CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball)

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full nameClubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short nameMinaur
Founded1960 (1960)
as HCM Baia Mare
2015 (2015)
as Minaur Baia Mare
ArenaLascăr Pană
Capacity2,048 seats
LeagueLiga Națională
2025–26Liga Națională, 8th of 12
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Home
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Website
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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

Record of achievements

  • Liga Naţională:
    • Gold: 2014
    • Silver: 1979, 2013, 2015, 2016
    • Bronze: 1980
  • Cupa României:
    • Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015
    • Finalists: 1978, 1980
    • Semifinalists: 2007, 2016
  • Supercupa României:
    • Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015

European

Other tournaments

History of matches

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

  • Q2: Second qualifying round
  • Q3: Third qualifying round
  • R2: Second round
  • R3: Third round
  • R4: Fourth round
  • R16: Round of 16
  • QF: Quarter-finals
  • SF: Semi-finals
  • F: Final
  • GS: Group stage
  • MR: Main round
  • EF: EHF Finals

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate / position
2002–03 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Belgium Initia HC Hasselt 30–17 23–17 53–34
R4 Austria U. Flaga Korneuburg 29–14 32–24 61–38
QF France SA Mérignacais HB 23–17 27–31 50–48
SF Poland Nata AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk 27–18 19–24 46–42
F Germany Borussia Dortmund 27–21 16–24 43–45
2004–05 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Switzerland LK Zug Handball 37–28 N/a 1st
North Macedonia RK Skopje N/a 31–21
Faroe Islands HC Florgarden N/a 28–25
R16 Germany Buxtehuder SV 27–30 25–32 52–62
2007–08 Women's EHF Cup R2 Sweden Skövde HF 23–13 30–22 53–35
R3 Denmark Ikast-Bording 29–26 21–35 50–61
2008–09 Women's EHF Cup R2 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 33–23 27–31 60–54
R3 Turkey Milli Piyango SK 29–26 22–24 51–50
R16 Germany HC Leipzig 27–23 28–33 55–56
2009–10 Women's EHF Cup R2 Greece GAS Anagennisi Artas 37–23 37–36 74–59
R3 Romania Rulmentul Brașov 37–28 26–31 63–59
R4 Poland MKS Lublin 27–30 19–24 46–54
2013–14 Women's EHF Champions League Q2 Denmark Viborg HK 26–25 N/a 1st
Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro 36–23 N/a
GS Germany Thüringer HC 20–19 29–36 3rd
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 21–33 26–28
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 24–23 20–23
2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League GS Poland MKS Selgros Lublin 30–25 28–22 3rd
Norway Larvik HK 23–24 26–31
France Metz Handball 23–24 24–34
MR Sweden IK Sävehof 34–24 28–26 4th
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 18–26 23–29
Denmark Viborg HK 32–22 31–30
QF Russia Dinamo-Sinara 25–23 25–30 50–53
2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League Q2 Belarus BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 31–21 N/a 1st
Denmark Team Esbjerg N/a 32–21
GS Slovenia RK Krim 35–28 33–27 3rd
Norway Larvik HK 29–31 22–27
Russia Rostov-Don 20–22 26–27
MR France Fleury Loiret Handball 31–28 18–17 4th
Germany Thüringer HC 38–27 25–23
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 32–24 18–21
QF Montenegro Budućnost 24–29 25–32 49–61
2020–21 Women's EHF European League GS Norway Storhamar HE 33–29 40–27 1st
Russia Astrakhanochka 30–27 27–33
Germany Thüringer HC 10–0 N/a
QF Romania HC Dunărea Brăila 27–25 31–24 58–49
SF France Neptunes de Nantes 34–36 N/a 34–36
Third place Denmark Herning-Ikast 33–31 N/a 3rd
2021–22 Women's EHF European League GS Poland MKS Zagłębie Lubin 34–32 23–23 2nd
Germany SG BBM Bietigheim 20–28 20–39
France Neptunes de Nantes 28–26 29–34
QF Norway Sola HK 40–32 29–29 69–61
SF Denmark Viborg HK 24–28 N/a 24–28
Third place Denmark Herning-Ikast 28–29 N/a 4th
2025–26 Women's EHF European League Q3 Denmark HH Elite 33–22 21–27 54–49
GS Norway Larvik HK 28–31 28–26 3rd
Germany Thüringer HC 28–24 32–33
Hungary Motherson Mosonmagyaróvári KC 34–28 26–28

Players

Current squad

Squad for the 2026–27 season.

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Staff members

  • Spain Head Coach: David Ginesta
  • Romania Assistant Coach: TBA

Notable former players

Notable former managers

  • Romania Costică Buceschi
  • Romania Constantin Popescu
  • Romania Ioan Băban
  • Romania Gheorghe Sbora
  • Romania Gheorghe Covaciu
  • Romania Ion Gerhard
  • Romania Vasile Barbul

References

  1. ↑ "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.
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