CSA Steaua București (handball)

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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.

Location of Steaua București
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Bucuresti
Location of Steaua București
FullnameClubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
ShortnameSteaua
Founded1949; 77 years ago (1949)
(in 11 players)
1958; 68 years ago (1958)
(in 7 players)
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CSA Steaua București
Full nameClubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Nickname(s)Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues)
Short nameSteaua
Founded1949; 77 years ago (1949)
(in 11 players)
1958; 68 years ago (1958)
(in 7 players)
ArenaSala Polivalentă
(Capacity: 5,300)
Sala Sporturilor Concordia
(Capacity: 1,465)
Head coachSerbia Nedeljko Matic
LeagueLiga Națională
2023–24Liga Națională, 11th of 14
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Website
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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.

Club name 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
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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: Serbia Nedeljko Matic
  • Assistant coach: Romania Ştefan Laufceac
  • Goalkeeping coach: Romania Ionuţ Ciobanu
  • Fitness coach: Romania Marius Tudor

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

European record

European Cup and Champions League

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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
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EHF Challenge Cup

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2005–06
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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
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EHF ranking

As of 5/12/2025[8]
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RankTeamPoints
138Lithuania Dragūnas Klaipėda30
139Germany HSV Hamburg30
140Belgium HC Visé BM30
141Romania Steaua București29
142Belgium Achilles Bocholt29
143Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou28
144Sweden HK Malmö28
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Former club members

Notable former players

References

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