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 21 top-flight titles, 9 Romanian Cups, 7 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.

Bucuresti

Location of Dinamo București

CS Dinamo București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Câinii Roşii (The Red Dogs)
Short name	Dinamo
Founded	1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Arena	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches)
Capacity	2,538 5,300
President	Ionuț Popa
Head coach	David Davis
League	Liga Națională
2023–24	Liga Națională, 1st of 14 (champions)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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 (21): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022,^[1] 2023, 2024, 2025
  • 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 (9): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
• Romanian Super Cup:
  • Winners (7): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

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 (2): 2004, 2024
• Double

Winners (2): 2016–17, 2020–21

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers 01 Vladimir Cupara 16 Alin Cozmaciuc 18 Ionuț Iancu Left Wingers 24 Andrei Nicușor Negru 28 Alex Pascual Garcia Right Wingers 10 Darko Đukić 22 Tudor Buguleț 55 Andrii Akimenko Line players 05 Călin Dedu 14 Frederik Ladefoged 45 Miklós Rosta

Left Backs 19 Ramon Șomlea 26 Haniel Langaro 27 André Gomes 94 Robert Militaru (c) Central Backs 25 Haukur Þrastarson 44 Daniel Stanciuc 66 Yoav Lumbroso 90 Ali Zein Right Backs 02 Branko Vujović 37 Stanislav Kašpárek

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Samir Bellahcene (GK) (from TVB Stuttgart)[2] Miguel Martins (CB) (from Aalborg Håndbold) Tom Pelayo (RB) (from Dunkerque)[2]

Leaving Haukur Þrastarson (CB) (to Rhein-Neckar Löwen)

Staff

Staff for the 2024–25 season

• Sport Director: David Barrufet
• Head Coach: David Davis
• Assistant Coach: Jordi Giralt Alberich
• Assistant Coach: Sebastian Bota
• Goalkeeping Coach: Răzvan Pop
• Physiotherapist: Victor Semen
• Physiotherapist: Tudor Cornea
• Physical Trainer: Thomas Torabi
• Physical Trainer: Roger Font Ribas
• External Coordinator: Ovidiu Semen
• External Coordinator: Marius Pintea

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
• Cédric Sorhaindo
• Sajjad Esteki
• Vitaly Komogorov
• Gustav Rydergård