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=== 1984–1990: Champions of Europe ===
Under the leadership of coaches [[Emerich Jenei]] and [[Anghel Iordănescu]], Steaua had an impressive Championship run in the 1984–85 season, which they eventually won after a six-year break. What followed was an absolutely astonishing [[1985–86 European Cup|European Cup]] season. After eliminating [[Vejle BK|Vejle]], [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]], [[Kuusysi Lahti FC|Kuusysi Lahti]] and [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], they were the first ever Romanian team to make it to a European Cup final. At the [[1986 European Cup Final|final]], played on 7 May 1986 at the [[Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium]] in [[Seville]], Spanish champions Barcelona were clear favourites, but after a goalless draw, legendary goalkeeper [[Helmut Duckadam]] saved all four penalties taken by the Spaniards being the first ever Romanian to reach the [[Guinness Book]] for that matter, while [[Gavril Balint]] and [[Marius Lăcătuș]] converted theirs to make Steaua the first Eastern-European team to conquer the supreme continental trophy.

[[Gheorghe Hagi]], Romanian all-time best footballer, joined the club a few months later, scoring the only goal of the match against [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] which brought Steaua an additional European Super Cup on 24 February 1987 in [[Monaco]], just two months after having lost the [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] 1–0 to Argentinians [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] in Tokyo. However, that match was marred with a questionable decision by referee [[José Luis Martínez Bazán|José Martínez]] when he disallowed a clear goal scored by [[Miodrag Belodedici]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=River Plate 1 x 0 Steaua Bucuresti ● 1986 Intercontinental Cup Final Extended Goals & Highlights HD |type=Sports |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsZET0ZxIY |access-date=2023-05-21 |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521104120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsZET0ZxIY |url-status=live }}</ref> {{football squad on pitch|align=left|GK=[[Silviu Lung|'''Lung''']]|RB=[[Dan Petrescu|'''Petrescu''']]|RCB=[[Nicolae Ungureanu|'''Ungureanu''']]|LCB=[[Adrian Bumbescu|'''Bumbescu''']]|LB=[[Tudorel Stoica|'''Stoica (C)''']]|RM=[[Ștefan Iovan|'''Iovan''']]|RCM=[[Daniel Minea|'''Minea''']]|LCM=[[Iosif Rotariu|'''Rotariu''']]|LM=[[Gheorghe Hagi|'''Hagi''']]|RCF=[[Marius Lăcătuș|'''Lăcătuș''']]|LCF=[[Victor Pițurcă|'''Pițurcă''']]|caption=[[1989 European Cup Final]] starting lineup.}}

Surprisingly for those who thought of these performances as an isolated phenomenon, Steaua remained at the top of European football for the rest of the decade, managing one more European Cup semi-final against [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] (1987–88) and one more European Cup final in [[1989 European Cup Final|1989]], which was lost 4–0 in front of [[Marco van Basten]], [[Ruud Gullit]] and [[Frank Rijkaard]]'s [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]. This happened next to their four additional national titles (1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89) and four national cups (1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89). In addition, from June 1986 to September 1989, Steaua ran a record 104-match undefeated streak in the championship, setting a world record for that time and a European one still standing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unbeaten |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During these last years of the Communist regime in Romania, dictator [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]'s son Valentin was involved in the life of the team. [[Valentin Ceaușescu]] admitted in a recent interview that he had done nothing else than to protect his favourite team from Dinamo's sphere of influence, ensured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=www.ceausescu.org – the leading infosource on the web about Ceausescu and his era! |url=http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/valentin_mega_interview_ro.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.ceausescu.org |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922084747/http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/valentin_mega_interview_ro.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Though contested by some, their five-year winning streak in the championship between 1984–85 and 1988–89 corroborates the notion that the team was really the best during this period.