CS Rapid București (men's basketball)

Clubul Sportiv Rapid București, commonly known as CS Rapid București, Rapid București, or simply Rapid, is a Romanian basketball club based in Bucharest, currently participates in the Liga Națională, the top-tier league in Romania. The team represents the basketball men's section of CS Rapid București, a multi-sports club.

Rapid București
Rapid București logo
LeaguesLiga Națională
Founded1934 (1934)
HistoryCFR București (1934–1937)
Rapid București (1937–1945)
CFR București (1945–1950)
Locomotiva PTT (1950–1958)
Rapid București (1958–present)
ArenaSala Rapid
Capacity1,500
LocationBucharest, Romania
Team colorsWhite, Burgundy
   
PresidentValy Caciuriac
Head coachTudor Costescu
Championships1 Romanian Leagues
Websiteclubulrapid.ro
CS Rapid București
Football Women's
Handball		 Men's
Basketball
Women's
Basketball		 Men's
Water polo		 Women's
Water polo
Men's
Volleyball		 Women's
Volleyball		 Athletics
Boxing Bowling Judo
Karate Weightlifting Wrestling
Hockey Gymnastics Swimming

Rapid won a national title in 1951 and finished three times third, in 1961, 1964 and 1983, but in the last years played mostly in the second-tier Liga I.[1] However, in 2018 the league was merged with the top-tier Liga Națională.[2]

Honours
Champions (1): 1951

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

CS Rapid București roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 0 United States Gilbert, Alterique 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1997-10-06)6 October 1997
C 1 Israel Altit, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-04-04)4 April 1993
SF 2 Romania Dorneanu, Matei 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-03-28)28 March 2003
PG 3 Romania Șomăcescu, Tudor 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2005-06-15)15 June 2005
G/F 4 Cambodia Pridgett, Sayeed 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-05-22)22 May 1998
SG 5 Romania Badiu, Marcu 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2000-11-24)24 November 2000
SG 11 Croatia Bilinovac, Josip 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1990-12-30)30 December 1990
PF 14 Lithuania Petrilevičius, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991
C 15 Romania Sandu, Bogdan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 36 – (1987-06-15)15 June 1987
SF 21 Romania Andrei, Mihnea 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-09-21)21 September 1997
PG 24 Romania Oprea, David 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-07-04)4 July 2003
PF/C 32 United States Fitzpatrick, Toarlyn 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1989-09-04)4 September 1989
SF 35 Romania Girbea, Tudor 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-10-16)16 October 1998
Head coach
  • Romania Costescu, Tudor
Assistant coach(es)
  • Romania Bulancea, Marius
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 28, 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ben Altit Bogdan Sandu
PF Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Paulius Petrilevičius
SF Tudor Girbea Matei Dorneanu Mihnea Andrei
SG Sayeed Pridgett Josip Bilinovac Marcu Badiu
PG Tudor Șomăcescu David Oprea Alterique Gilbert Injured

References
  1. Sectia baschet masculin. clubulrapid.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Cum va arăta Liga Națională de Baschet Masculin sezonul viitor. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
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