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.
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Full name | Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București | ||
Nickname(s) | Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues) | ||
Short name | Steaua | ||
Founded | 1949 (in 11 players) 1958 (in 7 players) | ||
Arena | Sala Polivalentă (Capacity: 5,300) Sala Sporturilor Concordia (Capacity: 1,465) | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
League | Liga Națională | ||
2018–19 | Liga Națională, 6th | ||
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Website Official site |
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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.
Honours
Domestic competitions | European competitions |
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Team
Current roster
- Squad for the 2020–21 season
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Notable former players
Dan Rosescu
Otto Tellman
Hansi Schmidt
Werner Stöckl
Aurel Bulgariu
Gheorghe Gruia
Ștefan Birtalan
Cristian Gațu
Alexandru Dincă
Constantin Tudosie
Radu Voina
Cezar Drăgăniță
Vasile Stîngă
Alexandru Dedu
Nicolae Munteanu
Adrian Simion
Dumitru Berbece
Alexandru Buligan
Marian Dumitru
Cornel Oțelea
Ionuț Georgescu
Ciprian Beșta
Iulian Stamate
Gheorghe Goran
Ion Popescu
Alin Șania
Adrian Ghimeș
Liviu Ianoș
Andrei Cian
Sebastian Bota
Notable coaches
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External links
- Club website (in Romanian)
- EHF competition history at ehfcl.com
- CSA Steaua at eurohandball.com
- CSA Steaua at handbalvolei.ro (in Romanian)
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