Editing FCSB (section)

==Crest and colours==

=== Crests ===
During its first season, 1947–48, Steaua wore yellow and red striped shirts with blue shorts, to symbolize Romania's tricolor flag.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.fcsteaua.ro/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t5171.htm
 |title        = Zbuciumata infiintare a Stelei
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 |archive-date = 23 July 2011
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}}</ref> Starting with the following season and with the Army's change of identity from the Royal Army to the People's Army, the yellow was gradually given up, so that the official colors remained, up to this day, the red and the blue.

As communists assumed total control of the country on 30 December 1947,<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.cs.kent.edu/~amarcus/Mihai/romanian/diverse/mirceaionitiu.html
 |title=Mircea Ionnitiu : "30 decembrie 1947"
 |work=Kent State University
 |author=Mircea Ionnitiu
 |date=22 October 2003
 |access-date=2007-07-07
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 |archive-date=25 October 2012

}}</ref> the Royal Army was transformed into the People's Army and ASA automatically with it. Being inspired by the [[Red Army]], the new Ministry of Defence decided to create a crest for the club, along with the change of name to CSCA, consisting in an A-labeled [[red star]] (symbol of the Red Army) on a blue disc.[[File:Laszlo Boloni - Steaua, 1986.png|thumb|200px|[[László Bölöni]] posing in a red-blue training kit in 1986.|left]]Two years later, the change of name to CCA brought with it a new crest consisting of the same red star labeled CCA surrounded by a crown of laurel. The all-present star motif on the crest finally had its saying over the new name of ''Steaua'' as up 1961. It was opted for a badge which, redesigned, remains up to this day the club's symbol: the red and blue striped background with a golden star in the middle, to symbolize to Romanian tricolour flag. The shape for the emblem was redesigned in 1974, once the team moved to [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Ghencea]].

Following the [[Romanian Revolution]], the Army decided to break all links to the defunct communist regime, so, in 1991, [[CSA Steaua]] had a last change of crest with an eagle also present on the [[Ministry of Defense (Romania)|Ministry of Defence]] coat of arms and also on Romania's. As FC Steaua appeared in 1998, the club added two yellow stars on top of the CSA Steaua badge signifying its 20 titles of champions won, along with the ''Fotbal Club'' specification.

In 2003, the new Board of Administration run by [[George Becali]] decided to change the crest, which was a return to the old emblem of 1974–1991, redesigned with the two yellow stars on top. The club started to use acronym of the name '''FCSB''' before the official change of the name in 2017.

The [[Ministry of National Defense (Romania)|Ministry of National Defense]] sued Steaua in 2011, claiming that the [[Romanian Army]] were the rightful owners of the Steaua logo, among others.<ref name="identity loss">{{cite web | 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 | work=The Guardian | date=27 December 2014 | access-date=8 January 2015 | author=Rosu, Emmanuel | 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> The [[Supreme Court of Romania|Supreme Court]] found in the army's favour, and on 3 December 2014 stripped the football club of its badge.<ref name="identity loss" /> Steaua were forced to play their next home game, against [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|CSM Studențesc Iași]], without it on the stadium scoreboard.<ref name="identity loss" /> A new badge was unveiled in January 2015, an eight-sided star containing the letters "FCSB", which would eventually become the official name of the club in 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/steaua-bucharest-reveal--clip-art--logo-after-being-stripped-of-their-name--colours-and-emblem-111125775.html | title=Steaua Bucharest reveal 'Clip Art' logo after being stripped of their name, colours and emblem | publisher=Yahoo! | work=Eurosport | date=7 January 2015 | access-date=8 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200721/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/steaua-bucharest-reveal--clip-art--logo-after-being-stripped-of-their-name--colours-and-emblem-111125775.html | archive-date=12 January 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

=== Colours ===
Steaua has never had a standard playing kit. However, the most widely used throughout time was the combination of red shirts, blue shorts and red socks. Other variants have been all-red, all-blue and also shirts in vertical red and blue stripes during the 1960s and 1970s. Other kit colours have very rarely been used. Exceptions were the [[1986 European Cup Final]] in which Steaua wore, for the only time in their history, an all-white kit, the 1999–00 away kit (yellow and red), the 2005–06 third kit (yellow and black), the 2008–2010 away kit (a shade of neon yellow-green), the 2010–12 and 2014–16 away kit (all-yellow), the 2012–14 away kit ( all-sky blue or sky blue shirts with dark navy blue shorts and socks). For the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, the away kit was all-white. For the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons the away kit was ice blue with a darker shade on sleeves. For the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, the kit is all-white again.
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|}

==== Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors ====
Its kit is manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], who have held the contract since 2002, after a long partnership with [[Adidas]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/steaua-renunta-la-adidas-pentru-nike/7896
 |title        = Steaua renunta la Adidas pentru Nike
 |work         = adevarul.ro
 |access-date  = 12 August 2007
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928022557/http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/steaua-renunta-la-adidas-pentru-nike/7896
 |archive-date = 28 September 2007
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}}</ref> First team shirt sponsors have been betting company Betano since 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=FCSB are un nou sponsor principal! Suma uriașă pe care o va primi |url=https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/fcsb-are-un-nou-sponsor-principal-suma-uriasa-pe-care-o-va-primi_sto9023193/story.shtml |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Eurosport |language=ro |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707101001/https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/fcsb-are-un-nou-sponsor-principal-suma-uriasa-pe-care-o-va-primi_sto9023193/story.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Previous sponsors include [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]],<ref>{{cite web
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 |title        = Steaua ca brand
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 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617030742/http://www.iaa.ro/Articole/Analize/Steaua-ca-brand/Print-37.html
 |archive-date = 17 June 2008
|url-status   = dead
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}}</ref> [[Castrol]], [[Philips]], [[CBS]], [[Bancorex]], [[Orange SA|Dialog]], [[Banca Comercială Română|BCR]], [[RAFO Onești|RAFO]], [[Citigroup|CitiFinancial]] and City Insurance.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.prosport.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=59098
 |title=CU CITIFINANCIAL PE TRICOURI
 |work=ProSport
 |author=Flintoaca, Diana
 |date=18 September 2004
 |access-date=2007-09-18
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921193630/http://www.prosport.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=59098
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|url-status=dead
 
}}</ref><ref name=":0" />