CS Dinamo București (rugby union)

Dinamo București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Dinamoviștii ; Bulldogi (The Bulldogs) ; Alb-roșii (The White and Reds)
Founded	1949; 75 years ago
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
2022 Liga Națională de Rugby season	3rd
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.

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.

Honours

Domestic

Liga Națională de Rugby
- Winners (16): 1951, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1969, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
- 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 Florian Ciocoiu Alexandru Gordaș Marius Lungu Dragoș Mihai Bogdan Neacșu JP Smith Dorin Tică Hookers Ovidiu Cojocaru (c) Sergiu Puescu Sam Swanepoel Rohan Schwartz Locks Dylan Pieterse Marcel Rusu Sailasa Turagaluvu Johan van Heerden	Back row Cristi Chirică Eduard Cioroabă Mihnea Miru Alexandru Mitu Keanan Murray Kamil Sobota Etienne Terblanche Scrum-halves Andrei Homiuc TC Kisting Jondré Williams Fly-halves Tudor Boldor Ovidiu Neagu	Centres Mihai Graure Paula Mahe Iulian Melinte Gabriel Pop Dylan Schwartz Petre Urs Wings Damian Bonaparte Zyad El Aichouni Rafael Florea Jilăveanu Fullbacks Traian Nițu Joe Perez

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Romania on residency or dual nationality.