# CSA Steaua București (handball)

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 |
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

| Name | Period |
| 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

| 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 București :
Goalkeepers
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
06 Krsto Milošević
20 Savo Mešter
Central Backs
08 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 2025–26 season

## European record
### European Cup and Champions League

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1967–68 Winners | Round 2 | HB Dudelange | 37–14 | 29–10 | 66–24 |
| 1967–68 Winners | Quarter-finals | VfL Gummersbach | 15–9 | 14–13 | 29–22 |
| 1967–68 Winners | Semi-finals | SC Dynamo Berlin | 16–12 | 15–16 | 31–28 |
| 1967–68 Winners | Finals | Dukla Prague | 13–11 |
| 1976–77 Winners | Round 1 | Pallamano Trieste | 38–21 | 38–18 | 76–39 |
| 1976–77 Winners | Round 2 | HB Dudelange | 35–17 | 28–11 | 63–28 |
| 1976–77 Winners | Quarter-finals | CB Calpisa | 22–19 | 18–20 | 40–39 |
| 1976–77 Winners | Semi-finals | KFUM Fredericia | 29–22 | 19–19 | 48–41 |
| 1976–77 Winners | Finals | CSKA Moscow | 21–20 |

### EHF Challenge Cup

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2005–06 Winners | Round 3 | AC Diomidis Argous | 33–28 | 32–22 | 65–50 |
| 2005–06 Winners | Round 4 | KA Akureyri | 30–21 | 23–24 | 53–45 |
| 2005–06 Winners | Quarter-finals | Vardar Skopje | 34–29 | 31–35 | 65–64 |
| 2005–06 Winners | Semi-finals | Medveščak Zagreb | 30–28 | 24–25 | 54–53 |
| 2005–06 Winners | Finals | Sporting Club Horta | 34–27 | 21–26 | 55–53 |

### EHF ranking

    As of 14/07/2022
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 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
### 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)
* 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 (1944–2004)
* 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)