CS Dinamo București (rugby union)

This article is about the rugby club. For the sports club, see CS Dinamo București

Dinamo București

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Dinamoviștii Bulldogi (The Bulldogs) Alb-roșii (The White and Reds)
Founded	1949 (1949)
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Ground(s)	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf (Capacity: 8,207)
President	Ionuț-Adrian Popa
Coach(es)	Sosene Anesi
Captain(s)	Ovidiu Cojocaru
League(s)	Liga Națională de Rugby
2023 Liga Națională de Rugby season	1st
1st kit 2nd kit

CS Dinamo București is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Bucharest, which plays in the Liga Națională de Rugby, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the second most successful rugby union team in Romania with 16 championship titles, 12 cup titles and even a Champions League title to their name. After a pause of 15 years, Dinamo won the 2023 Liga Națională de Rugby season, denying rival CSM Știința Baia Mare a 5th historic consecutive title.

History

The Dinamo București rugby club was founded in 1949, under the wing of the CS Dinamo București sports club that had been founded by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs the previous year.

Along with Steaua București and Grivița Roșie București (their two local-town rivals), they had dominated the 1950`s scene in Romanian rugby as they won 3 Romanian Championships in 1951, 1952 and 1956, while also winning the Romanian cup twice in 1954 and in 1959.

Located in the nation’s capital, Bucharest, the Dinamo București side had traditionally consisted of members drawn from the ranks of the civil service and/or police. Along with the army side, Steaua, the Dinamo team is one of the nation’s top rugby union outfits.

Dinamo won their most recent title in the 2023 Liga Națională de Rugby season, defeating CSM Știința Baia Mare 17-13. Their only try was scored by the centre Mihai Graure, while four penalties were successfully executed by Jondre Williams.

Honours

Domestic

• Liga Națională de Rugby
  • Winners (17): 1951, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1969, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2023
  • Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005

• Cupa României
  • Winners (12): 1954, 1959, 1980, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008
  • Runners-up (2): 1981, 2005

European

• Champions League (rugby)
  • Winners (1): 1967

Current squad

Dinamo București Liga Națională de Rugby squad
Props Alexandru Gordaș Bogdan Neacșu JP Smith Dorin Tică Lasha Titvinidze Justin Theys Hookers Ovidiu Cojocaru (c) Sergiu Puescu Rohan Schwartz Locks Dylan Pieterse Marcel Rusu Sailasa Turagaluvu Johan van Heerden	Back row Cristi Chirică Eduard Cioroabă Keanan Murray Kamil Sobota Sam Swanepoel Etienne Terblanche Scrum-halves Robert Ionașcu TC Kisting Jondré Williams Fly-halves Hinckley Vaovasa Tudor Boldor Ioan-Ștefan Cojocariu	Centres Mihai Graure Paula Mahe Dylan Schwartz Joe Perez Wings Damian Bonaparte Zyad El Aichouni Rafael Florea-Jilăveanu Fullbacks Malcolm Jaer Ovidiu Neagu Valentin Nițu
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Romania on residency or dual nationality.

See also

• Rugby union in Romania

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)
• SuperLiga Squad Details (in Romanian)
• itsrugby.co.uk Squad Details (in English)