{"id":10027,"date":"2026-05-06T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:00:25","slug":"romanian-president-honours-steauas-1986-european-champions-on-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10027","title":{"rendered":"Romanian president honours Steaua\u2019s 1986 European champions on 40th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president <strong>Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> awarded state decorations to members of the Steaua Bucharest football team that won the European Champions Cup in 1986, marking the 40th anniversary of the historic victory, the Presidential Administration announced.<\/p>\n<p>The decree, signed ahead of the May 7 anniversary of the final in Seville, recognises what is widely regarded as the greatest achievement in Romanian club football. Steaua defeated Barcelona on penalties to become the first Eastern European team to win the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a tribute to the members of the football team of the \u2018Steaua\u2019 Army Sports Club, who, through achieving one of the greatest performances in the history of national sport, as well as through their entire activity, have brought special services to Romania,\u201d the Presidency conferred several honours, according to the official statement.<\/p>\n<p>Former player and coach Anghel Iord\u0103nescu was awarded the National Order \u201cFor Merit\u201d in the rank of Commander. Several other members of the 1986 squad received the same order in the rank of Knight, including Gavril Balint, Miodrag Belodedici, Ladislau B\u00f6l\u00f6ni, Mihai Bumbescu, Constantin Iordache, \u0218tefan Iovan, Marius L\u0103c\u0103tu\u0219, Mihai Majearu and Victor Pi\u021burc\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>President Klaus Iohannis awarded the National Order &#8220;Star of Romania&#8221; in the rank of Knight on Steaua\u2019s goalkeeper Helmut Duckadam in December 2024 when the former member of the European Champions Cup died. \u00a0Duckadam managed to save four consecutive penalties in Steaua&#8217;s victory over Barcelona (2-0).<\/p>\n<p>Additional recipients include Dumitru Marin Radu, Costic\u0103 St\u00eengaciu, Tudorel Stoica, and Ernestin Weiszenbacher, among others, who contributed to the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony forms part of broader commemorations of the 1986 triumph, which remains a defining moment in Romanian sport and continues to hold symbolic significance four decades later.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Alexandru Nechez)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan awarded state decorations to members of the Steaua Bucharest football team that won the European Champions Cup in 1986, marking the 40th anniversary of the historic victory, the Presidential Administration announced. The decree, signed ahead of the May 7 anniversary of the final in Seville, recognises what is widely regarded as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}