CSA Steaua București (handball)

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
Bucuresti
Bucuresti
Location of Steaua București
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 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
AthleticsBasketballBoxingCanoe & Kayak
CyclingEquestrianFencingFootball
GymnasticsHandballHockeyJudo
KarateKenpōMotorcyclingPentathlon
RowingRugbySamboShooting
SwimmingTaekwondo WTFTable tennisTennis
VolleyballWater PoloWeightliftingWrestling

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

Team
Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
CSA Steaua București

Technical staff
  • Head coach: France Stephane Plantin
  • Assistant coach: Romania Ionuţ Georgescu
  • Goalkeeping coach: Romania Ionuţ Ciobanu
  • Fitness coach: Romania Marius Tudor

Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season

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[2]
RankTeamPoints
117Luxembourg Handball Käerjeng36
118Poland MMTS Kwidzyn36
119Romania Steaua București35
120Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou35
121Greece AC Diomidis Argous35
122North Macedonia RK Tineks Prolet34
123Turkey Spor Toto SK34

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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