Steaua București 1985-86 Squad

The team

The 1985-86 Steaua București squad stands among the most celebrated teams Romania has sent onto the continental stage. Representing Bucharest, this was one of the defining sides of 1980s European football, the sort of team whose matches became must-watch occasions. Steaua București became the first Eastern European club to win the European Cup, beating Barcelona on penalties that season, a campaign that still shapes how the club is remembered. The side was built on a clear spine: Helmuth Duckadam behind a defence organised by Miodrag Belodedici, with László Bölöni setting the tempo through the middle.

Further forward, Marius Lăcătuș and Victor Pițurcă gave the team its cutting edge, turning long spells of control into goals on the biggest European nights. There was depth to match the star quality, with the likes of Ștefan Iovan and Tudorel Stoica adding options across the pitch. Reassembled here, the lineup is a reminder of why this vintage still sets a standard that later teams chase. Set out in a 3-4-3, the XI captures the balance and ambition that made this Steaua București team a benchmark of 1980s football — the players, the shape and the identity that made the vintage so hard to forget.

All eleven sit in the draft pool, so any of them can come up in the football draft game— you just don't get to choose which.