CS Dinamo București (rugby union)

Dinamo București

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nickname(s)	Dinamoviștii Bulldogi (The Bulldogs) Alb-roșii (The White and Reds)
Founded	1949; 73 years ago (1949)
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Ground(s)	Stadionul Florea Dumitrache (Capacity: 1,500)
President	Ionuţ Adrian Popa
Coach(es)	Sosene Anesi
Captain(s)	Petru Tamba
League(s)	CEC Bank SuperLiga
2019–20	4th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.csdinamo.eu/sectia-jocuri-sportive/rugby/

Active departments of CS Dinamo București
Football	Men's Handball	Women's Handball
Hockey	Basketball	Water polo
Men's Volleyball	Women's Volleyball	Rugby

CS Dinamo București is a professional Romanian rugby union club from Bucharest, which plays in the CEC Bank SuperLiga, 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.

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[]

• CEC Bank SuperLiga
  • 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[]

The CS Dinamo București squad for the 2020–21 SuperLiga season is:^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Marco Fuhri Hooker South Africa Merab Matkava Hooker Georgia Sergiu Puescu Hooker Romania Samuel Swanepoel Hooker South Africa Bogdan Neacșu Prop Romania Alexis Neisen Prop France Dragoș-Alexandru Mihai Prop Romania Rati Samkurashvili Prop Georgia JP Smith Prop South Africa Constantin Ștefanescu Prop Romania Petru Tamba (c) Prop Romania Krueger Werner Prop South Africa Ionuț Macoveanu Lock Romania Malcolm Onsando Lock Kenya Marcel Rusu Lock Romania Johannes van Heerden Lock Romania Clifferd Jacobs Back row South Africa Alexandru Mitu Back row Romania Back row Romania Etienne Terblanche Back row South Africa

Player Position Union Frederik Theron Scrum-half South Africa Antonio-Dănuț Savu Scrum-half Romania Jondre Williams Scrum-half South Africa Darren Baron Fly-half South Africa Wilfred Bowers Fly-half South Africa Cristian Onofrei Fly-half Romania De-An Ackermann Centre South Africa Divan Ferguson Centre South Africa Iulian Melinte Centre Romania Agbo Nkawadochi Centre Romania Dylan Schwartz Centre South Africa Leighton van Wyk Centre South Africa Ionuț Coman Wing Romania Marian Ispir Wing Romania Alexandru Porojan Wing Romania Shaun Prins Wing South Africa Alexandru Tudose Wing Romania Damian Bonaparte Fullback South Africa Marius Chiriac Fullback Romania David Jilăveanu Fullback Romania

• Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.

See also[]

• Rugby union in Romania

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website (in Romanian)
• SuperLiga Squad Details (in Romanian)
• itsrugby.co.uk Squad Details (in English)