List of FC Steaua București players
Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Steaua București. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more Liga I matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included: this includes some players who did not reach the 100 games but made significant contributions to the club's history and performances. Numbers below indicate national championship appearances for Steaua.
Key to positions[]
GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IF | Inside forward | LB | Left back | LW | Left winger | CB | Centre back |
FW | Forward | FB | Full back | W | Winger | MF | Midfielder |
ST | Striker | WH | Wing half | AM | Attacking midfielder | CM | Central midfielder |
Notable players[]
Appearances and goals adds from Steaua's official book.
Updated 15 December 2021.
Name | Nat | Pos | Career | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Romania | DF | 1947–1948 | 18 | 1 | |
Romania | MF | 1947–1948 | 25 | 0 | |
Romania | FW | 1947–1948 | 23 | 9 | |
Romania | MF | 1947–1949 | 30 | 9 | |
Romania | DF | 1947–1949 | 22 | 0 | |
Florea Fătu | Romania | MF | 1947–1949 | 32 | 6 |
Eugen Mladin | Romania | DF | 1947–1949 | 33 | 2 |
Gheorghe Popescu I | Romania | FW | 1947–1949 | 37 | 16 |
Stere Zeană | Romania | MF | 1947–1949 | 38 | 2 |
Ilie Savu | Romania | GK | 1947–1950 | 14 | 0 |
Romania | DF | 1947–1951 | 56 | 0 | |
Romania | FW | 1948–1953 | 83 | 36 | |
Petre Moldoveanu | Romania | FW | 1948–1955 | 130 | 40 |
Ștefan Onisie | Romania | MF | 1948–1951 1953–1959 |
138 | 5 |
Alexandru Apolzan | Romania | DF | 1949–1962 | 216 | 2 |
Ion Voinescu | Romania | GK | 1950–1963 | 162 | 0 |
Ion Alecsandrescu | Romania | FW | 1950–1951 1953–1962 |
162 | 80 |
Ștefan Balint | Romania | MF | 1950–1955 | 99 | 1 |
Francisc Zavoda | Romania | FW | 1950–1960 | 174 | 33 |
Mihai Flamaropol | Romania | FW | 1951–1953 | 15 | 4 |
Romania | FW | 1951–1958 | 80 | 28 | |
Victor Dumitrescu | Romania | DF | 1951–1959 | 102 | 0 |
Tiberiu Bone | Romania | MF | 1951–1962 | 195 | 7 |
Costică Toma | Romania | GK | 1951–1963 | 108 | 0 |
Vasile Zavoda | Romania | DF | 1951–1964 | 257 | 1 |
Iosif Petschovsky | Romania | FW | 1952–1954 | 50 | 19 |
Traian Ivănescu | Romania | DF | 1952–1963 | 147 | 1 |
Nicolae Tătaru | Romania | FW | 1953–1964 | 210 | 75 |
Gheorghe Constantin | Romania | FW | 1954–1969 | 258 | 148 |
Cornel Cacoveanu | Romania | FW | 1955–1964 | 124 | 23 |
Emerich Jenei | Romania | DF | 1957–1969 | 254 | 7 |
Romania | FW | 1958–1965 | 83 | 9 | |
Gabriel Raksi | Romania | FW | 1958–1967 | 180 | 31 |
Bujor Hălmăgeanu | Romania | DF | 1961–1964 1965–1973 |
177 | 1 |
Carol Creiniceanu | Romania | FW | 1961–1970 | 156 | 43 |
Florea Voinea | Romania | FW | 1961–1970 1972–1973 |
197 | 106 |
Cornel Pavlovici | Romania | ST | 1963–1966 | 54 | 35 |
Vasile Suciu | Romania | GK | 1962–1971 | 124 | 0 |
Mircea Petescu | Romania | DF | 1963–1967 | 80 | 1 |
Sorin Avram | Romania | ST | 1963–1969 | 124 | 25 |
Carol Haidu | Romania | GK | 1964–1968 1969–1974 |
118 | 0 |
Nicolae Dumitru | Romania | DF | 1964–1970 | 127 | 0 |
Vasile Negrea | Romania | DF | 1964–1973 | 189 | 7 |
Dumitru Popescu | Romania | MF | 1965–1969 | 85 | 8 |
Lajos Sătmăreanu | Romania | RB | 1965–1975 | 271 | 11 |
Nicolae Pantea | Romania | FW | 1966–1975 | 196 | 24 |
Iosif Vigu | Romania | MF | 1966–1973 1974–1979 |
313 | 27 |
Gheorghe Tătaru | Romania | FW | 1967–1974 | 169 | 57 |
Dumitru Dumitriu | Romania | MF | 1968–1972 | 90 | 11 |
Romania | DF | 1968–1974 | 95 | 2 | |
Anghel Iordănescu | Romania | MF | 1968–1982 1986 |
317 | 155 |
Costică Ștefănescu | Romania | CB | 1969–1973 | 77 | 9 |
Marius Ciugarin | Romania | DF | 1969–1974 | 86 | 0 |
Romania | MF | 1970–1973 1974–1981 |
123 | 10 | |
Romania | DF | 1971–1976 | 110 | 3 | |
Viorel Năstase | Romania | FW | 1971–1979 | 166 | 77 |
Vasile Iordache | Romania | GK | 1971–1984 | 231 | 0 |
Ion Ion | Romania | MF | 1972–1979 | 133 | 14 |
Ion Dumitru | Romania | MF | 1972–1980 | 213 | 47 |
Ion Nițu | Romania | DF | 1972–1973 1976–1981 |
81 | 0 |
Marcel Răducanu | Romania | FW | 1972–1981 | 229 | 94 |
Ștefan Sameș | Romania | DF | 1973–1982 | 274 | 20 |
Dumitru Moraru | Romania | GK | 1974–1978 | 84 | 0 |
Teodor Anghelini | Romania | DF | 1974–1984 | 264 | 1 |
Radu Troi | Romania | FW | 1975–1979 | 87 | 17 |
Constantin Zamfir | Romania | FW | 1975–1980 | 107 | 21 |
Mario Agiu | Romania | DF | 1975–1981 | 125 | 3 |
Gabriel Zahiu | Romania | DF MF |
1975–1981 | 120 | 31 |
Tudorel Stoica | Romania | MF | 1975–1989 1990 |
369 | 43 |
Adrian Ionescu | Romania | FW | 1976–1982 | 107 | 18 |
Florin Marin | Romania | DF | 1976–1984 | 174 | 3 |
Gavril Balint | Romania | FW | 1980–1990 | 265 | 69 |
Daniel Minea I | Romania | FW | 1980–1983 1988–1991 |
103 | 10 |
Ștefan Iovan | Romania | DF | 1981–1991 1992 |
291 | 18 |
Mihail Majearu | Romania | MF | 1981–1988 | 198 | 32 |
Septimiu Cîmpeanu | Romania | FW | 1982–1984 | 57 | 21 |
Augustin Eduard | Romania | DF | 1982–1985 | 78 | 1 |
Helmuth Duckadam | Romania | GK | 1982–1986 | 80 | 0 |
Miodrag Belodedici | Romania | DF | 1982–1988 1998–2001 |
235 | 21 |
Marius Lăcătuș | Romania | IF | 1983–1990 1993–2000 |
357 | 98 |
Victor Pițurcă | Romania | FW | 1983–1989 | 174 | 137 |
Marin Radu II | Romania | FW | 1984–1986 | 44 | 11 |
Ilie Bărbulescu | Romania | LB | 1984–1987 | 77 | 3 |
Dumitru Stângaciu | Romania | GK | 1984–1988 1989–1995 |
191 | 0 |
László Bölöni | Romania | MF | 1984–1988 | 97 | 24 |
Adrian Bumbescu | Romania | DF | 1984–1992 | 188 | 4 |
Anton Weissenbacher | Romania | MF | 1985–1987 | 39 | 5 |
Lucian Bălan | Romania | MF | 1985–1989 1990–1991 |
102 | 5 |
Dan Petrescu | Romania | DF | 1985–1991 | 95 | 28 |
Iosif Rotariu | Romania | MF | 1986–1990 1997–1998 |
135 | 39 |
Ilie Dumitrescu | Romania | MF | 1986–1987 1988–1994 1998 |
165 | 74 |
Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | MF | 1987–1990 | 97 | 76 |
Nicolae Ungureanu | Romania | DF | 1987–1992 | 136 | 10 |
Ilie Stan | Romania | LM | 1987–1995 1997 |
187 | 59 |
Silviu Lung | Romania | GK | 1988–1990 | 49 | 0 |
Valeriu Răchită | Romania | CB | 1989–1990 1996–1998 2002–2004 |
103 | 9 |
Daniel Gherasim | Romania | GK | 1990–1998 | 87 | 0 |
Ion Vlădoiu | Romania | FW | 1990–1993 1995–1996 2000–2001 |
122 | 60 |
Basarab Panduru | Romania | MF | 1991–1995 | 131 | 34 |
Constantin Gâlcă | Romania | MF | 1991–1996 | 148 | 24 |
Aurel Panait | Romania | DF | 1991–1996 | 107 | 5 |
Romania | DM | 1991–1997 | 90 | 2 | |
Anton Doboș | Romania | DF | 1992–1996 | 134 | 6 |
Ionel Pârvu | Romania | MF | 1992–1996 | 112 | 12 |
Daniel Prodan | Romania | CB | 1992–1996 2000 |
122 | 10 |
Iulian Filipescu | Romania | CB | 1992–1997 | 112 | 8 |
Tiberiu Csik | Romania | DF | 1992–1999 | 77 | 3 |
Adrian Ilie | Romania | FW | 1993–1996 | 85 | 28 |
Laurențiu Roșu | Romania | LM | 1993–2000 | 159 | 45 |
Damian Militaru | Romania | AM | 1994–1999 | 139 | 21 |
Bogdan Stelea | Romania | GK | 1995–1997 | 47 | 0 |
Sabin Ilie | Romania | ST | 1995–1997 1999 |
69 | 36 |
Cătălin Munteanu | Romania | AM | 1996–1998 | 45 | 22 |
Dennis Șerban | Romania | AM | 1996–1998 | 62 | 15 |
Zoltan Ritli | Romania | GK | 1996–2000 | 56 | 0 |
Cristian Ciocoiu | Romania | ST | 1996–2001 2004 |
127 | 32 |
Marius Baciu | Romania | CB | 1996–2002 | 140 | 8 |
Iulian Miu | Romania | LB | 1996–2002 | 149 | 4 |
Erik Lincar | Romania | CM | 1997–2002 | 105 | 7 |
George Ogăraru | Romania | RB | 1998–2000 2002–2006 2008–2009 |
113 | 3 |
Ionel Dănciulescu | Romania | ST | 1998–2001 | 129 | 54 |
Eugen Trică | Romania | AM | 1999–2003 | 130 | 21 |
Claudiu Răducanu | Romania | FW | 1999–2003 | 92 | 58 |
Martin Tudor | Romania | GK | 1999–2005 | 126 | 0 |
Sorin Paraschiv | Romania | DM | 1999–2007 | 168 | 12 |
Pompiliu Stoica | Romania | LB | 2000–2004 | 108 | 3 |
Nana Falemi | Cameroon | DM | 2000–2005 | 94 | 6 |
Florentin Dumitru | Romania | RB | 2000–2006 | 138 | 8 |
Mirel Rădoi | Romania | CB DM |
2000–2009 | 186 | 12 |
Adrian Neaga | Romania | FW | 2001–2003 2003–2005 2007–2009 |
92 | 30 |
Mihai Neșu | Romania | LB | 2001–2008 | 87 | 1 |
Sorin Ghionea | Romania | CB | 2002–2004 2005–2010 |
129 | 2 |
Daniel Oprița | Romania | W | 2002–2007 | 107 | 15 |
Gabriel Boștină | Romania | MF | 2002–2007 | 96 | 17 |
Vasily Khomutovsky | Belarus | GK | 2003–2005 | 50 | 0 |
Dorinel Munteanu | Romania | MF | 2003–2005 2008 |
32 | 2 |
Laurențiu Diniță | Romania | ST | 2003–2006 | 48 | 7 |
Andrei Cristea | Romania | ST | 2004–2006 | 52 | 10 |
Cyril Théréau | France | ST | 2006–2007 | 17 | 10 |
Nicolae Dică | Romania | AM FW |
2004–2008 2011 |
136 | 58 |
Petre Marin | Romania | LB RB |
2004–2010 | 136 | 2 |
Victoraș Iacob | Romania | ST | 2005–2008 | 45 | 13 |
Dorin Goian | Romania | CB | 2005–2009 | 104 | 6 |
Florin Lovin | Romania | DM | 2005–2009 | 103 | 3 |
Bănel Nicoliță | Romania | RW LW |
2005–2011 | 188 | 23 |
Valentin Badea | Romania | ST | 2006–2008 | 50 | 15 |
Ovidiu Petre | Romania | CM | 2006–2010 | 74 | 5 |
Paweł Golański | Poland | RB | 2007–2010 | 58 | 2 |
Róbinson Zapata | Colombia | GK | 2007–2010 | 85 | 0 |
Juan Toja | Colombia | FW | 2008–2010 | 51 | 3 |
Dayro Moreno | Colombia | FW | 2008–2010 | 43 | 12 |
Bogdan Stancu | Romania | FW ST |
2008–2010 | 72 | 32 |
Pantelis Kapetanos | Greece | ST | 2008–2011 2013–2014 |
73 | 30 |
Pablo Brandán | Argentina | DM | 2010–2012 | 43 | 0 |
Geraldo Alves | Portugal | CB | 2010–2012 | 54 | 3 |
Raul Rusescu | Romania | FW | 2011–2013 2014–2015 2018–2019 |
105 | 42 |
Leandro Tatu | Brazil | FW | 2011–2013 | 44 | 6 |
Vlad Chiricheș | Romania | CB | 2012–2013 | 42 | 1 |
Alexandru Bourceanu | Romania | DM | 2011–2014 2014–2015 2016 |
118 | 3 |
Ciprian Tătărușanu | Romania | GK | 2008–2014 | 133 | 0 |
Federico Piovaccari | Italy | FW | 2013–2014 | 25 | 10 |
Florin Gardoș | Romania | CB | 2010–2014 | 81 | 3 |
Mihai Pintilii | Romania | MF | 2012–2014 2016–2020 |
125 | 9 |
Łukasz Szukała | Poland | CB | 2012–2014 | 65 | 12 |
Lucian Sânmărtean | Romania | CM | 2014 | 26 | 5 |
Claudiu Keșerü* | Romania | FW | 2014–2015 2021–present |
44 | 24 |
Iasmin Latovlevici | Romania | LB | 2010–2015 | 110 | 7 |
Andrei Prepeliță | Romania | CM | 2011–2015 | 82 | 9 |
Giedrius Arlauskis | Lithuania | GK | 2014–2015 | 25 | 0 |
Cristian Tănase | Romania | LW | 2009–2015 2018 |
162 | 20 |
Alexandru Chipciu | Romania | FW | 2012–2016 | 116 | 24 |
Fernando Varela (footballer) | Cape Verde | CB | 2013–2016 | 82 | 10 |
Nicolae Stanciu (footballer, born 1993) | Romania | FW | 2013–2016 | 90 | 24 |
Alin Toșca | Romania | DF | 2014–2017 | 65 | 0 |
Jugurtha Hamroun | Algeria | FW | 2015–2017 | 31 | 8 |
Adrian Popa (footballer, born 1988) | Romania | MF | 2012–2017 2019–2020 |
154 | 22 |
Gabriel Tamaș | Romania | DF | 2015 2016–2017 |
50 | 1 |
Fernando Boldrin | Brazil | MF | 2016–2017 | 30 | 8 |
Florin Niță | Romania | GK | 2013–2018 | 87 | 0 |
Constantin Budescu* | Romania | FW | 2017–2018 2021–present |
35 | 11 |
Denis Alibec | Romania | FW | 2017–2018 | 34 | 9 |
Filipe Teixeira | Portugal | MF | 2017–2019 | 54 | 5 |
Romario Benzar | Romania | DF | 2017–2019 | 50 | 1 |
Junior Morais | Brazil | DF | 2017–2019 | 49 | 0 |
Romania | DF | 2017–2019 | 61 | 0 | |
Harlem Gnohéré | France | FW | 2017–2020 | 92 | 41 |
Bogdan Planic | Serbia | DF | 2017–2020 | 71 | 1 |
Marko Momcilovic |
Serbia | DF | 2016–2020 | 72 | 7 |
Romania | FW | 2016–2021 | 114 | 41 | |
Lucian Filip | Romania | MF | 2007–2021 | 127 | 6 |
Olimpiu Morutan |
Romania | MF | 2018–2021 | 90 | 12 |
(*) Still playing for Steaua
Gallery[]
Alexandru Apolzan, former captain of Steaua's Golden Team in the 1950s
Ion Voinescu, former goalkeeper of Steaua in the 1950s
Nicolae Tătaru, former striker of Steaua played for the club from 1953 to 1964.
Gheorghe Constantin, former striker and captain of Steaua in the '50s-'60s
Iosif Petschovschi, former midfielder of Steaua in the 1950s.
Anghel Iordănescu, is the highest goalscorer in the history of club.
Ion Dumitru, former captain of Steaua.
Marcel Răducanu, former midfielder of Steaua .
Tudorel Stoica, the most capped player in the history of the club.
Miodrag Belodedici, former captain of Steaua.
Ion Vlădoiu, former top scorer of Steaua.
Dan Petrescu, former captain of Steaua in 1991.
Ilie Dumitrescu, former captain and top scorer of Steaua.
Sorin Paraschiv, former Steaua player, played 8 years at Steaua.
Mihai Neșu, former Steaua left back.
Sorin Ghionea, former captain of Steaua.
George Ogăraru, former Steaua player, played 10 years at Steaua.
Mirel Rădoi, former captain of Steaua, played 9 years at Steaua.
Adrian Neaga, former Steaua striker.
Nicolae Dică, former Steaua midfielder.
Dorin Goian, former Steaua defender.
Łukasz Szukała, former Steaua defender.
References[]
- "Fotbaliştii care au creat istoria clubului STEAUA BUCUREŞTI" [The football players who created the history of STEAUA BUCHAREST] (in Romanian). fcsteaua.ro. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "History – FC Steaua Archive". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- "Romanian Players". Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- FC Steaua București
- Lists of association football players by club in Romania
- FC Steaua București players