CS Dinamo București (football)

Dinamo București
Full nameClubul Sportiv Dinamo București
Nicknames
  • Alb-roșii
    (The White and Reds)
  • Echipa ministerului
    (The Ministry's team)
Short nameDinamo
Founded14 May 1948 (1948-05-14)
1 May 2014 (2014-05-01) (refounded)
GroundCNF Buftea
Capacity1,600
OwnerMinistry of Internal Affairs
General managerIonel Dănciulescu
Head coachIonuț Chirilă
LeagueLiga II
2025–26Liga II
Regular season: 19th of 22
Play-out, Group A: 6th
Websitehttp://www.csdinamo.eu/

Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București, commonly known as CS Dinamo București, or simply as Dinamo, is a Romanian football team based in Bucharest. The team represents the football section of the namesake multi-sport club and currently competes in Liga II.

History

Dinamo București was founded on 14 May 1948, following the merger of Unirea Tricolor MAI and Ciocanul București as a multi-sport club under the Internal Affairs Ministry.[1][2][3][4][5] In 1992, Fotbal Club Dinamo București was established as a distinct entity under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1994, the football section was reorganized and all football activity was transferred to ACS FC Dinamo București which in 2000 obtained its Certificate of Sports Identity, fully detaching the football section from CS Dinamo and appointing Nicolae Badea as president.[6]

Following this, the commercial company Dinamo 2001 SRL was registered to manage the football team. Minority stakes were transferred to several businessmen while ACS FC Dinamo retained the majority. Shortly afterwards the company was renamed SC Dinamo 1948 SA, which has since managed the professional football club in Romania’s top division. In 2017, ACS FC Dinamo enrolled its own senior team in the lower leagues.[6] In 2014, the multi-sport club managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs established a football academy, and in 2021 re-established its senior football team in Liga IV – Bucharest.[7][8]

Under the guidance of Daniel Iftodi, Dinamo won the Bucharest Municipality Championship and subsequently promoted to Liga III after a play-off against Venus Independența, the winners of Liga IV Călărași County, winning 3–2 away and 1–0 at home.[9][10] In the 2022–23 Liga III campaign, Iftodi was dismissed in November 2022 after twelve rounds, following a 2–3 away defeat to Flacăra Moreni. After an interim spell, Dănuț Lupu was replaced during the winter break by Marius Bratu, who led Dinamo to a 5th-place finish in the regular season and 6th place after the play-out stage of Series IV.[11][12][13]

During the 2023–24 campaign, Marius Bratu led the White and Reds to a 1st-place finish in the regular season, but was dismissed in April 2024 after four rounds of the play-off stage of Series IV.[14] He was replaced by Gheorghe Mihali, assisted by Bogdan Dobre,[15] who guided the team to win the series and reach the promotion play-offs, where Dinamo eliminated Dunărea Călărași in the first round (3–1 away and 1–0 at home) before being knocked out in the second round by Afumați (0–1 away and 0–2 at home). Subsequently, an additional play-off for the sixth promotion place was held, in which Dinamo defeated Ghiroda 3–1 in the semi-final, which was to be the last match played at Dinamo Stadium before its demolition to make way for the new arena, but lost the final to Focșani 0–2 away at Milcovul Stadium.[16][17]

Despite the ongoing demolition, the team continued to play its home matches at the old Dinamo Stadium during the 2024–25 Liga III campaign.[18] In August 2024, Florin Bratu was appointed as the new head coach,[19] and under his guidance, the White and Reds finished 3rd in the regular season of Series IV, went on to win the series after the play-off stage, and qualified for the promotion play-offs, in which Dinamo defeated Dunărea Călărași (4–2 away and 1–1 at home) in the first round, and secured promotion to Liga II after defeating Vedița Colonești (4–2 away and 1–1 at home) in the second round.[20]

The White and Reds debuted in Liga II in the 2025–26 campaign with Florin Bratu as head coach, who led the team through the first nineteen rounds of the season during a difficult period marked by inconsistent results, while also guiding them to the Cupa României group stage, where they finished last in their group after three defeats against Dinamo 1948 (1–3), Concordia Chiajna (0–3), and Farul Constanța (0–4), before leaving two rounds prior to the end of the regular season after signing with first-tier side Metaloglobus București and being replaced by assistant Boris Keča, with the team sitting 19th at the end of the first stage.[21] Although Ionel Dănciulescu was appointed head coach in April after the opening round of the play-out, Keča retained de facto control of the squad while serving as assistant, with Dănciulescu listed as head coach in match reports due to licensing regulations.[22] Dinamo finished 6th in Group A of the play-out and qualified for the relegation play-off against 1599 Șelimbăr, where a 1–1 draw in the first leg was followed by a 0–2 defeat at Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie, resulting in relegation back to the third tier.[23][24][25]

Ground

The team played its home matches at the Dinamo Stadium, with a capacity of approx. 15,000 people, until 2025.[26] From 2025 onward, the team plays its home matches at the CNF Buftea, at Buftea, Ilfov County, as its traditional ground does not meet the requirements for first league games. The ground is part of the Football Centre in Buftea and has a double stand with views to each of its two fields. It can hold 800 people on each side. The complex is the second training centre of the Romanian Football Federation.

Honours

Liga III

Liga IV Bucharest

Players

First team squad

As of 20 March 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Denis Moldovan (on loan from Universitatea Cluj)
3 DF  ROU Ayan Anghel
4 DF  ROU Mihai Leca (Vice-captain)
6 MF  ROU Bogdan Alexandru
7 DF  ROU Alin Demci
9 FW  ROU Cătălin Cocoș
10 MF  ROU Roberto Mălăele (3rd captain)
12 GK  ROU Liviu Corjenco
17 MF  ROU Robert Enache (on loan from Chindia Târgoviște)
18 DF  ROU Raul Gherman
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  ROU Iustin Răducan
22 MF  ROU Silvian Matei
23 DF  ROU Rareș Cernamoriț
24 DF  ROU Adrian Ioniță
28 DF  ROU Dragoș Vlaicu
77 FW  ROU Alin Cocoș (on loan from Farul Constanța)
80 FW  NOR Stanley Anaebonam
90 GK  ROU David Dincă (on loan from Farul Constanța)
98 MF  ROU Ionuț Zaharia

Club Officials

League and cup history

References

  1. ↑ "Dinamo, nume blestemat! Decăderea unui brand din Europa de Est: retrogradări, uitare, dezamăgiri!" [Dinamo, damned name! The decline of an Eastern European brand: relegations, forgetfulness, disappointments!] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Editorial Cornel Dinu. Tristeți istorice de ziua lui Dinamo. Paralelă dureroasă cu statul Israel, fondat la aceeași dată, 14 mai 1948" [Editorial Cornel Dinu. Historical sadness for Dinamo's birthday. Painful parallel with the state of Israel, founded on the same date, May 14, 1948] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ ""I-am scris o scrisoare lui Florentino Perez!" Cornel Dinu, dezvaluiri despre super-parteneriatul dintre Dinamo si Real Madrid" ["I wrote a letter to Florentino Perez!" Cornel Dinu, revelations about the super-partnership between Dinamo and Real Madrid] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "O poveste mereu frumoasă" [An always beautiful story] (in Romanian). fcdinamo.ro. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Zbuciumatul început de an 1990" [The turmoil of the early 1990s] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Dinamo București a devenit caz unic în lume: trei cluburi diferite în primele trei ligi, aceeași denumire! Cum s-a ajuns aici, profilul complet al fiecărei echipe și ce șanse sunt de unificare" [Dinamo Bucharest has become a unique case in the world: three different clubs in the top three leagues, the same name! How it got here, the complete profile of each team and what are the chances of unification] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 6 June 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Concurență pentru Negoiță: Clubul Sportiv și-a reînființat secția de fotbal. Lipă: "Putem avea în prima ligă două echipe cu numele Dinamo"" [Competition for Negoiță: The Sports Club has re-established its football section. Lipă: "We can have two teams named Dinamo in the first league"] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Încă o echipă departamentală în România. 11 milioane de euro, bugetul total al clubului sportiv. Ce minister are acum club de fotbal" [Another departmental team in Romania. 11 million euros, the total budget of the sports club. Which ministry now has a football club] (in Romanian). orangesport.ro. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "CS Dinamo a promovat în Liga 3! Echipa Ministerului de Interne a învins în ambele manșe ale barajului" [CS Dinamo promoted to League 3! The Ministry of Interior team won both legs of the play-off] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Dinamo și-a proclamat Independența! „Câinii" lui Daniel Iftodi au promovat în Liga a 3-a. „În 4 ani ar trebui să avem echipă în prima ligă!"" [Dinamo has proclaimed its Independence! Daniel Iftodi's "Dogs" have promoted to the 3rd League. "In 4 years we should have a team in the first league!"] (in Romanian). playsport.ro. 25 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "CS Dinamo și Daniel Iftodi s-au despărțit: "Era normal să existe un șoc la echipă." Dănuț Lupu asigură interimatul" [CS Dinamo and Daniel Iftodi parted ways: "It was normal for there to be a shock in the team." Dănuț Lupu ensures the interim] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 19 November 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Dănuț Lupu, noul antrenor de la CS Dinamo! Mutare surprinzătoare: înlocuiește un fost campion cu „roș-albii"" [Dănuț Lupu, the new coach of CS Dinamo! Surprising move: replaces a former champion with the "red-whites"] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 18 November 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "CS Dinamo și-a numit un nou antrenor principal. Marius Bratu îl înlocuiește pe interimarul Dănuț Lupu" [CS Dinamo has appointed a new head coach. Marius Bratu replaces interim Dănuț Lupu] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 28 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Prima în play-off-ul din Liga 3, CS Dinamo și-a schimbat antrenorul" [First in the play-offs in League 3, CS Dinamo changed its coach] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Schimbare-șoc de antrenor la echipa de fotbal a lui Dinamo! Un titular al "Generației de Aur", numit principal în Ștefan cel Mare" [Shock coaching change at Dinamo football team! A member of the "Golden Generation" named head coach in Stefan cel Mare] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "S-a jucat ultimul meci pe stadionul din "Ștefan cel Mare"! CS Dinamo s-a calificat în finala barajului de promovare în Liga 2" [The last match was played at the "Ștefan cel Mare" stadium! CS Dinamo qualified for the final of the promotion play-off in League 2] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  17. ↑ "S-a decis ultima promovată în Liga 2 / CSM Focșani obține biletul pentru divizia secundă! Victorie fără emoții în finala contra CS Dinamo" [The last team promoted to League 2 has been decided / CSM Focșani gets the ticket to the second division! Emotional victory in the final against CS Dinamo] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "Echipa care a anunțat că își va disputa meciurile de pe teren propriu pe stadionul Dinamo, a cărui demolare a început" [The team that announced that it will play its home matches at the Dinamo stadium, whose demolition has begun] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 17 September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "Florin Bratu, oficial noul antrenor al CS Dinamo" [Florin Bratu, officially the new coach of CS Dinamo] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  20. ↑ "CS Dinamo a promovat în Liga 2" [CS Dinamo promoted to League 2] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 4 June 2025. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "CS Dinamo a oficializat despărțirea de Florin Bratu și a anunțat, prin președinte, cine conduce echipa mai departe!" [CS Dinamo has made the separation from Florin Bratu official and announced, through the president, who will lead the team going forward!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 3 March 2026. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "Ionel Dănciulescu revine ca antrenor după mai bine de un deceniu! Iată în ce condiții: "Ca întotdeauna, eu ajut"" [Ionel Dănciulescu returns as a coach after more than a decade! Here are the conditions: "As always, I help"] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 2 April 2026. Archived from the original on 5 April 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "CS Dinamo și CSC Șelimbăr termină în forță turul barajului de menținere în Liga 2, iar retrogradata se decide în retur" [CS Dinamo and CSC Șelimbăr finish the play-off round in force in League 2, and the relegation is decided in the return leg] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 16 May 2026. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  24. ↑ "CSC Șelimbăr câștigă barajul cu CS Dinamo" [CSC Șelimbăr wins the play-off with CS Dinamo] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 23 May 2026. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "CS Dinamo a retrogradat în Liga a 3-a!" [CS Dinamo was relegated to the 3rd League!] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "Casă nouă pentru CS Dinamo » Unde va juca echipa lui Florin Bratu și Ionel Dănciulescu" [New home for CS Dinamo » Where will play the team of Florin Bratu and Ionel Dănciulescu] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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