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 22 top-flight titles, 10 Romanian Cups, 9 Romanian Supercups, and 1 EHF Champions League. Dinamo București has rivalry with Steaua București.

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, 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 Romanian Cup: Winners (10): 1979, 1982, 1988, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Romanian Super Cup: Winners (9): 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

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

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 1959–60 European Champions Cup R16 Sparta Katowice 14–11 13–13 27–24 QF Dukla Prague 23–22 23–22 SF Frisch Auf Göppingen 8–10 8–10 1961–62 European Champions Cup R16 SC DHfK Leipzig 7–9 7–9 1962–63 European Champions Cup R16 Budapest Spartacus 24–11 24–11 QF RK Zagreb 22–8 9–8 31–16 SF IK Skovbakken 14–10 14–12 28–22 F Dukla Prague 13–15 Runner-up 1964–65 European Champions Cup Winner R16 ASK Vorwärts Berlin 17–14 17–14 QF Redbergslids Göteborg 26–11 24–11 50–22 SF Grasshoppers Zürich 19–11 19–11 F Medveščak Zagreb 13–11 Winner 1965–66 European Champions Cup R16 HV Sittardia 21–16 21–16 QF Partizan Bjelovar 18–14 14–18 32–32 SF SC DHfK Leipzig 12–11 13–16 25–27 1966–67 European Champions Cup R16 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 23–13 16–14 39–27 QF HG Copenhagen 24–16 16–21 40–37 SF Dukla Prague 10–15 7–10 17–25 1978–79 European Champions Cup R16 Calpisa Alicante 28–14 20–24 48–38 QF Dukla Prague Qualified SF TV Großwallstadt 17–23 18–31 35–54 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up PR Maccabi Petah Tikva 37–22 27–12 64–34 R16 HV De Gazellen Doetinchem 27–24 25–17 52–41 QF ATSE Waagner Biro Graz 26–20 31–27 57–47 SF Željezničar Niš 25–22 27–26 52–48 F SKA Minsk 22–34 26–24 48–58Runner-up 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup R16 CSKA Moscow 22–17 21–22 43–39 QF SC Empor Rostock 28–23 22–22 50–45 SF US Créteil 20–19 20–26 40–45 1994–95 EHF City Cup R32 Spartak Baku 10–0 10–0 R16 TUSEM Essen 17–25 19–19 36–44 1995–96 EHF Champions League QR Borec Titov Veles 26–18 18–27 44–45 1996–97 EHF City Cup R32 SKA Lviv 31–23 34–19 65–42 R16 Sandefjord TIF 24–17 15–29 39–46 1997–98 EHF Champions League QR Vestmanna IF 16–17 25–20 41–37 R32 CS Cabot Zubří 26–26 22–35 48–61 2001–02 EHF Cup R1 SPE Strovolos Nicosia 26–20 18–23 44–43 R2 HC Berchem 32–30 35–26 67–56 R3 Fiqas Aalsmeer 32–24 24–26 56–50 R4 THW Kiel 21–31 27–33 48–64 2002–03 EHF Cup R1 CS Baracuda Handbal 37–21 24–26 61–47 R2 Śląsk Wrocław 33–26 17–29 50–55 2003–04 EHF Cup R2 Olimpus-85 Chișinău 41–26 35–25 76–51 R3 Shakhtar Akademiya Donetsk 31–32 34–30 65–62 R16 BK-46 Karis 41–26 35–28 76–54 QF HSG Nordhorn 30–28 33–34 63–62 SF BM Altea 30–30 25–31 55–61 2004–05 EHF Cup R3 Filippos Verias 28–28 24–23 52–51 R16 IFK Skövde HK 29–31 28–28 57–59 2005–06 EHF Champions League QR Beşiktaş Istanbul 35–36 41–34 76–70 GS BM Ciudad Real 24–29 17–40 4th MKB Veszprém KC 27–38 27–37 Tatran Prešov 28–24 25–30 2006–07 EHF Cup Winners' Cup R2 HB Esch 36–27 34–30 70–57 R3 Sporting CP 35–29 30–27 65–56 R16 HCM Constanța 27–17 20–31 47–48 2007–08 EHF Cup R2 AEK Athens 36–22 29–30 65–52 R3 Dunaferr SE 27–36 22–32 49–68 2015–16 EHF Cup Q1 Energia Târgu Jiu 38–24 24–24 62–48 Q2 AC Diomidis Argous 35–20 26–21 61–41 Q3 RK Maribor Branik 31–25 26–27 57–52 GS Fraikin BM Granollers 26–27 29–28 3rd Aalborg Håndbold 28–25 28–28 SC Magdeburg 33–34 22–39 2016–17 EHF Champions League GS TTH Holstebro 32–32 32–32 5th Motor Zaporizhzhia 35–31 27–35 ABC/UMinho 35–29 32–34 Beşiktaş Mogaz 26–26 27–29 HBC Nantes 26–27 24–26 2017–18 EHF Champions League GS Skjern Håndbold 23–36 28–39 6th Abanca Ademar León 24–28 29–32 Elverum Håndball 33–34 32–40 RK Gorenje Velenje 26–27 29–33 Kadetten Schaffhausen 29–28 25–27 2018–19 EHF Champions League GS Elverum Håndball 26–24 28–29 1st Abanca Ademar León 35–30 28–31 Wacker Thun 35–34 33–29 Riihimäen Cocks 24–22 32–31 Orlen Wisła Płock 24–21 28–29 Play-offs Sporting CP 26–27 31–32 57–59 2019–20 EHF Champions League GS Kadetten Schaffhausen 27–26 28–28 1st IFK Kristianstad 28–25 29–29 GOG Håndbold 35–28 32–31 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 34–23 30–20 Orlen Wisła Płock 29–20 26–26 Sporting CP 26–24 26–25 Play-offs Competition cancelled Cancelled 2020–21 EHF European League GS Sporting CP 25–27 32–31 5th IFK Kristianstad 28–29 22–31 Füchse Berlin 26–26 29–33 USAM Nîmes Gard 29–27 29–32 Tatran Prešov 32–30 27–32 2021–22 EHF Champions League GS Łomża Vive Kielce 32–29 29–34 8th Paris Saint-Germain Handball 31–39 30–41 FC Porto 26–27 32–31 Barça 30–35 32–36 Motor Zaporizhzhia 33–29 27–28 Telekom Veszprém HC 31–29 32–47 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 20–28 30–37 2022–23 EHF Champions League GS SC Magdeburg 28–30 33–34 5th GOG Håndbold 30–27 38–38 Telekom Veszprém HC 31–31 30–33 HC PPD Zagreb 27–27 29–28 Orlen Wisła Płock 32–27 28–26 FC Porto 32–27 23–32 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 29–36 26–33 Play-offs THW Kiel 28–41 32–31 60–72 2023–24 EHF European League GS HC Izviđač 52–24 40–24 2nd Füchse Berlin 32–33 30–33 Chambéry Savoie 36–33 28–21 MR CSM Constanța 33–23 33–25 2nd Sporting CP 27–31 33–35 Play-offs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 37–34 27–24 64–58 QF Skjern Håndbold 28–27 38–34 66–61 SF SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32–38 32–38 Third place Rhein-Neckar Löwen 31–32 4th 2024–25 EHF Champions League GS Fredericia Håndbold 37–28 37–32 6th Orlen Wisła Płock 26–27 28–26 Eurofarm Pelister 34–25 24–25 ONE Veszprém HC 26–33 24–36 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33–40 32–35 Sporting CP 33–29 25–34 Füchse Berlin 38–31 29–38 Play-offs SC Magdeburg 26–30 29–35 55–65 2025–26 EHF Champions League GS Sporting CP 30–33 29–30 8th Kolstad Håndball 33–23 28–31 ONE Veszprém HC 27–30 28–35 Füchse Berlin 21–27 31–32 Aalborg Håndbold 27–30 28–34 Industria Kielce 24–28 32–34 HBC Nantes 29–28 28–35 2026–27 EHF Champions League Group E Barça In progress Montpellier Handball SAH Aarhus

EHF ranking

Rank Team Points 12 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 275 13 Industria Kielce 272 14 MT Melsungen 236 15 Orlen Wisła Płock 236 16 GOG Håndbold 219 17 Dinamo București 196 18 FC Porto 167 19 HC Zagreb 140 20 Olympiacos SFP 126 21 RK Nexe 125

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Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season

Goalkeepers 1 Ionuț Iancu 21 Oscar Sävinger 34 Samir Bellahcene Left Wingers 23 Mads Emil Lenbroch 28 Alex Pascual Garcia Right Wingers 5 Ionuț Nistor 55 Andrii Akimenko Line players 4 Victor Iturriza 6 Călin Dedu 33 Lan Grbić

Left Backs 7 Andrei Buzle 9 Andrej Pergel 22 Pedro Valdés 37 Haniel Langaro 94 Robert Militaru (c) Central Backs 10 Miguel Martins 35 Andraž Makuc 44 Daniel Stanciuc Right Backs 2 Branko Vujović 57 Vinícios Carvalho 77 Roman Dodică

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Victor Iturriza (LP) from Kuwait SChttps://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/victor-iturizza-transfer-dinamo-handbal-912457.html Andraž Makuc (CB) from RK Celjehttps://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/andraz-makuc-transfer-dinamo-bucuresti-3-sezoane-937186.html Lan Grbić (LP) from RK Trimo Trebnjehttps://rukometnizurnal.com/lan-grbic-potpisao-za-dinamo-bukurest/ Andrej Pergel (LB) from BM Logroño La Rioja Vinícios Carvalho (RB) from C' Chartres MHBhttps://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/dinamo-bucuresti-transfer-vinicios-carvalho-942913.html Mads Lenbroch (LW) from Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Oscar Sävinger (GK) from IK Sävehof

Leaving Vladimir Cupara (GK) to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Miklós Rosta (LP) to OTP Bank – Pick Szegedhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/szeged-holt-ungarischen-nationalspieler-zurueck-1208169 Frederik Ladefoged (LP) to Paris Saint-Germainhttps://www.psg.fr/en/content/frederik-ladefoged-blazejewicz-joins-paris-saint-germain-handball Yoav Lumbroso (CB) to RK Partizanhttps://sportklub.rs/rukomet/rukometas-partizan-izrael-lumbroso/ Tom Pelayo (RB) to Limoges Handballhttps://www.lh-handball.fr/blog/2026/05/12/tom-pelayo-renfort-de-choix/ Andrei Nicușor Negru (LW) to CSM București

Transfer history Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Miguel Martins (CB) from Aalborg Håndbold Samir Bellahcene (GK) from TVB Stuttgart Tom Pelayo (RB) from US Dunkerque HB Pedro Valdés (LB) from FC Porto Roman Dodica (RB) from CSM București Andrei Buzle (LB) from CSM Constanța Ionuț Nistor (RW) from CSM Constanța

Leaving Ali Zein (LB) to ONE Veszprém Stanislav Kašpárek (RB) to Al Arabi SC André Gomes (LB) to Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings Haukur Þrastarson (CB) to Rhein-Neckar Löwen Darko Đukić (RW) to GRK Ohrid Ante Kuduz (LB) to Dijon Métropole Handball Tudor Buguleț (RW) to CSM Constanța Ramon Șomlea (LB) (to ?) Alin Cozmaciuc (GK) on loan at Helvetia Anaitasuna

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

References

External links

Official website Team's page at eurohandball.com