CS Dinamo București (men's handball)

CS Dinamo București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Câinii Roşii (The Red Dogs)
Short name	Dinamo
Founded	1953 (1953)
Arena	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches)
Capacity	2,538 5,300
President	Daniel Georgescu
Head coach	Xavier Pascual Fuertes
League	Liga Națională
2021–22	Liga Națională, 1st of 14 (champions)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București is a Romanian handball club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga Națională, the top flight of Romanian handball. Nicknamed "the Red Dogs", the club was founded in 1948. The club's home ground is the Sala Polivalentă Dinamo in Sector 2, to which it moved in 2013. Dinamo București are among Romania's most successful clubs, having won over twenty competitive honours, including 18 top-flight titles, 7 Romanian Cups, 5 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.

Bucuresti

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Location of Dinamo București

Kits

HOME
2013–14	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2020-21	2021–23

AWAY
2015–16	2017–18	2019–21	2021–22	2022–23

THIRD
2015–16	2021–22	2022–23

Accomplishments

Domestic competitions

• National League:
  • Winners (19): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up (22): 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
  • Third place (6): 1973, 1979, 1981, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2015
• Romanian Cup:
  • Winners (7): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Romanian Super Cup:
  • Winners (5): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

International competitions

• EHF Champions League:
  • Winners (1): 1965
  • Runners-up (1): 1963
  • Third place (4): 1959, 1960, 1967, 1979
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1983
  • Third place (1): 1989
• EHF Cup:
  • Third place (1): 2004

• Double

Winners (2): 2016–17, 2020–21

Team

Staff

Staff for the 2022–23 season

• Sport Director: David Barrufet
• Head Coach: Xavier Pascual Fuertes
• Assistant Coach: Jordi Giralt Alberich
• Assistant Coach: Sebastian Bota
• Goalkeeping Coach: Makrem Missaoui
• Video Analyst: Ivan Pascual
• Masseur: Victor Semen
• Physiotherapist: Cătălin Elian Apostol
• Physical Trainer: Dragoș Luscan
• External Coordinator: Ovidiu Semen, Marius Pintea

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Alexandru Bucătaru
• 22 Khalifa Ghedbane
• 23 Saeid Heidarirad

Left Wingers

• 20 Rareș Muntean
• 24 Andrei Nicușor Negru
• 28 Alex Pascual Garcia

Right Wingers

• 06 Vlad Popa
• 15 Valentin Ghionea (c)
• 55 Andrii Akimenko

Line players

• 74 Viachaslau Bokhan
• 89 Mohamed Mamdouh
• 99 Cédric Sorhaindo

Left Backs

• 07 Dan Racoțea
• 47 Ante Kuduz
• 90 Ali Zein
• 94 Robert Militaru

Central Backs

• 14 João Pedro Silva
• 34 Lazar Kukić

Right Backs

• 18 Eduardo Gurbindo
• 37 Stanislav Kašpárek
• 51 Javier Humet

Out on loan

• Octavian Bizău (CB) (at CSM București) until 2023
• Călin Dedu (LP) (at Club Cisne de Balonmano) until 2023

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

• Petar Nenadić (LB) (from Paris Saint-Germain) ?
• Daniel Stanciuc (CB) (from CSU Suceava) ?
• Tudor Buguleț (RW) (from CS Minaur Baia Mare) ?
• Miklós Rosta (LP) (from SC Pick Szeged) ?

Leaving

• Valentin Ghionea (RW) (retires)
• Cédric Sorhaindo (LP) (retires)
• Mohamed Mamdouh (LP) (?)
• Alexandru Bucătaru (GK) (?)

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Vladimir Cupara (GK) (from Telekom Veszprém) ?

Leaving

Notable former players

• Ion Mocanu
• Petre Ivănescu
• Mircea Costache II
• Cristian Zaharia
• Rudi Prisăcaru
• Ioan Moser
• Mihai Redl
• Ioan Bogolea
• Virgil Hnat
• Ghiță Licu
• Robert Licu
• Mircea Grabovschi
• Marin Dan
• Adrian Cosma
• Cornel Penu
• Valentin Samungi
• Cornel Durău
• Alexandru Buligan
• Gheorghe Covaciu
• Gheorghe Dogărescu
• Eliodor Voica
• Vasile Oprea
• Rareș Jurcă
• Marian Cozma
• Ibrahim Diaw
• Hugo Descat
• Sajjad Esteki
• Vitaly Komogorov
• Gustav Rydergård

External links

• Official website
• Team's page at eurohandball.com
• CS Dinamo București on Facebook