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FCSB: Who are West Ham’s Europa Conference League opponents?

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West Ham take on Romanian side FCSB on Thursday in the Europa Conference League.

The Hammers have qualified for the group stages and will also take on Silkeborg and Anderlecht in their pool.

But who exactly are FCSB, who are perhaps the minnows of the group?

Where are FCSB from?

They’re a Romanian club based in Bucharest.

How good are they?

Historically, they’re a huge club in Romania.

FCSB have won the Romanian league 26 times, which is a competition record. They have also won the European Cup, lifting it in 1986, and reached the final again in 1989, but were beaten by AC Milan.

Last season, they finished second in Liga 1, and are currently 13th in the table.

How has their form been?

Terrible.

They’ve only won one game this season from the seven they’ve played, drawing four and losing two. They are already 14 points behind the leaders, Rapid Bucharest, but have two games in hand.

Who are their best players?

Andrei Cordea is a right winger with an eye for goal, who already has four to his name this season, while Ianis Stoica is their go-to striker.

Their best player last season was Florin Tanase, who scored 20 goals last season, but he has been sold to Al Jazira in the UAE.

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  • Clive says:

    Is this not the club formally known as Steaua Bucurest until a few years ago? Big club if so. Historically anyway.

  • Radu Ivan says:

    @Clive
    They are NOT Steaua Bucharest.
    It’s been years since the Romanian Supreme Court of Justice has given the final verdict in this case,clearly stating that (in fewer words) FCSB is not and has never been Steaua Bucharest
    Although the case and verdict is known also very well by FRF (Romanian Football Federation) and UEFA none of these entities have taken the proper measures to correct the data shown on UEFA site (curent data still cwrongfully assigns the hiistory of Steaua Bucharest to FCSB)
    So , FCSB is a club tbat has a very short and meaningless history.

  • Radu Ivan says:

    @Dave Langton, please do a little bit off reserch before posting articles as the one above…Unfortunelly seems that even UEFA does not seem to be anymore “the refference”

  • Radu Ivan says:

    This is the offcial site of Steaua Bucharest

    https://www.csasteaua.ro/

    This is FCSB (still showing ,ileagaly asigned history from one of the biggest identity thefts in fooball history)

    https://www.fcsb.ro/

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