CSA Steaua București (rugby)


CSA Steaua București is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Ghencea, south-west București, which plays in the CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the most successful Romanian rugby union team in the Romanian SuperLiga with 24 championship wins and 15 cup wins. The club is also the current Cupa României champions, having won the 2019 tournament.

History

The Steaua București rugby club was formed in 1948, under the wing of the CSA Steaua București sports club that had been founded by the Romanian Army the previous year.
Steaua established crosstown rivalries with Grivița Roșie București and Dinamo București, before winning the team's first Romanian Cup in 1950. The team won the league and cup double in 1953, and by the late 1950s, Steaua was winning domestic titles with regularity. Over the years, the team has also claimed success at the European Championships, winning six gold medals, three silver and one bronze.
Steaua has produced several players that have represented the Romanian national rugby team including Daniel Barbu, Marin Ionescu, Alexandru Penciu, Rene Chiriac, Paul Ciobănel, Adrian Mateescu, Mircea Braga, and Răducu Durbac.

Rivalry with Dinamo

București Rivalry: Both CSA Steaua București and CS Dinamo București have been bitter rivals in most sports since 1949, and when it comes to rugby, both sides are always competitive about who is the better team of București.

Honours

Domestic

European

The CSA Steaua București squad for the 2019–20 SuperLiga season is: