Steaua Liberă is a sport website created by and for the supporters of the Steaua București sports club. The website is widely known among Romanian press, with TV station Antena 1 and other media describing it as a ”hard and influential core” within the CSA Steaua București fans community. History Steaua Liberă started as a movement by Steaua supporters against Gigi Becali, in the mid 2000s, when everybody thought that Becali's team, Fotbal Club FCSB, was Steaua Bucharest. The fans then took the movement online, where they formed a powerful community, with an important voice in Romanian football, followed closely by the Romanian press. The community expanded quickly on Facebook and, in December 2016, it launched its own website. On the website, the community constantly published Steaua Bucharest-related articles, interviews, and much more. Steaua Liberă does not refrain from attacking those it believes are doing harm to the Steaua Bucharest club, with important Romanian newspapers such as Gazeta Sporturilor or ProSport constantly quoting them Supporting Colonel Florin Talpan, Steaua Bucharest's legal adviser In addition to supporting club coaches and players, Steaua Liberă has also expressed its support for Colonel Florin-Costel Talpan, Steaua Bucharest's legal adviser. Through his actions, Talpan has managed to beat Becali in court and to obtain a court orders forbidding Fotbal Club FCSB from using the Steaua Bucharest name and brand. He was also instrumental in reactivating the Steaua Bucharest football team, an achievement which brought a lot of Steaua Bucharest fans to his side. Numerous times, Steaua Liberă has announced its support for Talpan also calling for him to be named president of the Steaua Bucharest club. Reporting important Steaua Bucharest news The site's reputation increased after it published numerous important breaking news articles related to Steaua Bucharest and Romanian football. One of the first such articles was that presenting and explaining the reasoning behind the decision through which the Bucharest Court of Appeals forbade Fotbal Club FCSB from using the "Steaua" name. Using the information published on Steaua Liberă, the Romanian press investigated the case further Other important articles published by Steaua Liberă include player transfers, general news about Steaua Bucharest, Florin Talpan's promotion to the rank of colonel, news about the numerous scandals within the Steaua club or information about the lawsuits between Steaua Bucharest and Fotbal Club FCSB. All of these have caused the site's reputation and credibility to grow. The number of