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.

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 NamePeriodASA București 1949–1950CCA București 1950–1961Steaua București 1961–2006Steaua MFA București 2006–2010CSA Steaua București 2010–2015CSA Steaua Alexandrion2015–2017CSA Steaua București2017–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

CSA Steaua BucureștiGoalkeepers 16 Ionut Ciobanu 24 Alexandru Pasca 58 Admir Ahmetasevic Left Wingers 03 Claudiu Mazilescu 44 Sabin Constantina 66 Milan Popović 70 Vlad Leonard Balan Right Wingers 15 Valentin Ghionea 19 Alexandru Tărîță Line Players 13 Valentin Neagu 17 Eduard-Florin Gheorghe 90 Nemanja Grbović

Left Backs 07 Gabriel Burlacu 6 Krsto Milošević 20 Savo Mešter Central Backs 8 Ovidiu Irimia 27 Ciprian Șandru 73 Octavian Bizău Right Backs 05 Shahoo Nosrati 34 Marko Davidović 56 Cosmin Ilie

Technical staff Head coach: Nedeljko Matic Assistant coach: Ştefan Laufceac Goalkeeping coach: Ionuţ Ciobanu Fitness coach: Marius Tudor

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Boško Stanisavljević (RB) from RK Dinamo Pančevo

Leaving Shahoo Nosrati (RB) Maxim Oancea (LB) Vasile Dobrincu (RW) to CSO Teutonii Ghimbav

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining

Leaving Nemanja Grbović (LP) to HC Buzău Milan Popović (LW) to RK Lovćen Marko Davidović (CB) to Szigetszentmiklósi KSK Admir Ahmetašević (GK) to TG Landshut Alexandru Tărîță (RW) to HC Buzău Octavian Bizău (CB) to CS Universitatea Cluj Valentin Neagu (LP) to Dessau-Roßlauer HV Alexandru Mihai Pasca (GK) to CSM Constanța

European record

European Cup and Champions League SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1967–68 Winners Round 2 HB Dudelange 37–14 29–10 66–24 Quarter-finals VfL Gummersbach 15–9 14–13 29–22 Semi-finals SC Dynamo Berlin 16–12 15–16 31–28 Finals Dukla Prague13–111976–77 Winners Round 1 Pallamano Trieste 38–21 38–18 76–39 Round 2 HB Dudelange 35–17 28–11 63–28 Quarter-finals CB Calpisa 22–19 18–20 40–39 Semi-finals KFUM Fredericia 29–22 19–19 48–41 Finals CSKA Moscow21–20

EHF Challenge Cup SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate2005–06 Winners Round 3 AC Diomidis Argous 33–28 32–22 65–50 Round 4 KA Akureyri 30–21 23–24 53–45 Quarter-finals Vardar Skopje 34–29 31–35 65–64 Semi-finals Medveščak Zagreb 30–28 24–25 54–53 Finals Sporting Club Horta 34–27 21–26 55–53

EHF ranking

Rank Team Points138 Dragūnas Klaipėda30139 HSV Hamburg30140 HC Visé BM30141 Steaua București29142 Achilles Bocholt29143 Parnassos Strovolou28144 HK Malmö28

Former club members

Notable former players

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) Cornel Oțelea (1958–1970) 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) Dan Rosescu (1964–1970) 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)

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