2015–16 Liga Națională (women's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională

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

Teams for season 2015–16

Alba

Corona Brașov

CSM

Ploiești

Dunărea

HC Zalău

Baia Mare

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Roman

Măgura

Rapid

Craiova

Slobozia

U Cluj

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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.	County		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 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