FC Steaua București in European football League semi-final against Benfica (1987–88) and one more Champions League final in 1989, which was lost 4–0 in to the Milan side of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard. During these last years of the Communist regime in Romania, dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu's son Valentin was involved in the life of the team. Even though a controversial character, Valentin Ceaușescu admitted in a recent interview he had done nothing else than to protect his favourite team from Dinamo București's sphere of influence, ensured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Though contested by some, their five-year winning streak in the
Nicolae Ungureanu Nicolae Ungureanu Nicolae Ungureanu (born 11 October 1956) is a retired Romanian football defender. He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1977. He spent ten seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1987, he was transferred to Steaua Bucureşti, where he helped win the league in 1988 and 1989. His last Divizia A match came for Rapid Bucureşti in 1993. The game ended in a 0-5 loss against Universitatea Craiova. Ungureanu got 57 caps and scored 1 goal for the Romanian national team, and represented his country at