziile Comitetului Executiv din 30 martie 2017|trans-title=The Executive Committee's decisions on 30 March 2017|publisher=Romanian Football Federation|date=30 March 2017|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331032227/http://www.frf.ro/comunicate/comunicate-frf/deciziile-comitetului-executiv-din-30-martie-2017-id21749.html|archive-date=31 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} presently, they are officially called SC FC FCSB SA and continue to play in Liga I. A further ongoing trial was initiated by CSA Steaua, claiming FC FCSB must pay almost 37 million Euros as compensation for having unlawfully used the Steaua brand from 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.steaualibera.com/2017/05/24/inceput-dosarul-care-steaua-ii-cere-despagubiri-de-37-milioane-euro-lui-becali/|title=A inceput dosarul in care Steaua ii cere despagubiri de 37 milioane euro lui Becali|first=Steaua Libera · in|last=Știri|date=24 May 2017}} In July 2019, the judgement was made in favour of CSA Steaua, subject to appeal.

According to comments made by Constantin Danilescu (a former Steaua employee who worked for the club until 1999), during the 1998 separation CSA Steaua did not relinquish ownership of the team's name, honours or brand, as was believed until 2017. The club only allowed the non-profit it partnered with to use these elements, but the non-profit never had any right to sell them, placing doubt over the claims of FCSB to titles won before the takeover by Becali.

Having legally reclaimed the football team, CSA Steaua București reactivated its football section and entered it to Liga IV's 2017–18 season, the fourth tier of the Romanian Championship. Funded from privately owned CSA Steaua finances,{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniatv.net/noua-steaua-va-avea-un-buget-de-300-000-euro-in-patru-ani-echipa-trebuie-sa-ajunga-in-liga-1_330809.html|title=The new Steaua will have a 300,000 Euro budget and in four years the team must reach Liga I|publisher=Romania TV|date=9 September 2017|access-date=9 September 2017}} the team's objective is to promote every year to the higher league, until it reaches Liga I, a timeline which is to coincide with the opening of the new Stadionul Ghencea.

In April 2018, Steaua București played a home league fixture against AS Academia Rapid București, the principal 'phoenix club' established by supporters of the defunct FC Rapid București. Due to the high profile of the participants, the match was moved to the Arena Națională and attracted a crowd of 36,277, setting a lower-league national record; Rapid București won 3–1 to consolidate their position at the top of the table, with Steaua five points behind in second place.{{cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/steaua-academia-rapid-1-3/|title=Steaua – Academia Rapid 1–3|language=ro|publisher=CSA Steaua București |date=14 April 2018|access-date=18 April 2018}}

The team reached the promotion play-offs in their first two seasons but lost each time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport1.de/internationaler-fussball/2019/06/csa-steaua-bukarest-heftige-ausschreitungen-nach-niederlage-im-playoff-spiel-zur-3-liga|title=CSA Steaua Bukarest: Heftige Ausschreitungen nach Niederlage im Playoff-Spiel zur 3. Liga|website=Sport1.de}} Steaua finally achieved promotion at the end of the 2019–20 season. They were promoted the very next season to Liga II.{{Cite web|url=https://curierulnational.ro/a-fost-sarbatoare-in-ghencea-steaua-a-promovat-in-liga-a-ii-a/|title=A fost sărbătoare în Ghencea! Steaua a promovat în Liga a II-a|date=30 May 2021}}

File:Steaua crests.jpg

ASA București was founded by the Royal Army on 7 June 1947. During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolour flag.{{cite web

|url = http://www.fcsteaua.ro/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t5171.htm

|title = Zbuciumata infiintare a Stelei

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723133616/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t5171.htm

|archive-date = 23 July 2011

|df = dmy-all

}}

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.

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.

:1. {{note|n1}} Partner of Superbet

:2. {{ref|n2}} Just for a few matches (pre-season friendlies, 1 cup match and the first 4 league games of the 2021-22 season)

{{Main|Stadionul Steaua (2021)|Complexul Sportiv Steaua}}

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Ghencea

| image = Romania bucharest Steaua Stadium.jpg

| opened = July 2021

| location = 35, Bulevardul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania

| owner = Ministry of National Defence

| architect =

| seating_capacity = 31,254

| dimensions =

}}

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.{{cite web

| url = http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/venus_bucuresti/venus_bucuresti.shtml

| title = Venus București

| work = romaniansoccer.ro

| access-date = 2007-08-27

}} 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 2003, 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, 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.

The new stadium was inaugurated on 7 July 2021, with a match between Steaua and OFK Beograd.

{{Main|Steaua fans}}

While ultra groups stopped attending matches around the time of the Court's demand that FCSB doesn't have the rights to be Steaua, regular spectators (citizens) continued their presence at Arena Națională matches and now form the majority of the FCSB support, mostly at important European fixtures but also with Universitatea Craiova, CFR Cluj and Dinamo Bucharest.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Ever since the Court's decision in 2014, Peluza Sud has fully adopted the reopened football team of Steaua București and represents a constant presence for the Liga IV matches.

More recently, as of 2017, the supporters have formed their own official association, called AS47 (Asociația Steliștilor 1947 – Steaua Supporters' Association 1947), as a legal entity with its stated goals of 'reoffering Steaua and its supporters their true meaning, in harmony with the club's original values'.{{cite web

| url = https://as47.ro/despre-noi/

| title = What we want to do

| work = as47.ro

| access-date = 2017-09-10

| archive-date = 10 September 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173002/https://as47.ro/despre-noi/

| url-status = dead

}}

During the 2017–18 season, while playing in the 4th Romanian division, Steaua's home match against Rapid achieved a national record, with an audience of 36.277 spectators.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/meciul-sezonului-steaua-rapid-nu-a-batut-recordul-mondial-dar-a-stabilit-o-borna-importanta-in-romania-429024|title=Meciul sezonului! Steaua - Rapid nu a bătut recordul mondial, dar a stabilit o bornă importantă în România}}

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 100 matches played so far between Steaua and Dinamo in the Romanian League, the Romanian Cup and also the Romanian Supercup.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=105| title = Marele derby (the great derby)|work=footballderbies.com| access-date = 2007-07-07}} With 39 titles combined (Steaua – 21; Dinamo – 18), the two sides have won 31 more than the third-most successful Liga I club, Venus București.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html|title=Romania – List of Champions|work=RSSSF|access-date=2007-08-11}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1119827-armatele_fanatici_din_spatele_fotbalului.htm|title=Armatele de fanatici din spatele fotbalului|work=HotNews.ro|author1=Dulamita, I. |author2=Dobre, F. |author3=Popan, C.|access-date=2007-06-14}}

The second-most important rivalry is with Rapid București. Several matches throughout the years between Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans.{{cite web|url=http://www.presaonline.com/stire/rapid-%EF%BF%BD-steaua--dusmanie-nula,16787.html|title=Rapid – Steaua / dusmanie nula|work=PresaOnline.com|access-date=2007-06-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032118/http://www.presaonline.com/stire/rapid-%EF%BF%BD-steaua--dusmanie-nula,16787.html|archive-date = 27 September 2007|df=dmy-all}} The conflict has become even fiercer after FCSB (then believed to be 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{{cite web|url=http://www.fanatik.ro/liga_i_sectiune_2/articol_24640/lista_completa_cu_derby-urile_campionatului.html|title=Lista completa cu derbyurile campionatului|work=fanatik.ro|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928231053/http://www.fanatik.ro/liga_i_sectiune_2/articol_24640/lista_completa_cu_derby-urile_campionatului.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy}} and a recent one with FC FCSB.

As Steaua is the most popular club in Romania, there are, besides Bucharest, several cities counting a great majority of red and blue supporters among football lovers. Widely speaking, these cities are predominant in the Eastern half of the country, particularly in the regions of Moldavia, Greater Wallachia and Northern Dobruja. Cities such as Suceava, Piatra Neamț, Bacău, Galați (inside Moldavia), Constanța (Northern Dobruja), Buzău, Brăila, Târgoviște, Călărași (Greater Wallachia), Râmnicu Vâlcea, Târgu Jiu (Oltenia), Brașov, Oradea, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș or Petroșani (Transylvania) enjoy a great majority of Steaua fans which are often well-received even by fans of the local teams.

The club is also popular outside the borders, notably between Romanian emigrants. The Valencian Community in Spain accounts for an important number of supporters, being the most important area for this matter.

Steaua fans are also maintaining good relations with the fans of CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria, with whom they share the common root of once representing the teams of their national armies. Some ultras are also friends with the ultras from UTA Arad, Corvinul Hunedoara and Farul Constanța.

Note: As of June 2018, UEFA and LPF regard FC FCSB as the continuation of historic FC Steaua and attribute all honours since 1947 to that entity.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50065--fcsb/|title=Profile: Fotbal Club FCSB|publisher=UEFA.com|access-date=1 November 2017}}{{cite web |date=4 June 2018 |title=Liga 1 Betano: Cifrele vicecampioanei FCSB |trans-title=Liga 1 Betano: The records of vice-champion FCSB |url=https://lpf.ro/noutati/liga-1-betano-cifrele-vicecampioanei-fcsb/451 |access-date=5 June 2018 |publisher=LPF}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|title=Jocuri sportiveb fotbal|trans-title=Sporting departments: football|publisher=CSA Steaua București|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro}} following legal disputes between the two organisations.{{cite web|url=http://evz.ro/s-a-stins-steaua-lui-gigi-becali-fcsb-preia-palmaresul-din-2003.html|title=S-a stins Steaua lui Gigi Becali. FCSB preia palmaresul din 2003.|trans-title=Gigi Becali's Steaua is gone. FCSB keeps historical record only as of 2003.|publisher=Evenimentul Zilei|date=30 March 2017|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ultima-zi-cu-steaua-anunt-soc-facut-de-becali-de-maine-e-gata-anunt-important-despre-palmaresul-echipei-506150.html|title=Ultima zi cu "Steaua" " Anunţ-şoc făcut de Becali: "De mâine e gata" – Anunț IMPORTANT despre palmaresul echipei|trans-title=Last day as "Steaua" " Shocking statement made by Becali " Important announcement about the club's honours|language=ro|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|date=29 March 2017|access-date=1 November 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Danilescu-Cand-ne-am-transformat-in-societate-non-profit-noi-ave|title=Trofeele Stelei rămân în ceață. Dănilescu: "Aveam aceeași emblemă și dreptul de a folosi palmaresul și marca"|trans-title=Steaua Trophies Stay in the Fog. Danilescu: "We had the same emblem and the right to use the record and mark"|publisher=Digisport|date=26 September 2017|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro}} In July 2019, CSA Steaua won a first court decision regarding the record dispute. However, the ruling is not definitive.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-fotbal-23240779-csa-steaua-castigat-procesul-pentru-palmares-gigi-becali-voi-ataca-decizia-curtea-apel.htm|title=CSA Steaua a câştigat procesul pentru palmares / Gigi Becali: "Voi ataca decizia la Curtea de Apel"|date=5 July 2019|website=HotNews.ro}} CSA Steaua won another court decision against FC FCSB in June 2021. This ruling is not definitive but it has an enforceable title.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} According to the June 2021 court decision, CSA Steaua has all honours until 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/csa-steaua-a-castigat-procesul-pentru-palmares-19286541|title=Lovitură catastrofală pentru FCSB! CSA Steaua a câștigat procesul pentru palmares|date=28 June 2021|website=ProSport.ro}}

• Liga I / Divizia A
• Winners (20) – 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
• Runners-up (9): 1954, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
• Liga III
• Winners (1): 2020–21
• Liga IV – Bucharest
• Winners (1): 2019–20
• Runners-up (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

• Cupa României
• Winners (20) – 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,Steaua gave up the trophy in 1990{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-steaua-104.html | title=Steaua's series of 104 matches unbeaten in the Divizia A | work=RSSSF | date=2001-09-10 | access-date=2007-07-07 }} 1988–89, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Runners-up (7): 1953, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90
• Cupa României – Bucharest
• Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
• Runners-up (1): 2017–18
• Supercupa României
• Winners (3): 1994, 1995, 1998

• UEFA Champions League / European Cup
• Winners (1): 1985–86
• Runners-up (1): 1988–89
• UEFA Super Cup / European Super Cup
• Winners (1): 1986
• Intercontinental Cup
• Runners-up (1): 1986

{{updated|22 August 2024}}[https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-2/steaua-si-a-prezentat-lotul-un-nou-sezon-fara-drept-de-promovare-in-superliga-3095723] digisport.ro {{in lang|ro}}

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{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Gabriel Nedelea|}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Dean Beța}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Mihai Kereki}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Daniel Vîrtej}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Dani Iglesias}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Bogdan Chipirliu|other=Captain}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Nacho Heras}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Adrian Frânculescu|other=on loan from CFR Cluj}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Adrian Ilie}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Mario Roman}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Alin Raicu}}

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{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=David Păcuraru|other=on loan from Farul Constanța}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Stephan Drăghici}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Florin Răsdan}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Rareș-Ionuț Maeschi}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Horia Iancu}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Rober Sierra}}

{{Fs player|no=76|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=David Matei}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Adrian Popa|other=Vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=94|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Rareș Enceanu}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=Adrian Pop}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Cristian Măgerușan}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Alexandru Petreacă|other=to Înainte Modelu}}

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{{Fs player|no= |nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Rareș Gherasim|other=to CSM Bacău}}

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{{main|List of retired numbers in association football|l1=Retired numbers in football}}

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{{Fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=ROU|name=Marius Lăcătuș|other=1983–1990 & 1993-2000}}

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On 7 July 2021, Steaua retired the number 7 at the inauguration match of the new Steaua Stadium. The last player to wear the number 7 was Florin Răsdan, during the 2020–21 season.

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• Last updated: 7 April 2023
• Source:{{Cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/conducere/presedinte/|title=Președinte – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti}}

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• Last updated: 7 April 2023
• Source:{{Cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|title=Fotbal – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/c/CSASteauaBucuresti/featured/ Steaua TV] on YouTube
• [https://www.as47.ro/ AS47.ro]

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