CS Dinamo București (rugby union)

CS Dinamo București is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Bucharest, which plays in the Liga Națională de Rugby, the first division of Romanian rugby. They are the second most successful rugby union team in Romania with 16 championship titles, 12 cup titles and even a Champions League title to their name.

Dinamo București
Full nameClubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)Dinamoviștii
Bulldogi (The Bulldogs)
Alb-roșii (The White and Reds)
Founded1949 (1949)
LocationBucharest, Romania
Ground(s)Stadionul Arcul de Triumf (Capacity: 8,207)
PresidentIonuț-Adrian Popa
Coach(es)Sosene Anesi
Captain(s)Ovidiu Cojocaru
League(s)Liga Națională de Rugby
2022 Liga Națională de Rugby season3rd
1st kit
2nd kit

History

The Dinamo București rugby club was founded in 1949, under the wing of the CS Dinamo București sports club that had been founded by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs 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, Bucharest, 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

  • Liga Națională de Rugby
    • 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
    • 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

Dinamo București Liga Națională de Rugby squad

Props

  • Romania Florian Ciocoiu
  • Romania Alexandru Gordaș
  • Romania Marius Lungu
  • Romania Dragoș Mihai
  • Romania Bogdan Neacșu
  • South Africa JP Smith
  • Romania Dorin Tică

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Romania Mihai Graure
  • Tonga Paula Mahe
  • Romania Iulian Melinte
  • Romania Gabriel Pop
  • South Africa Dylan Schwartz
  • Romania Petre Urs

Wings

  • South Africa Damian Bonaparte
  • France Zyad El Aichouni
  • Romania Rafael Florea Jilăveanu

Fullbacks

  • Romania Traian Nițu
  • Samoa Joe Perez
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Romania on residency or dual nationality.

See also

References

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