CS Dinamo București (men's handball)

CS Dinamo București
CS Dinamo București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	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	Ionuț Popa
Head coach	Paulo Pereira
League	Liga Națională
2024–25	Liga Națională, 1st of 14 (champions)
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

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

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 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

24 Andrei Nicușor Negru
28 Alex Pascual Garcia

Right Wingers

5 Ionuț Nistor
55 Andrii Akimenko

Line players

6 Călin Dedu
14 Frederik Ladefoged
45 Miklós Rosta

Left Backs

7 Andrei Buzle
22 Pedro Valdés
37 Haniel Langaro
94 Robert Militaru (c)

Central Backs

44 Daniel Stanciuc
66 Yoav Lumbroso
Miguel Martins

Right Backs

2 Branko Vujović
59 Tom Pelayo
77 Roman Dodică

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Miguel Martins (CB) from Aalborg Håndbold^[2]
Samir Bellahcene (GK) from TVB Stuttgart^[3]
Tom Pelayo (RB) from US Dunkerque HB^[4]
Pedro Valdés (LB) from FC Porto^[5]
Roman Dodica (RB) from CSM București^[6]
Andrei Buzle (LB) from CSM Constanța^[7]
Ionuț Nistor (RW) from CSM Constanța^[8]

Leaving

Ali Zein (LB) to ONE Veszprém^[9]
André Gomes (LB) to Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings^[10]
Haukur Þrastarson (CB) to Rhein-Neckar Löwen^[11]
Darko Đukić (RW) to GRK Ohrid^[12]
Tudor Buguleț (RW) to CSM Constanța
Ramon Șomlea (LB) (to ?)

Staff

Staff for the 2025–26 season

Sport Director: David Barrufet
Head Coach: Paulo Pereira
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

References

External links

[c059-1] "Clasament + Program/Rezultate Liga Zimbrilor Masculin". Federatia Romana de Handbal (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 November 2024.

[2] ttps://handnews.fr/2025/rou-miguel-martins-rejoint-le-dinamo-bucarest/

[3] ttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/bestaetigt-bellahcene-wechselt-nach-bukarest-1124841

[4] ttps://www.lequotidiendusport.fr/tom-pelayo-bucarest-va-me-permettre-de-jouer-la-ligue-des-champions/

[5] ttps://www.fanatik.ro/dinamo-a-gasit-inlocuitor-pentru-ali-zein-vedeta-celor-de-la-fc-porto-a-semnat-cu-campioana-romaniei-exclusiv-21041028

[6] ttps://www.bursa.ro/handbal-roman-dodica-este-noul-inter-dreapta-al-echipei-dinamo-bucuresti-04640655

[7] ttps://ctsport.ro/2025/02/05/soc-la-csm-constanta-andrei-buzle-si-ionut-nistor-au-semnat-cu-dinamo/

[8] ttps://ctsport.ro/2025/02/05/soc-la-csm-constanta-andrei-buzle-si-ionut-nistor-au-semnat-cu-dinamo/

[9] ttps://kezi-vilag.blog.hu/2025/02/18/ujabb_egyiptomi_valogatott_jatekos_erkezik_veszprembe

[10] ttps://handnews.fr/2025/rou-miguel-martins-rejoint-le-dinamo-bucarest/

[11] ttps://www.rhein-neckar-loewen.de/haukur-thrastarson-wechselt-zu-den-loewen-961943

[12] ttps://www.handball-planet.com/transfer-bombshell-darko-djukic-joins-hc-ohrid/

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