FCSB Bucharest
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| Surname | SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA | ||
| Seat | Bucharest , Romania | ||
| founding | June 7, 1947 (as ASA Bucharest ) |
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| Colours | blue red | ||
| owner | George Becali | ||
| president | Valeriu Argaseala | ||
| Website | fcsb.ro | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Bogdan Vintila | ||
| Venue | Arena Națională | ||
| Places | 55,634 | ||
| league | League 1 | ||
| 2019/20 | 5th place | ||
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The SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA (until the end of March 2017 Fotbal Club Steaua București , German Steaua Bucharest ), FCSB for short , in the German-speaking area FCSB Bucharest , is a Romanian football club from Bucharest . The association was founded in 1947 as a division of the military association CSA Steaua Bucharest (1947–1948 ASA Bucharest , 1948–1950 CSCA Bucharest , 1950–1961 CCA Bucharest ) until it was privatized in 1998. The entrepreneur George Becali has owned the association since 2003 . In the spring of 2017, the rights to the name and logo were returned to the Romanian Ministry of Defense after legal proceedings, whereupon the club received its current name and logo and the military club its football department from the 2017/18 season under the previous name Steaua Bucharest in the Liga IV , the fourth highest Romanian division, reopened. In the media, however, FCSB Bucharest is still often incorrectly called Steaua Bucharest .
Steaua Bucharest or FCSB Bucharest has been playing in the first Romanian league since 1947 and was the first Eastern European club to win the European Cup in 1986 .
history
The club was founded on June 7, 1947 as a football club of the Romanian army under the name Asociația Sportivă Armata (ASA). The first trainer was Coloman Braun-Bogdan . The club played in the first Romanian league from the start and changed its name to CSCA (Central Sports Club of the Army) a year later. In 1949 CSCA won its first title: the Romanian Cup. After another name change in 1950 to CCA, the club won the first Romanian championship in 1951.
It was not until 1961 that Steaua (the star ) adopted its final name. To date, Steaua Bucharest is the most successful Romanian club with 25 championship titles and 22 cup titles.
In the 1980s, Valentin Ceauşescu , who was the eldest son of the then Romanian dictator couple Elena and Nicolae Ceauşescu , took over the management of Steaua Bucharest. The association was considered a private association of the Ceaușescus in Romania at the time and enjoyed special privileges.
Between 1985 and 1990 Steaua was one of the top European clubs. Steaua Bucharest celebrated their greatest international success in 1986, when they defeated the favored FC Barcelona 2-0 on penalties in Seville in the final of the then European Cup . Then you won the European Supercup. In 1988 they reached the semi-finals. A year later Steaua was in the final again, but lost to AC Milan 4-0.
In the 1980s and 1990s, two records were set that are still valid today. From June 1986 to September 1989 Steaua remained unbeaten in 104 league games in a row (European record) and also in 112 home games in a row in the league from November 1989 to August 1996.
Steaua won the last national title in 2015 when the club made the 26th championship perfect.
1985–1989 - The great years
The 1985/86 season should be the most successful for Steaua: In this season the team won the Romanian championship title as well as the biggest European club title.
In the then European Cup (now the Champions League ), the outsiders from Romania beat Vejle BK from Denmark 4: 1 and 1: 1 in the first round ; in the second round, the Hungarian champions Honvéd Budapest were cleared after 0 : 1 away defeat at home with 4-1 out of the way. The team then prevailed in the quarter-finals against Finnish champions Kuusysi Lahti 1-0 and 0-0. For many, Steaua had advanced relatively unspectacularly towards the final, but this view quickly changed in the semifinals when the Romanians beat Belgian champions RSC Anderlecht , who had previously knocked out FC Bayern Munich , 3-0 at home and after the 0-1 in Brussels reached the final. In front of 78,000 spectators (an estimated 77,000 Spanish visitors, 1,000 Romanians who had traveled) the final between the favorite FC Barcelona and the FC Steaua army club in Seville kicked off. The game was characterized by few chances, with an advantage for the Romanians. After 120 minutes it was 0-0 and there was a penalty shoot-out. Steaua goalie Helmuth Duckadam saved four penalties in a row and therefore went down in football history as the "hero of Seville" . Due to this unprecedented performance, Steaua won the final 2-0. Thus, the Romanians were the first Eastern European football club to take home the European Champion Clubs ' Cup.
Towards the end of the year, the Romanians lost 1-0 in the final of the CA River Plate World Cup in Tokyo.
In February 1987, Steaua Bucharest won the European Supercup 1-0 against the European Cup winners Dynamo Kiev .
After a second round-off in the 1986/87 season, the Bucharest top club reached the semi-finals of the national championship cup again in the 1987/88 season, which was lost to Benfica Lisbon . A year later, Steaua advanced to the final of the European Cup for the second time and showed even stronger performances this season than 1985/86, as the games were won more clearly. Especially in the home games, the Romanians outclassed their opponents, sending Sparta Prague and IFK Göteborg back home with 5: 1 each and Spartak Moscow 3: 0. With a 4: 0 and 1: 1 in the semifinals against Galatasaray Istanbul , the team was in the final.
The final against AC Milan did not go as hoped for the Romanians, who lost 4-0 to the superior Italians.
After 1990, the club's performance declined due to the opening of the borders and the emigration of important players to Western European clubs, and Steaua also lost its previously frightening dominance nationally: In the late 80s, Steaua Bucharest had set a European record with 103 league games in a row without defeat.
Steaua today
With 26 national championship titles, 24 cup titles, 1 league cup and 6 supercup titles, Steaua is the most successful Romanian football club . In the 2005/06 season Steaua played in the UEFA Cup . After defeating the Norwegian champions Vålerenga IF in the first round (3: 0, 3: 1), Steaua reached Sampdoria Genoa (0: 0) in the following group phase after playing against RC Lens (4 : 0) , Halmstads BK (3: 0) and Hertha BSC (0: 0) the first place in the table. In the semifinals, the Romanian champions met Middlesbrough FC . Steaua won the home game in Bucharest 1-0, but Steaua could not win the second leg in Middlesbrough despite the 2-0 lead. Middlesbrough fought back 4-2 in the second half and moved into the final.
Patron George Becali cannot be dissuaded from his belief that Steaua will continue to be victorious. In an interview he emphasized that Steaua would kick every opponent out of the UEFA Cup , play in the final and then put the European Supercup in the trophy room.
After winning the championship in the 2005/06 season, Steaua took part again in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and moved into the third round with two wins against ND Gorica (2-0, 3-0). They received standard Liege and was a 2: the Belgian in Bucharest 2 in the first leg 2: 1 beat. Thus qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2006/07 . They met Real Madrid , Olympique Lyon and Dynamo Kiev in the group stage and ended up in 3rd place. With wins against Zagłębie Lubin and BATE Baryssau , Steaua also qualified for the group stage of the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League . But Steaua lost out in Group H against Arsenal , Sevilla and Slavia Prague . In the end it was fourth place for the Romanian champion.
In December 2008, Marius Lăcătuş inherited Dorinel Munteanu, who had remained in office for only two months, and became the old and new Steaua coach. After the disappointing season ended, Lăcătuş was replaced in June 2009 by the Italian Cristiano Bergodi . During the half-time break of the Europa League home game against Sheriff Tiraspol on September 17, 2009, there was a conflict between Bergodi and the patron George Becali . This dismissed the coach without further ado and replaced him with Mihai Stoichiță . After the end of the 2009/10 season between July and September 2010 were first Victor Pițurcă , Ilie Dumitrescu and then Edi Iordănescu head coach of Steaua, until on September 27, 2010 Marius Lăcătuș again took over the team. This resigned on March 7, 2011 after the 0-3 home defeat against FC Brașov, however, and was replaced by Sorin Cârțu . On May 5, 2011 Cârțu resigned and was replaced by Cosmin Olăroiu , with whom Steaua won the final of the Romanian Cup on May 25, 2011 . After Olăroiu left the club in early June 2011, a new coach, Israeli Ronny Levy , was signed in mid-June . Levy resigned after the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League away game at AEK Larnaka on September 29, 2011 and was replaced a day later by former Steaua player Ilie Stan .
In March 2012, Steaua owner George Becali announced that they would only like to fill the team's squad with Romanian players for the 2012/13 season . The contracts with foreign players should not be renewed or the players should be sold. Becali gave the reason that a lot of money had been spent on foreign professionals in the past, but had not celebrated any success. That is why he no longer sees any point in investing more money in foreign professionals. On March 27, 2012 Ilie Stan resigned from his coaching office and was replaced by Mihai Stoichiță . In the European Cup season , meanwhile, after surviving the group stage, they reached the round of 32. There they were eliminated after two 0-1 defeats against FC Twente Enschede and could not fulfill their dream of the final in their own stadium.
In the 2012/13 Europa League season , Steaua asserted itself in a group with VfB Stuttgart , FC Copenhagen and Molde FK as group winners, eliminated Ajax Amsterdam in the second round and was eliminated in the round of 16 against Chelsea .
In December 2014, Romania's Supreme Court ruled that the club is no longer allowed to use the name Steaua, use its logo and wear the club colors blue and red. The background to this is a lawsuit by the Romanian Ministry of Defense, which wanted to see the use of the military symbols prohibited by the association, which is no longer under the army. After the decision of the legal dispute, the club played its game against CSMS Iași in yellow jerseys and under the name "Romanian champions". On January 15, 2015, both parties agreed that the club would initially retain the rights of use for its Steaua name and for the club logo and club colors. At the end of March 2017, the club name was changed to SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA .
On July 22, 2020 Bucharest won the Romanian Cup with a 1-0 win in the final against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe . Dennis Man scored the only goal of the game . It is the club's first title under the new club name.
Club leadership
The owner George Becali is considered one of the richest men in Romania and is particularly controversial. Under his leadership, the players earn high salaries and bonuses by Romanian standards, which prompts the players not to leave the club. Steaua legend Helmuth Duckadam was appointed president in 2010. The club itself is run by a strict hand, but players and coaches sometimes earn more than the German Bundesliga players and coaches.
Current squad 2018/19
As of October 16, 2018
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successes
National
- Romanian Championship (26): 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1956 , 1960 , 1961 , 1968 , 1976 , 1978 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2001 , 2005 , 2006 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015
- Romanian Cup (23): 1949 , 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1955 , 1962 , 1966 , 1967 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1976 , 1979 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1992 , 1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2011 , 2015 , 2020
- Romanian Supercup (6): 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2013
- Romanian League Cup (2): 2015, 2016
International
- European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1986
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 1986
Further international successes
European Champion Clubs' Cup :
- Finalist: 1986
UEFA Cup :
- Round of 16: 2013
Well-known former players
- Ion Alecsandrescu
- Teodor Anghelini
- Alexandru Apolzan
- Gavril Balint
- Ștefan Balint
- Ilie Bărbulescu
- Miodrag Belodedici
- László Bölöni
- Pablo Brandan
- Adrian Bumbescu
- Vlad Chiricheș
- Alexandru Chipciu
- Anton Doboș
- Helmuth Duckadam
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Florentin Dumitru
- Ion Dumitru
- Nicolae Dică
- Iulian Filipescu
- Constantin Gâlcă
- Sorin Ghionea
- Dorin Goian
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Bujor Hălmăgeanu
- Adrian Ilie
- Vasile Iordache
- Anghel Iordănescu
- Ștefan Iovan
- Traian Ivănescu
- Florin Lovin
- Claudiu Keşerü
- Houssine Kharja
- Marius Lăcătuș
- Silviu Lung
- Mihail Majearu
- Dorinel Munteanu
- Dayro Moreno
- Viorel Nastase
- Mihai Neșu
- Adrian Neaga
- George Ogăraru
- Basarab Panduru
- Dan Petrescu
- Iosif Pechovski
- Victor Pițurcă
- Gheorghe Popescu
- Daniel Prodan
- Marcel Răducanu
- Mirel Rădoi
- Laurențiu Reghecampf
- Laurențiu Roșu
- Lucian Sânmărtean
- Ștefan Sameș
- Ilie Savu
- Ilie Stan
- Dumitru Stângaciu
- Bogdan Stancu
- Nicolae Stanciu
- Tudorel Stoica
- Łukasz Szukała
- Gheorghe Tătaru
- Ciprian Tătărușanu
- Cyril Théréau
- Radu Troi
- Nicolae Ungureanu
- Ion Vlădoiu
- Florea Voinea
- Ion Voinescu
- Fernando Varela
- Róbinson Zapata
Coach history
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Championship , steauafc.com , accessed on November 10, 2018.
- ↑ Gazeta Sporturilor of March 7, 2011 , accessed March 8, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ ProSport of May 5, 2011 , accessed on May 26, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ ProSport from June 15, 2011 , accessed on July 29, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ ProSport of September 30, 2011 , accessed on November 4, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ focus.de: Steaua Bucharest in future without legionnaires
- ↑ ProSport of March 27, 2012 , accessed on April 19, 2012 (Romanian)
- ↑ Steaua Bucharest loses name, logo and club colors. In: kicker.de. December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Steaua Bucharest association portrait. In: Europapokal.de. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Deciziile Comitetului Executiv din 30 martie 2017 , accessed on April 10, 2017.
- ↑ FCSB beat Sepsi to win Romanian Cup. July 22, 2020, accessed on July 22, 2020 .
literature
- Marin Ciuperceanu: Cu echipa de fotbal Steaua pe două continente , Editura Militară, 1972.
- Marin Ciuperceanu: Reporter pentru Steaua , Editura Militară, 1978.
- Horia Alexandrescu: Steaua Campioana Europei , Editura Militară, 1986.
- Constantin Brancu: Din culisele supercampioanei , Tempus SRL, 1994.
- Andrei Vochin: Super Steaua , ProSport, 2001.
- Cătălin Oprișan: Steaua - Legenda unei echipe de fotbal , CSA Steaua, 2008, ISBN 978-973-0-06160-4 .
