It's pretty common to have more than a club in a single city, especially if it's a National capital. For example, Belgrade has both Red Star and Partizan, Wien has Austria and Rapid and so on. However, a fight for domination over a city by two clubs who claim to be the same exact thing is a completely different story and much rarer. That's exactly what is going on in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, where FCSB and CSA Steaua have been fighting for years, each claiming to be the righteous heir of Steaua Bucharest's historic sporting achievements, including their famous 1986 European Cup triumph. FCSB fans displaying the historic badge of Steaua and FCSB's one [FCSB] The concept of two clubs arguing about which one is the real successor is a little hard to grasp, but it's not that uncommon in Eastern Europe. Something similar is going on in Bulgaria, where CSKA 1948 Sofia was founded by people breaking away from the original CSKA Sofia after their bankruptcy, ...
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