CS Dinamo București (men's handball)

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.

CS Dinamo București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Câinii Roşii (The Red Dogs)
Short name	Dinamo
Founded	1953; 70 years ago (1953)
Arena	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo
Capacity	2,538
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

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   (18): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • 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 25   Christian Dissinger 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

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Leaving   Christian Dissinger (LB) (to ?)   Valentin Ghionea (RW) (retires)   Cédric Sorhaindo (LP) (retires)

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