CS Dinamo București (men's handball)

CS Dinamo București (men's handball)
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.
Kits
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 (6): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
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 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
Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Goalkeepers
1 Vladimir Cupara
16 Alin Cozmaciuc
23 Saeid Heidarirad
Left Wingers
20 Rareș Muntean
24 Andrei Nicușor Negru
28 Alex Pascual Garcia
Right Wingers
2 Tudor Buguleț
55 Andrii Akimenko
Line players
5 Călin Dedu
45 Miklós Rosta
74 Viachaslau Bokhan
99 Cédric Sorhaindo
Left Backs
7 Dan Racoțea
47 Ante Kuduz
90 Ali Zein
94 Robert Militaru (c)
Central Backs
25 Luka Cindrić
34 Lazar Kukić
44 Daniel Stanciuc
Right Backs
3 Aleksandar Cenić
37 Stanislav Kašpárek
51 Javier Humet
Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining
Vladimir Cupara (GK) (from Telekom Veszprém)
Alin Cozmaciuc (GK) (from SCM Politehnica Timișoara)
Daniel Stanciuc (CB) (from CSU Suceava)
Luka Cindrić (CB) (from FC Barcelona)
Aleksandar Cenić (RB) (from FC Barcelona B)
Tudor Buguleț (RW) (from Minaur Baia Mare)
Miklós Rosta (LP) (from SC Pick Szeged)
Leaving
Alexandru Bucătaru (GK) (to CSM Focșani)
Khalifa Ghedbane (GK) (to RK Eurofarm Pelister)
Octavian Bizău (CB) (to Steaua București)
João Pedro Silva (CB) (to CSM București)
Eduardo Gurbindo (RB) (to THW Kiel)
Valentin Ghionea (RW) (to Steaua București)
Mohamed Mamdouh (LP) (to Zamalek) ?
Transfers for the 2024–25 season
Joining
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
Handball
Handball clubs in Romania
Sport in Bucharest
Handball clubs established in 1953
1953 establishments in Romania
Liga Națională (men's handball)