Steaua Bucuresti Rugby
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Rugby Club Steaua Bucureşti 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 Naţională (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 Bucureşti 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.
Ionel Cazan Catalin Dascalu Florin Vlaicu
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club from Ghencea
Ghencea
Ghencea is a district of the Romanian capital city Bucharest, which is home to the famous football team FC Steaua Bucureşti. It is also home to the rugby team Steaua Bucureşti Rugby.-Notable landmarks:*Stadionul Steaua, home stadium of Steaua Bucureşti...
, south-west Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, which will play the 2007-08 season in Romanian Rugby Championship
Romanian Rugby Championship
The Divizia Naţională is the main domestic competition for rugby union clubs in Romania. The current champions are Ṣtiinṭa Baia Mare.Stadiul Roman and seventeen other teams were formed in Bucharest from 1913 onwards. The championship has been contested on an annual basis since 1914...
, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the most successful Romanian rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team in the Divizia Naţională (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
Romania national rugby union team
The Romania national rugby union team , nicknamed The Oaks , is the representative side of Romania in rugby union. Long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations, they have participated in all six Rugby World Cups, and currently compete in the first division of the...
, composed mainly of Steaua players, participates every year in the European Challenge Cup
European Challenge Cup
The European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
as Bucureşti Rugby
Bucuresti Rugby
Bucureşti are a rugby union team from Bucharest, Romania, that competes in the European Challenge Cup. The side is a team that is formed every season to play in the Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Romanian leagues...
.
The team plays its home matches at Steaua II Stadium, inside the Steaua Sports Complex, right next to the football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Ghencea Stadium
Ghencea Stadium
Steaua Stadium , informally also known as Ghencea, is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania, home of Ministry of National Defence of Romania. Also called Ghencea Stadium, it was inaugurated on 9 April 1974 when Steaua played a friendly game against OFK Belgrade, 2–2.Tătaru was the first player...
. The current coach is Costică Florea.
Domestic
- Divizia Naţională:
- 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
- Divizia Naţională (in 7 players):
- Winners (1)
- Cupa României:
- Winners (10) : 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Current squad
International honours
Irakli Natriashvili Bidzina Samkharadze Nicolae Nere Bogdan Zebega Marcel Mihalache Florin-Cornel Tatu Madalin Baraulea Viorel Lucaci Daniel Ianus Danut DumbravaDanut Dumbrava
Dănuţ Dumbravă, commonly used variant of Dan Dumbravă is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half and a fullback.He currently plays for CSA Steaua Bucureşti....
Ionel Cazan Catalin Dascalu Florin Vlaicu
Florin Vlaicu
Florin Vlaicu is a rugby union footballer who plays for Bucureşti Rugby in European club competition and for Romania internationally. Vlaicu plays mainly at wing and made his international debut in 2006 as a substitute against Ukraine...