CS Dinamo București (basketball)

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.

BC Dinamo București / Dinamo Știința București
Nickname	Câinii roșii (Red dogs)
Leagues	Liga Națională ENBL
Founded	1949 (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

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

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

Dinamo București roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 1 Kuti, Nandor 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 PG 3 Vulikić, Vuk 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 PG 5 Popa, Ștefan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2006-10-26)26 October 2006 SF 6 Ancrum, Dalan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1996-05-26)26 May 1996 SG 7 Mustapić, Jakov 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994 SG 8 Patru, David Andrei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 20 – (2004-06-25)25 June 2004 C 10 Taylor, Jimmie 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1995-09-03)3 September 1995 PF 11 Grasu, Ștefan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003 PG 15 Roberts, Anthony 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-01-02)2 January 2000 PF/C 17 Marelja, Aleksandar 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 F 22 Sandor, Alexandru 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2003-09-23)23 September 2003 PF/C 37 Lazăr, Mario 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994	Head coach Dragan Nikolić Assistant coach(es) Bogdan Stăncuț Dean Medan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 25 August 2024

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.

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