CSA Steaua București (Rugby)
Rugby Club Steaua București is a Romanian semi-professional rugby union club from Ghencea, south-west Bucharest, which will play the 2007-08 season in Romanian Rugby Championship, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the most successful Romanian rugby union team in the Divizia Națională (24 championship wins).
Romanian rugby club teams do not participate in major European competitions because of the obvious value difference between them and the ones from the leading continental countries. Instead, a Romania national rugby union team, composed mainly of Steaua players, participates every year in the European Challenge Cup as București Rugby.
The team plays its home matches at Steaua II Stadium, inside the Steaua Sports Complex, right next to the football Ghencea Stadium. The current coach is Costică Florea.
Achievements
Domestic
- 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
- Cupa României:
- Winners (10) : 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
International honours
- Irakli Natriashvili
- Bidzina Samkharadze
- Nicolae Nere
- Bogdan Zebega
- Marcel Mihalache
- Florin-Cornel Tatu
- Mădălin Baraulea
- Viorel Lucaci
- Daniel Ianus
- Danuț Dumbrava
- Ionel Cazan
- Cătălin Dascalu
- Florin Vlaicu
See also
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