Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București is a

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

club 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 of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

, 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

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, 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

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. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.

Kits

Accomplishments

Domestic competitions

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: **Winners Gold medal icon

(18): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005,

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, 2021, 2022 **Runners-up Silver medal icon

(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 Bronze medal icon

(6): 1973, 1979, 1981, 2001, 2007, 2009,

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*Romanian Cup: **Winners (7): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 *Romanian Super Cup: **Winners (5): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

International competitions

: **Winners (1): 1965 **Runners-up (1): 1963 **Third place (4): 1959, 1960, 1967, 1979 *

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: **Runners-up (1): 1983 **Third place (1): 1989 *

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: **Third place (1): 2004 *

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:Winners (2): 2016–17, 2020–21

Team

Staff

:''Staff for the 2022–23 season'' * Sport Director:

David Barrufet David Barrufet Bofill (born 4 June 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish handball goalkeeper, who last played for FC Barcelona Handbol during the 2009-10 season. He began playing handball in SAFA Horta school in Barcel ...

* Head Coach:

Xavier Pascual Fuertes Xavier Pascual Fuertes (born 8 March 1968) is a Spanish former handball player and the current coach of CS Dinamo București and the Romania national team. He is one of the most successful handball coaches. On 9 February 2009, he replaced Manol ...

* 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 * 1 Alexandru Bucătaru * 22 Khalifa Ghedbane * 23 Saeid Heidarirad ;Left Wingers * 20 Rareș Muntean * 24

Andrei Nicușor Negru Andrei Nicușor Negru (born 24 May 1994) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Dinamo București and the Romania national team. Achievements * Liga Națională: **''Gold Medalist'': 2019, 2020, 2021 **''Silver Medalist'': 2015, 2016, 2017 *C ...

* 28 Alex Pascual Garcia ;Right Wingers * 6 Vlad Popa * 15 Valentin Ghionea ( c) * 55 Andrii Akimenko ;Line players * 74

Viachaslau Bokhan Viachaslau Bokhan (born 7 April 1996) is a Belarusian handball player for Dinamo București and the Belarusian national team. He participated at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championshi ...

* 89 Mohamed Mamdouh * 99 Cédric Sorhaindo ;Left Backs *7 Dan Racoțea * 47 Ante Kuduz * 90

Ali Zein Ali Zein Mohamed ( ar, علي زين محمد; born 14 December 1990) is an Egyptian handball player for CS Dinamo București and the Egyptian national team. Club career He started his career at Al Ahly, then he played for Étoile Sportive du Sa ...

* 94 Robert Militaru ;Central Backs * 14 João Pedro Silva * 34 Lazar Kukić ;Right Backs * 18

Eduardo Gurbindo Eduardo Gurbindo Martínez (born 8 November 1987) is a Spanish handball player who plays for CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital ...

* 37 Stanislav Kašpárek * 51 Javier Humet

Out on loan

* Octavian Bizău (CB) ''(at CSM București)'' until 2023 * Călin Dedu (LP) ''(at Club Cisne de Balonmano)'' until 2023

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining *

Petar Nenadić Petar Nenadić (born 28 June 1986) is a Serbian handball player who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Serbian national team. His brother Draško also played handball for national team. Club career RK Crvena zvezda Born in Belgrade, Serb ...

(LB) ''(from

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)'' ? * Tudor Buguleț (RW) ''(from CS Minaur Baia Mare)'' ? * Miklós Rosta (LP) ''(from

SC Pick Szeged SC Pick Szeged is a Hungary, Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League. The current name of the club is OTP Bank - Pick Szeged due to sponsorshi ...

)'' ? * Daniel Stanciuc (CB) ''(from CSU Suceava)'' ? ; Leaving * Valentin Ghionea (RW) ''(retires)'' * Cédric Sorhaindo (LP) ''(retires)'' :''Transfers for the 2024–25 season'' ; Joining * Vladimir Cupara (GK) ''(from Telekom Veszprém)'' ? ; Leaving

Notable former players

* Ion Mocanu * Petre Ivănescu *

Mircea Costache II Mircea Costache II (2 May 1940 – 16 February 2016) was a Romanian handball player and coach who played as a pivot for Dinamo București and for the national team. He scored the winning goal in the 1961 World Championship final. After retiring ...

Cristian Zaharia Cristian Valentin Zaharia (born 8 July 1967) is a Romanian former professional handball player and current coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...

* Rudi Prisăcaru * Ioan Moser * Mihai Redl * Ioan Bogolea * Virgil Hnat * Ghiță Licu *

Robert Licu Robert Ioan Licu (born 7 May 1969) is a Romanians, Romanian professional handball manager and former player who played as a right back. Licu is the manager of Liga Națională (women's handball), Liga Națională club CS Rapid București (handbal ...

* Mircea Grabovschi * Marin Dan *

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* Cornel Penu *

Valentin Samungi Valentin Samungi (born 27 January 1942) is a retired Romanian handball player. He won the world title in 1970 and an Olympic bronze medal in 1972. Samungi started playing handball in 1958, as a goalkeeper for CSS Bucharest. Between 1966 and 197 ...

* Cornel Durău *

Alexandru Buligan Alexandru Buligan (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper who played a record of 280 international games for Romania. He won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Championships. At the club level he ...

* Gheorghe Covaciu * Gheorghe Dogărescu * Eliodor Voica * Vasile Oprea * Rareș Jurcă * Marian Cozma *

Ibrahim Diaw Ibrahim Diaw or Ibrahima Diaw (born 28 November 1979) is a French-born Senegalese retired handballer who played for the Senegalese national team. He was former co-captain of Paris Saint-Germain Handball alongside Didier Dinart, then with Dani ...

* Hugo Descat *

Sajjad Esteki Sajjad Esteki ( fa, سجاد استکی, born 23 April 1990) is an Iranian handball player who currently plays for CSM Bacău (men's handball), CSM Bacău and the Iran men's national handball team. Esteki was the top scorer in the 2009 Men's You ...

* Vitaly Komogorov * Gustav Rydergård

External links

Official website

Team's page at eurohandball.com
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