CS Dinamo București is a professional Romanian

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club from

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, which plays in the

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, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the second most successful

team in

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with 16 championship titles, 12 cup titles and even a Champions League title to their name.

History

The Dinamo București rugby club was founded in 1949, under the wing of the

CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast ...

sports club that had been founded by the Romanian

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the previous year. Along with Steaua București and Grivița Roșie București (their two local-town rivals), they had dominated the 1950`s scene in Romanian rugby as they won 3 Romanian Championships in 1951, 1952 and 1956, while also winning the Romanian cup twice in 1954 and in 1959. Located in the nation’s capital,

, the Dinamo București side had traditionally consisted of members drawn from the ranks of the civil service and/or police. Along with the army side, Steaua, the Dinamo team is one of the nation’s top rugby union outfits.

Honours

Domestic

**Winners (16): 1951, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1969, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 **Runners-up (2): 2003, 2005 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

**Winners (12): 1954, 1959, 1980, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008 **Runners-up (2): 1981, 2005

European

*Champions League (rugby) **Winners (1): 1967

Current squad

References

External links

Official website

SuperLiga Squad Details

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Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

Rugby union teams in Romania Rugby clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Romania