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rt_trujohn
5th October 2004, 15:50
am gasit un articol deosebit despre steaua pe situl UEFA, spune niste lucruri extraordinar de frumoasa mai sint articole multe dar asta mia placut foarte mult, daca nu intelegeti engleza va for frumos sami spuneti si o sa traduc articolul.




FC Steaua Bucuresti's Stefan Iovan holds the European Champions Clubs' Cup aloft (Getty Images)
Steaua show the way
By Paul-Daniel Zaharia

Until 1982 Romanian clubs had achieved little in European competition, but then the situation changed. FC Universitatea Craiova reached the semi-finals of the 1982/83 UEFA Cup before losing out to SL Benfica on away goals, and a year later FC Dinamo Bucuresti won through to the last four of the European Champion Clubs' Cup. In the second round they dispatched holders Hamburger SV, and lost only to eventual winners Liverpool FC. Then it was the turn of FC Steaua Bucaresti to emerge from the shadows.

Early history
Founded in 1947, Steaua enjoyed a decade of domestic success starting in 1951, with players like Ion Voinescu, Costica Toma, Vasile Zavoda, Francisc Zavoda, Ion Alecsandrescu and Alexandru Apolozan all making important contributions. Thirty years later and a new golden chapter would be written in the club's history.

Impressive list
Steaua have won the most Romanian titles, the most Romanian Cups and the most Romanian Super Cups. Add to this the 1986 European Cup and the 1987 UEFA Super Cup, and it is an impressive list indeed. But their success in the 1980s did not happen overnight.

Building process
Coaches Gheorghe Constantin, Florin Halagian, and Emeric Ienei along with his assistant Anghel Iordanescu, all contributed to the creation of a competitive side. And key among the players were Helmut Duckadam, Stefan Iovan, Tudorel Stoica, Adrian Bumbescu, Miodrag Belodedici, Gavril Balint, Ladislau Boloni, Marius Lacatus and Victor Piturca.

'Psychological' victory
Steaua accounted for a cosmopolitan array of teams on their way to the 1986 European Cup final against Spanish side FC Barcelona in Sevilla, a final only coach Ienei and the Steaua players believed they had a chance of winning. Ienei, famous for using psychology to instil confidence, applied this strategy to the game, saying: "What can they do to you? They can only beat you, they cannot take away your money, your wife or your house. But why should they beat you?" And it worked, as Steaua triumphed in a penalty shoot-out, with goalkeeper Duckadam the hero saving all four Barcelona attempts, and sparking mayhem back home.

Euphoric reception
Communist Romania went mad with delight, and many happy people took to the streets to celebrate with thousands more welcoming the team home at Otopeni international airport. Ienei subsequently became the national team coach, with Iordanescu taking over at Steaua. The following year, as if to underline their international pedigree, they won the UEFA Super Cup beating FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 with a goal by their latest recruit, a certain Gheorghe Hagi.

Purple patch
In the mid to late '80s Steaua dominated Romanian football. Between 1985 and 1989 they went unbeaten for 104 matches, winning five consecutive league titles and three Romanian Cups. In 1987/88 Steaua lost in the semi-finals of the European Cup to Benfica, and in 1989 reached the final once again, losing on this occasion 4-0 to AC Milan.

Champions League
After a comparative lean spell in the early '90s, Steaua reeled off a further six successive domestic championships. They have also progressed through to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League on three occasions, and remain the only Romanian side to have got this far. A predominantly new generation of players were responsible for keeping Steaua on top.

Key players
Dumitru Stangaciu, Daniel Prodan, Anton Dobos, Ilie Stan, Constantin Galca, Basarab Panduru, Adrian Ilie, Iulian Filipescu, Laurentiu Rosu and Lacatus were the key players, with Lacatus the most successful in Steaua's history.

League championships: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001.

Romanian Cups: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999.

Romanian Super Cups: 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001.

European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1986.

UEFA Super Cup: 1987.