FIRST OFF LET ME SAY THAT I AM SUPPORTING Steaua Bucuresti to win the UEFA CUP
FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian football club based at Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest, Romania. It was founded on June 7, 1947 as ASA Bucureşti (Asociatia Sportivă a Armatei - English The Army Sport Association). The club changed its name several times before settling on Steaua (English: "The Star") in 1961.
Being the only Romanian football team and the first in Eastern Europe, to win the European Champions Cup in 1986, having also won the European Super Cup in 1987, Steaua is the most successful and the most popular football club in Romania. Alongside the two European trophies, they have also won 23 National Football Championships, 20 Romanian Cups and 5 Romanian Super Cups
The club is historically known as the Romanian Army sports club. The football department separated from the Romanian Ministry of National Defence in 1998, and the only links to the Army right now are the historical tradition and their home ground, Ghencea Stadium, which still belongs to the Ministry of National Defence but has been leased on a 49 year long period to the football club.
Since 2002, the club has been run by Romanian businessman George Becali, who purchased a majority stake and turned it into an SA (Romanian PLC).
The other sections of CSA Steaua Bucureşti are Rugby, Ice Hockey (autonomous – Hochei Club Steaua Suki Bucureşti), Handball, Water Polo, Basketball (only a youth section at present), Volleyball, Athletics, Swimming, Gymnastics, Boxing, Paddling, Shooting, Weightlifting, Fencing, Tennis and Judo. Also in existence is Clubul Sportiv Steaua Wu-Shu (Martial Arts), run by current FC Steaua owner George Becali, with no link to CSA Steaua.
Under the leadership of coaches Emerich Jenei and Anghel Iordănescu, Steaua had an impressive Championship run in the 1984-85 season, which they eventually won after a six-year break. What followed was an absolutely astonishing European Cup season. After knocking-out Vejle BK, Honved FC, Kuusysi Lahti FC and RSC Anderlecht, they were the first ever Romanian team to make it into a European Cup final. On May 7, 1986, at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, Spanish champions FC Barcelona were clear favourites, but after a goalless draw, legendary goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four penalties taken by the Spaniards being the first ever Romanian to reach the Guinness Book for that matter, while Gavril Balint and Marius Lăcătuş transformed theirs to make Steaua the first Eastern-European team to conquer the supreme European trophy
Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian all-time best footballer, joined the club a few months later, scoring the only goal of the match against Dinamo Kiev which brought Steaua an additional European Super Cup on February 24, 1987 in Monaco, just two months after having lost the Intercontinental Cup 1-0 to Argentinians CA River Plate in Tokyo.
Surprisingly for those who thought of these performances as an isolated phenomenon, Steaua remained at the top of European football for the rest of the decade, managing one more European Cup semifinal against SL Benfica (1987-88) and one more European Cup final in 1989, which was lost 4-0 in front of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard's AC Milan, next to their four more national titles (1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89) and four national cups (1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89). In addition, from June 1986 to September 1989, Steaua ran a record 104-match undefeated streak in the championship, which by that time was a new world record
Club's Milestones
1947: year of establishment (as ASA Bucureşti); first match in Divizia A (ASA - Dermata Cluj 0-0);
1948: change of name to CSCA Bucureşti;
RECORDS
Records
Record Win: 12-0 v CIL Blaj (10 June 1964, Romanian Cup 1/8 Finals);
Record League Win: 11-0 v Corvinul Hunedoara (7 December 1988, Divizia A);
Record Loss: 0-7 v ITA Arad (currently UTA Arad, 14 September 1947, Divizia A);
Record Away Win: 9-0 v Locomotiva Galaţi (27 June 1951, Romanian Cup 1/16 Finals);
Record Home Loss: 1-6 v ITA Arad (currently UTA Arad, Divizia A, 1947-48);
Record European Win: 6-0 v BSC Young Boys (3 October 1979, Cup Winners’ Cup);
Record European Loss: 0-5 v Montpellier HSC (23 October 1990, Cup Winners’ Cup), 0-5 v Paris Saint-Germain FC (27 August 1997, Champions’ League Qualifiers);
Most Appearances: Tudorel Stoica (368 matches in 14 seasons);
Most Goals Scored: Anghel Iordănescu (146 goals in 14 seasons);
Record Unbeaten League Run: 104 matches (June 1986 – September 1989) European record, former World Record;
Record Home Unbeaten League Run: 113 matches (November 1989 – August 1996);
Record League Percentage in a Season: 65 pts in 34 matches (1988-89; 2 pts/win; 95,58%);
Least Goals Conceded in a Season: 16 (2005-06; 0,53/match);
The only Romanian team to have played in UEFA Champions League (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2006-07);
The first Romanian to have entered the Guinness Book: (Helmuth Duckadam, after saving all four penalties in the ECC Final in 1986);
The first Eastern European team and the only team from a communist country to win the European Champions Cup;
Most trophies in Romanian football: 50;
Most National Championships: 23;
Most National Cups: 20;
Most National Super Cups: 5;
Most Romanian championships won by a single player: Marius Lăcătuş (10);
Most championships in a row: 6 (1992-93 – 1997-98, equal to Chinezul Timişoara’s record from the 1920s);
Most matches won in a row in Divizia A: 17 (equal to FC Dinamo Bucureşti);
Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest are the only teams that played only in the first Romanian league;
Youngest goal scorer in european cups: Răzvan Ochiroşii: 17 years and 5 months (2 August 2006 v ND Gorica).
1949: first trophy ever won (Romanian Cup, CSCA - CSU Cluj 2-1);
1950: change of name to CCA Bucureşti, first Romanian championship title;
1955: team's first international match (CCA - Luton Town 5-1);
1957: year of debut in the UEFA European competitions;
1961: change of name to CSA Steaua Bucureşti;
1971: 10th Romanian Cup (Steaua - Dinamo Bucureşti 3-2);
1974: Ghencea Stadium erection;
1984: 1000th match in the Divizia A (Steaua - CS Tîrgovişte 4-0);
1985: 10th championship title;
1986: European Cup triumph (Steaua - FC Barcelona 0-0/0-0/2-0);
1987: European Supercup triumph (Steaua - Dinamo Kiev 1-0);
1989: second European Cup final (AC Milan - Steaua 4-0);
1994: first Romanian Supercup triumph (Steaua - Gloria Bistriţa 1-0); first UEFA Champions League participation; 100th match in UEFA competitions (Steaua - Servette Geneve 4-1);
1998: football team separates from CSA Steaua, change of name to FC Steaua Bucureşti; 20th championship;
1999: 20th Romanian Cup triumph (Steaua - Rapid Bucureşti 2-2/2-2/6-4);
2006: 50th trophy in history (Romanian Supercup, Steaua - Rapid Bucureşti 1-0).
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