FC Steaua București in European football

Fotbal Club Steaua București is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, whose team has regularly taken part in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions. Qualification for Romanian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions. Steaua have regularly qualified for the primary European competition, the European Cup, by winning the Liga I. Steaua have also achieved European qualification via the Cupa României and have played in both the former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup (now called the UEFA Europa League).

FC Steaua București in European football

Steaua team with the European Cup in 1986.
Club	Steaua București
First entry	1957–58 European Cup
Latest entry	2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League	1 (1986)
Super Cup	1 (1986)

Steaua's first match in European competition was in the 1957–58 European Cup against Borussia Dortmund of West Germany. They have competed in 28 times in the European Champions' Cup / Champions League, 18 times in the UEFA Cup / Europa League and 11 times in the Cup Winners' Cup. There were five consecutive participations in the European Cup during the 1980s and six in the 1990s. Since 2003, Steaua is a regular appearance in the European Competitions. As of September 2018, it has 14 consecutive seasons of European Cup participations.

Steaua won the European Cup in 1986, becoming the only Romanian club to do so, by defeating Barcelona on a penalty shootout. They again reached the European Cup Final in 1989, but lost 4–0 to Milan. Steaua's record win in Europe is a 6–0 victory over Young Boys in the 1979–80 Cup Winners' Cup.

European competitions

The first continental competition organised by UEFA was the European Cup in 1955. It is the most prestigious European competition and was conceived by the editor of L'Équipe Gabriel Hanot, as a competition for winners of the European national football leagues.[1] The format of the competition was changed for the 1992–93 season to include a group stage instead of the straight knockout format previously in use. The competition was also renamed as the UEFA Champions League.[2] Further changes were made for the 1997–98 season, with the runners-up from countries placed highly in the UEFA coefficients allowed to enter. This was later expanded to four team for the top countries in the coefficients.[3]

A number of other European competitions have also taken place. The secondary cup competition is the UEFA Cup, which was established in 1972. The competition was initially open to teams who finished as runners-up in their respective national leagues. This was later expanded based on the countries rank in the coefficients and performance in domestic cup competitions. The competition was renamed as the UEFA Europa League for the 2009–10 season.[4] The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a competition for the winners of all European domestic cup competitions. Established in 1960 it was considered the secondary cup competitions until the re-branding of the European Cup, which weakened the competition and it was considered the weakest of the three competitions.[5] The competition was discontinued in 1999 and amalgamated into the UEFA Cup.[6]

The UEFA Super Cup is a competition between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League. It was contested between the winners of the Champions League and Cup Winners' Cup up until the discontinuation of the latter in 1999. The competition was originally held over two-legs but was changed to a single match in 1998.[7] The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was established in 1955 and run independently of UEFA. It was initially for team from cities that hosted trade fairs, it was later expanded to include runners-up from the domestic leagues. In 1971, it came under the control of UEFA and was re-branded as the UEFA Cup.[5] Established in 1960 the Intercontinental Cup was a competition for the winners of the European Cup and the South American equivalent the Copa Libertadores. Jointly organised by UEFA and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) it was contested until 2004, when it was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup which included the winners of all six confederations regional championships.[8]

History

Under communism (1947–1989)

On 7 June 1947, at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Royal House, the first Romanian sports club of the Army was born through a decree signed by General Mihail Lascăr, High Commander of the Romanian Royal Army. The club was to be called ASA București (Asociația Sportivă a Armatei București – English: Army Sports Association), with seven different sections (football, fencing, volleyball, boxing, shooting, athletics, tennis), and its leadership was entrusted to General-Major Oreste Alexandrescu. With a squad gathered in record time, ASA was preparing itself for the Romanian second league promotion play-offs. However, the new Communist government that had come to power in 1945 and assumed total control of the country at the end of 1947 stated that every sports association in the country was now to be linked to a certain trade union, be it a State Department, a Ministry or a company. However, this was not the case for first league club, Carmen București, owned by wealthy industrialist Dumitru Mociorniță, who saw his team excluded from the championship and later on dissolved, its place in the 1st league being now taken by newly formed ASA.[9]

The team's first official competition was the 1947–48 Romanian Football Championship season, in which they finished 14th. Their first official match was played in Bucharest against Dermata Cluj and ended 0-0. The team managed to avoid relegation after a play-out with seven other teams. On 5 June 1948, by Order 289 of the Ministry of National Defence, ASA became CSCA (Clubul Sportiv Central al Armatei – English: Central Sports Club of the Army), after which performances began to roll. In March 1950, CSCA changed its name to CCA (Casa Centrală a Armatei, English: "Central House of the Army").

The 1950s were years of great domestic performances, ones in which the famous "CCA Golden Team" was formed. 1956 was one of CCA's most prestigious years, when, apart from winning the title, the team entered a tournament in England where they defeated Luton Town 4–3, drew against Arsenal 1–1 and Sheffield Wednesday 3–3, then lost 5–0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Further, on 22 April 1956, the Romania national team defeated Yugoslavia 1–0 in Belgrade with a team comprised only by CCA players. In 1957, the team also made their first European Cup appearance, falling to Borussia Dortmund after a play-off in Bologna.

In 1961, CCA changed its name once again (for the final time) to CSA Steaua București (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – English: Army Sports Club Steaua). The word "steaua" is Romanian for "the star and was adopted because of the presence, just like in any other Eastern-European Army team, of a red star on their badge.

The Steaua squad with the European Cup after victory in the 1986 European Cup Final.

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 drought. What followed was an astonishing European Cup season. After knocking-out Vejle Boldklub, Budapest Honvéd, Lahti and Anderlecht, they were the first ever Romanian team to make it into a Champions League final. On 7 May 1986, at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spanish champions Barcelona were clear favourites, but after a goalless draw, goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four penalties taken by Barça, being the first ever Romanian to reach the Guinness Book for that achievement,[10] while Gavril Balint and Marius Lăcătuș converted their penalties to make Steaua the first Eastern European team to win the supreme continental trophy.

Gheorghe Hagi, arguably the all-time best Romanian footballer, joined the club a few months later, scoring the only goal of the match against Dynamo Kyiv which brought Steaua an additional European Super Cup on 24 February 1987 in Monaco, just two months after having lost the Intercontinental Cup 1–0 to Argentinians River Plate in Tokyo.

Steaua remained at the top of European football for the rest of the decade, managing one more Champions League semi-final against Benfica (1987–88) and one more Champions League final in 1989, which was lost 4–0 in to the Milan side of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard.

During these last years of the Communist regime in Romania, dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu's son Valentin was involved in the life of the team. Even though a controversial character, Valentin Ceaușescu admitted in a recent interview he had done nothing else than to protect his favourite team from Dinamo București's sphere of influence, ensured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[11] 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.

Post-Revolution (1990-date)

The Romanian Revolution led the country towards a free open market and, subsequently, several players of the great 1980s team left for other clubs in the West. Gheorghe Hagi joined Real Madrid for a then club record $4.3 million fee,[12] Marius Lăcătuș to Fiorentina, Dan Petrescu to Foggia, Silviu Lung to Logroñés, Ștefan Iovan to Brighton & Hove Albion, Tudorel Stoica to Lens and so on.

Therefore, three years followed in which the club won only a national cup in the 1991–92 season. However, a swift recovery followed and Steaua managed a six consecutive championship streak between 1992–93 and 1997–98. The club managed to reach the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals in 1993, when they lost on away goals to Royal Antwerp, and also qualified for the Champions League group stage for three-straight years between 1994–95 and 1996–97.

In 1998, following lobbying from football department president Marcel Pușcaș and new LPF regulations, the football club separated from CSA Steaua București and changed their name for the final time to FC Steaua București (Fotbal Club Steaua București).[13]

In the summer of 2004, following a third consecutive year with no trophy won, former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga was appointed as head coach, becoming the first ever foreign Steaua manager. Following the appointment, results came immediately, as the team qualified for the UEFA Cup group stage and further on became the first Romanian team to make it to the European football spring since 1993, where they defeated holders Valencia after a penalty shoot-out at Ghencea. Zenga was sacked with three matchdays to go in the Divizia A, but Steaua eventually won the title, performance repeated the following year with manager Cosmin Olăroiu. Under Olăroiu they reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2005–06, where they were eliminated by Middlesbrough by a last minute goal. This was their best performance at a European competition since reaching the final of the 1988-89 European Cup.

The next season, after having successfully passed two qualifying rounds against Gorica and Standard Liège, Steaua reached the group stage of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, where they finished in third position in Group E, behind Lyon (0–3 home, 1–1 away) and Real Madrid (1–4 home, 0–1 away) and in front of Dynamo Kyiv (1–1 home, 4–1 away). However, their continuation in the UEFA Cup was short, having been eliminated by title holders Sevilla in the round of 32.

In the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, they eliminated Zagłębie Lubin (1–0 away and 2–1 home) and BATE Borisov (2–2 away and 2–0 home) to reach the group stage, where they were drawn alongside Arsenal, Sevilla and Sparta Prague. However, their performance was sub-par, finishing last with one point.

The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League season saw Steaua advance to the group stage after defeating Galatasaray (2–2 away and 1–0 home), only to again finish in last place with one point, after Bayern Munich, Lyon and Fiorentina.

The 2012-13 season saw Steaua achieve their best European performance in six seasons, reaching the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea. Steaua most recently qualified for the Champions League group stages in 2013-14, finishing last in their group with Chelsea, Schalke and Basel.

Total statistics

As of 29 August 2019

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	28	144	52	40	52	203	204	−1
UEFA Super Cup / European Super Cup	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	20	142	58	38	46	191	163	+28
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	11	40	14	12	14	51	54	−3
Intercontinental Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Total	61	328	125	90	113	446	422	+24

Statistics by country

As of 22.02.2018

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	River Plate	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
Armenia	Alashkert	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Austria	Austria Wien	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
	LASK Linz	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
	Rapid Wien	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		10	6	2	2	13	9	+4
Belarus	BATE Borisov	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
	Neman Grodno	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	1	3	0	5	3	+2
Belgium	Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
	Club Brugge	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2
	Royal Antwerp	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Standard Liège	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2
Subtotal		17	5	8	4	21	17	+4
Bulgaria	Botev Plovdiv	2	1	0	1	4	7	–3
	CSKA Sofia	6	3	3	0	12	7	+5
	Ludogorets Razgrad	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		10	5	3	2	17	15	+2
Croatia / Yugoslavia	Dinamo Zagreb	4	1	0	3	5	9	–4
	Hajduk Split	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Subtotal		6	3	1	4	11	12	–1
Cyprus	AEK Larnaca	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
	Anorthosis Famagusta	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	Omonia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Subtotal		6	4	2	0	13	6	+7
Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia	Mlada Boleslav	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	4	8	–4
	Sparta Prague	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6
	Viktoria Plzeň	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4
Subtotal		14	5	6	3	24	17	+7
Denmark	AaB	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5
	AGF Aarhus	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	Copenhagen	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Vejle Boldklub	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		8	4	2	2	17	8	+9
England	Arsenal	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
	Chelsea	4	1	0	3	2	8	–6
	Liverpool	4	0	2	2	3	7	–4
	Manchester City	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6
	Middlesbrough	2	1	0	1	3	4	–1
	Southampton	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		20	5	4	11	15	32	–17
Estonia	Flora Tallinn	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
	Levadia Tallinn	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Subtotal		4	3	0	1	12	5	+ 7
Finland	Kuusysi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
France	Bastia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	Lens	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
	Monaco	4	2	0	2	4	7	–3
	Montpellier	2	0	0	2	0	8	–8
	Nantes	2	0	0	2	3	5	– 2
	Lyon	4	0	1	3	4	11	–7
	Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2
	Strasbourg	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		19	5	2	12	22	41	–19
Georgia	Dinamo Tbilisi	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Germany / West Germany	Bayern Munich	4	0	2	2	1	5	–4
	Borussia Dortmund	7	1	1	5	9	17	–8
	Hertha BSC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Schalke 04	4	0	2	2	1	5	–4
	VfB Stuttgart	2	0	1	1	3	7	–4
Subtotal		18	1	7	10	14	34	–20
Greece	Panathinaikos	2	0	1	1	5	8	–3
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	5	8	–3
Hungary	Budapest Honvéd	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
	MTK Budapest	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
	Újpest	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		6	4	0	2	12	5	+7
Iceland	Fram Reykjavík	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Israel	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Maccabi Haifa	2	1	0	1	4	7	–3
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	7	9	–2
Italy	Fiorentina	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
	Genoa	2	0	0	2	0	2	–2
	Juventus	2	0	1	1	0	3	–3
	Lazio	2	1	0	1	2	5	–3
	Milan	1	0	0	1	0	4	–4
	Napoli	2	0	1	1	3	4	–1
	Parma	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
	Roma	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
	Sampdoria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Subtotal		15	1	5	9	5	21	–16
Kazakhstan	Aktobe	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Lithuania	Ekranas	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Malta	Hibernians	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Moldova	Milsami Orhei	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
	Sheriff Tiraspol	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	5	2	+3
Netherlands	Ajax	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Heerenveen	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	PSV	4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
	Twente	4	0	2	2	1	3	–2
	Utrecht	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		14	4	3	7	12	21	–9
Northern Ireland	Derry City	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
	Glentoran	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	11	1	+10
Norway	Molde	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
	Rosenborg	4	1	1	2	4	7	–3
	Strømsgodset	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	Vålerenga	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Subtotal		10	7	1	2	17	9	+8
Poland	Legia Warsaw	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
	Widzew Łódź	2	1	0	1	1	2	–1
	Zagłębie Lubin	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	7	6	+1
Portugal	Benfica	4	0	2	2	2	5	–3
	Rio Ave	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	Sporting CP	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
	Vitória de Guimarães	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
Subtotal		10	1	5	4	7	14	–7
Republic of Ireland	Bohemian	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
	Shelbourne	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
	St Patrick's Athletic	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Subtotal		6	4	2	0	13	2	+11
Republic of Macedonia	Sloga Jugomagnat	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
	Vardar Skopje	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Subtotal		4	4	0	0	10	2	+8
Romania	Rapid București	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Russia / Soviet Union	Spartak Moscow	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Scotland	Motherwell	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	Rangers	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Subtotal		8	4	2	2	11	6	+5
Serbia / Serbia and Montenegro	Partizan	2	0	1	1	3	5	–2
	Železnik	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Subtotal		4	1	1	2	8	9	–1
Slovakia / Czechoslovakia	Spartak Trnava	4	2	0	2	6	6	0
	Trenčín	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Subtotal		6	3	0	3	10	9	+1
Slovenia	Gorica	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
	Rudar Velenje	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Subtotal		4	4	0	0	11	0	+11
Spain	Athletic Bilbao	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
	Atlético Madrid	2	0	1	1	1	5	–4
	Barcelona	5	2	1	2	5	9	–4
	Real Betis	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
	Real Madrid	2	0	0	2	1	5	–4
	Sevilla	4	0	0	4	1	7	–6
	Sporting Gijón	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Valencia	6	2	0	4	6	12	–6
	Villarreal	4	0	2	2	2	5	–3
Subtotal		28	6	6	16	22	46	–24
Sweden	Halmstads BK	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
	IFK Göteborg	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
Subtotal		3	2	0	1	8	2	+6
Switzerland	Basel	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
	Grasshopper	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
	Lugano	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
	Servette	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
	St. Gallen	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
	Young Boys	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6
	Zürich	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		14	4	7	3	22	14	+8
Turkey	Beşiktaş	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
	Fenerbahçe	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2
	Galatasaray	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
	Osmanlıspor	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		11	5	3	3	15	12	+3
Ukraine / Soviet Union	Dynamo Kyiv	7	2	2	3	10	12	–2
	Karpaty Lviv	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Subtotal		9	3	3	3	14	15	–1
Total		312	117	87	108	425	406	+19

Statistics by competition

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Neutral	Aggregate
1957–58	First round	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	2–4	1–3 ^1	6–8
1960–61	Preliminary round	Spartak Hradec Králové	WO ^2		N/A	WO ^2
1961–62	Preliminary round	Austria Wien	0–0	0–2		0–2
1968–69	First round	Spartak Trnava	3–1	0–4		3–5
1976–77	First round	Club Brugge	1–1	1–2		2–3
1978–79	Preliminary round	Monaco	2–0	0–3		2–3
1985–86	First round	Vejle Boldklub	4–1	1–1		5–2
	Second round	Budapest Honvéd	4–1	0–1		4–2
	Quarter-finals	Kuusysi	0–0	1–0		1–0
	Semi-finals	Anderlecht	3–0	0–1		3–1
	Final	Barcelona	N/A		0–0 (2–0 p)	N/A
1986–87	First round	BYE	N/A
	Second round	Anderlecht	1–0	0–3	N/A	1–3
1987–88	First round	MTK Budapest	4–0	0–2		4–2
	Second round	Omonia	3–1	2–0		5–1
	Quarter-finals	Rangers	2–0	1–2		3–2
	Semi-finals	Benfica	0–0	0–2		0–2
1988–89	First round	Sparta Prague	2–2	5–1		7–3
	Second round	Spartak Moscow	3–0	2–1		5–1
	Quarter-finals	IFK Göteborg	5–1	0–1		5–2
	Semi-finals	Galatasaray	4–0	1–1		5–1
	Final	Milan	N/A		0–4	N/A
1989–90	First round	Fram Reykjavík	4–0	1–0	N/A	5–0
	Second round	PSV	1–0	1–5		2–5
1993–94	First round	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	3–2		4–4 (a)
	Second round	Monaco	1–0	1–4		2–4
1994–95	Qualifying round	Servette	4–1	1–1		5–2
	Group stage (C)	Anderlecht	1–1	0–0		3rd place
		Hajduk Split	0–1	4–1
		Benfica	1–1	1–2
1995–96	Qualifying round	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	0–0		1–0
	Group stage (C)	Rangers	1–1	1–0		3rd place
		Juventus	0–0	0–3
		Borussia Dortmund	0–0	0–1
1996–97	Qualifying round	Club Brugge	3–0	2–2		5–2
	Group stage (B)	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–4		4th place
		Borussia Dortmund	0–3	3–5
		Widzew Łódź	1–0	0–2
1997–98	First qualifying round	CSKA Sofia	3–3	2–0		5–3
	Second qualifying round	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0 ^3	0–5		3–5
1998–99	First qualifying round	Flora Tallinn	4–1	1–3		5–4
	Second qualifying round	Panathinaikos	2–2	3–6		5–8
2001–02	Second qualifying round	Sloga Jugomagnat	3–0	2–1		5–1
	Third qualifying round	Dynamo Kyiv	2–4	1–1		3–5
2005–06	Second qualifying round	Shelbourne	4–1	0–0		4–1
	Third qualifying round	Rosenborg	1–1	2–3		3–4
2006–07	Second qualifying round	Gorica	3–0	2–0		5–0
	Third qualifying round	Standard Liège	2–1	2–2		4–3
	Group stage (E)	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	4–1		3rd place
		Lyon	0–3	1–1
		Real Madrid	1–4	0–1
2007–08	Second qualifying round	Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	1–0		3–1
	Third qualifying round	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–2		4–2
	Group stage (H)	Slavia Prague	1–1	1–2		4th place
		Arsenal	0–1	1–2
		Sevilla	0–2	1–2
2008–09	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	1–0	2–2		3–2
	Group stage (F)	Bayern Munich	0–1	0–3		4th place
		Fiorentina	0–1	0–0
		Lyon	3–5	0–2
2013–14	Second qualifying round	Vardar	3–0	2–1		5–1
	Third qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	2–0		3–1
	Play-off round	Legia Warsaw	1–1	2–2		3–3 (a)
	Group stage (E)	Schalke 04	0–0	0–3		4th place
		Chelsea	0–4	0–1
		Basel	1–1	1–1
2014–15	Second qualifying round	Strømsgodset	2–0	1–0		3–0
	Third qualifying round	Aktobe	2–1	2–2		4–3
	Play-off round	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	0–1		1–1 (5–6 p)
2015–16	Second qualifying round	Trenčín	2–3	2–0		4–3
	Third qualifying round	Partizan	1–1	2–4		3–5
2016–17	Third qualifying round	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–1		3–1
	Play-off round	Manchester City	0–5	0–1		0–6
2017–18	Third qualifying round	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	4–1		6–3
	Play-off round	Sporting CP	1–5	0–0		1–5

¹ At the time, the away goal rule was not applied, so a play–off match was played on a neutral ground (Bologna), won 3–1, by Borussia.

² After the defeat of the Romania team against Czechoslovakia in the quarter–finals of the 1960 UEFA European Championship (0:2 in Bucharest and 0:3 in Bratislava), the Communist Authorities decided the withdrawal of all Romanian teams from international competitions to avoid the risk of further "humiliation". Consequently, Romania did not compete also for the qualifiers for 1962 FIFA World Cup where Romania had to play Italy.

³ This match ended 3–2, but PSG had fielded a suspended player (Laurent Fournier), so UEFA awarded 3–0 for Steaua.

UEFA Super Cup / European Super Cup

Season	Round	Club	Neutral
1986	Final	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	First round	Barcelona	1–3	1–5	2–8
1980–81	First round	Standard Liege	1–2	1–1	2–3
1991–92	First round	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2 (aet)	2–1	4–3
	Second round	Sporting Gijón	1–0	2–2	3–2
	Third round	Genoa	0–1	0–1	0–2
1997–98	First round	Fenerbahçe	0–0	2–1	2–1
	Second round	Bastia	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
	Third round	Aston Villa	2–1	0–2	2–3
1998–99	First round	Valencia	3–4	0–3	3–7
1999–00	Qualifying round	Levadia Tallinn	3–0	4–1	7–1
	First round	LASK Linz	2–0	3–2	5–2
	Second round	West Ham United	2–0	0–0	2–0
	Third round	Slavia Prague	1–1	1–4	2–5
2001–02	First round	St. Gallen	1–1	1–2	2–3
2003–04	Qualifying round	Neman Grodno	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	First round	Southampton	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Second round	Liverpool	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004–05	Second qualifying round	Železnik	1–2	4–2	5–4
	First round	CSKA Sofia	2–1	2–2	4–3
	Group stage (B)	Standard Liège	2–0	N/A	2nd place
		Parma	N/A	0–1
		Beşiktaş	2–1	N/A
		Athletic Bilbao	N/A	0–1
	Round of 32	Valencia	2–0	0–2	2–2 (4–3 p)
	Round of 16	Villarreal	0–0	0–2	0–2
2005–06	First round	Vålerenga	3–1	3–0	6–1
	Group stage (C)	Lens	4–0	N/A	1st place
		Sampdoria	N/A	0–0
		Halmstads BK	3–0	N/A
		Hertha BSC	N/A	0–0
	Round of 32	Heerenveen	0–1	3–1	3–2
	Round of 16	Real Betis	0–0	3–0	3–0
	Quarter-finals	Rapid București	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Semi-finals	Middlesbrough	1–0	2–4	3–4
2006–07	Round of 32	Sevilla	0–2	0–1	0–3
2009–10	Second qualifying round	Újpest	2–0	2–1	4–1
	Third qualifying round	Motherwell	3–0	3–1	6–1
	Play-off round	St Patrick's Athletic	3–0	2–1	5–1
	Group stage (H)	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	1–1	4th place
		Twente	1–1	0–0
		Fenerbahçe	0–1	1–3
2010–11	Play-off round	Grasshopper	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–3 p)
	Group stage (K)	Liverpool	1–1	1–4	3rd place
		Napoli	3–3	0–1
		Utrecht	3–1	1–1
2011–12	Play-off round	CSKA Sofia	2–0	1–1	3–1
	Group stage (J)	Schalke 04	0–0	1–2	2nd place
		AEK Larnaca	3–1	1–1
		Maccabi Haifa	4–2	0–5
	Round of 32	Twente	0–1	0–1	0–2
2012–13	Third qualifying round	Spartak Trnava	0–1	3–0	3–1
	Play-off round	Ekranas	3–0	2–0	5–0
	Group stage (E)	VfB Stuttgart	1–5	2–2	1st place
		Copenhagen	1–0	1–1
		Molde	2–0	2–1
	Round of 32	Ajax	2–0	0–2	2–2 (4–2 p)
	Round of 16	Chelsea	1–0	1–3	2–3
2014–15	Group stage (J)	Aalborg BK	6–0	0–1	3rd place
		Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	1–3
		Rio Ave	2–1	2–2
2015–16	Play-off round	Rosenborg	0–3	1–0	1–3
2016–17	Group stage (L)	Villarreal	1–1	1–2	4th place
		Zürich	1–1	0–0
		Osmanlıspor	2–1	0–2
2017–18	Group stage (G)	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	0–2	2nd place
		Lugano	1–2	2–1
		Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	2–1
	Round of 32	Lazio	1–0	1–5	2–5
2018–19	Second qualifying round	Rudar Velenje	4–0	2–0	6–0
	Third qualifying round	Hajduk Split	2–1	0–0	2–1
	Play-off round	Rapid Vienna	2–1	1–3	3–4
2019–20	First qualifying round	Milsami Orhei	2–0	2–1	4–1
	Second qualifying round	Alashkert	2–3	3–0	5–3
	Third qualifying round	Mladá Boleslav	0–0	1–0	1–0
	Play-off round	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	0–1	0–1
2020–21	First qualifying round	Shirak		N/A	N/A

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962–63	Preliminary round	Botev Plovdiv	3–2	1–5	4–7
1964–65	First round	Derry City	3–0	2–0	5–0
	Second round	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	0–2	1–5
1966–67	First round	Strasbourg	1–1	0–1	1–2
1967–68	First round	Austria Wien	2–1	2–0	4–1
	Second round	Valencia	1–0	0–3	1–3
1969–70	First round	Rangers	0–0	0–2	0–2
1970–71	First round	Karpaty Lviv	3–3	1–0	4–3
	Second round	PSV	0–3	0–4	0–7
1971–72	First round	Hibernians	1–0	0–0	1–0
	Second round	Barcelona	2–1	1–0	3–1
	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1979–80	First round	Young Boys	6–0	2–2	8–2
	Second round	Nantes	1–2	2–3	3–5
1984–85	First round	Roma	0–0	0–1	0–1
1990–91	First round	Glentoran	5–0	1–1	6–1
	Second round	Montpellier	0–3	0–5	0–8
1992–93	First round	Bohemian	4–0	0–0	4–0
	Second round	AGF Aarhus	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
	Quarter-finals	Royal Antwerp	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)

Intercontinental Cup

Season	Round	Club	Neutral
1986	Final	River Plate	0–1

European competitions goals

Goals by player

Including home match with Lugano

P Player Goals 1 Marius Lăcătuș 16 2 Nicolae Dică 14 3 Ilie Dumitrescu 13 4 Gheorghe Hagi 12 Raul Rusescu 6 Victoraș Iacob 10 Bănel Nicoliță 8 Cristian Ciocoiu 9 Dorin Goian Adrian Ilie Bogdan Stancu 12 Adrian Neaga 8 13 Sabin Ilie 7 Claudiu Răducanu Nicolae Stanciu 16 Gavril Balint 6 Victor Pițurcă Ilie Stan Cristian Tănase 20 Valentin Badea 5 Gheorghe Constantin Claudiu Keșerü Marcel Răducanu Ion Vlădoiu 25 Alexandru Chipciu 4 Viorel Năstase Daniel Oprița Sorin Paraschiv Dan Petrescu Federico Piovaccari Laurențiu Roșu Constantin Budescu 33 Ladislau Bölöni 3 Vlad Chiricheș Carol Creiniceanu Ionel Dănciulescu Harlem Gnohéré Gabriel Iancu Pantelis Kapetanos

P Player Goals 33 Iasmin Latovlevici 3 Cătălin Munteanu Stefan Nikolić Basarab Panduru Mirel Rădoi Adi Rocha Tudorel Stoica Dennis Șerban Leandro Tatu Gheorghe Tătaru Eugen Trică Radu Troi Dorel Zaharia Sulley Muniru 54 Alexandru Andrași 2 Sorin Avram Gabriel Boștină Mihai Costea Andrei Cristea Jugurtha Hamroun Ștefan Iovan Petre Marin Damian Militaru Răzvan Ochiroșii Cornel Pavlovici Ionel Pârvu Ovidiu Petre Adrian Popa Marian Popa Valeriu Răchită Laurențiu Reghecampf Ștefan Sameș Nicolae Tătaru Florea Voinea Filipe Teixeira Júnior Morais Denis Alibec 78 Vasile Aelenei 1 Ion Alecsandrescu

P Player Goals 78 Arthuro 1 Marius Baciu Ilie Bărbulescu Miodrag Belodedici Tiberiu Bone Éder Bonfim Valeriu Bordeanu Alexandru Bourceanu Gheorghe Cacoveanu Augustin Călin Florin Costea Cornel Cristescu Ion Crișan Laurențiu Diniță Anton Doboș Andrei Dumitraș Dumitru Dumitriu Ion Dumitru Albert Duro Nana Falemi Lucian Filip George Galamaz Florin Gardoș Constantin Gâlcă Sorin Ghionea Rafał Grzelak Ion Hrib Viorel Ion Adrian Ionescu Anghel Iordănescu Erik Lincar Ion Luțu Mihail Majearu Dumitru Manea Novak Martinović Dayro Moreno Zsolt Muzsnay Roland Nagy Adrian Negrău

P Player Goals 78 Vasile Negrea 1 Ion Nițu Mihai Pintilii Andrei Prepeliță Daniel Prodan Marin Radu Gabriel Raksi Cornel Râpă Iosif Rotariu Lucian Sânmărtean Vasile Soo Romeo Surdu János Székely Mihăiță Székely Costică Ștefănescu Grégory Tadé Juan Carlos Toja Fernando Varela Iosif Vigu Gabriel Zahiu Francisc Zavoda Mihai Bălașa Florin Tănase Florinel Coman Bojan Golubović Marko Momčilović Gabriel Tamaș Vlad Achim Own goals 1 Daniel Bogusz 1 Edgar Caruana Evagoras Christofi Stephen Craigan Emílson Cribari Ivica Dragutinović Igor Pavlović Alje Schut Ragnar Sigurðsson

Hat-tricks

N	Date	Player	Match	Score
1	15 March 1988	Marius Lăcătuș	Steaua – Göteborg	5–1
2	18 September 2014	Claudiu Keșerü	Steaua – AaB	6–0

Two goals one match

N	Date	Player	Match	Score
1	9 September 1964	Cornel Pavlovici	Steaua – Derry City	3–0
2	16 September 1964	Carol Creiniceanu	Derry City – Steaua	0–2
3	3 November 1971	Viorel Năstase	Steaua – Barcelona	2–1
4	30 August 1979	Radu Troi	Steaua – Monaco	2–0
5	3 October 1979	Ștefan Sameș	Steaua – Young Boys	6–0
6	24 October 1979	Marcel Răducanu	Nantes – Steaua	3–2
7	16 April 1986	Victor Pițurcă	Steaua – Anderlecht	3–0
8	16 September 1987	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua – MTK Budapest	4–0
9	7 September 1988	Marius Lăcătuș	Sparta Prague – Steaua	1–5
10	7 September 1988	Gheorghe Hagi	Sparta Prague – Steaua	1–5
11	26 October 1988	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua – Spartak Moscow	3–0
12	3 October 1990	Ilie Dumitrescu	Steaua – Glentoran	5–0
13	3 October 1990	Dan Petrescu	Steaua – Glentoran	5–0
14	1 October 1991	Ilie Stan	Steaua – Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2
15	29 September 1992	Alexandru Andrași	Steaua – Bohemian	4–0
16	28 September 1994	Ion Vlădoiu	Dinamo Zagreb – Steaua	2–3
17	7 December 1994	Adrian Ilie	Hajduk Split – Steaua	1–4
18	7 August 1996	Adrian Ilie	Club Brugge – Steaua	2–2
19	21 August 1996	Adrian Ilie	Steaua – Club Brugge	3–0
20	4 November 1997	Cătălin Munteanu	Bastia – Steaua	3–2
21	25 November 1997	Cristian Ciocoiu	Steaua – Aston Villa	2–1
22	22 July 1998	Cristian Ciocoiu	Steaua – Flora Tallinn	4–1
23	26 August 1998	Valeriu Răchită	Panathinaikos – Steaua	6–3
24	12 August 1999	Sabin Ilie	Steaua – Levadia Tallinn	3–0
25	26 August 1999	Laurențiu Roșu	Levadia Tallinn – Steaua	1–4
26	25 July 2001	Claudiu Răducanu	Steaua – Sloga Jugomagnat	3–0
27	8 August 2001	Eugen Trică	Steaua – Dynamo Kyiv	2–4
28	12 August 2004	Adrian Neaga	Železnik – Steaua	2–4
29	24 February 2005	Andrei Cristea	Steaua – Valencia	2–0
30	20 October 2005	Nicolae Dică	Steaua – Lens	4–0
31	16 March 2006	Bănel Nicoliță	Real Betis – Steaua	0–3
32	23 August 2006	Valentin Badea	Steaua – Standard Liège	2–1
33	13 September 2006	Nicolae Dică	Dynamo Kyiv – Steaua	1–4
34	6 August 2009	Bogdan Stancu	Motherwell – Steaua	1–3
35	20 August 2009	Bogdan Stancu	Steaua – St Patrick's Athletic	3–0
36	4 November 2010	Bogdan Stancu	Steaua – Utrecht	3–1
37	4 November 2011	Cristian Tănase	Steaua – Maccabi Haifa	4–2
38	14 December 2011	Stefan Nikolić	Steaua – AEK Larnaca	3–1
39	30 August 2012	Adi Rocha	Steaua – Ekranas	3–0
40	30 July 2013	Gabriel Iancu	Dinamo Tbilisi – Steaua	0–2
41	18 September 2014	Raul Rusescu	Steaua – AaB	6–0
42	23 October 2014	Raul Rusescu	Steaua – Rio Ave	2–1
43	3 August 2016	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua – Sparta Prague	2–0
44	14 September 2017	Constantin Budescu	Steaua – Viktoria Plzeň	3–0
45	19 October 2017	Harlem Gnohéré	Hapoel Be'er Sheva – Steaua	1–2
46	16 August 2018	Harlem Gnohéré	Steaua – Hajduk Split	2–1

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External links

• Official website (in Romanian, English, and German)
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