CSA Steaua București (basketball)

This article is about the basketball club. For the sports club, see CSA Steaua București

Steaua CSM EximBank București
Leagues	Liga Națională Eurocup
Founded	1952
Arena	Sala Mihai Viteazul Sala Polivalentă
Arena Capacity	2,000 5,300
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Team colors	Red, Blue
President	Virgil Stanescu
Team manager	Adrian Voinescu
Head coach	Niksa Bavcevic
Championships	21 Romanian Leagues
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of CSA Steaua
Handball	Rugby	Hockey
Water Polo	Basketball	Volleyball
Judo	Athletics	Swimming
Gymnastics	Boxing	Rowing
Canoe & Kayak	Shooting	Weightlifting
Fencing	Tennis	Cycling
Triathlon	Pentathlon	Equestrian
Wrestling	Karate	Wushu
Football

Steaua CSM București, for sponsorships reasons Steaua CSM EximBank Bucharest, is the basketball section of CSA Steaua București sport club, based in Bucharest, Romania.

Being part of one of Romania's biggest sports clubs, famous especially for its football team, Steaua's basketball club enjoyed plenty of success over the years, but also disappointments. Many of the last few years have been spent in the second division, including the previous season. In 2008, BC Steaua merged with BC Targoviste, thus changing its name again, this time to BC Steaua Turabo București, and taking over Târgoviște's place in the Liga Națională. In 2013, the team merged with CSM Bucharest and became Steaua CSM.

History

After the Romanian Revolution, Baschet Club Steaua București was the first basketball club in Romania to turn private. However, after only few years it went bankrupt, and CSA Steaua operated only a youth club for basketball, under the name of Clubul Sportiv Școlar Steaua București.

In 2008, Steaua merged with BC Târgoviște and played again in the first division, under the name BC Steaua București. Turning on the new page in club's history, with Mladen Jojic as head coach, Steaua decided to compete in Divizia B with young team and mostly Romanian players, with the average age of 21.

The team eventually returned to the highest level in Romania. In 2011, the team reached the Romanian Cup Final, which was the first time in a long time that the team played for a trophy.

In 2013, the team merged with CSM Bucharest and a new team name was found in CSM Steaua Bucharest.

In the 2015–16 season, the newly formed team would make it debut in Europe through the Eurocup.

Arenas

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

Current roster

Steaua CSM EximBank Bucharest roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 3 Troupe, Porter 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1983-03-25)25 March 1983 G/F 6 Szijarto, Levente 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) G 7 Barać, Pankracije 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) SF 10 Malešević, Nikola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 PF 13 Amis, Bill 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) – (1987-10-25)25 October 1987 PF 14 Nicoara, Titus 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1988-03-25)25 March 1988 C 15 Lee, Gerald 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) – (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 PF 20 Cooper, Chris 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) C 23 Popa, Bogdan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) F 33 Okovlev, Denis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PG 41 Marinović, Marko 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) – (1983-03-15)15 March 1983	Head coach Hristu Sapera Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster – Transactions Updated: 22 July 2015

Fans

Steaua Bucuresti sports sections are famous by large fans database. With the biggest crown size in Romania, mostly dedicated to football and basketball club.

Currently Steaua's supporters are not led by a single group. The tendency nowadays is to form several small groups who play their own part. The most important part of them are located in the Peluza Nord (North End), some others taking their place in the Peluza Sud (South End). Because of different attitudes towards the team and the game (PS are usually tougher and more severe in which regards the game and often not so patient), there have lately been quite a few conflicts between the two. The groups at the PS (Ultras, Glas, Vacarm, Stil Ostil, Banda Ultra, Era, Outlaws, Hunters,South Boys) even officially ceased activity for a while because of conflicts like these with the more numerous PN. Groups inside Peluza Nord include Tineretului Korp, Titan Boys, Nucleo, Gruppo Tei, Skins Berceni, Insurgenții, Armata 47, Ultras Colentina, Gruppo Voluntari Est, Roosters.

It is rather difficult to assign Steaua fans a certain style. They are described by the typical Italian style, common in different respects to all Romanian groups of fans, with lots of choreographies, banners, flags, doubleholders and flags swinging in the air.

Achievements

• Romanian Championship
  • Winners: (21): 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991

• Euroleague
  • Third place (1): 1961

Notable players

Sorin Ardelean Romulus Baciu Gheorghe Barau Sebastian Bota Petre Brănișteanu Virgil Căpușan Costel Cernat Ion Cimpoiaș Gheorghe Câmpeanu Mircea Câmpeanu Mircea Cristescu Petru Czmor Mihai Dimancea Ion Dinescu

Marius Doba Dorin Dumitru Mihai Eordogh Florentin Ermurache Alexandru Fodor Andrei Folbert Valeriu Gheorghe Petre Gradișteanu Paul Helcioiu Viorel Ion Cezar Ioneci Constantin Mircea Andrei Molnar Liviu Nagy

Eugen Neagu Mihai Nedef Teodor Nedelea Anton Netolitzchi Emil Niculescu Dragoș Nosievici Armand Novacek Gheorghe Oczelak Roman Opsitaru Alexandru Panaitescu Constantin Palai Horia Păun Nicolae Pârșu Dan Poleanu

Andrei Popa Bogdan Popescu Mircea Posa Gheorghe Radu Bruno Roschnafsky Alin Savu Cornel Săftescu Cătălin Scarlat Titus Tărău Ioan Testiban Constantin Ștefan Andrei Voinescu Vasile Zdrenghea

Notable coaches

Constantin Herold Mihai Nedef Vasile Popescu Mircea Câmpeanu Dumitru Lecca Costel Cernat Mladen Jojić

External links

• (Romanian) Official CSA Steaua website
• (Romanian) Club website