Steaua Rangers

This article is about the hockey club. For the sports club, see CSA Steaua București.

Steaua Rangers
City	Bucharest
League	Romanian Hockey League (1951–present) MOL Liga (2008–2009)
Founded	1951
Home arena	Mihai Flamaropol (capacity: 8,000)
Colours
Owner(s)	Ministry of National Defense
General manager	Nelu Alexe
Head coach	Nelu Alexe
Captain	Ioan Timaru
Website	Website
Franchise history
Steaua Rangers

Steaua Rangers are a Romanian professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the Romanian Hockey League. They play their home games at Mihai Flamaropol.

History

The hockey team was founded in 1951 as CCA București and existed alongside other sections (e.g., football, handball, basketball) in the Steaua București sports club. In 1961, their name was changed to CSA Steaua București. With 40 championship titles and 31 cup victories, Steaua is the most successful ice hockey team in Romania. They last won the Championship in 2006, and the Cup in 2008.

In 2008, Steaua joined the MOL Liga along with CS Progym Gheorgheni in addition to the Romanian Hockey League. They finished in sixth place out of ten participants. Steaua did not return to the league in 2009-10, due to financial issues.

Achievements

• Campionatul Național:
  • Winners (40): 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
• Cupa României
  • Winners (33): 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990-spring, 1990-autumn, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998-spring, 1998-autumn, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011-autumn, 2012

Notable players

List notable players:

• Artūrs Irbe
• Cam Severson
• Dezső Varga

External links

• (in Romanian) Official CSA Steaua website
• (in Romanian) Club website
• (in Romanian) Official website