# CSA Steaua București (basketball)

Active departments of CSA Steaua :
| Athletics | Basketball | Boxing | Canoe & Kayak |
| Cycling | Equestrian | Fencing | Football |
| Gymnastics | Handball | Hockey | Judo |
| Karate | Kenpō | Motorcycling | Pentathlon |
| Rowing | Rugby | Sambo | Shooting |
| Swimming | Taekwondo WTF | Table tennis | Tennis |
| Volleyball | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling |
Steaua București (Basketball) is the basketball section of CSA Steaua București sport club, based in Bucharest, Romania. The club competes in Liga Națională, the top tier of Romanian basketball.
Being part of one of Romania's biggest sports clubs, famous especially for its football team, Steaua's basketball club enjoyed plenty of success over the years, but also disappointments. Many of the last few years have been spent in the second division, including the previous season. In 2008, BC Steaua merged with BC Targoviste, thus changing its name again, this time to BC Steaua Turabo București, and taking over Târgoviște's place in the Liga Națională. In 2013, the team merged with CSM Bucharest and became Steaua CSM.

## History

After the Romanian Revolution, Baschet Club Steaua București was the first basketball club in Romania to turn private. However, after only a few years it went bankrupt, and CSA Steaua operated only a youth club for basketball, under the name of Clubul Sportiv Școlar Steaua București.
In 2008, Steaua merged with BC Târgoviște and played again in the first division, under the name BC Steaua București. Turning on the new page in club's history, with Mladen Jojic as head coach, Steaua decided to compete in Divizia B with young team and mostly Romanian players, with the average age of 21.
The team eventually returned to the highest level in Romania. In 2011, the team reached the Romanian Cup Final, which was the first time in a long time that the team played for a trophy.
In 2013, the team merged with CSM Bucharest and a new team name was found in CSM Steaua Bucharest.
In the 2015–16 season, the newly formed team would make its debut in Europe through the Eurocup.

## Fans

Steaua Bucharest's basketball games often struggle to attract a large audience, partly due to the club's greater historical and cultural association with its football team, which has a more passionate following. While basketball enjoys popularity in Romania, it competes with other sports and entertainment options for spectators' attention. Despite the lower turnout, the occasional presence of the ultras from Peluza Sud brings an electric atmosphere to the games.

## Achievements

* Romanian Championship
** Winners: (21): 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
* Euroleague
** Third place (1): 1961

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Romanian Cup | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga Națională | 7th | | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga Națională | 4th | Runner-up | 2 Eurocup | RS | 3–3 |
| 2011–12 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2012–13 | 2 | Liga I | 1st | | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga Națională | 9th | | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga Națională | 4th | | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga Națională | 3rd | | | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga Națională | 2nd | Semifinalist | 2 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 1–5 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga Națională | 2nd | Semifinalist | 2 FIBA Europe Cup | QR2 | 0–2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga Națională | | | 2 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 1–5 |

## Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

## Notable players

* Ronnie Harrell (born 1996)
* Gerald Lee

## Head coaches

* Constantin Herold (1954–1968)
* Vasile Popescu (1968–1975)
* Mihai Nedef (1975–1982)
* Mircea Câmpeanu (1982–1989)
* Nicolae Pirsu (1989–1994)
* Dumitru Lecca (1994–1999)
* Costel Cernat (1999–2004)
* Radu Costea (2004–2008)
* Mladen Jojić (2008–2015)
* Radu Costea (2015–2016)
* Marius Runkauskas (2016–2018)
* Jukka Toijala (2016–2019)
* Saša Ocokoljić (2019–2021)
* Eugen Ilie (2021–present)

## Arenas

Steaua București plays its home national domestic league games at the 2,000-seat Sala Mihai Viteazul. They play their home European league games at the 5,300 seat Sala Polivalentă.