2015–16 Liga Națională (women's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională
2015–16 Liga Națională
Season champions	CSM București
Runners-up	HCM Baia Mare
Relegated to Divizia A	HCM Baia Mare; Rapid Usl Metrou București; CSM Ploiești; Alba Sebeș

The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Liga Națională, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. CSM București were the defending champions, and won the title again.

Teams for season 2015–16

Alba

Location of teams in the Romanian Women's Handball League

Club	City	Arena(s)	Capacity
Alba Sebeș	Sebeș	Sala Sporturilor "Florin Fleșeriu"	300
Corona Brașov	Brașov	Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"	1,600
CSM București	Bucharest	Sala Polivalentă din București	5,300
CSM Ploiești	Ploiești	Sala Sporturilor Olimpia	3,500
Dunărea Brăila	Brăila	Sala Polivalentă "Danubius"	2,000
HC Zalău	Zalău	Sala Sporturilor Zalău	950
HCM Baia Mare	Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"	2,500
HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Râmnicu Vâlcea	Sala Sporturilor "Traian"	3,126
HCM Roman	Roman	Sala Polivalentă Roman	500
Măgura Cisnădie	Cisnădie	Sala Polivalentă Măgura	820
Rapid București	Bucharest	Sala Rapid	1,500
SCM Craiova	Craiova	Sala Polivalentă Craiova	4,215
Unirea Slobozia	Slobozia	Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica"	150
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" Sala Polivalentă Cluj	2,525 7,308

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	CSM București (C)	21	21	0	0	662	460	+202	63
2	HCM Baia Mare (R)	21	19	0	2	666	504	+162	57
3	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	21	13	2	6	601	556	+45	41
4	HC Dunărea Brăila	21	13	1	7	570	532	+38	40
5	HCM Roman	21	12	2	7	542	511	+31	38
6	CSM Ploiești (R)	21	11	3	7	608	566	+42	36
7	SCM Craiova	21	10	2	9	573	577	−4	32
8	HC Zalău	21	10	2	9	555	572	−17	32
9	HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	21	9	0	12	555	585	−30	27
10	"U" Alexandrion Cluj	21	7	1	13	540	603	−63	22
11	Unirea Slobozia	21	5	1	15	493	570	−77	16
12	Măgura Cisnădie	21	4	1	16	558	637	−79	13
13	Rapid Usl Metrou București (R)	21	4	0	17	555	662	−107	12
14	Alba Sebeș (R)	21	1	1	19	478	621	−143	4

Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Bucharest	2	CSM București and Rapid
2	Alba	1	Alba Sebeș
	Brașov	1	Corona Brașov
	Brăila	1	Dunărea Brăila
	Cluj	1	Universitatea Cluj
	Dolj	1	SCM Craiova
	Ialomița	1	Unirea Slobozia
	Maramureș	1	HCM Baia Mare
	Neamț	1	HCM Roman
	Prahova	1	CSM Ploiești
	Sălaj	1	HC Zalău
	Sibiu	1	Măgura Cisnădie
	Vâlcea	1	HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Romenian clubs in European competitions

Women's EHF Champions League

CSM București

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Group Phase (Group D)	Budućnost	22–28	23–23	2nd
	IK Sävehof	27–22	28–17
	MKS Selgros Lublin	33–21	30–27
Main Round (Group 2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	22–24	22–28	4th
	ŽRK Vardar	25–30	21–22
	FC Midtjylland	24–22	28–23
Quarter-final	Rostov-Don	26–25	29–28	–

FINAL 4

Semifinal:[CSM]-[Vardar Skopje]: 27–21; 1-2 Places:[CSM]-[Győr]: 29-26

HCM Baia Mare

Round		Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
QT	Semi-final	BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Region	31–21
QT	Final	Team Esbjerg	32–21
Group Phase (Group A)		Larvik HK	29–31	22–27	3rd
		RK Krim Mercator	35–28	33–27
		Rostov-Don	20–22	26–27
Main Round (Group 1)		FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária	32–24	18–21	4th
		Fleury Loiret Handball	31–28	18–17
		Thüringer HC	38–27	25–23
Quarter-final		Budućnost	24–29		–

Women's EHF Cup

ASC Corona 2010 Brașov

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	Pogoń Szczecin	24–24	24–20	48–44
Last 16	H.C.M. Roman	26–21	21–22	47–43
Quarter-final	HC Odense	21–21	29–21	50–42
Semi-finals	TuS Metzingen	22–26		–

H.C.M. Roman

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	Fram	29–25	27–22	56–47
Last 16	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	22–21	21–26	43–47

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup

SC Municipal Craiova

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	ŽRK Radnički Kragujevac	28–24	28–22	56–46
Last 16	RK Krim Mercator	30–29	23–27	53–56

External links

Official website