CSA Steaua București (rugby)

CSA Steaua București
Full name Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București
Union Federația Română de Rugby
Founded 1948
Location Bucharest, Romania
Ground(s) Steaua II (Capacity: 3,000)
President Cristian Petrea
Coach(es) Dănuț Dumbravă
League(s) CEC Bank SuperLiga
2017–18 3rd
Official website
www.steauarugby.com/ro/

CSA Steaua București is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Ghencea, south-west București, which plays in the 2017–18 season of the CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the most successful Romanian rugby union team in the Romanian SuperLiga (24 championship wins).


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.[1]

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.[1]

Steaua has produced several players that have represented the Romanian national rugby team including Daniel Barbu, Ionescu Alexandru Penciu, Rene Chiriac, Paul Ciobănel, Adrian Mateescu, Mircea Braga, and Răducu Durbac.[1]

Rivalries

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

Achievements

  • Divizia Națională:
    • Winners (24) (record): 1949, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006
  • Divizia Națională (in 7 players):
    • Winners (1)
  • Cupa României:
    • Winners (10) : 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Players of CSA Steaua and Timișoara Saracens seen engaged in a scrum in a match during 2016-17 SuperLiga in April 2017

Current squad

The CSA Steaua București squad for the 2018–19 season is:[2]

CSA Steaua București
Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Caps Former club
HK Romania Tudor Butnariu 12 March 1995 Romania Politehnica Iași
HK Romania Cristian Pană 29 October 1990 Romania Timișoara Saracens
HK Tonga Sosefo Sakalia 14 December 1991 4 Romania CSM București
PR Romania Vlad Bădălicescu 4 August 1988 7 Italy L'Aquila
PR Romania Andrei Florescu 13 January 1990 homegrown player
PR Romania Ciprian Lucaci 9 January 1996 homegrown player
PR Romania Marius Lungu 26 June 1996 homegrown player
PR Romania Nicolae Nere 6 December 1981 18 Romania CSM București
LK Georgia (country) Mikheil Archuashvili 10 May 1986 Georgia (country) Qochebi Bolnisi
LK Romania Bogdan Doroftei 13 November 1995 Romania CSS Bârlad
LK Romania Alexandru Grigore 8 September 1986 Romania Arpechim Pitești
LK Romania Marian Șoană 18 April 1995 Romania CSM București
FL Romania Viorel Lucaci 9 August 1986 64 Romania CSM Baia Mare
FL Romania Kuselo Moyake 7 August 1986 4 Romania CSM Baia Mare
FL Romania Andrei Pașalan 19 March 1998 Romania CT Dinicu Golescu
FL Romania Marcel Rusu 18 May 1997 Romania Dinamo București
FL Romania Damian Strătilă 28 July 1996 homegrown player
N8 Fiji Eseria Vueti 18 July 1986 Romania Farul Constanța
SH France Julien Bartoli 21 September 1999 France Toulon
SH Romania Grigoraș Diaconescu 7 October 1982 1 France AS Saint-Junien
SH Romania Daniel Plai 5 September 1994 Romania Politehnica Iași
SH Romania Florin Surugiu 10 December 1984 70 Italy Rugby Calvisano
FH Romania Tudor Boldor 29 November 1997 homegrown player
FH Romania Dănuț Dumbravă 6 August 1981 73 homegrown player
CE Romania Robert Cătălin Dascălu 13 April 1984 51 Romania RC Domus
CE Romania Florin Ioniță 5 April 1990 22 homegrown player
CE Romania Dennis Perju 20 October 1994 1 Italy L'Aquila
WG Romania Eduard Bencea 27 May 1996 homegrown player
WG Romania Ionuț Dumitru 6 November 1992 33 homegrown player
WG Romania Alexandru Porojan 20 January 1994 homegrown player
FB Romania Ionel Melinte 31 January 1996 homegrown player
FB Romania Robert Neagu 20 July 1991 2 Romania Farul Constanța
FB Romania Sabin Strătilă 27 March 1995 4 Romania Farul Constanța

* Internationally capped players in bold.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "History" (in Romanian). CSA Steaua Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "STEAUA". SuperLiga CEC Bank (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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