ONE of Europe’s most iconic names will disappear forever as Steaua Bucharest confirmed they will soon be called FC Star.
The Romanian giants lost a court case against the country’s defence ministry last month that found they have illegally been using the name of an army side.
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And the 1986 European Cup winners’ owner Gici Becali confirmed the rename on Monday.
He said: “It will happen in three to four months, probably.
“Uefa won’t have any problem with it. We’ll become FC Star.”
The court case between the club and the ministry has been rumbling on since 2011 when the latter began court proceedings.
They said that the club, originally founded in 1947 as an army side, had used the Steaua brand illegally since 2004.
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Becali separated the club from the state sports club, CSA Steaua Bucharest, in 1998.
The ministry called the court ruling “well-deserved” and said in a statement it would sue Becali’s Steaua for £34million for using the brand for more than a decade.
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