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{{Short description|Romanian football club, formerly FC Steaua București}}
{{About|the club officially named FCSB|the other team claiming to be the legal successor of the original Steaua București and affiliated with the multi-sport club and the army|CSA Steaua București (football)|other uses|Steaua București (disambiguation)}}
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| clubname = FCSB
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| fullname = [[Company|SC]] Fotbal Club FCSB [[S.A. (corporation)|SA]]
| nickname = {{unbulleted list|''Roș-albaștrii'' (The Red and Blues)}}
| short name = FCSB
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947|6|7}}<br/>as ''ASA București''
| ground = [[Arena Națională]]
| capacity = 55,634<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/international/steaua-chelsea/am-cucerit-europa-si-n-tribune-steaua-chelsea-a-fost-urmarit-de-cei-mai-multi-suporteri-dintre-meciurile-din-optimile-europa-league-392899.html|title=Am cucerit Europa şi-n tribune! » Steaua - Chelsea a fost urmărit de cei mai mulţi suporteri dintre meciurile din optimile Europa League|website=GSP|access-date=4 April 2024|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404081820/https://www.gsp.ro/international/steaua-chelsea/am-cucerit-europa-si-n-tribune-steaua-chelsea-a-fost-urmarit-de-cei-mai-multi-suporteri-dintre-meciurile-din-optimile-europa-league-392899.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| owner = [[Gigi Becali|George Becali]]
| chairman = Valeriu Argăseală
| chrtitle = President
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Elias Charalambous]]
| league = [[Liga I]]
| season = [[2024–25 Liga I|2024–25]]
| position = Liga I, 1st of 16 (champions)
| website = {{URL|https://www.fcsb.ro/en/|fcsb.ro}}
| current = 2024–25 FCSB season
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'''Fotbal Club FCSB''' ({{IPA|ro|fet͡ʃeseˌbe}}), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as '''FC Steaua București''', is a Romanian professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Bucharest]]. It has spent its entire history in the [[Liga I]], the top flight of the [[Romanian football league system]].

The original ''Steaua București'' football team was founded in 1947 and belonged to the [[Ministry of National Defence (Romania)|Ministry of National Defence]], through the namesake [[CSA Steaua București]] sports club. In 1998, the football department and its facilities were separated from the latter and taken over by a group of shareholders in a [[History of Romania#Transition to free market (1990–2004)|post-Ceaușescu]] privatisation scheme, leading to [[Gigi Becali|one of the shareholders]] acquiring full ownership five years later. However, CSA Steaua București has been in conflict with the football club since 2011, claiming that it was a new and separate entity; this resulted in multiple court cases and the forced change of the name from ''FC Steaua București'' to  ''FC FCSB'' in early 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup|title=Where the team has no name: the fight over Steaua Bucharest's identity {{!}} Emanuel Rosu|last=Rosu|first=Emanuel|date=27 December 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-10|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406030452/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/dec/27/steaua-bucharest-romania-european-cup|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport.ro/liga-1/belodedici-intervine-in-scandalul-fcsb-csa-generalii-au-fugit-cu-buzunarele-pline-si-i-au-dat-echipa-lui.html|title=Belodedici intervine in scandalul FCSB – CSA! "Generalii au fugit cu buzunarele pline si i-au dat echipa lui Becali" Ce spune de proiectul CSA Steaua!|work=[[Sport.ro]]|access-date=2019-07-10|language=ro|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113191457/https://www.sport.ro/liga-1/belodedici-intervine-in-scandalul-fcsb-csa-generalii-au-fugit-cu-buzunarele-pline-si-i-au-dat-echipa-lui.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Domestically, when taken together with the disputed pre-2003 honours, the club has won the Liga&nbsp;I 27 times, [[Cupa României]] 24 times, [[Cupa Ligii]] two times, and [[Supercupa României]] seven times—all competition records. Internationally, they have won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] and [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]], both in 1986. They reached the European Cup final once again in 1989, when they were defeated by [[AC Milan]]. Throughout their history, the ''Roș-albaștrii'' also played the final of the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]], the quarter-finals of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], and the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]].

FCSB's home ground is [[Arena Națională]], having moved here from the Ministry of National Defence-owned [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]]. Initially, the club played in the colours of the [[Flag of Romania|Romanian tricolour]], but the team became associated with the red and blue scheme after yellow soon lost its importance. Recently, some kits have begun reintegrating the latter colour.

The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]], with matches between the two being commonly referred to as the "[[Eternal derby (Romania)|Eternal derby]]" or the "Romanian derby". Another notable rivalry is [[FCSB – FC Rapid București rivalry|the one]] against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], while several milder ones are disputed against teams outside the capital, including a recent one against [[CFR Cluj]] that commenced because of the title competitions these teams fought in the 21st century.