CSA Steaua București (handball)

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 coachSerbia Nedeljko Matic
LeagueLiga Națională
2023–24Liga Națională, 11th of 14
Club colours   
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Team colours
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Home
Team colours
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Away
Website
Official site

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

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

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
  • EHF Champions League:
    • Winners (2): 1967–68, 1976–77
    • Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 1988–89
    • Semi-finalists (3): 1969–70, 1974–75, 1985–86
  • EHF Challenge Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2005–06
  • EHF Cup:
    • Semi-finalists (2): 1992–93, 1993–94
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Semi-finalists (1): 2009–10
  • 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

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 5/12/2025[8]
Rank Team Points
138 Lithuania Dragūnas Klaipėda 30
139 Germany HSV Hamburg 30
140 Belgium HC Visé BM 30
141 Romania Steaua București 29
142 Belgium Achilles Bocholt 29
143 Cyprus Parnassos Strovolou 28
144 Sweden HK Malmö 28

Former club members

Notable former players

  • Romania Silviu Băiceanu (1999–2003)
  • Romania Ciprian Beșta (1991–1994)
  • Romania Ștefan Birtalan (1970–1985)
  • Romania Octavian Bizău (2017–2019)
  • Romania Sebastian Bota (1991–1997)
  • Romania Alexandru Buligan (1981–1982)
  • Romania Ionuț Ciobanu (2005–2010, 2021-)
  • Romania Alexandru Dedu (1991–1996)
  • Romania Cristian Gațu (1968–1978)
  • Romania Gheorghe Gruia (1961–1973)
  • RomaniaSpain Javier Humet (2018–2020)
  • Romania Ionuț Iancu (2021–)
  • Romania Josef Jakob (1963–1971)
  • Romania Andrei Mihalcea (2018–)
  • Romania Marius Novanc (2005–2010)
  • Romania Cornel Oțelea (1958–1970)
  • Romania Alin Șania (2005–2009)
  • Romania Ciprian Șandru (2021–)
  • RomaniaGermany Hansi Schmidt (1961–1963)
  • Romania Tudor Stănescu (2016–)
  • Romania Marius Stavrositu (2007–2010, 2017-2019)
  • Romania Vasile Stîngă (1977–1989)
  • Romania Werner Stöckl (1969–1981)
  • Romania Marius Szőke (2011–2017)
  • Romania Radu Voina (1972–1991)
  • Romania Dan Rosescu (1964–1970)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Marin Vegar (2018–2019)
  • Belarus Ivan Matskevich (2015–2017)
  • Brazil João Pedro Silva (2019-2020)
  • Brazil Guilherme Valadão Gama (2019-2020)
  • Chile Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2014-2015)
  • Croatia Nikola Kedžo (2017-2019)
  • Cuba Guillermo Corzo (2014–2015)
  • Egypt Ahmed Khairy (2020-2021)
  • Iran Mohsen Babasafari (2017-2019)
  • Iran Alireza Mousavi (2022-)
  • Montenegro Nemanja Grbović (2018-2019, 2020-)
  • Montenegro Milan Popović (2021-)
  • Russia Samvel Aslanyan (2017-2021)
  • Serbia Miloš Kostadinović (2016-2018)
  • Serbia Krsto Milošević (2018-)
  • SerbiaCroatia Stefan Vujić (2017-2019)
  • Tunisia Mosbah Sanaï (2020-2021)
  • Serbia Obrad Ivezic (2007-2010)

References

  1. ^ "CSA Steaua Bucuresti - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  2. ^ https://www.campusbuzau.ro/inca-trei-in-haita-hc-incheie-campania-de-transferuri/
  3. ^ https://lobsport.me/rukomet/povratak-popovic-u-lovcenu-nakon-10-godina/
  4. ^ https://m4sport.hu/kezilabda/cikk/2025/05/14/bosnyak-valogatott-jatekost-igazolt-az-nb-i-be-feljuto-szigetszentmiklos/
  5. ^ https://tglhandball.de/tg-mipa-landshut-verpflichtet-mit-admir-ahmetasevic-einen-erfahrenen-torhueter/
  6. ^ https://www.campusbuzau.ro/inca-trei-in-haita-hc-incheie-campania-de-transferuri/
  7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/handbalmasculinUcluj/photos/%EF%B8%8F-octavian-bizău-semnează-cu-universitatea-cluj-campion-al-româniei-cu-dinamo-câ/1304326881696757/?_rdr
  8. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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