The Finnish Cup ( Finnish : Suomen cup ; Swedish : Finlands cup ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football . This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955.
80-521: The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League . The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table: The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table: Performance by region UEFA Europa Conference League The UEFA Conference League (previously known as the UEFA Europa Conference League ), abbreviated as UECL , is an annual football competition organised since 2021 by
160-477: A UEFA Cup encounter in 2004 between the two clubs. Some ultras are also friends with the ultras from UTA Arad , Corvinul Hunedoara and Farul Constanța , NEC Nijmegen , PAOK FC , CSKA Moscow and Partizan Belgrade . Also, European encounters against Panathinaikos in 1998 and Slavia Praha in 1999 were premises for setting contacts with rival fans of Olympiacos of Greece and Sparta Prague of Czech Republic respectively. Steaua's most important rivalry
240-684: A European Cup final. At the final , played on 7 May 1986 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville , Spanish champions 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 Lăcătuș converted theirs to make Steaua
320-653: A European one still standing. During these last years of the Communist regime in Romania, dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu 's son Valentin was involved in the life of the team. Valentin Ceaușescu admitted in a recent interview that he had done nothing else than to protect his favourite team from Dinamo's sphere of influence, ensured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Though contested by some, their five-year winning streak in
400-509: A chance of progressing beyond their customary elimination from the Champions League and Europa League . In mid-2018, talk of an announcement intensified, with news sources claiming an agreement had already been reached for the competition to be launched and that the 48-team Europa League group stage would be split in two, with the lower half forming the nucleus of what would be the new event. On 2 December 2018, UEFA announced that
480-420: A knockout phase consisting of preliminary knockout play-offs, followed by a round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final (all of the knockout games except the final are played over two legs). The top eight teams from the league phase receive a bye to the round of 16, while the teams ranked 9th to 24th contest the knockout play-offs with the winners advancing to the round of 16. The teams ranked 25th to 36th in
560-722: A play-off. However, unlike the Champions League, the Champions Path will only be contested by teams eliminated from Champions League qualifying and consequently relegated either directly into the Conference League or via a second relegation from the UEFA Europa League as a result of two straight eliminations. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients is used to determine
640-427: A president and soon the club was plunged into debt. George Becali , another businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in the hope that Becali would invest money in the club. In 2003, Becali managed to gain control over the club by turning it from non-profit to a public share company. Because of his controversial character, he has been challenged by the majority of Steaua fans. The team qualified for
720-462: A sector of Stadionul Ghencea 's Peluza Sud , where they were assigned, on fire. On 16 August 2016, during Steaua's Champions League play-off 0–5 loss to Manchester City , undercover Dinamo fans displayed a huge message saying Doar Dinamo București ("Only Dinamo Bucharest"), which was labelled one of the biggest pranks in football history. Between October 1991 and April 2000, Steaua counted 19 undefeated official matches facing their rivals, both in
800-514: A stand-alone competition in their research amongst fans and commercial partners. In the same season, the 32-team group stage was replaced with a 36-team league phase, in line with similar changes made to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League . In the 2024 final , Olympiacos beat Fiorentina 1–0, becoming the first Greek club to win a major European competition. The Conference League trophy, designed by Pentagram ,
880-430: Is made from brass, with galvanic steel and silver plating. It features 32 hexagonal columns, to represent the 32 teams in the original group stage, curving upwards in a manner intended to resemble a football curling through the air towards the goal. Similar to the UEFA Champions League , qualification to the Conference League is split into two paths – separating champions and non-champions – and contains three rounds plus
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#1732790622518960-617: Is the one against Dinamo București . Eternul derby ("The Eternal Derby") has been the leading Romanian football encounter since 1948, as Steaua and Dinamo are the two most successful football teams in the country. There have been more than 150 matches played so far between Steaua and Dinamo in the Romanian League, the Romanian Cup and also the Romanian Supercup. With 44 titles combined (Steaua – 26; Dinamo – 18),
1040-484: Is €18,648,000 divided into 666 equal shares of €28,000. As €400,000 is available for each match played in the league phase, for every draw in the League Phase, €133,000 is unallocated and is added to the total league ranking bonus fund, increasing the value of each share. The team that finishes 1st in the League Phase receives 36 shares, with the amount of shares received falling by 1 for each subsequent position, with
1120-608: The 1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals , when the communist authorities saw that Steaua had to play with the champion of Czechoslovakia in the European Cup, they withdrew the team from the competition, fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians. At the end of 1961, CCA changed its name once again to CSA Steaua București ( Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – "Army Sports Club Steaua"). The club's new name translated to The Star and
1200-686: The 2005–06 UEFA Cup .The conflict between the fans has become even fiercer since then. The rivalry also extends to other sports. The local sports newspapers said that the two teams were linked up in this quarter-final by the line of the number 41 tram which links the Ghencea Stadium to the Valentin Stănescu Stadium . The rivalry also extends to other sports. Milder and historical rivalries are also with non-Bucharest-based teams, such as CFR Cluj , Universitatea Craiova , Politehnica Timișoara , Petrolul Ploiești , Universitatea Cluj and
1280-595: The Liga I , the top flight of the Romanian football league system . The original Steaua București football team was founded in 1947 and belonged to the Ministry of National Defence , through the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club. In 1998, the football department and its facilities were separated from the latter and taken over by a group of shareholders in a post-Ceaușescu privatisation scheme, leading to one of
1360-522: The Ministry of Defence coat of arms and also on Romania's. As FC Steaua appeared in 1998, the club added two yellow stars on top of the CSA Steaua badge signifying its 20 titles of champions won, along with the Fotbal Club specification. In 2003, the new Board of Administration run by George Becali decided to change the crest, which was a return to the old emblem of 1974–1991, redesigned with
1440-549: The Peluza Nord ("North End" – Titan Boys , Nucleo , Insurgenții 1998 , Skins 1996 , Combat , Armata 47 Vest ), while some other ones taking their place at the Peluza Sud ("South End" – Vacarm , Glas , E.R.A. , Hunters , Outlaws , Shadows , Roosters , T.K. , Tinerii Sudiști ). Several important groups such as Stil Ostil , Ultras , Banda Ultra' and South Boys retired from attending Steaua's matches due to
1520-612: The UEFA Cup group stage in the 2004–05 season and became the first Romanian team to make it to the European football spring since 1993 (also Steaua's performance). The next season, Steaua reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2005–06 , where it was eliminated by Middlesbrough thanks to a last-minute goal. Steaua thereafter qualified for the following Champions League seasons after a ten-year break, and in 2007–08 Steaua again reached
1600-745: The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third tier of continental club football in Europe, behind the second-tier Europa League , and the first-tier Champions League . Introduced in 2021 as the UEFA Europa Conference League, the competition was initially intended as the bottom level of the Europa League . The competition is primarily contested by teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations. No teams qualify directly for
1680-431: The 1920s performance of Chinezul Timișoara and also three more cups in 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1998–99. At an international level, the club also managed to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage three years in a row between 1994–95 and 1996–97 . Other records highly regarded by the fans were the eight-year and six-month long undefeated streak in front of arch-rivals Dinamo București, which counted 19 matches in both
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#17327906225181760-469: The 1960s and 1970s. Other kit colours have very rarely been used. Exceptions were the 1986 European Cup Final in which Steaua wore, for the only time in their history, an all-white kit, the 1999–00 away kit (yellow and red), the 2005–06 third kit (yellow and black), the 2008–2010 away kit (a shade of neon yellow-green), the 2010–12 and 2014–16 away kit (all-yellow), the 2012–14 away kit ( all-sky blue or sky blue shirts with dark navy blue shorts and socks). For
1840-563: The 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, the away kit was all-white. For the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons the away kit was ice blue with a darker shade on sleeves. For the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, the kit is all-white again. Its kit is manufactured by Nike , who have held the contract since 2002, after a long partnership with Adidas . First team shirt sponsors have been betting company Betano since 2022. Previous sponsors include Ford , Castrol , Philips , CBS , Bancorex , Dialog , BCR , RAFO , CitiFinancial and City Insurance. Steaua played
1920-542: The 36th place team receiving a single share. The following is a list of clubs that have played or will be playing in the Conference League league phase (group stage prior to the 2024–25 season). Season in Bold : Team qualified for knockout phase Starting from the first edition of the competition, UEFA introduced an award that will presumably now be called the UEFA Conference League Player of
2000-572: The Arena Națională. It also uses Steaua Stadium for selected matches. Baza Sportivă ARCOM is a sports complex in Bucharest , Romania. It is currently used only for football matches, is the home ground of FCSB II and FCSB Academy and also used for trainings. The football complex was built by George Becali on the place of the former ARCOM Concrete Plant, after his club was kicked out from Steaua Stadium and Ghencea Sports Complex due to
2080-716: The Army") in 1950. In 1949, CSCA won its first trophy, the Cupa României , defeating CSU Cluj 2–1 in the final. Under the name of CCA , the club managed to win three Championship titles in a row in 1951 , 1952 and 1953 , along with its first Championship–Cup double in 1951. During the 1950s, the so-called "CCA Golden Team" became nationally famous. In 1956, the Romania national team (composed exclusively of CCA players) played Yugoslavia in Belgrade and won 1–0. In
2160-605: The Europa League, and will define its remaining entrants by their league position in the previous year. England allocates its lowest-ranked qualification place to the winners of the EFL Cup or, if they already qualified for the Champions League or Europa League, to the sixth or seventh placed in the Premier League . Changes will be made to the access list above if the Conference League title holder qualifies for
2240-664: The Liga ;I 27 times, Cupa României 24 times, Cupa Ligii two times, and Supercupa României seven times—all competition records. Internationally, they have won the European Cup and European Super Cup , both in 1986. They reached the European Cup final once again in 1989, when they were defeated by AC Milan . Throughout their history, the Roș-albaștrii also played the final of the Intercontinental Cup ,
2320-570: The People's Army, the yellow was gradually given up, so that the official colors remained, up to this day, the red and the blue. As communists assumed total control of the country on 30 December 1947, the Royal Army was transformed into the People's Army and ASA automatically with it. Being inspired by the Red Army , the new Ministry of Defence decided to create a crest for the club, along with
2400-631: The Season award, having previously been the UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the Season award prior to the renaming of the league. The jury is composed of the coaches of the clubs which participate in the league phase (group stage prior to 2024-25 season) of the competition, together with 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, one from each UEFA member association. In
2480-528: The UEFA Conference League, and the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase. Roma were the inaugural winners of the competition, having beaten Feyenoord 1–0 in the 2022 final . The current holder of the title is Olympiacos . UEFA had reportedly considered adding a third-tier competition since at least 2015, believing that a bottom-level tournament could act as a means of giving clubs from lower-ranked UEFA member countries
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2560-429: The amazing performances of the 1980s and 1990s. 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 eliminating Vejle , Honvéd , Kuusysi Lahti and Anderlecht , they were the first ever Romanian team to make it to
2640-789: The arena, covering the whole southern half of Bucharest, a city geographically divided by the Dâmbovița River . Also, the club has an important fan base inside the country, where several towns are renowned for counting vast majorities of Steaua supporters, and outside the borders, among Romanian emigrants. The Steaua Ultras movement began in 1995, when the bases of Armata Ultra (AU), the first Ultras group from Bucharest (and second in Romania after Politehnica Timișoara 's Commando Viola Ultra Curva Sud ), were set. The group quickly reached an impressive number of members, but, in 2001, they dissolved due to internal problems. Steaua's supporters then divided into several groups, some of them being located at
2720-431: The capacity to 28,365. After a second renovation in 2006, Ghencea was able to host UEFA Champions League events, being a Category 3 arena according to the UEFA classification system . The Romania national team was also a tenant for numerous fixtures. From 2011, Steaua played European games and its most important domestic games at the newly constructed Arena Națională , and from March 2015, played exclusively at
2800-691: The championship and the Romanian Cup , and the 17-year and 7-month long undefeated league run at Ghencea against the same Dinamo. At international level, the club managed to reach the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals in 1993, when they lost on away goals to Royal Antwerp , and also to make it to the Champions League group stage three years in a row between 1994 and 1995 and 1996–97. In 1998, the football club separated from CSA Steaua and changed its name to FC Steaua București , being led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu performed poorly as
2880-563: The championship and the cup. Also, a period of 17 years and 7 months has been recorded in which Dinamo failed to win away against Steaua in the domestic league. The second-most important rivalry was with Rapid București , often called Bucharest derby . Several matches throughout the years between Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans. The two clubs have met over 140 times, starting with Rapid's 1–0 win on 4 November 1947. The conflict has become even fiercer after Steaua outpassed Rapid in an all-Romanian quarter-final of
2960-483: The championship between 1984–85 and 1988–89 corroborates the notion that the team was really the best during this period. The Romanian Revolution led the country towards a free open market and, subsequently, several players of the 1980s team left for other clubs in the West. After a short pull-back, a quick recovery followed and Steaua managed a six consecutive championship streak between 1992–93 and 1997–98 to equalize
3040-809: The championship in 2014 and 2015 . After the Ministry of National Defense sued the club, claiming that the Romanian Army were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, colours, honours and name, the Executive Committee of the Romanian Football Federation approved an application to modify the name of the club from "FC Steaua București" to "FC FCSB" on 30 March 2017, following more judiciary sentences. CSA Steaua București had previously announced they would refound their football department as CSA Steaua București in
3120-483: The change of name to CSCA, consisting in an A-labeled red star (symbol of the Red Army) on a blue disc. Two years later, the change of name to CCA brought with it a new crest consisting of the same red star labeled CCA surrounded by a crown of laurel. The all-present star motif on the crest finally had its saying over the new name of Steaua as up 1961. It was opted for a badge which, redesigned, remains up to this day
3200-449: The club's constant abuses towards them and, mainly, to the current ownership of Steaua. More recently, as of 2006, the supporters have formed their own official association, called AISS ( Asociația Independentă a Suporterilor Steliști – "Steaua Supporters' Independent Association"). AISS was formed as a legal entity with its stated goals of "protecting the interests and image of Steaua supporters", as well as "identifying and promoting
3280-539: The club's perennial values". Steaua's Peluza Nord and Peluza Sud fan groups no longer support the current team, as a sign of protest. The Peluza Sud have instead started to attend the matches of CSA Steaua . However, an online poll conducted by Sport.ro in 2017 has shown that of the 120,000 voters, 95% consider FCSB to hold the real Steaua identity. As soon as the leader of the Skins Berceni group left prison, some fans of Peluza Nord returned to support
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3360-483: The club's symbol: the red and blue striped background with a golden star in the middle, to symbolize to Romanian tricolour flag. The shape for the emblem was redesigned in 1974, once the team moved to Stadionul Ghencea . Following the Romanian Revolution , the Army decided to break all links to the defunct communist regime, so, in 1991, CSA Steaua had a last change of crest with an eagle also present on
3440-413: The competition by defeating Fiorentina 2–1 in the 2023 final , in the process becoming the first side to finish the competition undefeated, with 12 wins and one draw. On 28 June 2023, UEFA announced that the competition would be renamed to the UEFA Conference League from the 2024–25 season onwards. According to UEFA, removing 'Europa' from the name of the competition would enable further development as
3520-405: The competition – provisionally known as "Europa League 2" or just "UEL2" – was to be launched as part of the 2021–24 three-year competition cycle, with UEFA adding that the new tournament would bring "more matches for more clubs and more associations". The original official name of the competition, "UEFA Europa Conference League", was announced on 24 September 2019. On 24 May 2021, UEFA revealed
3600-418: The competition's trophy and brand identity. The Europa Conference League Trophy stands 57.5 cm (22.6 in) tall and weighs 11 kg (24 lb). The first goal in the then-named Europa Conference League qualifiers was scored on 6 July 2021 by Mosta player Evo Chris in a 2021–22 qualifying round match against Spartak Trnava . The first goal in the then-named Europa Conference League group stage
3680-685: The conflict with Ministry of National Defence and CSA Steaua București . The football complex has 4 grounds (3 with a grass pitch and 1 with an artificial turf) and holds 1,000 people. Steaua has the largest number of supporters of any team in Romania. A survey conducted in June 2007 suggested that the club accounts for approximately 42% of all Romanian football lovers, far greater than the teams ranked second and third, Dinamo București , with 12%, and Rapid București , with 9%. The largest concentration of fans are in Bucharest, notably in areas adjacent to
3760-471: The cup specialists . [REDACTED] The first half of the 1980s was a very poor period for the club, as no trophies were won for six years. However, several prodigies were transferred, such as Helmuth Duckadam , Ștefan Iovan , Miodrag Belodedici , Marius Lăcătuș , Victor Pițurcă , Mihail Majearu , Gavril Balint and Adrian Bumbescu , who would set the basis for the future team. However, these years of search and frustration did no less than to foretell
3840-690: The erection of the Casa Poporului ) and 23 August (built in 1953). Of these two, 23 August (later renamed Național ) was mostly used when two matches between Bucharest clubs were scheduled in the same matchday or for important European matches, while Republicii for regular matches in the championship. From 1974 to 2015, Steaua played its home matches at the Stadionul Ghencea , a football stadium situated in South-Western Bucharest. Part of Complexul Sportiv Steaua , it
3920-537: The first Eastern-European team to conquer the supreme continental trophy. Gheorghe Hagi , Romanian all-time best footballer, joined the club a few months later, scoring the only goal of the match against Dynamo Kyiv which brought Steaua an additional European Super Cup on 24 February 1987 in Monaco , just two months after having lost the Intercontinental Cup 1–0 to Argentinians River Plate in Tokyo. However, that match
4000-418: The first three matches in its history at the defunct Venus stadium . Opened in 1931, the venue had previously been in the property of Venus București , a club disbanded in 1949. After that ground's demolition through order of the Communist regime, Steaua played its home matches at any one of Bucharest's three largest multi-use stadia: ANEF, Republicii (built in 1926 and demolished in 1984 to make room for
4080-479: The game (5–1). On 5 May 2022, Feyenoord and Roma became the first teams ever to reach the Europa Conference League final, ending with Roma being crowned the inaugural champions. On 3 November 2022, West Ham United became the first side to win all six of their Europa Conference League group stage matches, picking up wins against FCSB , Silkeborg and Anderlecht . They went on to win
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#17327906225184160-430: The ground that several officers were already playing for different teams, which was premise to a good nucleus for forming a future competitive team. With this squad, Coloman Braun-Bogdan , the first coach in the club's history, went to a sustained training camp in the mountain resort of Sinaia . Although shirts, boots and balls were missing, atmosphere inside the team was rather optimistic. Thanks to sustained efforts, in
4240-459: The group pays €400,000 and a draw €133,000. Teams which placed in the top 8 of the League Phase earned €400,000 and progressed automatically to the Round of 16. Teams which placed between 9th and 24th qualified for the knockout round play-offs and earned €200,000. Reaching the knock-out stage triggered additional bonuses: €800,000 for the round of 16, €1,300,000 for the quarter-finals and €2,500,000 for
4320-480: The group stage of the Champions League. Nationally, the club won two titles—in 2004–05 and 2005–06 —and the Supercupa României in 2006, the latter being the club's 50th trophy in its 59-year history. In 2013 , Steaua won its 24th national title, and also subsequently reached the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage . It repeated the former performance in each of the next two years, being awarded
4400-407: The latter colour. The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring Dinamo București , with matches between the two being commonly referred to as the " Eternal derby " or the "Romanian derby". Another notable rivalry is the one against Rapid București , while several milder ones are disputed against teams outside the capital, including a recent one against CFR Cluj that commenced because of
4480-561: The league phase and the losers of the play-offs are eliminated from the competition. The final is played at a neutral venue. The winner of the competition is entitled to participate in the UEFA Europa League league phase the following season. The competition's matches are usually played on Thursdays. All qualification berths are based on UEFA's default assumption that each association will submit one domestic cup winner as its highest-ranked qualifier after those eligible to enter
4560-402: The league phase: instead the teams eliminated in the Europa League play-off round qualify, with the rest coming from the Conference League qualifying and play-off rounds. The winners of the competition qualify for the following season's Europa League, unless they also qualify for the Champions League via their domestic league position. From the 2024–25 season , the competition was rebranded to
4640-510: The local teams. The club is also popular outside the borders, notably between Romanian emigrants. The Valencian Community in Spain accounts for an important number of supporters, being the most important area for this matter. Steaua fans are also maintaining good relations with the fans of CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria , with whom they share the common root of once representing the teams of their national armies. The bases of these relations date from
4720-409: The number of participating teams in main path qualification for each association: Based on this reorganisation, no association benefits from more berths to continental football than they had before the 2021–24 competition cycle, with the tournament essentially being the lower orders of the previous Europa League tournament split off into a secondary tournament. The format involves a league phase and
4800-505: The quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup , and the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup . FCSB's home ground is Arena Națională , having moved here from the Ministry of National Defence-owned Stadionul Ghencea . Initially, the club played in the colours of the Romanian tricolour , but the team became associated with the red and blue scheme after yellow soon lost its importance. Recently, some kits have begun reintegrating
4880-464: The regions of Moldavia , Greater Wallachia and Northern Dobruja . Cities such as Suceava , Piatra Neamț , Bacău , Galați (inside Moldavia ) , Constanța ( Northern Dobruja ) , Buzău , Brăila , Târgoviște , Călărași ( Greater Wallachia ) , Râmnicu Vâlcea , Târgu Jiu ( Oltenia ) , Brașov , Oradea , Sibiu , Târgu Mureș or Petroșani ( Transylvania ) enjoy a great majority of Steaua fans which are often well-received even by fans of
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#17327906225184960-670: The same season, UEFA also introduced what will likely now be called the UEFA Conference League Young Player of the Season award (previously the UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the Season' ). FCSB Fotbal Club FCSB ( Romanian pronunciation: [fet͡ʃeseˌbe] ), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București , is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest . It has spent its entire history in
5040-562: The same year, CCA, coached by Ilie Savu , became the first Romanian team to participate in a tournament in England, where it achieved noteworthy results against the likes of Luton Town , Arsenal , Sheffield Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers . After CCA won the 1959–60 title, they were supposed to play in the 1960–61 European Cup against Spartak Hradec Králové who was the champion of Czechoslovakia, but as Romania's national team lost with 5–0 on aggregate against Czechoslovakia in
5120-403: The semi-finals. The losing finalists received €4,000,000 and the champions received €7,000,000. Additionally, each domestic champion not qualifying for the League Phase of any tournament received an additional €260,000. Each club which qualifies for the League Phase will also receive a bonus payment based on their league ranking. The total amount initially available for the league ranking bonus
5200-413: The shareholders acquiring full ownership five years later. However, CSA Steaua București has been in conflict with the football club since 2011, claiming that it was a new and separate entity; this resulted in multiple court cases and the forced change of the name from FC Steaua București to FC FCSB in early 2017. Domestically, when taken together with the disputed pre-2003 honours, the club has won
5280-414: The shortest time possible, the club soon acquired the first training suits, navy green, duck material of, and the first shirts, blue. The big surprise, however, were the 40 pairs of boots the club had purchased for the 20 selected players. ASA was renamed CSCA ( Clubul Sportiv Central al Armatei – "Central Sports Club of the Army") in 1948 and CCA ( Casa Centrală a Armatei – "Central House of
5360-496: The stadium scoreboard. A new badge was unveiled in January 2015, an eight-sided star containing the letters "FCSB", which would eventually become the official name of the club in 2017. Steaua has never had a standard playing kit. However, the most widely used throughout time was the combination of red shirts, blue shorts and red socks. Other variants have been all-red, all-blue and also shirts in vertical red and blue stripes during
5440-403: The summer of the same year. However, owner Becali announced that his team would retain the original honours and UEFA coefficient, and was also hopeful of recovering the name in the near future. Between 2016 and 2019 , FCSB finished each time as runners-up in the league, thus becoming the first club in Romania to do so for four consecutive years. On 5 July 2019, yet another unfavorable ruling
5520-475: The team in Liga I , FCSB. So far the groups are: Insurgentii Colentina 1998 , Skins Berceni 1996 , Titan Boys 1996, North boys 2022 and Nucleo 47. As Steaua is the most popular club in Romania, there are, besides Bucharest , several cities counting a great majority of red and blue supporters among football lovers. Widely speaking, these cities are predominant in the Eastern half of the country, particularly in
5600-674: The title competitions these teams fought in the 21st century. ASA București ( Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București – "Army Sports Association") was founded on 7 June 1947 at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Royal House. The establishment took place following a decree signed by General Mihail Lascăr , High Commander of the Romanian Royal Army . It was formed as a sports society with seven initial sections, including football, coached by Coloman Braun-Bogdan . The decision had been adopted on
5680-481: The tournament via their domestic leagues. Similar to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the prize money received by the clubs is divided into fixed payments based on participation and results, and variable amounts that depend on the value of their TV market. For the 2024–25 season , League Phase participation in the Conference League was awarded a base fee of €3,170,000. A victory in
5760-425: The two sides have won 36 more than the third-most successful Liga I club, Venus București . It is also a match between the former clubs of the Romanian Army (Steaua) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Dinamo). Several clashes between different factions of supporters have often occurred and still occur inside and outside the stadium. The heyday was reached before a match kick-off in 1997, when Dinamo's fans set
5840-486: The two yellow stars on top. The club started to use acronym of the name FCSB before the official change of the name in 2017. The Ministry of National Defense sued Steaua in 2011, claiming that the Romanian Army were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, among others. The Supreme Court found in the army's favour, and on 3 December 2014 stripped the football club of its badge. Steaua were forced to play their next home game, against CSM Studențesc Iași , without it on
5920-432: Was adopted because of the presence of a red star , a symbol of most East European Army clubs, on its crest. A poor period of almost two decades followed in which the club claimed only three championships ( 1967–68 , 1975–76 , 1977–78 ). Instead, the team won nine national cup trophies, for which matter it gained the nickname of "cup specialists". Also during this period, on 9 April 1974 Steaua's ground, Stadionul Ghencea ,
6000-399: Was handed out against the team. According to it, CSA Steaua would be the rightful entity to assert the honors up until 2003, however, the decision is not definitive. During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolor flag. Starting with the following season and with the Army's change of identity from the Royal Army to
6080-556: Was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly match against OFK Beograd , at which time it was the first football-only stadium ever built in Communist Romania, with no track & field facilities. The stadium was built through order of the Ministry of National Defence inside a former military base and was long used by CSA Steaua . The original capacity was 30,000 on benches. A general renovation occurred in 1991; this included installing seats, which dropped
6160-516: Was inaugurated with a friendly match against OFK Belgrade . Internally, fierce rivalry with teams like Dinamo București , Petrolul Ploiești and UTA Arad made it more and more difficult for the military team to reach the title, the 1970s and 1980s seeing them win the title only three times under their new name (1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78). However, during that same period, Steaua won eight National Cups (1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 and 1978–79), ultimately being nicknamed
6240-405: Was lost 4–0 in front of Marco van Basten , Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard 's Milan . This happened next to their four additional 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, setting a world record for that time and
6320-431: Was marred with a questionable decision by referee José Martínez when he disallowed a clear goal scored by Miodrag Belodedici . [REDACTED] 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 semi-final against Benfica (1987–88) and one more European Cup final in 1989 , which
6400-400: Was scored on 14 September 2021 by Maccabi Tel Aviv player Stipe Perica in a 2021–22 group stage match against Alashkert . On 30 September 2021, the competition's first hat-trick was scored by Harry Kane for Tottenham Hotspur in a group stage match against NS Mura . Kane came on as a 59th minute substitute at 2–1 before scoring three goals within 20 minutes of each other to finish off
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