CSA Steaua București (rugby)

RC 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 George Boroi
Coach(es) Marin Moț
League(s) Divizia Națională
2010 Divizia Naţională 2nd
Team kit

Rugby Club Steaua București is a Romanian 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 Marin Moț.

History

The Steaua Bucharest 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 Grivita Red Bucharest and Dinamo Bucharest, 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]

Achievements

Domestic

Current squad

2016–17

Steaua Bucharest
Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Caps Former club
HK Romania Cristi Cornei 29 October 1990 Romania Timișoara Saracens
HK Georgia (country) Levan Genebashvili 7 August 1987 Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi
HK Tonga Sosefo Sakalia 14 December 1991 2 Romania CSM București
PR Romania Vlad Bădălicescu 4 August 1988 7 Italy L'Aquila
PR Romania Alex Gordaș 5 November 1994 10 England Worcester Warriors
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
PR Romania Petru Tamba 19 December 1990 3 Wales Cardiff Blues
PR Romania Silviu Vasiliu 23 June 1986 2 France Saint-Jean-d'Angély
LK Georgia (country) Mikheil Archuashvili 10 May 1986 Georgia (country) Qochebi Bolnisi
LK Georgia (country) Amirani Chiteishvili 28 October 1987 Georgia (country) Aia Kutaisi
LK Romania Bogdan Doroftei 13 November 1995 Romania CSS Bârlad
LK Romania Alexandru Grigore 8 September 1986 Romania Arpechim Pitești
FL Romania Viorel Lucaci 9 August 1986 61 Romania CSM Baia Mare
FL Romania Vali-Cătălin Mototolea 3 June 1990 Romania Farul Constanța
FL South Africa Kuselo Moyake 7 August 1986 Romania CSM Baia Mare
FL Fiji Malakai Ravulo 22 September 1983 38 New Zealand North Harbour
FL Romania Damian Strătilă 28 July 1996 homegrown player
N8 Romania Sorin Coșereanu 12 July 1994 homegrown player
N8 Fiji Eseria Vueti 18 July 1986 Romania Farul Constanța
SH Romania Grigoraș Diaconescu 7 October 1982 1 France AS Saint-Junien
SH Romania Florin Surugiu 10 December 1984 60 Italy Rugby Calvisano
FH Romania Tudor Boldor 29 November 1997 homegrown player
FH South Africa Quinton Crocker 26 June 1987 South Africa College Rovers
FH Romania Florin Vlaicu 26 July 1986 101 Italy Rugby Calvisano
CE Romania Ionel Cazan 25 November 1988 15 Romania Farul Constanța
CE Romania Robert Cătălin Dascălu 13 April 1984 51 Romania RC Domus
CE Romania Andrei-Daniel Ilie 22 May 1990 1 Romania Farul Constanța
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 23 homegrown player
WG Romania Marian Lupu 5 September 1996 homegrown player
WG Romania Alexandru Porojan 20 January 1994 homegrown player
WG Tonga Petelo Tupou 24 April 1987 Tonga Marist
FB Romania Ionel Melinte 31 January 1996 homegrown player
FB Romania Robert Neagu 20 July 1991 1 Romania Farul Constanța
FB Romania Sabin Strătilă 27 March 1995 3 Romania Farul Constanța

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.
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