CSA Steaua București (basketball)
| Steaua CSM EximBank București | |||
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| Nickname |
Militarii (The Army Men) Roș-Albaștrii (The Red and Blues) |
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| Leagues |
Liga Națională FIBA Europe Cup |
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| Founded | 1952 | ||
| Arena |
Mihai Viteazu Polyvalent Hall |
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| Capacity | 2,000 5,300 |
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| Location | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Team colors | Red, Blue |
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| President | Virgil Stănescu | ||
| Team manager | Adrian Voinescu | ||
| Head coach | Claudiu Fometescu | ||
| Championships | 21 Romanian Leagues | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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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.
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.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Steaua Bucuresti sports sections are famous by large fans database. With the biggest crown size in Romania, mostly dedicated to football and basketball club.
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