CS Rapid București (men's basketball)

Clubul Sportiv Rapid București, commonly known as CS Rapid București, Rapid București, or simply Rapid, is a Romanian basketball club based in Bucharest, currently participates in the Liga Națională, the top-tier league in Romania. The team represents the basketball men's section of CS Rapid București, a multi-sports club.

Rapid București
LeaguesLiga Națională
Founded1934 (1934)
HistoryCFR București (1934–1937)
Rapid București (1937–1945)
CFR București (1945–1950)
Locomotiva PTT (1950–1958)
Rapid București (1958–present)
ArenaSala Rapid
Capacity1,500
LocationBucharest, Romania
Team colorsWhite, Burgundy
         
PresidentValy Caciuriac
Head coachVictor Bulancea
Championships1 Romanian Leagues
Websiteclubulrapid.ro
Active departments of CS Rapid București
Football Women's Handball Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball Men's
Water polo		 Women's
Water polo
Men's Volleyball Athletics Boxing
Bowling Judo Karate
Weightlifting Wrestling Hockey

Rapid won a national title in 1951 and finished three times third, in 1961, 1964 and 1983, but in the last years played mostly in the second-tier Liga I.[1] However, in 2018 the league was merged with the top-tier Liga Națională.[2]

Honours
Champions (1): 1951

Current roster

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

CS Rapid București roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
4 Kragulj, Goran
PG 5 Costea, Vlad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
SF 6 Manolescu, Vlad 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PG 7 Zarojanu, Andrei 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
8 Avramescu, Radu
9 Dumitrescu, Laurențiu
10 Gheorghe, Bogdan
11 Nazîru, Cătălin
G 12 Hope, Mikey 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
13 Rădulescu, Alexandru
14 Petrovici, Constantin
PF 15 Sandu, Bogdan (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Head coach
  • Bulancea, Victor
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bulancea, Marius
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 6 December 2018

References
  1. Sectia baschet masculin. clubulrapid.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Cum va arăta Liga Națională de Baschet Masculin sezonul viitor. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
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