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Dinamo București

Full name Fotbal Club Dinamo București

Nickname(s)  Câinii roșii (The Red Dogs)

 Alb-roșii (The White and Reds)

 Spartanii (The Spartans)

Short name Dinamo

Founded 14 May 1948; 72 years ago

Ground Dinamo

Capacity 15,032

Owner Ionuț Negoiță

General Manager Florin Prunea

Head Coach Adrian Mihalcea

League Liga I

2018–19 Liga I, 9th

Website Club website

 Third colours

Home colours Away colours

 Current season

Active departments of CS Dinamo București

Football Men's Handball Women's

Handball

Hockey Basketball Water polo

 Men's Volleyball Women's Rugby
Volleyball

Martial arts Athletics Boxing

Kayak Canoe Cycling

Gymnastics Weightlifting Judo

Modern Karate Wrestling Swimming

Fencing Shooting Taekwondo

Tennis Chess Skiing

Fotbal Club Dinamo București (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈnamo bukuˈreʃtʲ]), commonly known

as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest.

Founded in 1948, they have spent their entire history in Romania's top tier, the Liga I. Domestically,
Dinamo București is one of the two most successful teams in the country, having won 18 Liga I,
13 Cupa României, two Supercupa României, and one Cupa Ligii. In the 1983–84 season, they
became the first Romanian club to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.[1]

Dinamo's traditional home colours are white and red, while the current crest is a modified version of
the one adopted in the 1998. Their home venue is Stadionul Dinamo, although significant matches
are also played at Arena Națională. Their bitter rivals are neighbouring FCSB, with the match between
the two being commonly referred to as "the Eternal Derby".

Contents

 1History

 2Crest and colours

  3Stadium

 4Support

o 4.1Rivalries & Friendships

 5Youth program

 6Honours

o 6.1Domestic

 6.1.1Leagues

 6.1.2Cups

 7Players

o 7.1Current squad

o 7.2Out on loan

o 7.3Retired numbers

 8Club officials

o 8.1Board of directors

o 8.2Current technical staff

 9Statistics and records

o 9.1European cups all-time statistics

 10Notable former players

 11Notable former managers

 12Notes

 13References

 14External links

History[edit source]

Main articles:  History of FC Dinamo București  and  List of FC Dinamo București seasons

Dinamo București was founded on 14 May 1948, when Unirea Tricolor MAI, newly entered in January
1948 under the umbrella of the Communist regime's Internal Affairs Ministry, merged with Ciocanul
București. The sporting club represented the above-mentioned institution. [2] The "Dinamo" name was
used for the very first time on 1 May 1948. Nevertheless, the real debut of Dinamo was in the 1947-
48 Divizia A edition, finishing eighth. The squad included Ambru, Angelo Niculescu,
Teodorescu, Șiclovan, Bartha, and Sârbu. In 1955, Dinamo achieved its inaugural league
championship. With Angelo Niculescu as head coach, Dinamo had a strong offensive power, with an
attack formed by Ene I, Neaga and Suru. The defense, with players like Băcuț I, Băcuț
II, Szökő, Călinoiu, was the best in the championship, with only 19 goals conceded. [3]
In the fall of 1956, the team achieved Romania's inaugural presence in European competition in
the European Champion Clubs' Cup, created in 1955. On 26 August 1956, with 32,000 spectators,
Dinamo defeated Galatasaray, 3–1. In the second leg, Dinamo would lose in Istanbul 1–2.

Other teams Dinamo would compete in Europe, were Real Madrid (a team with Di
Stefano and Gento – the game played in Bucharest took place at 23 August Stadium, and established
a new record for this arena: 100,000 spectators [4]), Inter Milan and Feyenoord: 0–3 and 0–2.

In 1973, Dinamo won a European Cup home match against Northern Ireland's Crusaders Belfast with
11–0. The game continues to be the largest margin of victory in the history of the European Cup. [citation
needed]

The autumn of 1983–84 was going to represent a valuable step into the international arena. The
"European Champions Cup campaign" started with Finnish team Kuusysi Lahti, which they defeated
1–0 and 3–0. The second round pushed Dinamo against the current champion, Hamburger SV – team
of Stein, Kalz and Magath. At Bucharest, Augustin, Mulțescu and Orac scored for 3–0.[5][6] The thrilling
second leg finished 3–2, with goals from Țălnar and Mulțescu). In order to accede to the semi-finals
of CCE, Dinamo had to defeat another top team—Dinamo Minsk. The first leg was 1–
1, Rednic equalizing in the 87th minute, and it was followed by a 1–0 victory at Bucharest with
Augustin scoring. Dinamo was the first Romanian team to reach the European Champions Cup semi-
finals,[7] where it met Liverpool. Dinamo lost 1–0 at Anfield and 2–1 in Bucharest, as Liverpool
progressed to the 1984 European Cup Final.[8]

In 1986 Dinamo won the Cup against Steaua, the team that only a few days before won the European
Cup final.

Dinamo București team in 1953.

In the summer of 1990, Dinamo—with Mircea Lucescu as coach—conquered a new national title, its
thirteenth. Also the team won the Cup final 6–4, against Steaua.

Dinamo won the league title in 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2007, but failed to reach the final phases
of European competitions during those years.

In 2013, the team changed ownership, as businessman Ionuț Negoiță bought the club. [9] Instead, the
club was declared insolvent and started a period of poor results. Even after the club got out of
insolvency, the results didn't improve and Dinamo failed to qualify for the Liga I championship play-
off for two seasons in a row (2017–18 and 2018–19).

Crest and colours[edit source]

Dinamo's colours are red and white. The current crest includes the profile of two red dogs and also a
gold star above them, representing the club's tenth league title.
Stadium[edit source]

Main article:  Stadionul Dinamo

The Dinamo Stadium.

Dinamo plays its home games at Stadionul Dinamo. The arena was built in 1951, and for the official
inauguration Dinamo played a game against Locomotiva Timișoara. The stadium capacity was
planned at 16,000, but the installation of seats decreased it to 15,032. The stadium is part of a larger
complex which contains a smaller stadium, Stadionul Florea Dumitrache, where the second team,
Dinamo II, would play its matches. It is currently used by CS Dinamo București rugby team. There is
also a sports hall and a swimming pool.

The stadium is referred to as "Groapa" (The Pit), as it was dug rather than raising stands. The North
stand is honors Peluza Cătălin Hîldan, a former Dinamo player who died in 2000 at the age of 24. [citation
needed]

Dinamo plays significant matches, such as against rivals Steaua, at Arena Națională.

Support[edit source]

Dinamo has an estimated 13% support in Romania, making them the second most supported
Romanian club, after FCSB/Steaua.[10] The largest concentration of fans is in Bucharest, mainly in the
northeast and central areas of the city. The club also has important fan bases on other parts of the
country and where significant bases of Romanians are found. [citation needed]

Dinamo fans paying homage to Cătălin Hîldan in 2005.

The roots of the Dinamo ultras (fans) movement can be found in 1995 when groups like Dracula and
Rams Pantelimon appeared in the North End. [citation needed] In 1996 a group called Nuova Guardia was
formed, and became the leading group in the stadium and later on in the entire Romanian ultras
movement.[11] Following the death of the former captain, Cătălin Hîldan, in 2000, the fans renamed
the North End of Dinamo's stadium to Peluza Catalin Hîldan (PCH Stand) in his honor. The majority of
supporters are located in the PCH, but several factions have moved to the South End. [citation needed]

Rivalries & Friendships[edit source]

Main article:  Eternal derby

Dinamo's significant rivalry is with FCSB, with matches between them dubbed the Eternal derby. Both
clubs have had the most popularity in Romania with as strong reactions from its respective fans in
clashes in the stadium during games and elsewhere. In 1997, Dinamo's fans set a sector of
the Stadionul Ghencea on fire.[12] On 16 August 2016, during FCSB's UEFA Champions League 0–5
play-off loss against Manchester City, Dinamo fans unveiled a banner that read Doar Dinamo
București ("Only Dinamo Bucharest")[citation needed]

The club's second most important rivalry is against Rapid București. In the 1990s, there was fierce
competition between the two in winning the championship title.

Another rivalry is held against Universitatea Craiova; both finished with the same number of points in
the 1972–73 Divizia A, but Dinamo was given the title because of their superior goal difference. A
conflict has existed ever since.[13][14] Other smaller rivalries exist, such as the one against Petrolul
Ploiești.[citation needed]

Dinamo's fans have a good friendship with Universitatea Cluj's fans. The friendship started in the
mid-1990s, both ultras groups being linked with "the mentality, fanaticism
and nationalist side"[15] and the common hate for Steaua.

Youth program[edit source]

Main article:  Dinamo II București

Dinamo has an important infrastructure for training professionalism in the sport and developing
interest in the youth area. The youth center organises a system based on nine age groups between
nine and 18 years. Dinamo has around 180 juniors. [citation needed]

All the groups play in the competitions organised by the Bucharest Football Association and in those
created by the Romanian Federation. Youths around 16–18 years old are promoted to the second
team, Dinamo II.

The youth center has its base in the Dinamo Sports Center, where they have eight dressing rooms for
the players, one for the coaches, one for the referees, a medical center and a store room for the
equipment. Also, the center has many training grounds, among them the Piți Varga field. [16]

Honours[edit source]

Domestic[edit source]

Leagues[edit source]

 Liga I

o Winners (18): 1955, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1972–
73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1999–00, 20
01–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
 o Runners-up (20): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1968–
69, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 19
92–93, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05

Cups[edit source]

 Cupa României

o Winners (13): 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–
90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12

o Runners-up (10): 1954, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1987–88,[17][18]
[19]
 1988–89, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2015–16

 Supercupa României

o Winners (2): 2005, 2012

o Runners-up (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007

 Cupa Ligii

o Winners (1): 2016–17

Players[edit source]

Current squad[edit source]

As of 15 March 2020[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No

Position Player
.
1 GK Cătălin Straton
22 MF Deian Sorescu
Szabolcs Kilyén (on loan
2 DF
from  Viitorul) 23 MF Ionuț Șerban

4 MF Ioan Filip (Vice-captain) 24 MF Filip Mrzljak

5 MF Alexandru Răuță 26 DF Kristián Koštrna

6 DF Marco Ehmann 27 DF Ricardo Grigore

7 DF Lukáš Skovajsa 30 MF Claudiu Stan

8 MF Valentin Lazăr 31 MF Diego Fabbrini

12 GK Ștefan Fara 38 MF Andrei Bani

16 DF Mihai Popescu 43 FW Mattia Montini

17 MF Mamoutou N'Diaye 66 DF Ante Puljić (Captain)

18 FW Slavko Perović 93 GK Riccardo Piscitelli

 19 FW Daniel Popa 98 MF Andreas Mihaiu

20 DF Andrei Sin 99 FW Robert Moldoveanu

21 FW Mihai Neicuțescu

Out on loan[edit source]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No

Position Player
.
Mihai Eșanu (to  Farul
— GK
Constanța) Geani Crețu (to  Rapid
— MF
București)
Dragoș Petrișor (to  Turris
— GK
Turnu Măgurele) Liviu Gheorghe (to  Înainte
— MF
Modelu)
— GK Dragoș Trașcă (to  Focșani)
— MF Alin Lazăr (to  Focșani)
Florin Bejan (to  Academica
— DF
Clinceni) — MF Mihnea Vlad (to  Afumați)

— DF Alin Dudea (to  CSM Reșița) Cătălin

— FW
Măgureanu (to  Afumați)
— DF Ekrem Oltay (to  Afumați)
Gabriel Răducan (to  Oțelul
— FW
Galați)

Retired numbers[edit source]

Main article:  List of retired numbers in association football

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than
one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No

Position Player
.
Cătălin Hîldan (1994–2000)
11 MF
– posthumous honor)[a] 25 FW Ionel Dănciulescu [c]

Patrick Ekeng (2016) –
14 MF
posthumous honor)[b]

Club officials[edit source]

Board of directors[edit source] Curre

Role Name Role

Owner  Ionuț Negoiță Man

General Director  Bogdan Bălănescu Assi

  Cornel Dinu
 Constantin Eftimescu
Board Members
 Cristian Herciu
 Cristian Hîldan Goa

General Manager  Florin Prunea Fitn

Team Manager  Ionel Dănciulescu Ana

Organizer of competitions  George Trandafir Club

Marketing Director  Andrei David Phy

International Relations  Adrian Alexandrescu Mas

Economic Director  Doinița Stoica

Youth center director  Gabriel Răduță

Scou

Responsible for Order and Safety  Cristea Cojocaru

Press Officer  Ionel Culina


Photographer  Octavian Cocoloș 

 Last updated: 15 March 2020

 Source: Board of directors

Statistics and records[edit source]

European cups all-time statistics[edit source]

Main article:  FC Dinamo București in European football

As of August 3, 2017.

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD

10
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 18 66 24 10 32 96 – 10
6

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners'

5 20 8 4 8 25 18 +7
Cup

12
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 23 90 37 14 39 147 + 20
7

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 4 1 0 3 4 6 –2

 18 25
Total 47 70 28 82 272 + 15
0 7

Records in the league:

 Consecutive winning games: 17 games (12 June 1988 – 27 November 1988)

 Best unbeaten run: 47 games (26 May 1991 – 20 September 1992)

 Player with most appearances:   Cornel Dinu (454)

 Top scorer:   Dudu Georgescu (207)

 Top scorer in international games:   Claudiu Niculescu (18)

Records in the European competition:

 Biggest home win: Dinamo 11–0   Crusaders F.C. (1973–74) (still the biggest margin of
victory in the history of the European Cup)

 Biggest away win:   Alki Larnaca F.C. 0–9 Dinamo (1979–80)

 Heaviest home defeat: Dinamo 0–3   Feyenoord (1971–72), Dinamo 0–3   

Galatasaray (2009–10)

 Heaviest away defeat:   PFC CSKA Sofia 8–1 Dinamo (1956–57)

Notable former players[edit source]

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior
and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for FC Dinamo București.

For a list of all former and current FC Dinamo București players with a Wikipedia article,
see  Category:FC Dinamo București players.

For a list of FC Dinamo București players by caps and goals, see  List of FC Dinamo București players.

Notable former managers[edit source]

For a list of all former and current FC Dinamo București managers with a Wikipedia article,
see  Category:FC Dinamo București managers.

For a chronological list of all former and current FC Dinamo București managers, see  List of FC
Dinamo București managers.

  Ioan Andone 

  Cornel Dinu 

  Nicolae Dumitru 

  Florin Halagian 

  Marin Ion 

  Traian Ionescu 

  Mircea Lucescu 
  Dario Bonetti 