FC Steaua București in European football

FC Steaua București are 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 Europa League).

Steaua's first match in European competition was in the 1957–58 European Cup against Borussia Dortmund of West Germany. They have competed in 43 seasons of European football, participating in the European Cup 22 times. There were five consecutive participations in the European Cup during the 1980s and six in the 1990s.

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 (1947–1990)

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 beat Luton Town 4–3, drew against Arsenal 1–1 and Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 and lost 5–0 in front of Wolverhampton. Also, on 22 April 1956, the Romanian national team beat Yugoslavia 1–0 in Belgrade with a team comprised only by CCA players. In 1957, the team also made their first Champions League appearance, outpassed by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League after a play-off in Bologna.

In 1961, CCA changed names once again (for the final time) to CSA Steaua București (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – English: Army Sports Club Steaua). The name 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 Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, Spanish champions Barcelona were clear favourites, but after a goalless draw, goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four penalties taken by the Spaniards, 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, Romanian all-time best 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 semifinal against Benfica (1987–88) and one more Champions League final in 1989, which was lost 4–0 in to the Milan 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 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.^[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 went to Real Madrid for a club record $4,300,000 fee at that time,^[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 to make it to the Champions League group stage three years in a row between 1994–95 and 1996–97.

In 1998, following lobbying from the football department president, Marcel Pușcaș, and new LPF regulations, the football club separated from CSA Steaua București and changed their name for the last 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 Italian glory 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 head coach Cosmin Olăroiu, they reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2005–06, where they were eliminated by Middlesbrough thanks to a last minute goal.

In the next season, after having successfully passed two qualifying rounds against Gorica and Standard Liège, Steaua reached the group stage of the 2006–07 Champions League, where they ended third in Group E, behind Olympique Lyonnais (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). Their continuation in the UEFA Cup was short however, having been outpassed by holders Sevilla in the round of 32.

In the 2007–08 Champions League, they passed Zagłębie Lubin (1–0 away and 2–1 home) and BATE Borisov (2–2 away and 2–0 home), and reached the group stage, where they played against Arsenal, Sevilla and Sparta Prague. Their performance was sub-par however, finishing last with 1 point.

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

Following seasons, Steaua qualified for Europa League only, where it managed to pass through the group stage in 2012 to lose against Twente Enschede in round of last 32. Next year, in 2013, Steaua manages to pass through Ajax in round of last 32 after penalty shoot-outs, and is eliminated in round of 16 by UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea despite a 1–0 home win.

Total statistics

Including away match with Manchester City

Statistics by country

Including away match with Manchester City

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
Austria	Austria Wien	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
	LASK Linz	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		8	5	2	1	10	5	+5
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	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	9	11	–2
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	Slavia Prague	4	0	2	2	4	8	–4
	Sparta Prague	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6
Subtotal		8	2	4	2	14	12	+2
Denmark	AaB	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5
	AGF Aarhus	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
	København	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
	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	Maccabi Haifa	2	1	0	1	4	7	–3
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	7	–3
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
	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		13	0	5	8	3	16	–13
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	Sheriff Tiraspol	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Netherlands	Ajax	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Heerenveen	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	PSV Eindhoven	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
Subtotal		6	1	3	2	6	8	–2
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
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
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 de Gijón	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Valencia	6	2	0	4	6	12	–6
	Villarreal	2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
Subtotal		26	6	5	15	20	43	–23
Sweden	Halmstads	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
	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
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Subtotal		10	3	5	2	18	10	+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	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Subtotal		10	4	3	3	13	11	+2
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		297	111	82	104	402	385	+17

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	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 Eindhoven	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 Liege	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 Skopje	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

¹ At the time, the away goal rule wasn't 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 de 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 Liege	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	Valerenga	3–1	3–0	6–1
	Group stage (C)	Lens	4–0	N/A	1st place
		Sampdoria	N/A	0–0
		Halmstads	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)	Stuttgart	1–5	2–2	1st place
		København	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)	AaB	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	–	–
		Zürich	–	–
		Osmanlıspor	–	0–2

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 Eindhoven	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 away match with Manchester City

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 32 Ladislau Bölöni 3 Vlad Chiricheș Carol Creiniceanu Ionel Dănciulescu Gabriel Iancu

P Player Goals 32 Pantelis Kapetanos 3 Iasmin Latovlevici Cătălin Munteanu Stefan Nikolić Basarab Panduru Mirel Rădoi Adi Rocha Tudorel Stoica Dennis Șerban Leandro Tatu Gheorghe Tătaru Eugen Trică Radu Troi Dorel Zaharia 51 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 Muniru Sulley Nicolae Tătaru Florea Voinea 69 Vasile Aelenei 1

P Player Goals 69 Ion Alecsandrescu 1 Arthuro 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

P Player Goals 69 Dayro Moreno 1 Zsolt Muzsnay Roland Nagy Adrian Negrău Vasile Negrea 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 Own goals 1 Daniel Bogusz 1 Edgar Caruana Evagoras Christofi Stephen Craigan Emílson Cribari Ivica Dragutinović Igor Pavlović Alje Schut Ragnar Sigurðsson

Hat-tricks

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

References

External links

• Official website (Romanian) (English) (German)
• UEFA website
• RSSSF European Cups Archive