CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball)
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| Full name | Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare | ||
| Short name | Minaur | ||
| Founded | 1960 as HCM Baia Mare 2015 as Minaur Baia Mare | ||
| Arena | Lascăr Pană | ||
| Capacity | 2,048 seats | ||
| League | Liga Națională | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga Națională, 4th of 14 | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
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CS Minaur Baia Mare is a women's handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională and the European League (formerly known as EHF Cup).
Minaur refers to the gold mines of Baia Mare.[1]
The women's handball section is part of Minaur only since 2015, year when the club was re-founded after its bankruptcy. The women's handball section was in fact founded on the basis of HCM Baia Mare, club that also went bankrupt in 2016. HCM was one of the oldest sport clubs in Baia Mare, with a tradition that started in 1960, one Romanian League title, 3 Romanian Cups, 3 Romanian Supercups and with notable results in the Women's EHF Champions League, Women's EHF European Cup and Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
Kits
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2016–17 |
2017–18 |
2019–20 |
2020- | ||
| AWAY | |||||
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2015–16 |
2016–17 |
2017–18 |
2018–19 |
2019–20 |
2020- |
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2015–16 |
2017–18 |
2019–20 |
2020- | ||
Record of achievements
- Liga Naţională:
- Cupa României:
- Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015
- Finalists: 1978, 1980
- Semifinalists: 2007, 2016
- Supercupa României:
- Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015
European
- EHF Champions League:
- Quarterfinalists: 2015, 2016
- EHF Challenge Cup:
- Finalists: 2003
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Quarterfinalists: 1997
Other tournaments
- Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
- Winners: 2014
- Bucharest Trophy:
- Fifth Placed: 2015
Players
Current squad
Squad for the 2025–26 season.
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Staff members
Notable former players
- Elisabeta Ionescu
- Maria Bosi-Igorov
- Hilda Hrivnak-Popescu
- Niculina Sasu-Iordache
- Mariana Iacob-Iluţ
- Larisa Cazacu
- Ildikó Kerekes
- Cristina Mihai
- Carmen Buceschi
- Maria Pop
- Nadina Dumitru
- Victorina Stoenescu-Bora
- Marinela Doiciu-Győrffy
- Claudia Cetăţeanu
- Magda Kengyel
- Laura Crăciun
- Ana-Maria Buican
- Camelia Balint
- Annamária Ilyés
- Anca David
- Florina Nicolescu
- Eliza Buceschi
- Bárbara Arenhart
- Camilla Herrem
- Ksenia Makeeva
- Ekaterina Davydenko
- Adriana Nechita
- Allison Pineau
- Melinda Geiger
- Lois Abbingh
- Paula Ungureanu
- Gabriela Perianu
- Katarina Ježić
- Alexandra do Nascimento
- Luciana Marin
- Patricia Vizitiu
- Ionica Munteanu
- Valentina Ardean-Elisei
- Sonia Seraficeanu
- Jovana Kovačević
- Linn Blohm
Notable former managers
- Costică Buceschi
- Constantin Popescu
- Ioan Băban
- Gheorghe Sbora
- Gheorghe Covaciu
- Ion Gerhard
- Vasile Barbul
References
- ^ "În urmă cu 47 de ani lua ființă primul club de handbal din România: Minaur Baia Mare" [47 years ago, the first handball club in Romania was founded: Minaur Baia Mare] (in Romanian). 2mnews.ro. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2025.