CS Dinamo București (men's handball)
Romanian handball club in Bucharest
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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.[1] 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 22 top-flight titles, 10 Romanian Cups, 8 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.
| CS Dinamo București | |||
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București | ||
| Nickname | Câinii Roşii (The Red Dogs) | ||
| Short name | Dinamo | ||
| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Arena | Sala Polivalentă Dinamo (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches) | ||
| Capacity | 2,538 5,300 | ||
| President | |||
| Head coach | |||
| League | Liga Națională | ||
| 2025–26 | Liga Națională, 1st of 14 (champions) | ||
| Club colours | |||
| Website Official site | |||
Honours
Domestic competitions
- National League:
- Winners
(22): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022,[2] 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 - 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
- Winners
- Romanian Cup:
- Winners (10): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Romanian Super Cup:
- Winners (8): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
International competitions
- EHF Champions League:
- 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
CS Dinamo București was founded in 1948 and is one of the most successful Romanian clubs in European handball. Dinamo won the European Champions Cup in 1965 and finished as runners-up in 1963.
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate / position | |
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| 1959–60 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 14–11 | 13–13 | 27–24 | ||
| QF | 23–22 | N/a | 23–22 | ||||
| SF | 8–10 | N/a | 8–10 | ||||
| 1961–62 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 7–9 | N/a | 7–9 | ||
| 1962–63 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 24–11 | N/a | 24–11 | ||
| QF | 22–8 | 9–8 | 31–16 | ||||
| SF | 14–10 | 14–12 | 28–22 | ||||
| F | 13–15 (a.e.t.) | N/a | Runner-up | ||||
| 1964–65 | European Champions Cup |
R16 | 17–14 | N/a | 17–14 | ||
| QF | 26–11 | 24–11 | 50–22 | ||||
| SF | 19–11 | N/a | 19–11 | ||||
| F | 13–11 | N/a | Winner | ||||
| 1965–66 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 21–16 | N/a | 21–16 | ||
| QF | 18–14 | 14–18 | 32–32 (better goal ratio) | ||||
| SF | 12–11 | 13–16 | 25–27 | ||||
| 1966–67 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 23–13 | 16–14 | 39–27 | ||
| QF | 24–16 | 16–21 | 40–37 | ||||
| SF | 10–15 | 7–10 | 17–25 | ||||
| 1978–79 | European Champions Cup | R16 | 28–14 | 20–24 | 48–38 | ||
| QF | N/a | N/a | Qualified | ||||
| SF | 17–23 | 18–31 | 35–54 | ||||
| 1982–83 | European Cup Winners' Cup |
PR | 37–22 | 27–12 | 64–34 | ||
| R16 | 27–24 | 25–17 | 52–41 | ||||
| QF | 26–20 | 31–27 | 57–47 | ||||
| SF | 25–22 | 27–26 | 52–48 | ||||
| F | 22–34 | 26–24 | 48–58 Runner-up |
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| 1988–89 | European Cup Winners' Cup | R16 | 22–17 | 21–22 | 43–39 | ||
| QF | 28–23 | 22–22 | 50–45 | ||||
| SF | 20–19 | 20–26 | 40–45 | ||||
| 1994–95 | EHF City Cup | R32 | 10–0 | N/a | 10–0 | ||
| R16 | 17–25 | 19–19 | 36–44 | ||||
| 1995–96 | EHF Champions League | QR | 26–18 | 18–27 | 44–45 | ||
| 1996–97 | EHF City Cup | R32 | 31–23 | 34–19 | 65–42 | ||
| R16 | 24–17 | 15–29 | 39–46 | ||||
| 1997–98 | EHF Champions League | QR | 16–17 | 25–20 | 41–37 | ||
| R32 | 26–26 | 22–35 | 48–61 | ||||
| 2001–02 | EHF Cup | R1 | 26–20 | 18–23 | 44–43 | ||
| R2 | 32–30 | 35–26 | 67–56 | ||||
| R3 | 32–24 | 24–26 | 56–50 | ||||
| R4 | 21–31 | 27–33 | 48–64 | ||||
| 2002–03 | EHF Cup | R1 | 37–21 | 24–26 | 61–47 | ||
| R2 | 33–26 | 17–29 | 50–55 | ||||
| 2003–04 | EHF Cup | R2 | 41–26 | 35–25 | 76–51 | ||
| R3 | 31–32 | 34–30 | 65–62 | ||||
| R16 | 41–26 | 35–28 | 76–54 | ||||
| QF | 30–28 | 33–34 | 63–62 | ||||
| SF | 30–30 | 25–31 | 55–61 | ||||
| 2004–05 | EHF Cup | R3 | 28–28 | 24–23 | 52–51 | ||
| R16 | 29–31 | 28–28 | 57–59 | ||||
| 2005–06 | EHF Champions League | QR | 35–36 | 41–34 | 76–70 | ||
| GS | 24–29 | 17–40 | 4th | ||||
| 27–38 | 27–37 | ||||||
| 28–24 | 25–30 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | R2 | 36–27 | 34–30 | 70–57 | ||
| R3 | 35–29 | 30–27 | 65–56 | ||||
| R16 | 27–17 | 20–31 | 47–48 | ||||
| 2007–08 | EHF Cup | R2 | 36–22 | 29–30 | 65–52 | ||
| R3 | 27–36 | 22–32 | 49–68 | ||||
| 2015–16 | EHF Cup | Q1 | 38–24 | 24–24 | 62–48 | ||
| Q2 | 35–20 | 26–21 | 61–41 | ||||
| Q3 | 31–25 | 26–27 | 57–52 | ||||
| GS | 26–27 | 29–28 | 3rd | ||||
| 28–25 | 28–28 | ||||||
| 33–34 | 22–39 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | EHF Champions League | GS | 32–32 | 32–32 | 5th | ||
| 35–31 | 27–35 | ||||||
| 35–29 | 32–34 | ||||||
| 26–26 | 27–29 | ||||||
| 26–27 | 24–26 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | EHF Champions League | GS | 23–36 | 28–39 | 6th | ||
| 24–28 | 29–32 | ||||||
| 33–34 | 32–40 | ||||||
| 26–27 | 29–33 | ||||||
| 29–28 | 25–27 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | EHF Champions League | GS | 26–24 | 28–29 | 1st | ||
| 35–30 | 28–31 | ||||||
| 35–34 | 33–29 | ||||||
| 24–22 | 32–31 | ||||||
| 24–21 | 28–29 | ||||||
| Play-offs | 26–27 | 31–32 | 57–59 | ||||
| 2019–20 | EHF Champions League | GS | 27–26 | 28–28 | 1st | ||
| 28–25 | 29–29 | ||||||
| 35–28 | 32–31 | ||||||
| 34–23 | 30–20 | ||||||
| 29–20 | 26–26 | ||||||
| 26–24 | 26–25 | ||||||
| Play-offs | Competition cancelled | N/a | N/a | Cancelled | N/a | ||
| 2020–21 | EHF European League | GS | 25–27 | 32–31 | 5th | ||
| 28–29 | 22–31 | ||||||
| 26–26 | 29–33 | ||||||
| 29–27 | 29–32 | ||||||
| 32–30 | 27–32 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | EHF Champions League | GS | 32–29 | 29–34 | 8th | ||
| 31–39 | 30–41 | ||||||
| 26–27 | 32–31 | ||||||
| 30–35 | 32–36 | ||||||
| 33–29 | 27–28 | ||||||
| 31–29 | 32–47 | ||||||
| 20–28 | 30–37 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | GS | 28–30 | 33–34 | 5th | ||
| 30–27 | 38–38 | ||||||
| 31–31 | 30–33 | ||||||
| 27–27 | 29–28 | ||||||
| 32–27 | 28–26 | ||||||
| 32–27 | 23–32 | ||||||
| 29–36 | 26–33 | ||||||
| Play-offs | 28–41 | 32–31 | 60–72 | ||||
| 2023–24 | EHF European League | GS | 52–24 | 40–24 | 2nd | ||
| 32–33 | 30–33 | ||||||
| 36–33 | 28–21 | ||||||
| MR | 33–23 | 33–25 | 2nd | ||||
| 27–31 | 33–35 | ||||||
| Play-offs | 37–34 | 27–24 | 64–58 | ||||
| QF | 28–27 | 38–34 | 66–61 | ||||
| SF | 32–38 | N/a | 32–38 | ||||
| Third place | 31–32 | N/a | 4th | ||||
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | GS | 37–28 | 37–32 | 6th | ||
| 26–27 | 28–26 | ||||||
| 34–25 | 24–25 | ||||||
| 26–33 | 24–36 | ||||||
| 33–40 | 32–35 | ||||||
| 33–29 | 25–34 | ||||||
| 38–31 | 29–38 | ||||||
| Play-offs | 26–30 | 29–35 | 55–65 | ||||
| 2025–26 | EHF Champions League | GS | 30–33 | 29–30 | 8th | ||
| 33–23 | 28–31 | ||||||
| 27–30 | 28–35 | ||||||
| 21–27 | 31–32 | ||||||
| 27–30 | 28–34 | ||||||
| 24–28 | 32–34 | ||||||
| 29–28 | 28–35 | ||||||
| 2026–27 | EHF Champions League | Group E | In progress | ||||
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EHF ranking
- As of 25 June 2026[3]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 12 | 275 | |
| 13 | 272 | |
| 14 | 236 | |
| 15 | 236 | |
| 16 | 219 | |
| 17 | 196 | |
| 18 | 167 | |
| 19 | 140 | |
| 20 | 126 | |
| 21 | 125 | |
Kits
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2026–27 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2026–27 season
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Transfer History
| Transfers for the 2025–26 season | ||
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Staff
- Staff for the 2025–26 season
Sport Director: David Barrufet
Team Manager: Cédric Sorhaindo
Head Coach: Paulo Pereira
Assistant Coach: Jorge Sousa
Assistant Coach: Sebastian Bota
Goalkeeping Coach: Luis Santos
Physiotherapist: Victor Semen
Physiotherapist: Tudor Cornea
Physical Trainer: Thomas Torabi
External Coordinator: Ovidiu Semen
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