Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București is a Romanian professional 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.
| CS Dinamo București | |||
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București | ||
| Nickname(s) | Câinii Roşii (The Red Dogs) | ||
| Short name | Dinamo | ||
| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Arena | Sala Polivalentă Dinamo (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches) | ||
| Capacity | 2,538 5,300 | ||
| President |  Ionuț Popa | ||
| Head coach |  Xavier Pascual Fuertes | ||
| League | Liga Națională | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga Națională, 1st of 14 (champions) | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Bucuresti
Location of Dinamo București
Kits edit
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 2015–16 |
   2017–18 |
  2019–21 |
    2021–22 |
    2022–23 | |
| THIRD | |||||
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   2015–16 |
2021–22 |
   2022–23 | |||
Accomplishments edit
Domestic competitions edit
- National League:
- Winners
(20): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 - 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
- Winners
- Romanian Cup:
- Winners (7): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Romanian Super Cup:
- Winners (6): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
International competitions edit
- 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
- Winners (2): 2016–17, 2020–21
Team edit
Current squad edit
- Squad for the 2023–24 season
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Transfers edit
- Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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Staff edit
- Staff for the 2023–24 season
Sport Director: David Barrufet- Head Coach: Xavier Pascual Fuertes
- Assistant Coach: Jordi Giralt Alberich
Assistant Coach: Sebastian Bota- Goalkeeping Coach: Răzvan Pop
- Video Analyst: Ivan Pascual
- Masseur: Victor Semen
- Physiotherapist: Cătălin Elian Apostol
Physical Trainer: Thomas Torabi- Physical Trainer: Roger Font Ribas
- External Coordinator: Ovidiu Semen
- External Coordinator: Marius Pintea
Notable former players edit
- 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
- Cédric Sorhaindo
Sajjad Esteki
Vitaly Komogorov
Gustav Rydergård
External links edit
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