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{{Short description|Romanian football club, formerly FC Steaua București}}
{{About|the club officially named FCSB|the other team claiming to be the legal successor of the original Steaua București and affiliated with the multi-sport club and the army|CSA Steaua București (football)|other uses|Steaua București (disambiguation)}}
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| fullname = [[Company|SC]] Fotbal Club FCSB [[S.A. (corporation)|SA]]
| nickname = {{unbulleted list|''Roș-albaștrii'' (The Red and Blues)}}
| short name = FCSB
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947|6|7}}<br/>as ''ASA București''
| ground = [[Arena Națională]]
| capacity = 55,634<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/international/steaua-chelsea/am-cucerit-europa-si-n-tribune-steaua-chelsea-a-fost-urmarit-de-cei-mai-multi-suporteri-dintre-meciurile-din-optimile-europa-league-392899.html|title=Am cucerit Europa şi-n tribune! » Steaua - Chelsea a fost urmărit de cei mai mulţi suporteri dintre meciurile din optimile Europa League|website=GSP|access-date=4 April 2024|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404081820/https://www.gsp.ro/international/steaua-chelsea/am-cucerit-europa-si-n-tribune-steaua-chelsea-a-fost-urmarit-de-cei-mai-multi-suporteri-dintre-meciurile-din-optimile-europa-league-392899.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| owner = [[Gigi Becali|George Becali]]
| chairman = Valeriu Argăseală
| chrtitle = President
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Elias Charalambous]]
| league = [[Liga I]]
| season = [[2024–25 Liga I|2024–25]]
| position = Liga I, 1st of 16 (champions)
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| current = 2025–26 FCSB season
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'''Fotbal Club FCSB''' ({{IPA|ro|fet͡ʃeseˌbe}}), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as '''FC Steaua București''', is a Romanian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Bucharest]]. It has spent its entire history in 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 (Romania)|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 [[History of Romania#Transition to free market (1990–2004)|post-Ceaușescu]] privatisation scheme, leading to [[Gigi Becali|one of 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup|title=Where the team has no name: the fight over Steaua Bucharest's identity |last=Rosu|first=Emanuel|date=27 December 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-10|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406030452/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport.ro/liga-1/belodedici-intervine-in-scandalul-fcsb-csa-generalii-au-fugit-cu-buzunarele-pline-si-i-au-dat-echipa-lui.html|title=Belodedici intervine in scandalul FCSB – CSA! "Generalii au fugit cu buzunarele pline si i-au dat echipa lui Becali" Ce spune de proiectul CSA Steaua!|work=[[Sport.ro]]|access-date=2019-07-10|language=ro|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113191457/https://www.sport.ro/liga-1/belodedici-intervine-in-scandalul-fcsb-csa-generalii-au-fugit-cu-buzunarele-pline-si-i-au-dat-echipa-lui.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Domestically, when taken together with the disputed pre-2003 honours, the club has won the Liga&nbsp;I 27 times, [[Cupa României]] 24 times, [[Cupa Ligii]] two times, and [[Supercupa României]] seven times—all competition records. Internationally, they have won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] and [[UEFA Super Cup|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 (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]], the quarter-finals of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], and the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]].

FCSB's home ground is [[Arena Națională]], having moved here from the Ministry of National Defence-owned [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]]. Initially, the club played in the colours of the [[Flag of Romania|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 the latter colour.

The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]], with matches between the two being commonly referred to as the "[[Eternal derby (Romania)|Eternal derby]]" or the "Romanian derby". Another notable rivalry is [[FCSB – FC Rapid București rivalry|the one]] against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], while several milder ones are disputed against teams outside the capital, including a recent one against [[CFR Cluj]] that commenced because of the title competitions these teams fought in the 21st century.

==History==
{{main|History of FC Steaua București}}{{see also|List of FC Steaua Bucuresti seasons}}

=== 1947–1949: Foundation and early years ===
''ASA București'' (''Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București''&nbsp;– "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 Army|Romanian Royal Army]]. It was formed as a [[sports society]] with seven initial sections, including football, coached by [[Coloman Braun-Bogdan]].<ref name="didaalex">Dida, Alexandru (21–12–2001), ''Steaua fotbalului românesc'', Pro TV Magazin, nr.51/IV, pp.62–63</ref> The decision had been adopted on the ground that several officers were already playing for different teams, which was premise to a good nucleus for forming a future competitive team.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" align=right
|-
|style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;"|Period
|style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;"|Name
|-
|1947–1948
|align=left|''ASA București''
|-
|1948–1950
|align=left|''CSCA București''
|-
|1950–1961
|align=left|''CCA București''
|-
|1961–1998    
|align=left|''CSA Steaua București''
|-
|1998–2003
|align=left|''AFC Steaua București''
|-
|2003–2017
|align=left|''FC Steaua București''
|-
|2017–''present''{{0|0000}}
|align=left|''FC FCSB'' 
|}
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 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''&nbsp;– "Central Sports Club of the Army") in 1948 and ''CCA'' (''Casa Centrală a Armatei''&nbsp;– "Central House of the Army") in 1950.<ref name="didaalex" />

=== 1949–1984: CCA Golden Team ===
In 1949, ''CSCA'' won its first trophy, the [[Cupa României]], defeating [[U Cluj|CSU Cluj]] 2–1 in the final. Under the name of ''CCA'', the club managed to win three [[Liga I|Championship]] titles in a row in [[Divizia A 1951|1951]], [[Divizia A 1952|1952]] and [[Divizia A 1953|1953]], along with its first Championship–Cup [[double (association football)|double]] in 1951. During the 1950s, the so-called "CCA Golden Team" became nationally famous.<ref>Brancu, Constantin (1994), ''Din culisele supercampioanei'', Tempus, p.5–8, {{ISBN|973-95993-1-1}}</ref> In 1956, the [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]] (composed exclusively of CCA players) played [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in Belgrade and won 1–0. In 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 F.C.|Luton Town]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/gsp-special/superreportaje/foto-intiia-cucerire-a-occidentului-citeste-povestea-primei-echipe-a-stelei-care-a-facut-furori-in-europa-306381.html|title=Întîia cucerire a Occidentului!|publisher=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|language=ro|date=14 February 2012|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606145617/http://www.gsp.ro/gsp-special/superreportaje/foto-intiia-cucerire-a-occidentului-citeste-povestea-primei-echipe-a-stelei-care-a-facut-furori-in-europa-306381.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After CCA won the [[1959–60 Divizia A|1959–60]] title, they were supposed to play in the [[1960–61 European Cup]] against [[FC Hradec Králové|Spartak Hradec Králové]] who was the champion of Czechoslovakia, but as [[Romania national football team|Romania's national team]] lost with 5–0 on aggregate against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] in the [[1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals]], when the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/frf-a-interzis-doua-echipe-in-cupele-europene-de-frica-unei-eliminari-rusinoase-si-din-cauza-destrabalarii-bulevardiste-acum-altele-nu-aplica-sa-joace-in-europa-si-bulverseaza-compe-19648061|title=FRF a interzis două echipe în cupele europene de frica unei eliminări rușinoase și din cauza "destrăbălării bulevardiste", acum altele nu aplică să joace în Europa și bulversează competiția|publisher=Prosport.ro|language=Romanian|trans-title=The FRF banned two teams from the European Cups for fear of a shameful elimination and because of "boulevardist disorganization", now others are not applying to play in Europe and are disrupting the competition|date=2 May 2023|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514071846/https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/frf-a-interzis-doua-echipe-in-cupele-europene-de-frica-unei-eliminari-rusinoase-si-din-cauza-destrabalarii-bulevardiste-acum-altele-nu-aplica-sa-joace-in-europa-si-bulverseaza-compe-19648061|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Steaua si Cupa Campionilor Europeni.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Steaua București squad with the UEFA European Champions Clubs' Cup in 1986.]]At the end of 1961, ''CCA'' changed its name once again to ''[[CSA Steaua București]]'' (''Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua''&nbsp;– "Army Sports Club Steaua"). The club's new name translated to ''The Star'' and 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 ([[Divizia A 1967–68|1967–68]], [[Divizia A 1975–76|1975–76]], [[Divizia A 1977–78|1977–78]]). Instead, the team won nine national cup trophies, for which matter it gained the nickname of "cup specialists".<ref>{{cite news
| url   = http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/3562
| title   = Cupa Romaniei: STEAUA&nbsp;– Otelul Galati
| work   = FCSteaua.ro
| access-date   = 27 August 2007
| archive-date   = 28 September 2007
| archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104653/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/3562
| url-status   = live
}}</ref> Also during this period, on 9 April 1974 Steaua's ground, [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]], was inaugurated with a friendly match against [[OFK Beograd|OFK Belgrade]].<ref name="stadium">{{cite web
| url   = http://www.stadiumguide.com/ghencea.htm
| title   = Ghencea Stadion
| work   = StadiumGuide.com
| access-date   = 10 June 2007
| archive-date   = 1 July 2007
| archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701082655/http://www.stadiumguide.com/ghencea.htm
| url-status   = live
}}</ref> Internally, fierce rivalry with teams like [[FC Dinamo București|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 ''the cup specialists''.
{{football squad on pitch|align = right
| GK      = [[Helmut Duckadam|'''Duckadam''']]
| RB      = [[Ștefan Iovan|'''Iovan (C)''']]
| RCB     = [[Miodrag Belodedici|'''Belodedici''']]
| LCB     = [[Adrian Bumbescu|'''Bumbescu''']]
| LB      = [[Ilie Bărbulescu (footballer)|'''Bărbulescu''']]
| RM      = [[Gavril Balint|'''Balint''']]
| RCM     = [[Lucian Bălan|'''Bălan''']]
| LCM     = [[László Bölöni|'''Bölöni''']]
| LM      = [[Mihail Majearu|'''Majearu''']]
| RCF     = [[Marius Lăcătuș|'''Lăcătuș''']]
| LCF     = [[Victor Pițurcă|'''Pițurcă''']]
| caption = [[1986 European Cup final]] starting line-up.
}}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 [[Helmut 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 the amazing performances of the 1980s and 1990s.

=== 1984–1990: Champions of Europe ===
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 [[1985–86 European Cup|European Cup]] season. After eliminating [[Vejle BK|Vejle]], [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]], [[Kuusysi Lahti FC|Kuusysi Lahti]] and [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], they were the first ever Romanian team to make it to a European Cup final. At the [[1986 European Cup Final|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 [[Helmut 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 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 [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|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 (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] 1–0 to Argentinians [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] in Tokyo. However, that match was marred with a questionable decision by referee [[José Luis Martínez Bazán|José Martínez]] when he disallowed a clear goal scored by [[Miodrag Belodedici]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=River Plate 1 x 0 Steaua Bucuresti ● 1986 Intercontinental Cup Final Extended Goals & Highlights HD |type=Sports |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsZET0ZxIY |access-date=2023-05-21 |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521104120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsZET0ZxIY |url-status=live }}</ref> {{football squad on pitch|align=left|GK=[[Silviu Lung|'''Lung''']]|RB=[[Dan Petrescu|'''Petrescu''']]|RCB=[[Nicolae Ungureanu|'''Ungureanu''']]|LCB=[[Adrian Bumbescu|'''Bumbescu''']]|LB=[[Tudorel Stoica|'''Stoica (C)''']]|RM=[[Ștefan Iovan|'''Iovan''']]|RCM=[[Daniel Minea|'''Minea''']]|LCM=[[Iosif Rotariu|'''Rotariu''']]|LM=[[Gheorghe Hagi|'''Hagi''']]|RCF=[[Marius Lăcătuș|'''Lăcătuș''']]|LCF=[[Victor Pițurcă|'''Pițurcă''']]|caption=[[1989 European Cup Final]] starting lineup.}}

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 [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] (1987–88) and one more European Cup final in [[1989 European Cup Final|1989]], which was lost 4–0 in front of [[Marco van Basten]], [[Ruud Gullit]] and [[Frank Rijkaard]]'s [[A.C. Milan|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 a European one still standing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unbeaten |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 2023 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=www.ceausescu.org – the leading infosource on the web about Ceausescu and his era! |url=http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/valentin_mega_interview_ro.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.ceausescu.org |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922084747/http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/valentin_mega_interview_ro.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Though contested by some, their five-year winning streak in the championship between 1984–85 and 1988–89 corroborates the notion that the team was really the best during this period.

=== 1990–2002: Post-Revolution era ===
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 Divizia A|1992–93]] and [[1997–98 Divizia A|1997–98]] to equalize the 1920s performance of [[Chinezul Timișoara]]<ref>{{cite web
| url        = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html
| title        = Romania&nbsp;– List of Champions
| work        = [[RSSSF]]
| access-date        = 7 July 2007
| archive-date        = 9 February 2023
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20230209160748/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html
| url-status        = live
}}</ref> 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 UEFA Champions League|1994–95]] and [[1996–97 UEFA Champions League|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 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 FC|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 București|CSA Steaua]] and changed its name to ''FC Steaua București'',<ref name="ziua">{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=8354&data=1998-05-29
 |title        = Politica mineaza sportul românesc
 |work         = Ziua
 |author       = Besutiu, Andrei
 |access-date  = 10 June 2007
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183349/http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=8354&data=1998-05-29
 |archive-date = 30 September 2007
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> being led by Romanian businessman Viorel Păunescu. Păunescu performed poorly as a president and soon the club was plunged into debt.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Sport/20015/Conducatorii-vor-plati-cu-averea-datoriile-cluburilor
 |title        = Conducatorii vor plati cu averea datoriile cluburilor
 |work         = 9am.ro
 |author1      = Petrache, Bogdan
 |author2      = Predan, Cristian
 |access-date  = 7 July 2007
 |archive-date = 8 July 2007
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708114419/http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/Sport/20015/Conducatorii-vor-plati-cu-averea-datoriile-cluburilor
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> [[George Becali]], another businessman, was offered the position of vice-president in the hope that Becali would invest money in the club. 
[[File:RO B Steaua 1989.jpg|thumb|left|260px|The Steaua București champion team of 1989.]]

=== 2002–present: Gigi Becali takeover ===
{{see also|FC Steaua București records dispute}}
In 2003, Becali managed to gain control over the club by turning it from non-profit to a public share company.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/planurile-lui-becali.html
 |title        = Planurile lui Becali
 |work         = Evenimentul
 |access-date  = 11 June 2007
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155856/http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/planurile-lui-becali.html
 |archive-date = 30 September 2007
|url-status   = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> Because of his controversial character, he has been challenged by the majority of Steaua fans.<ref name="protestat">{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.realitatearomaneasca.ro/content.php?c=articole&id_categorie=12&articol_id=1681&p=9&article=suporterii+echipei+steaua+au+protestat+impotriva+patronului+clubului
 |title        = Suporterii echipei Steaua au protestat impotriva patronului clubului
 |work         = Realitatea Românească
 |author       = Necula, Simona
 |access-date   = 7 July 2007
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024410/http://www.realitatearomaneasca.ro/content.php?c=articole&id_categorie=12&articol_id=1681&p=9&article=suporterii+echipei+steaua+au+protestat+impotriva+patronului+clubului
 |archive-date = 28 September 2007
|url-status   = dead
}}</ref><ref name="changed">{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2015/04/10/10572602/from-racism-and-homophobia-to-peace-and-religion-is-gigi|title=From racism and homophobia to peace and religion: Is Gigi Becali really a changed man?|publisher=Goal.com|date=10 April 2015|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910174148/http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2015/04/10/10572602/from-racism-and-homophobia-to-peace-and-religion-is-gigi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="offensive">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/28/the-most-offensive-owner-in-world-sports-is-sadly-not-donald-sterling/|title=The most offensive owner in world sports is sadly not Donald Sterling|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=28 April 2014|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/28/the-most-offensive-owner-in-world-sports-is-sadly-not-donald-sterling/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="owner">{{cite web
| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/racist-sexist-and-an-mp-meet-gigi-becali-the-owner-of-steaua-bucharest-8523542.html
| title = Racist, sexist and an MP, meet Gigi Becali, the owner of Steaua Bucharest
| website = [[Independent.co.uk]]
| date = 7 March 2013
| access-date = 2 November 2017
| archive-date = 28 October 2022
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221028115049/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/racist-sexist-and-an-mp-meet-gigi-becali-the-owner-of-steaua-bucharest-8523542.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref> The team qualified for the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] group stage in the [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004–05 season]] and became the first Romanian team to make it to the European football spring since [[1992–93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1993]] (also Steaua's performance). The next season, Steaua reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|2005–06]], where it was eliminated by [[Middlesbrough F.C.|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 the group stage of the Champions League. Nationally, the club won two titles—in [[2004–05 Divizia A|2004–05]] and [[2005–06 Divizia A|2005–06]]—and the [[Supercupa României]] in 2006, the latter being the club's 50th trophy in its 59-year history.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1166529-steaua_cucerit_50_lea_trofeu_din_istoria_clubului.htm
| title = Steaua a cucerit al 50-lea trofeu din istoria clubului
| work = HotNews.ro
| date = 24 July 2006
| access-date = 7 July 2007
| archive-date = 27 December 2008
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| url-status = live
}}</ref>
In [[2012–13 Liga I|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 the championship in [[2013–14 Liga I|2014]] and [[2014–15 Liga I|2015]].
[[File:Kiev-St (1).jpg|thumb|right|260px|Steaua București players lining up before a [[UEFA Europa League]] match in 2014.]]
After the [[Ministry of National Defense (Romania)|Ministry of National Defense]] sued the club,<ref name="steaua_change_name_to_fcsb">{{cite web|url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/03/31/steaua-bucharest-change-name-fc-fcsb|title=Steaua Bucharest change name to FC FCSB|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|date=31 March 2017|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426064226/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/03/31/steaua-bucharest-change-name-fc-fcsb|url-status=live}}</ref> claiming that the [[Romanian Army]] were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, colours, honours and name,<ref name="identity loss" /> 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,<ref name="FCSB">{{cite web|url=http://www.frf.ro/comunicate/comunicate-frf/deciziile-comitetului-executiv-din-30-martie-2017-id21749.html|title=Deciziile Comitetului Executiv din 30 martie 2017|trans-title=The Executive Committee's decisions on 30 March 2017|publisher=[[Romanian Football Federation]]|date=30 March 2017|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331032227/http://www.frf.ro/comunicate/comunicate-frf/deciziile-comitetului-executiv-din-30-martie-2017-id21749.html|archive-date=31 March 2017|url-status=dead|quote=Approves unanimously by votes the change of the name of the club SC FOTBAL CLUB STEAUA BUCUREȘTI SA to SC FOTBAL CLUB FCSB SA.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Competitii/Liga+1/Becali+a+dezvaluit+in+direct+la+Digi+Sport+motivul+pentru+care+d|title=Becali a dezvăluit, în direct la Digi Sport, motivul pentru care de mâine echipa sa îşi va schimba numele|trans-title=Becali unveiled the reason why his team will change its name tomorrow|language=ro|publisher=[[Digi Sport (Romania)|Digi Sport]]|date=29 March 2017|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330174332/http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Competitii/Liga+1/Becali+a+dezvaluit+in+direct+la+Digi+Sport+motivul+pentru+care+d|url-status=live}}</ref> following more [[Judiciary of Romania|judiciary]] sentences. [[CSA Steaua București]] had previously announced they would refound their football department as [[CSA Steaua București (football)|CSA Steaua București]] in the summer of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/si-au-pus-antrenor-acum-aduc-jucatorii-lacatus-pana-la-jumatatea-lunii-iulie-vrem-sa-incepem-pregatirea-cu-25-26-de-jucatori-16212918|title=Şi-au pus antrenor, acum aduc jucătorii. Lăcătuş: "Până la jumătatea lunii iulie, vrem să începem pregătirea cu 25–26 de jucători"|trans-title=They named a head coach, now they bring players. Lăcătuş: "Until mid-July, we wish to start the training with 25–26 players"|language=ro|publisher=[[Pro Sport]]|date=29 March 2017|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084045/http://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/si-au-pus-antrenor-acum-aduc-jucatorii-lacatus-pana-la-jumatatea-lunii-iulie-vrem-sa-incepem-pregatirea-cu-25-26-de-jucatori-16212918|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="FCSB_Becali">{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ultima-zi-cu-steaua-anunt-soc-facut-de-becali-de-maine-e-gata-anunt-important-despre-palmaresul-echipei-506150.html|title=Ultima zi cu "Steaua" " Anunţ-şoc făcut de Becali: "De mâine e gata" » Anunț IMPORTANT despre palmaresul echipei|trans-title=Last day as "Steaua" " Shocking statement made by Becali " Important announcement about the club's honours|language=ro|newspaper=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|date=29 March 2017|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330174538/http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ultima-zi-cu-steaua-anunt-soc-facut-de-becali-de-maine-e-gata-anunt-important-despre-palmaresul-echipei-506150.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Between [[2015–16 Liga I|2016]] and [[2018–19 Liga I|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/loserii-istoriei-fcsb-poate-bifa-o-premiera-rusinoasa-in-istoria-ligii-1-singura-echipa-cu-patru-locuri-2-la-rand-563511.html|title=Loserii istoriei! FCSB poate bifa o premieră rușinoasă în istoria Ligii 1: singura echipă cu patru locuri 2 la rând|trans-title=Biggest losers in history. FCSB could achieve a shameful Liga 1 performance: the only team with four consecutive second places|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=29 March 2019|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330100927/https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/loserii-istoriei-fcsb-poate-bifa-o-premiera-rusinoasa-in-istoria-ligii-1-singura-echipa-cu-patru-locuri-2-la-rand-563511.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 July 2019, yet another unfavorable ruling 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/reactia-lui-gigi-becali-dupa-ce-fcsb-a-pierdut-palmaresul-de-pana-in-2003-686355|title=Reacţia lui Gigi Becali, după ce a pierdut palmaresul de până în 2003. Ce urmează pentru FCSB|trans-title=Gigi Becali's reaction, after he lost the honors until 2003. What follows for FCSB|publisher=Digi Sport|language=ro|date=5 July 2019|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714094955/https://www.digisport.ro/amphtml/fotbal/liga-1/reactia-lui-gigi-becali-dupa-ce-fcsb-a-pierdut-palmaresul-de-pana-in-2003-686355|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2024, CSA announced its intention to sue two soccer VIPs for continuing to claim that FCSB=Steaua, accusing them of violating court verdicts, and producing financial damages.<ref name="h264">{{cite web | last=Arvinte | first=Andrei | title=Cutremur în fotbalul românesc. Se pregătesc mai multe dosare. E vizat și Mircea Lucescu | website=Evenimentul Zilei | date=13 November 2024 | url=https://evz.ro/cutremur-in-fotbalul-romanesc-se-pregatesc-mai-multe-dosare-e-vizat-si-mircea-lucescu.html | language=ro | access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref><!-- N.B. the records verdict imposes no obligations upon third parties, not even upon FCSB, and https://portal.just.ro/SitePages/cautare.aspx?k=gradinescu%20emil does not confirm such claim--><ref name="w500">{{cite web | first=Marius | last=Mărgărit | title=Mircea Lucescu și Emil Grădinescu, primele nume importante date în judecată de Steaua, în războiul cu FCSB » Cum a primit vestea comentatorul TV | website=GSP | date=13 November 2024 | url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-2/clubul-din-ghencea-pregateste-dosarele-pentru-a-i-da-in-judecata-pe-mircea-lucescu-si-pe-emil-gradinescu-pentru-ca-au-continuat-sa-sustina-public-in-special-in-ultimii-ani-ca-fcsb-e-steaua-764159.html | language=ro | access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> {{ill|Emil Grădinescu|ro}} noticed that the verdict about the records or the verdict about the trademark impose no obligations upon third parties.<ref name="b381">{{cite web | last=Stan | first=Filip | title=Emil Grădinescu, reacţie ironică după ce a aflat că CSA Steaua vrea să-l dea în judecată. "O să fug din ţară în Grecia sau Italia!" | website=Romania TV | date=14 November 2024 | url=https://www.romaniatv.net/emil-gradinescu-reactie-ironica-dupa-ce-a-aflat-ca-csa-steaua-vrea-sa-l-dea-in-judecata-o-sa-fug-din-tara-in-grecia-sau-italia_8613355.html | language=ro | access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>

The verdict about the records remained final in 2025. Odd enough, both sides to the trial claimed victory {{as of|2025|6|5|lc=y}}.<ref name="euron2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-05 |title=Decizie definitivă. FCSB nu deține palmaresul Stelei |last=Rusu |first=Sorin |url=https://www.euronews.ro/articole/decizie-definitiva-fcsb-nu-detine-palmaresul-stelei |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=euronews.ro: Știri de ultimă oră, breaking news, #AllViews |language=ro}}</ref><ref name="a203">{{Bulleted list|{{cite web | last=Dumitru | first=Valentin | title="Nu e o victorie pentru CSA". Avocatul FCSB, reacție rapidă după decizia ÎCCJ în procesul pentru palmares: "Steaua nu mai poate avea pretenții" | website=GOLAZO.ro | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://golazo.ro/avocat-fcsb-csa-steaua-proces-palmares-decizie-138261 | language=ro | access-date=7 June 2025}}|{{cite web | last=Mazurchievici | first=Andrei | title=Avocatul FCSB: "Steaua nu poate folosi palmaresul, pentru că echipa istorică a murit! Ei zic că au câștigat, băi, ce ați câștigat?!" | website=iamsport.ro | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://iamsport.ro/fotbal/superliga/avocatul-fcsb-steaua-nu-poate-folosi-palmaresul-pentru-ca-echipa-istorica-a-murit-ei-zic-ca-au-castigat-bai-ce-ati-castigat-id33930.html | language=ro | access-date=7 June 2025}}|{{harvnb|Digi Sport|2025}}|{{harvnb|Ciutacu|2025}}|{{harvnb|Hitruc|2025}}|{{harvnb|Stanciu|2025}}}}</ref><ref name="l784"/>

It has also been mentioned that civil law arguments might not be decisive in respect to getting the records recognized by the Romanian Football Federation, UEFA, and FIFA, because they all base their decisions upon the continuity of the team.<ref name="z946">{{cite web | title=Florin Talpan i-a răspuns avocatului FCSB-ului: "Trebuie să terminați cu minciunile!" | website=Digi Sport | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://www.digisport.ro/special/florin-talpan-i-a-raspuns-avocatului-fcsb-ului-trebuie-sa-terminati-cu-minciunile-3627675 | language=ro | access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="z527">{{cite web | last=Ciutacu | first=Bogdan | title=Adrian Căvescu, avocatul FCSB, contraatacă: "Victoria lui Talpan este amară. Echipa din Liga 2 nu e Steaua!". Exclusiv | website=Fanatik.ro | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://www.fanatik.ro/adrian-cavescu-avocatul-fcsb-contraataca-victoria-lui-talpan-este-amara-echipa-din-liga-2-nu-e-steaua-exclusiv-21160952 | language=ro | access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="l784">{{cite web | title=Dispută fără sfârşit pentru palmares! CSA jubilează, iar Becali susţine că FCSB n-a pierdut nimic şi că decizia îi este favorabilă: "Steaua nu poate emite pretenţii, nu are nicio calitate procesuală" | website=Orangesport | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://orangesport.ro/disputa-fara-sfarsit-pentru-palmares-csa-jubileaza-iar-becali-sustine-ca-fcsb-n-a-pierdut-nimic-si-ca-decizia-ii-este-favorabila-steaua-nu-poate-emite-pretentii-nu-are-nicio-calitate-procesuala-22058335 | language=ro | access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

Becali stated in a broadcast that FCSB had no real reason to file a recourse, and that the fact that it filed a recourse was a cunning ploy to prevent the CSA from filing a recourse.<ref name="Becalidigi"/><ref name="v086"/><ref name="n689"/> Becali stated that he was perfectly satisfied with the verdict of the Court of Appeal, therefore the loss of the recourse did not constitute any damage for FCSB.<ref name="Becalidigi">{{YouTube|vIocZy-YQww|Gigi Becali a venit cu replica pentru Florin Talpan și a făcut anunțul: ”O să ne numim FCSB Steaua”}} Digi Sport, 6 iunie 2025.</ref><ref name="v086">{{cite web | last=Hitruc | first=Cristian | title=Gigi Becali știe de ce FCSB a câștigat procesul cu Talpan: "Luați și citiți" | website=Prosport | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/superliga/gigi-becali-stie-de-ce-fcsb-a-castigat-procesul-cu-talpan-luati-si-cititi-20188538 | language=ro | access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="n689">{{cite web | last=Stanciu | first=Alexandru | title=Gigi Becali a intrat în direct râzând în hohote, după declarațiile lui Talpan: "Ne rugăm pentru sănătatea lui mintală" | website=Gazeta Sporturilor - GSP | date=5 June 2025 | url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/gigi-becali-a-intrat-in-direct-razand-in-hohote-dupa-declaratiile-lui-talpan-ne-rugam-la-biserica-pentru-sanatatea-lui-mintala-810546.html | language=ro | access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

==Crest and colours==

=== Crests ===
During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolor flag.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> Starting with the following season and with the Army's change of identity from the Royal Army to 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,<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.cs.kent.edu/~amarcus/Mihai/romanian/diverse/mirceaionitiu.html
 |title=Mircea Ionnitiu : "30 decembrie 1947"
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 |author=Mircea Ionnitiu
 |date=22 October 2003
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}}</ref> 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 the change of name to CSCA, consisting in an A-labeled [[red star]] (symbol of the Red Army) on a blue disc.[[File:Laszlo Boloni - Steaua, 1986.png|thumb|200px|[[László Bölöni]] posing in a red-blue training kit in 1986.|left]]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 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 Steaua (1974)|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 the [[Ministry of Defense (Romania)|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 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 (Romania)|Ministry of National Defense]] sued Steaua in 2011, claiming that the [[Romanian Army]] were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, among others.<ref name="identity loss">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup | title=Where the team has no name: the fight over Steaua Bucharest's identity | work=The Guardian | date=27 December 2014 | access-date=8 January 2015 | author=Rosu, Emmanuel | archive-date=6 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406030452/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of Romania|Supreme Court]] found in the army's favour, and on 3 December 2014 stripped the football club of its badge.<ref name="identity loss" /> Steaua were forced to play their next home game, against [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|CSM Studențesc Iași]], without it on the stadium scoreboard.<ref name="identity loss" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/steaua-bucharest-reveal--clip-art--logo-after-being-stripped-of-their-name--colours-and-emblem-111125775.html | title=Steaua Bucharest reveal 'Clip Art' logo after being stripped of their name, colours and emblem | publisher=Yahoo! | work=Eurosport | date=7 January 2015 | access-date=8 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200721/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/steaua-bucharest-reveal--clip-art--logo-after-being-stripped-of-their-name--colours-and-emblem-111125775.html | archive-date=12 January 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

=== Colours ===
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 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 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.
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==== Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors ====
Its kit is manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], who have held the contract since 2002, after a long partnership with [[Adidas]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/steaua-renunta-la-adidas-pentru-nike/7896
 |title        = Steaua renunta la Adidas pentru Nike
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 |access-date  = 12 August 2007
 |url-status   = dead
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 |archive-date = 28 September 2007
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> First team shirt sponsors have been betting company Betano since 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=FCSB are un nou sponsor principal! Suma uriașă pe care o va primi |url=https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/fcsb-are-un-nou-sponsor-principal-suma-uriasa-pe-care-o-va-primi_sto9023193/story.shtml |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Eurosport |language=ro |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707101001/https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/fcsb-are-un-nou-sponsor-principal-suma-uriasa-pe-care-o-va-primi_sto9023193/story.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Previous sponsors include [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]],<ref>{{cite web
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|url-status   = dead
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}}</ref> [[Castrol]], [[Philips]], [[CBS]], [[Bancorex]], [[Orange SA|Dialog]], [[Banca Comercială Română|BCR]], [[RAFO Onești|RAFO]], [[Citigroup|CitiFinancial]] and City Insurance.<ref>{{cite news
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|url-status=dead
 
}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Grounds ==
=== Stadium ===
{{Main|Arena Națională|Stadionul Steaua (1974)}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Arena Națională
| image = Steaua Bucharest elevated view.jpg|
| broke_ground = 20 February 2008
| opened = 6 September 2011
| location = Basarabia Blvd., Nr. 37-39 [[Sector 2 (Bucharest)|Sector 2]], [[Bucharest]], Romania
| owner = Municipality of [[Bucharest]]
| architect = [[Gerkan, Marg and Partners]]
| seating_capacity = 55,634
| dimensions = {{convert|105|x|68|m|yd|abbr=on}}
}}

Steaua played the first three matches in its history at the defunct [[Stadionul Venus|''Venus'' stadium]]. Opened in 1931, the venue had previously been in the property of [[Venus București]], a club disbanded in 1949.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/clubs_2/venus_bucuresti/venus_bucuresti.shtml
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| work        = romaniansoccer.ro
| access-date        = 27 August 2007
| archive-date        = 6 February 2013
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| url-status        = live
}}</ref> 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, [[Stadionul Republicii|''Republicii'']] (built in 1926 and demolished in 1984 to make room for the erection of the [[Palace of the Parliament|Casa Poporului]]) and ''[[Stadionul Național (1953)|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 Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]], a football stadium situated in South-Western Bucharest. Part of ''Complexul Sportiv Steaua'', it was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly match against [[OFK Beograd]],<ref name="stadium" /> 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 Defense (Romania)|Ministry of National Defence]] inside a former military base and was long used by [[CSA Steaua București|CSA Steaua]].

The original capacity was 30,000 on benches. A general renovation occurred in 1991; this included installing seats, which dropped the capacity to 28,365.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://en.uclcityguide.uefa.com/?m24Action=STADIUM&m24Id=50065&m24Tooltip=1
 |title        = UEFA Stadium Guide
 |work         = [[UEFA]]
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 |archive-date = 5 August 2007
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> After a second renovation in 2006,<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/dinamo/23417/dinamo-trebuie-sa-revina-pe-stadionul-national-in-uefa.htm
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 |url-status   = dead
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 |title        = Dinamo trebuie sa revina pe Stadionul National in UEFA
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}}</ref>

Ghencea was able to host UEFA Champions League events, being a ''Category 3'' arena according to the [[UEFA Stadia List|UEFA classification system]].<ref>{{cite web
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 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 6 August 2014
 |title        = Dinamo nu vrea in Ghencea
 |work         = 9AM
 |access-date  = 2014-07-30
}}</ref>

The [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]] was also a tenant for numerous fixtures.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.frf.ro/index.php?articol=31section=articole&screen=index&id=24914&pagina=0
| title        = Istoric&nbsp;– PALMARES ALL-TIME
| work        = frf.ro
| access-date        = 7 July 2007
| archive-date        = 28 September 2007
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121724/http://www.frf.ro/index.php?articol=31section=articole&screen=index&id=24914&pagina=0
| url-status        = live
}}</ref>

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 the Arena Națională.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rou-liga-1-2016-2017/1/|title=Liga 1 2016/2017 – Attendance|website=worldfootball.net|date=6 August 2020|access-date=22 July 2017|archive-date=25 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925091126/http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rou-liga-1-2016-2017/1/|url-status=live}}</ref> It also uses [[Steaua Stadium (2021)|Steaua Stadium]] for selected matches.

=== Training facilities ===
{{Main|Baza Sportivă ARCOM}}
Baza Sportivă ARCOM is a [[sports complex]] in [[Bucharest]], Romania. It is currently used only for [[Association football|football]] matches, is the home ground of [[FCSB II]] and [[FC Steaua București U19|FCSB Academy]] and also used for trainings. The football complex was built by [[Gigi Becali|George Becali]] on the place of the former ARCOM Concrete Plant, after his club was kicked out from [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Steaua Stadium]] and [[Complexul Sportiv Ghencea|Ghencea Sports Complex]] due to the conflict with [[Ministry of National Defence (Romania)|Ministry of National Defence]] and [[CSA Steaua București (football)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOTO Așa arată casa Stelei! Cât a investit Becali în noua bază a FCSB-ului din Berceni și ce facilități are |url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/foto-asa-arata-casa-stelei-cat-a-investit-becali-in-noua-baza-a-fcsb-ului-din-berceni-si-ce-facilitati-are-511754.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=GSP |date=25 May 2017 |language=ro |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521091147/https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/foto-asa-arata-casa-stelei-cat-a-investit-becali-in-noua-baza-a-fcsb-ului-din-berceni-si-ce-facilitati-are-511754.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Support==
{{See also|Steaua fans}}
[[File:Steaua Bucuresti choreography.jpg|right|260px|thumb|Choreography at the ''Peluza Nord'' in 2011]]
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, [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]], with 12%, and [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], with 9%.<ref name="ziarulcn.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ziarulcn.com/index.php?pid=article&aid=50999|title=42% dintre români sunt stelisti|work=Ziarul|access-date=2007-07-14|archive-date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161052/http://www.ziarulcn.com/index.php?pid=article&aid=50999|url-status=live}}</ref>

The largest concentration of fans are in Bucharest, notably in areas adjacent to the arena, covering the whole southern half of Bucharest, a city geographically divided by the [[Dâmbovița River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2025|title=Armata le dadea papara...|work=FCSteaua.ro|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-date=7 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607191718/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2025|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timișoara]]'s ''Commando Viola Ultra Curva Sud''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2084|title=Istoria ultra' incepe cu noi!|work=FCSteaua.ro|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614194805/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2084|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 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 the club's constant abuses towards them and, mainly, to the current ownership of Steaua.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/1685/|title=Comunicatele grupurilor Vacarm, Ult*ras, STIL*OSTIL, Banda Ultra|work=FCSteaua.ro|access-date=10 September 2005|archive-date=19 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219043308/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/1685|url-status=live}}</ref>

More recently, as of 2006, the supporters have formed their own official association, called AISS (''Asociația Independentă a Suporterilor Steliști''&nbsp;– "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 the club's perennial values".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aiss.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=1|title=AISS va prezinta AISS.ro|work=aiss.ro|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721080612/http://www.aiss.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=1|archive-date=21 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 București (football)|CSA Steaua]]. However, an online [[voting|poll]] conducted by [[Sport.ro]] in 2017 has shown that of the 120,000 voters, 95% consider FCSB to hold the real Steaua identity.<ref name="sport.ro_poll">{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/stragem-100-000-de-voturi-fcsb-steaua-sau-csa-steaua.html|title=Record de voturi intr-un sondaj pe site! 120.000 de oameni au ales: FCSB (Steaua) sau CSA (Steaua)! REZULTATELE SONDAJULUI|trans-title=Voting record for an online poll! 120,000 people have chosen: FCSB (Steaua) or CSA (Steaua)! THE RESULTS OF THE POLL|publisher=[[Sport.ro]]|language=ro|date=3 April 2017|access-date=27 October 2017|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232158/http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/stragem-100-000-de-voturi-fcsb-steaua-sau-csa-steaua.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As soon as the leader of the ''Skins Berceni'' group left prison, some fans of Peluza Nord returned to support 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. [[File:Steaua north.JPG|right|250px|thumb|''Peluza Nord'' in 2008]]
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 the regions of [[Moldavia]], [[Muntenia|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 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 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 F.C.|Panathinaikos]] in 1998 and [[Slavia Praha]] in 1999 were premises for setting contacts with rival fans of [[Olympiacos]] of [[Greece]] and [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] of [[Czech Republic]] respectively.

== Club rivalries ==

=== Eternul Derby ===
{{Main|Eternal derby (Romania)|l1 = Eternal derby}}Steaua's most important rivalry is the one against [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]. ''[[Eternal derby (Romania)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=105|title=Marele derby (the great derby)|work=footballderbies.com|access-date=7 July 2007|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120545/http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=105|url-status=live}}</ref> With 44 titles combined (Steaua – 26; Dinamo – 18), the two sides have won 36 more than the third-most successful Liga I club, [[AS Venus București|Venus București]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html|title=Romania&nbsp;– List of Champions|work=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2007-08-11|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209160748/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemchamp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Steaua Bucharest choreography.jpg|290px|right|thumb|An [[Eternal derby (Romania)|Eternal derby]] played at the Arena Națională]]It is also a match between the former clubs of the [[Romanian Army]] (Steaua) and the [[Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (Romania)|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 a sector of [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]]'s ''Peluza Sud'', where they were assigned, on fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1119827-armatele_fanatici_din_spatele_fotbalului.htm|title=Armatele de fanatici din spatele fotbalului|work=HotNews.ro|author=Dulamita, I., Dobre, F. & Popan, C.|access-date=2007-06-14|archive-date=27 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227061435/http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1119827-armatele_fanatici_din_spatele_fotbalului.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 August 2016, during Steaua's Champions League play-off 0–5 loss to [[Manchester City F.C.|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.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/16/steaua-bucharest-dinamo-display-sabotaged Steaua Bucharest display sabotaged by Dinamo Bucharest fans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415004458/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/16/steaua-bucharest-dinamo-display-sabotaged |date=15 April 2021 }}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 16 August 2016</ref>

Between October 1991 and April 2000, Steaua counted 19 undefeated official matches facing their rivals, both in the championship and the cup. Also, a period of 17 years and 7 months{{when|date=May 2024}} has been recorded in which Dinamo failed to win away against Steaua in the domestic league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballderbies.com/results/index.php?id=105|title=Marele derby (the great derby)|work=footballderbies.com|access-date=2007-08-11|archive-date=7 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607174726/http://www.footballderbies.com/results/index.php?id=105|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Bucharest Derby ===
{{Main|l2 = Bucharest Derby|2 = FC Steaua București–FC Rapid București rivalry}}

The second-most important rivalry was with [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], often called ''[[FC Steaua București–FC Rapid București rivalry|Bucharest derby]]''. Several matches throughout the years between Steaua and Rapid have also ended in serious clashes between fans.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}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 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 [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|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]], [[CS Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]], [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timișoara]], [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Petrolul Ploiești]], [[FC Universitatea Cluj|Universitatea Cluj]] and a recent one with [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fanatik.ro/liga_i_sectiune_2/articol_24640/lista_completa_cu_derby-urile_campionatului.html|title=Lista completa cu derbyurile campionatului|work=fanatik.ro|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928231053/http://www.fanatik.ro/liga_i_sectiune_2/articol_24640/lista_completa_cu_derby-urile_campionatului.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Controversies==
===Racism and xenophobia===
During the year 2025, [[Siyabonga Ngezana]] faced racial slurs and racist remarks at FCSB from the owner and the fans too. [[George Becali]], the owner of Ngezana's current club FCSB, made several discriminatory and racist remarks. He publicly stated he would stop signing [[Africa|African players]] because, in his opinion, "they have no civilization" and "cannot be understood". He also reportedly called Ngezana names such as "ugly [[monkey]]" and suggested he wouldn't hire Africans in the future.

Ngezana has shared screenshots of vile, hateful messages he received on social media from fans. These messages included racial slurs like "f*cking monkey" and threats of injury. The abuse often came after matches, particularly following FCSB's victory over [[PAOK]] in a [[2024-25 UEFA Europa League|European tournament]]. After the victory against PAOK, the fan of the losing side attacked him on [[Instagram]] and the fan promised that Ngezana will cry and PAOK will thrash FCSB 4-0 the next time they would meet, he also said he wished he broke his leg on the replies of Instagram stories. The PAOK fan who sent these Instagram messages goes by the username called Alexandros Agatianos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/sa-news/sa-players-abroad/fcsb-boss-gigi-becali-accused-of-discrimination-against-siyabonga-ngezana|title=Ngezana faces racism at FCSB|work=kickoff.com|access-date=15 November 2025}}</ref>

==Ownership and finances==
[[File:George Becali.JPG|right|230px|thumb|[[Gigi Becali]], the controversial owner of FCSB since 2003.]]
Steaua has previously been known as the club of the [[Romanian Land Forces|Romanian Army]], which founded it in 1947 as a [[sports society]].<ref name="didaalex"/> The Army continues to own the sports society, named [[CSA Steaua București]]. The football department, however, separated and turned private in 1998, owned and financed by a non-profit organization called AFC Steaua București, chaired by businessman Viorel Păunescu.<ref name="ziua" />

In January 2003, the team turned public under the leadership of investor and former politician [[Gigi Becali|George Becali]], who had already purchased 51% of the society's shares and later on acquired the rest to become the owner of the club. At present, Becali has no official links with FCSB, as he gradually renounced his shares. However, the facts that the current shareholders, that include several nephews of his,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_34128-Gigi-Becali-si-a-vandut-toate-actiunile-de-la-Steaua-nepotilor-sai.htm|title=Gigi Becali si-a vandut toate actiunile de la Steaua nepotilor sai|access-date=2007-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104841/http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_34128-Gigi-Becali-si-a-vandut-toate-actiunile-de-la-Steaua-nepotilor-sai.htm|archive-date=29 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> are people loyal to him and that he is still in charge of FCSB are obvious.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancan.ro/2007-04-30/Cine-mai-conduce-Steaua.html|title=Cine mai conduce Steaua|access-date =2007-06-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927181243/http://www.cancan.ro/2007-04-30/Cine-mai-conduce-Steaua.html|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> An unofficial explanation for this situation is represented by the heavy amount of unpaid taxes added up by the former governing company, AFC Steaua București, whose payment towards the tax authority was avoided this way by transferring its assets to the new-formed company, with the old association going on liquidation bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=268867|title=Romanii platesc datoriile Stelei|work=evz.ro|author1=Chican, Marius|author2=Focseneanu, Dorin|access-date=2007-09-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013170612/http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=268867|archive-date=13 October 2007}}</ref>

George "Gigi" Becali is a highly controversial figure at FCSB, whose involvement in the life of the club and the team has often been described as authoritarian and dictatorial by both the media and the fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gardianul.ro/2007/09/18/sport-c10/dictatura_in_ghencea_becali_nu_i_mai_inghite_pe_golanski_si_zaharia-s101196.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103143740/http://www.gardianul.ro/2007/09/18/sport-c10/dictatura_in_ghencea_becali_nu_i_mai_inghite_pe_golanski_si_zaharia-s101196.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-03|title=Romanii platesc datoriile Stelei|work=gardianul.ro|author=Traciuc, Alexandru|access-date=2007-09-25}}</ref><ref name=protestat/><ref name=changed/><ref name=offensive/><ref name=owner/>

== Statistics and records ==
{{See also|List of FC Steaua București records and statistics}}

FCSB currently boasts itself with the most impressive pedigree in Romania. With 75 seasons spent in [[Liga I]], they are one of only two teams to have played only in the first national league, along with [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] (71 seasons). At the same time, the club is the current record holder for the number of national championships (27), [[Cupa României|national cups]] (24), [[Supercupa României|national super cups]] (6) and the [[Cupa Ligii|national league cup]] (2). Between 1993 and 1998, its run of six consecutive national titles won equaled the one of [[Chinezul Timișoara]] from the 1920s. Internationally, it is the only Romanian club to have won continental trophies (the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]] in 1986 and the [[European Super Cup]] in 1986) and to have played in the final of the European Cup (in [[1985–86 European Cup|1986]] and [[1988–89 European Cup|1989]]). It is the only Romanian club that from 2002 to 2018 managed to qualify in the groups of a European competition
[[File:Tudorel Stoica (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|[[Tudorel Stoica]] made 370 total appearances for FCSB, a club record.]]For three years and three months (June 1986&nbsp;– September 1989), FCSB counted a number of 104 unbeaten matches in the league, establishing, at that moment, a world record and a European one still standing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Steaua's series of 104 matches unbeaten in the Divizia A |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-steaua-104.html |access-date=26 May 2012 |work=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028222515/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-steaua-104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Also inside the national league, the club counted 112 matches between November 1989 and August 1996 of invincibility at [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]] in Liga I. Its run of 17-straight wins in 1988 is another record, equal to the one held by Dinamo as of one year later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inter Milano a egalat recordul tandemului Steaua&nbsp;– Dinamo. |url=http://www.7plus.ro/?arhiva=27/02/2007&id=18159 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004138/http://www.7plus.ro/?arhiva=27%2F02%2F2007&id=18159 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=2007-09-03 |work=7plus.ro }}</ref>[[File:Emerich Jenei.jpg|thumb|right|190px|[[Emerich Jenei]] won the club nine domestic honours and the 1985–86 European Cup.]] [[Tudorel Stoica]] is the player with the most appearances for FCSB in Liga I, a record unlikely to be broken in the nearby future, as none of the current players have entered the top-ten so far. The club's all-time top scorer in the league is [[Anghel Iordănescu]] with 146 goals, a record that also looks solid, out of the same reason as above-mentioned. Other records are currently owned by former players such as [[Dorinel Munteanu]] (most national [[cap (football)|caps]]&nbsp;– 134) or [[Gheorghe Hagi]] (most goals scored for [[Romania national football team|Romania]]&nbsp;– 35; most appearances of a Romanian player in the European cups&nbsp;– 93).<ref>{{cite news |author=Alin Huiu |title=Steaua Europeana |work=onlinesport.ro |url=http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/steaua/22135/steaua-europeana.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2006-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061416/http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/steaua/22135/steaua-europeana.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> FCSB's longest serving manager is [[Anghel Iordănescu|Anghel Iordanescu]], with four consecutive years in two spells (1986–1990) and (1992–1993), and [[Emerich Jenei]] is the club's most successful manager winning the [[European Cup]] in 1986. The most successful FCSB player is [[Marius Lăcătuș|Marius Lacatus]] with 21 trophies, surpassing [[Tudorel Stoica]], with 14 trophies.

FCSB's [[Arena Națională|Arena Nationala]] is the largest [[Stadiums in Romania|stadium in Romania]]. The club's highest home attendance was 50,016 in a [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] quarter-final against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in [[2012–13 FC Steaua București season|2012–13 season]]. The modernisation of [[Stadionul Steaua (2021)|Ghencea stadium]] during the 2018–20 and the build of a new stadium make the [[Stadionul Steaua (2021)|Ghencea stadium]] one of the biggest in Romania with a capacity of 31,254 being inaugurated on 7 July 2021, with a match between [[CSA Steaua București (football)|CSA Steaua]]  and [[OFK Beograd]], the same team with whom they had inaugurated the previous stadium back in 1974. It ended with a 6–0 win for the home team. In August 2018, FCSB signed [[Florinel Coman]] from [[FC Viitorul Constanța|FC Viitorul Constanta]] for €3&nbsp;million, the highest transfer fee in club's history. In January 2021, FCSB player [[Dennis Man]] transferred to [[Parma Calcio 1913]] for a romanian record transfer fee of €13&nbsp;million. Other records were set by former player [[Gheorghe Hagi]] transfer set the record for the [[Transfer (association football)|transfer fee]] from the domestic league to a foreign club, with $4,300,000 paid by [[Real Madrid CF]] in 1990. On 18 September 2014, in a [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League]] group stage match against Danish side [[Aalborg Boldspilklub|Aalborg BK]], FCSB set two competition records: [[Claudiu Keșerü]] scored three goals in a span of only 12 minutes, this being the fastest hat-trick in the history of the competition, and with the 6–0 victory over [[Aalborg Boldspilklub|Aalborg BK]], Steaua achieved the highest score in the history of the [[UEFA Europa League]], also being the first team to manages to score 6 goals in one match.

== Popular culture ==
As Steaua is currently the most popular football team in Romania,<ref name="ziarulcn.com" /> a good number of musicians or TV and film directors have inspired themselves from ideas linked to the Ghencea-based club. Popular reference, however, appeared only after the Romanian Revolution, as before, mass-media programmes were mostly being controlled by the former communist regime. The 2002 Romanian film ''Furia'' depicts scenes in which Steaua and Dinamo gangs of supporters are fighting on the streets after a direct match between the two sides.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.cinemagia.ro/movie.php?movie_id=3942&what=article&article_id=3286
| title        = Intamplari de la filmari...
| work        = cinemagia.ro
| access-date        = 12 August 2007
| archive-date        = 27 September 2007
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224320/http://www.cinemagia.ro/movie.php?movie_id=3942&what=article&article_id=3286
| url-status        = live
}}</ref> [[Prima TV]] comedy show ''Mondenii'' often airs sketches parodying Steaua owner George Becali, the players and other representatives around the club.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://preferate.net/view.php?id=6538
 |title        = Mondenii&nbsp;– episodul 1&nbsp;– secventa cu Gigi Becali si Banel Nicolita cu Gigi Becali de Mondenii
 |work         = preferate.ro
 |access-date  = 12 August 2007
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929221650/http://preferate.net/view.php?id=6538
 |archive-date = 29 September 2007
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> [[Pro TV]] series ''La bloc'' aired an episode in which characters Nelu and Costel are displayed as representing Steaua in a parking lot match against two other neighbours representing Dinamo.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Several other examples from music can be attributed as Steaua-related. Apart from club anthems played throughout time by ''[[Marcel Pavel]]'', ''Bere Gratis'', ''Gaz pe Foc'', an album was released in 2006 as a compilation by ''Mircea Vintilă'', ''Chicanos'', ''Bogdan Dima'' and several other artists.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.dol.ro/Produse/Muzica/Compilatii/Compilatie_Forza_Steaua_CD_QI107077/index.asp
| title        = Compilatie, Forza Steaua (CD)
| work        = dol.ro
| access-date        = 12 August 2007
| archive-date        = 26 September 2007
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222358/http://www.dol.ro/Produse/Muzica/Compilatii/Compilatie_Forza_Steaua_CD_QI107077/index.asp
| url-status        = dead
}}</ref> ''Delikt'' and ''Ultras'' are two former [[hip hop]] bands whose members ranked the defunct Armata Ultra' brigade and would always show up displaying fan materials. Also, ''Voltaj'', in their song 'MSD2', make reference to the fans in the line "''Poți să fii câine sau poți fi stelist''" ("You can be a dog<ref>"The Red Dogs" is a common nickname adopted by Dinamo's fans for their team.</ref> or you can be a Steaua fan").<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.versuri.ro/versuri/kiifk_voltaj+msd2.html
| title        = Versuri "Voltaj&nbsp;– Msd2"
| work        = versuri.ro
| access-date        = 12 August 2007
| archive-date        = 18 July 2007
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20070718181639/http://www.versuri.ro/versuri/kiifk_voltaj+msd2.html
| url-status        = live
}}</ref>

One of the most famous pop-culture references about the club is the association with [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]'s song ''[[I Like It Loud|Maria]]'', first sung spontaneously in 2003 by the fans in Peluza Nord after the team would score. Ever since, it has been adopted as an unofficial club anthem and is being played at the stadium at every match, sung together by the supporters. Nonetheless, the song is beginning to lose popularity, mainly because it has become too commercial and many fans do not feel bonded with it any more.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2870
| title        = Despre Scooter
| work        = fcsteaua.ro
| access-date        = 12 August 2007
| archive-date        = 23 July 2011
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723133546/http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/2870
| url-status        = live
}}</ref>

==Honours==
{{See also|List of FC Steaua București records and statistics|Steaua București in European football|List of FC Steaua București seasons}}
{{small|'''Note:''' {{As of|June 2018|post=,}} [[UEFA]] and [[Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal|LPF]] regard FCSB as the continuation of historical FC Steaua București and attribute all honours since 1947 to this entity.<ref name=uefa>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50065--fcsb/|title=Profile: Fotbal Club FCSB|publisher=[[UEFA]].com|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103153016/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50065/profile/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lpf>{{cite web|url=https://lpf.ro/noutati/liga-1-betano-cifrele-vicecampioanei-fcsb/451|title=Liga 1 Betano: Cifrele vicecampioanei FCSB|trans-title=Liga 1 Betano: The records of vice-champion FCSB|publisher=[[Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal]]|date=4 June 2018|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618025722/https://lpf.ro/noutati/liga-1-betano-cifrele-vicecampioanei-fcsb/451|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the ownership of the many trophies won between 1947 and 2003 is disputed, with the restarted [[CSA Steaua București (football)|football department]] of former parent club [[CSA Steaua București|CSA Steaua]] also claiming them<ref name=CSAfotbal>{{cite web|url=http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|title=Jocuri sportiveb fotbal|trans-title=Sporting departments: football|publisher=CSA Steaua București|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708161654/http://www.csasteaua.ro/jocuri-sportive/fotbal/|url-status=live}}</ref> following legal disputes between the two organisations.<ref name=gone>{{cite web|url=http://evz.ro/s-a-stins-steaua-lui-gigi-becali-fcsb-preia-palmaresul-din-2003.html|title=S-a stins Steaua lui Gigi Becali. FCSB preia palmaresul din 2003.|trans-title=Gigi Becali's Steaua is gone. FCSB keeps historical record only as of 2003.|publisher=[[Evenimentul Zilei]]|date=30 March 2017|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910173305/http://evz.ro/s-a-stins-steaua-lui-gigi-becali-fcsb-preia-palmaresul-din-2003.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ultima-zi-cu-steaua-anunt-soc-facut-de-becali-de-maine-e-gata-anunt-important-despre-palmaresul-echipei-506150.html|title=Ultima zi cu "Steaua" " Anunţ-şoc făcut de Becali: "De mâine e gata" » Anunț IMPORTANT despre palmaresul echipei|trans-title=Last day as "Steaua" " Shocking statement made by Becali " Important announcement about the club's honours|language=ro|newspaper=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|date=29 March 2017|access-date=1 November 2017|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729105556/http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ultima-zi-cu-steaua-anunt-soc-facut-de-becali-de-maine-e-gata-anunt-important-despre-palmaresul-echipei-506150.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Danilescu>{{cite web|url=http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Danilescu-Cand-ne-am-transformat-in-societate-non-profit-noi-ave|title=Trofeele Stelei rămân în ceață. Dănilescu: "Aveam aceeași emblemă și dreptul de a folosi palmaresul și marca"|trans-title=Steaua Trophies Stay in the Fog. Danilescu: "We had the same emblem and the right to use the record and mark"|publisher=Digisport|date=26 September 2017|access-date=1 November 2017|language=ro|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031041616/http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Danilescu-Cand-ne-am-transformat-in-societate-non-profit-noi-ave|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2019, CSA Steaua won a first court decision regarding the record dispute. However, the ruling is not definitive.<ref name=mj0719>{{cite web |url=http://portal.just.ro/3/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=300000000798700&id_inst=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108053654/http://portal.just.ro/3/SitePages/Dosar.aspx?id_dosar=300000000798700&id_inst=3 |archive-date=8 January 2018 |title=Tribunalul BUCUREŞTI: Informaţii dosar |trans-title=Bucharest tribunals: File information |language=ro |publisher=Ministerul Justiției al României (Romanian Ministry of Justice) |date=4 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-fotbal-23240779-csa-steaua-castigat-procesul-pentru-palmares-gigi-becali-voi-ataca-decizia-curtea-apel.htm|title=CSA Steaua a câştigat procesul pentru palmares / Gigi Becali: "Voi ataca decizia la Curtea de Apel"|date=5 July 2019|website=HotNews.ro|language=ro|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708171222/https://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-fotbal-23240779-csa-steaua-castigat-procesul-pentru-palmares-gigi-becali-voi-ataca-decizia-curtea-apel.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2021, the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided that CSA Steaua only holds the record from 1947 to 1998 (and not from 1947 to 2003). However, FC FCSB has the right to appeal within 30 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/fcsb-vs-csa-steaua-635543.html|title=Curtea de Apel a decis! Ce se întâmplă cu palmaresul Stelei » GSP a obținut clarificări|date=28 June 2021|website=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|language=ro|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129032700/https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/fcsb-vs-csa-steaua-635543.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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! style="width: 21%;" |Seasons
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''Domestic'''
! scope="col" |'''[[Liga I|Divizia A / Liga I]]'''
| bgcolor="gold" |'''28'''
| align="left" |[[1951 Divizia A|1951]], [[1952 Divizia A|1952]], [[1953 Divizia A|1953]], [[1956 Divizia A|1956]], [[1959–60 Divizia A|1959–60]], [[1960–61 Divizia A|1960–61]], [[1967–68 Divizia A|1967–68]], [[1975–76 Divizia A|1975–76]], [[1977–78 Divizia A|1977–78]], [[1984–85 Divizia A|1984–85]], [[1985–86 Divizia A|1985–86]], [[1986–87 Divizia A|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Divizia A|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Divizia A|1988–89]], [[1992–93 Divizia A|1992–93]], [[1993–94 Divizia A|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Divizia A|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Divizia A|1995–96]], [[1996–97 Divizia A|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Divizia A|1997–98]], [[2000–01 Divizia A|2000–01]], [[2004–05 Divizia A|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Divizia A|2005–06]], [[2012–13 Liga I|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Liga I|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Liga I|2014–15]], [[2023–24 Liga I|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Liga I|2024–25]]
|-
! scope="col" |'''[[Cupa României]]'''
| bgcolor="gold" |'''23'''
| align="left" |[[1948–49 Cupa României|1948–49]], [[1950 Cupa României|1950]], [[1951 Cupa României|1951]], [[1952 Cupa României|1952]], [[1955 Cupa României|1955]], [[1961–62 Cupa României|1961–62]], [[1965–66 Cupa României|1965–66]], [[1966–67 Cupa României|1966–67]], [[1968–69 Cupa României|1968–69]], [[1969–70 Cupa României|1969–70]], [[1970–71 Cupa României|1970–71]], [[1975–76 Cupa României|1975–76]], [[1978–79 Cupa României|1978–79]], [[1984–85 Cupa României|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Cupa României|1986–87]], ''[[1987–88 Cupa României|1987–88]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1987_1988.shtml|title=Romanian Cup: Season 1987-1988|website=Romanian Soccer History & Statistics|quote=The goal of Balint was anulated because of off-side, at signalling of assistant referee George Ionescu. Steaua retired from the field (after the command of Valentin Ceaușescu, the son of president Nicolae Ceaușescu) but Romanian Federation of Football offered the Cup to Steaua București. In 1990, Steaua renounced at this trophy because it was won unjust.|access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.dolce-sport.ro/fotbal/fotbal-intern/steaua-dinamo-1988-cupa-mircea-lucescu-anghel-iordanescu-44101/|title=Mircea Lucescu despre Steaua - Dinamo: 'Rivalitatea a existat mai mult între mine și Valentin Ceaușescu'|date=1 March 2015|language=ro|website=[[Dolce Sport]]|publisher=[[Telekom Romania]]|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112235408/http://www.dolce-sport.ro/fotbal/fotbal-intern/steaua-dinamo-1988-cupa-mircea-lucescu-anghel-iordanescu-44101/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[1988–89 Cupa României|1988–89]], [[1991–92 Cupa României|1991–92]], [[1995–96 Cupa României|1995–96]], [[1996–97 Cupa României|1996–97]], [[1998–99 Cupa României|1998–99]], [[2010–11 Cupa României|2010–11]], [[2014–15 Cupa României|2014–15]], [[2019–20 Cupa României|2019–20]]
|-
! scope="col" |'''[[Supercupa României]]'''
| bgcolor="gold" |'''8'''
| align="left" |[[1994 Supercupa României|1994]], [[1995 Supercupa României|1995]], [[1998 Supercupa României|1998]], [[2001 Supercupa României|2001]], [[2006 Supercupa României|2006]], [[2013 Supercupa României|2013]], [[2024 Supercupa României|2024]], [[2025 Supercupa României|2025]]
|-
! scope="col" |'''[[Cupa Ligii]]'''
| bgcolor="gold" |'''2'''
| align="left" |[[2014–15 Cupa Ligii|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Cupa Ligii|2015–16]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''Continental'''
! scope="col" |[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
| align="center" |'''1'''
| align="left" |[[1985–86 European Cup|1985–86]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]
| |'''1'''
| align="left" |[[1986 European Super Cup|1986]]
|}

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==Players==
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===Current squad===
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{{Fs player|no=2|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Valentin Crețu (footballer)|Valentin Crețu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=BIH|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Graovac]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=CMR|pos=DF|name=[[Joyskim Dawa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Andrei Dăncuș}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Denis Alibec]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Adrian Șut]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Daniel Bîrligea]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Florin Tănase]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|3rd captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[David Miculescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=BEN|pos=DF|name=[[David Kiki]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Matei Popa}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Mihai Lixandru]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Mihai Popescu (footballer)|Mihai Popescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Malcom Edjouma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Dennis Politic]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Vlad Chiricheș]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Mihai Toma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Ionuț Cercel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Darius Olaru]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Alexandru Pantea]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=RSA|pos=DF|name=[[Siyabonga Ngezana]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Juri Cisotti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=[[Ștefan Târnovanu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=MNE|pos=DF|name=[[Risto Radunović]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|4th captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=[[Mihai Udrea]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Octavian Popescu (footballer, born 2002)|Octavian Popescu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=CZE|pos=GK|name=[[Lukáš Zima]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=UGA|pos=MF|name=[[Baba Alhassan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=[[Alexandru Stoian]]}}
{{Fs player|no=93|nat=SEN|pos=FW|name=[[Mamadou Thiam]]}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Out on loan ===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Laurențiu Vlăsceanu]]|other=to [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ROU|pos=GK|name=Alexandru Maxim|other=to [[FC Voluntari|Voluntari]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=[[Nana Kwame Antwi|Nana Antwi]]|other=to [[FC Hermannstadt|Hermannstadt]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=[[Ricardo Pădurariu]]|other=to [[FC Corvinul Hunedoara|Corvinul Hunedoara]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ROU|pos=DF|name=Răzvan Radu|other=to [[AFC Metalul Buzău|Metalul Buzău]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Ianis Vencu|other=to [[FC Voluntari|Voluntari]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

== Club officials ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

=== Board of directors ===

{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;" |Role
! style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;" |Name
|-
| Owner
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[George Becali]]
|-
| President
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Valeriu Argăseală
|-
| Vice-President
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Iulian Ghiorghișor
|-
| General Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihai Stoica]]
|-
| Sporting Director
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Florin Cernat]]
|-
| Team Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Marius Ianuli
|-
| Marketing Officer
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Tănase Culețu
|-
|  Academy Manager
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Corneliu Ionescu
|-
| Secretary
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Sorin Pitu
|-
| Security Officer
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Adrian Ianuli
|-
| Press Officer
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Cătălin Făiniși
|}
* {{small|Last updated: 6 September 2022}}
* {{small|Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lpf.ro/cluburi/fotbal-club-fcsb/2/organizare|title=Organizare FC FCSB – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal|website=lpf.ro|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803014651/https://lpf.ro/cluburi/fotbal-club-fcsb/2/organizare|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{col-2}}

=== Current technical staff ===
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;" |Role
! style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;;" |Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|CYP}}  [[Elias Charalambous]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihai Pintilii]]
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Marius Popa]]
|-
| Fitness coaches
| {{Flagicon|GER}} Thomas Neubert <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU}} Horea Codorean <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Lucian Filip]]
|-
| Video analyst
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Ionuț Zottu 
|-
| Club doctor
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Flavian Arămitu
|-
| Medical Assistant
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Costică Moroiu
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Sorin Cristof
|-
| Kinetotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Ovidiu Kurti
|-
| Masseurs
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Cătălin Făndel <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU}} Aurel Neacșu
|-
|}
* {{small|Last updated: 12 September 2024}}
* {{small|Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcsb.ro/ro/prima-echipa/tehnic/|title=FCSB – Official Site|website=www.fcsb.ro|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018002742/https://www.fcsb.ro/ro/prima-echipa/tehnic/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{col-end}}

== Notable coaches ==
{{Main|List of FC Steaua București managers}}
The following coaches have all won at least one major trophy with Steaua București:<ref>{{cite web| title=Istoric Antrenori| work=steauafc.com| url=http://www.steauafc.com/ro/antrenori/| access-date=9 March 2013| archive-date=11 March 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311193218/http://www.steauafc.com/ro/antrenori/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
:''Table correct as of 4 July 2024''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;"|Name
!  style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;"|Period
!  style="background:#092c54;color:#fff500;border:1px solid #db261d;"|Trophies
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Colea Vâlcov]]
|08.1948–07.1949
|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ferenc Rónay|Francisc Rónay]]
|03.1950–11.1950<br /> 09.1953–11.1953<br /> 03.1954–06.1954
|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gheorghe Popescu I|Gheorghe Popescu]]
|03.1951–08.1953<br /> 08.1958–07.1960<br /> 03.1962–07.1962
|4 [[Liga I|Divizia A]], 3 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ilie Savu]]
|09.1954–11.1955<br /> 1958<br /> 08.1964–06.1967
|3 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ștefan Dobay]]
|03.1956–11.1956
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ștefan Onisie]]
|09.1960–06.1961<br /> 08.1962–11.1963<br /> 08.1970–06.1971
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]], [[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ștefan Kovács|Ștefan Covaci]]
|08.1967–07.1970
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]], 2 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gheorghe Constantin]]
|03.1973–12.1973<br /> 08.1978–06.1981
|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Emerich Jenei]]
|08.1975–06.1978<br /> 08.1983–05.1984<br /> 10.1984–10.1986<br /> 04.1991–12.1991<br /> 08.1993–04.1994<br /> 10.1998–04.2000
|5 [[Liga I|Divizia A]], 3 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]], [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ROU}} [[Anghel Iordănescu]]
|10.1986–06.1990<br /> 08.1992–06.1993
|4 [[Liga I|Divizia A]], 2 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]], [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Victor Pițurcă]]
|03.1992–06.1992<br /> 08.2000–06.2002<br /> 10.2002–06.2004<br /> 07.2010–08.2010
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]], [[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]], [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Dumitru Dumitriu]]
|08.1994–06.1997<br /> 05.2005–06.2005<br /> 09.2015–12.2015
|4 [[Liga I|Divizia A]], 2 [[Cupa României|Romanian Cups]], 2 [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercups]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihai Stoichiță]]
|08.1997–10.1998<br /> 09.2009–05.2010<br /> 03.2012–05.2012
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]], [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cosmin Olăroiu]]
|08.2002–10.2002<br /> 03.2006–05.2007
|[[Liga I|Divizia A]], [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gabriel Caramarin]]{{ref|ded1|1}}
|05.2011
|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Laurențiu Reghecampf]]
|05.2012–05.2014<br />12.2015–05.2017
|2 [[Liga I]], [[Cupa Ligii|League Cup]], [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Constantin Gâlcă]]
|06.2014–06.2015
|[[Liga I]], [[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]], [[Cupa Ligii|League Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Anton Petrea]]
|07.2020–05.2021<br />11.2021–07.2022
|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Elias Charalambous]]
|03.2023–present
|2 [[Liga I]], [[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[Football in Romania]]
* [[List of unbeaten football club seasons#Table|List of unbeaten football club seasons]]
* [[European association football club records and statistics#Longest unbeaten league run|European football club records]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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