THE EUROPEAN ARCHIVE

AFC Steaua București

The club, the milestones and every European campaign.

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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12th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

37.6/ 100

Competitions included in this score: Champions League · UEFA Cup.

28.3

Pv · Progression

52.5

P · Match performance

50.0

Pct · Points including bonuses

52.0

GB · Goal Balance

5 completed competition entries · 20 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 15 regular points + 0 bonus points; 30 available regular points; 39 goals scored and 36 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competition	Expectation	Cal	TDis	TExp	PvE	Points / Pd
1998/99 · Champions League	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	1.5 / 4
1998/99 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	0 / 4
1999/00 · UEFA Cup	Reach round of 16	3	8	4	75.0	10 / 14
2001/02 · Champions League	Reach second group	1	7	3	33.3	2.5 / 4
2001/02 · UEFA Cup	Reach round of 16	0	7	3	0.0	1 / 4

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements

3Seasons

5Competition entries

10Opponent teams

9Present-day countries

9Opposition associations

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

5qualifications to the next stage

5 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

Competition entries5

Matches20

GF39

GA36

First appearance: 1998/99 · Champions League

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–1 Flora Tallinn1998/99 · Champions League

4–1 Levadia Maardu1999/00 · UEFA Cup

3–0 Levadia Maardu1999/00 · UEFA Cup

3–0 Sloga Skopje2001/02 · Champions League

2–0 LASK1999/00 · UEFA Cup

2–0 West Ham United1999/00 · UEFA Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

3–6 Panathinaikos Athens1998/99 · Champions League

1–4 Slavia Prague1999/00 · UEFA Cup

0–3 Valencia1998/99 · UEFA Cup

2–4 Dynamo Kyiv2001/02 · Champions League

1–3 Flora Tallinn1998/99 · Champions League

3–4 Valencia1998/99 · UEFA Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

8 UEFA Cup1999/00

Busiest season · 8 matches: 1999/00 (1 competition entry)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Historical archive identity · 1998–2003

The association’s European campaigns are grouped separately for the 1998–2003 period specified by the owner.

Founded: 1998
First season: 1998/99
City: București
Colours: Red · Blue
Historic home ground: Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea)

AFC means Asociația Fotbal Club. This profile is kept separate from the earlier Steaua București and later FCSB profiles. The supplied crest chart is a historical reference, not a statement about current ownership or identity.

Club background · Owner-supplied reference ↗ · Reviewed October 2026