CSA Steaua București (handball)
| CSA Steaua București | |||
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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 | Stephane Plantin | ||
| League | Liga Națională | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga Națională, 4th of 14 | ||
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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.
Bucuresti
Location of Steaua București
History
[edit]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
[edit]Naming history
[edit]| Name | Period |
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| 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
[edit]| Domestic competitions | European competitions |
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- Double
- Winners (6): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08
Team
[edit]- Squad for the 2024–25 season[1]
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Technical staff
[edit]- Head coach:
Stephane Plantin - Assistant coach:
Ionuţ Georgescu - Goalkeeping coach: Ionuţ Ciobanu
- Fitness coach: Marius Tudor
Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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European record
[edit]European Cup and Champions League
[edit]| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1967–68 Winners
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Round 2 |  HB Dudelange
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37–14 | 29–10 | 66–24 |
| Quarter-finals |  VfL Gummersbach
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15–9 | 14–13 | 29–22 | |
| Semi-finals |  SC Dynamo Berlin
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16–12 | 15–16 | 31–28 | |
| Finals |  Dukla Prague
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13–11 | |||
| 1976–77 Winners
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Round 1 |  Pallamano Trieste
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38–21 | 38–18 | 76–39 |
| Round 2 | HB Dudelange
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35–17 | 28–11 | 63–28 | |
| Quarter-finals |  CB Calpisa
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22–19 | 18–20 | 40–39 | |
| Semi-finals |  KFUM Fredericia
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29–22 | 19–19 | 48–41 | |
| Finals |  CSKA Moscow
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21–20 |
EHF Challenge Cup
[edit]| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2005–06 Winners
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Round 3 |  AC Diomidis Argous
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33–28 | 32–22 | 65–50 |
| Round 4 |  KA Akureyri
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30–21 | 23–24 | 53–45 | |
| Quarter-finals |  Vardar Skopje
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34–29 | 31–35 | 65–64 | |
| Semi-finals |  Medveščak Zagreb
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30–28 | 24–25 | 54–53 | |
| Finals |  Sporting Club Horta
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34–27 | 21–26 | 55–53 |
EHF ranking
[edit]- As of 14/07/2022[2]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 117 | Handball Käerjeng |
36 |
| 118 |  MMTS Kwidzyn |
36 |
| 119 | Steaua București |
35 |
| 120 |  Parnassos Strovolou |
35 |
| 121 | AC Diomidis Argous |
35 |
| 122 | RK Tineks Prolet |
34 |
| 123 |  Spor Toto SK |
34 |
Former club members
[edit]Notable former players
[edit]- Silviu Băiceanu (1999–2003)
- Ciprian Beșta (1991–1994)
- Ștefan Birtalan (1970–1985)
- Octavian Bizău (2017–2019)
- Sebastian Bota (1991–1997)
- Alexandru Buligan (1981–1982)
- Ionuț Ciobanu (2005–2010, 2021-)
- Alexandru Dedu (1991–1996)
- Cristian Gațu (1968–1978)
- Gheorghe Gruia (1961–1973)
- Javier Humet (2018–2020)
- Ionuț Iancu (2021–)
- Josef Jakob (1963–1971)
- Andrei Mihalcea (2018–)
- Marius Novanc (2005–2010)
- Alin Șania (2005–2009)
- Ciprian Șandru (2021–)
- Hansi Schmidt (1961–1963)
- Tudor Stănescu (2016–)
- Marius Stavrositu (2007–2010, 2017-2019)
- Vasile Stîngă (1977–1989)
- Werner Stöckl (1969–1981)
- Marius Szőke (2011–2017)
- Radu Voina (1972–1991)
Marin Vegar (2018–2019)
Ivan Matskevich (2015–2017)
João Pedro Silva (2019-2020)- Guilherme Valadão Gama (2019-2020)
Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2014-2015)- Nikola Kedžo (2017-2019)
Guillermo Corzo (2014–2015)
Ahmed Khairy (2020-2021)
Mohsen Babasafari (2017-2019)- Alireza Mousavi (2022-)
Nemanja Grbović (2018-2019, 2020-)- Milan Popović (2021-)
Samvel Aslanyan (2017-2021)
Miloš Kostadinović (2016-2018)- Krsto Milošević (2018-)
- Stefan Vujić (2017-2019)
Mosbah Sanaï (2020-2021)- Obrad Ivezic (2007-2010)
References
[edit]External links
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