CS Dinamo București (basketball)

BC Dinamo București / Dinamo Știința București
Nickname	Câinii roșii (Red dogs)
Leagues	Liga Națională
Founded	1949; 75 years ago (1949)
History	CS Dinamo București (1949–2003) Dinamo-Erbașu București (2003–2006) Dinamo Gealan București (2006–2009) CS Dinamo București (2009–2018) Dinamo Știința București (2018–present)
Arena	Dinamo
Capacity	2,538
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Team colors	Red, White
Main sponsor	SUPERBET
President	George Cosac
Head coach	Sotiris Manolopoulos
Championships	22 Romanian Leagues 4 Romanian Cups
Website	Official website
Home Away

Active departments of CS Dinamo București
Football Men's handball Women's handball Hockey Basketball Water polo Men's volleyball Women's volleyball Rugby Martial arts Athletics Boxing Kayak Canoe Cycling Gymnastics Weightlifting Judo Modern<br/>karate Wrestling Swimming Fencing Shooting Taekwondo Tennis Chess Skiing

BC Dinamo București or Dinamo Știința București, formerly known as Dinamo-Erbașu or Dinamo Gealan, is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Bucharest, Romania, which currently participates in the Liga Națională, the top-tier league in Romania. The team represents the basketball men's section of CS Dinamo București, a multi-sports club.

History

BC Dinamo has won the Romanian championship 22 times.

At the end of 2009/10 season, the team was relegated to Division B for the first time in its history. They returned to Division A after one season. As of 2014 the team activates in the Romanian Liga I. In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo was the runner-up in the Liga I and promoted back to the Liga Națională

In 2018, the team started a collaboration with CSU Știința București, forming a new team: Dinamo Știința București. The project is based on the idea of a team formed by young Romanian basketball players, helped by experienced foreigners. In the first season, the team finished 8th, the best ranking in the recent years for the club and managed to reach the Romanian Cup Final Four.

Trophies

• Romanian Champions (22)
  • 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
• Romanian Cup (4)
  • 1967, 1968, 1969, 1980

Current roster

Dinamo București roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Son, Sasha 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 18 – (2005-12-11)11 December 2005 PG 4 Mandache, Andrei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 PG 6 Katić, Toni 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992 PF 7 Cârstea, Luca 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-02-07)7 February 2004 SG 8 Patru, David Andrei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (2004-06-25)25 June 2004 PF 9 Moldoveanu, Vlad 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1988-02-11)11 February 1988 PF 11 Grasu, Ștefan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003 SF 22 Vîrnă, Radu 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1997-09-08)8 September 1997 C 23 Wojciechowski, Jakub 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 PG 24 Luca, Alex 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2004-10-08)8 October 2004 C 44 Uță, Rareș 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1997-12-24)24 December 1997	Head coach Sotiris Manolopoulos Assistant coach(es) Eugen Ilie Jovan Beader Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 24 December 2022

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

• Modestas Kumpys
• Justin Baker
• Willie Kemp
• Michael Deloac

This page was last edited on 31 January 2024, at 15:57