2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională
2015–16 Liga Națională
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The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league in Romania. The league comprises fourteen teams. Minaur Baia Mare were the defending champions.

Teams[]

Vaslui

Minaur

Poli Timişoara

Potaissa

Steaua

Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reșița	Sala Polivalentă Reșița	1,669
CSM București	Sala Sporturilor Rapid București	1,500
CSM Focșani	Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani	1,400
CSM Ploieşti	Sala Olimpia	3,500
	Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați	1,500
Dinamo București	Sala Dinamo	2,538
Dunărea Călăraşi	Sala Polivalentă	1,500
Energia Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu	1,500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc	1,250
HC Vaslui	Sala Sporturilor Vaslui	1,500
Minaur Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare	2,500
Politehnica Timișoara	Sala Constantin Jude	1,540
Potaissa Turda	Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda	600
Steaua București	Sala Sporturilor "Concordia"	600

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo București	26	21	2	3	857	736	+121	65	Qualification to Play-Off
2	CSM București	26	19	2	5	766	654	+112	59
3	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	17	2	7	724	683	+41	53
4	Steaua București	26	16	3	7	781	714	+67	51
5	Politehnica Timişoara	26	16	2	8	712	645	+67	50
6	Potaissa Turda	26	15	2	9	767	735	+32	47
7	Adrian Petrea Reșița	26	12	4	10	687	689	−2	40
8	Dunărea Călărași	26	11	2	13	732	729	+3	35
9	Minaur Baia Mare	26	10	4	12	690	701	−11	34	Qualification to Play-Out
10	HC Vaslui	26	10	2	14	753	748	+5	32
11	Energia Târgu Jiu	26	10	2	14	675	676	−1	32
12	CSM Ploieşti	26	5	3	18	711	756	−45	18
13	CSM Focșani	26	4	1	21	649	806	−157	13
14		26	0	1	25	632	864	−232	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Play-Off[]

Knockout phase[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Dinamo București	2

Dunărea Călărași	0
		Dinamo București	2

		Politehnica Timișoara	0
Politehnica Timișoara	2

Steaua București	1
				Dinamo București	2

				CSM București	1
CSM București	2

Adrian Petrea Reșița	0
		CSM București	2

		Potaissa Turda	1	Third place
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	0

Potaissa Turda	2
				Politehnica Timișoara	2

				Potaissa Turda	0

League table – positions 1–4[]

	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	2016–17 EHF Champions League
2	CSM București	2016–17 EHF Cup
3	Politehnica Timișoara	2016–17 EHF Cup
4	Potaissa Turda	2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8[]

	Team
5	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6	Steaua București
7	Dunărea Călărași
8	Adrian Petrea Reșița

Play-Out[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Minaur Baia Mare (R)	20	11	3	6	587	539	+48	36	Relegation to
10	Energia Târgu Jiu (R)	20	11	3	6	562	522	+40	36	Relegation to
11	HC Vaslui (O)	20	11	3	6	607	538	+69	36	Relegation play-offs
12	CSM Focșani (O)	20	10	2	8	532	557	−25	32	Relegation play-offs
13	CSM Ploieşti (R)	20	9	4	7	559	552	+7	31	Relegation to
14	(R)	20	0	1	19	514	653	−139	1	Relegation to

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Season statistics[]

Number of teams by counties[]

Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Bucharest	3	CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2	Caraș-Severin	1	Adrian Petrea Reșița
	Călărași	1	Dunărea Călăraşi
	Cluj	1	Potaissa Turda
	Galați	1
	Gorj	1	Energia Târgu Jiu
	Harghita	1	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
	Maramureș	1	Minaur Baia Mare
	Prahova	1	CSM Ploiești
	Timiș	1	Politehnica Timișoara
	Vaslui	1	HC Vaslui
	Vrancea	1	CSM Focșani

Romanian clubs in European competitions[]

EHF Champions League

HC Minaur Baia Mare

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Group Phase (Group D)	RK Metalurg	21-20	23-21	4th
	Skjern Håndbold	28-28	28-32
	Motor Zaporozhye	35-30	23-25
	Kadetten Schaffhausen	31-31	23-24
	Elverum Håndball	24-29	28-28

EHF Cup

CSM București

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 2	Bregenz Handball	28-24	22-23	50–47
Qual. Round 3	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	31-24	29-29	60–53
Group Phase (Group D)	Chambéry Savoie Handball	25-25	23-23	3rd
	Helvetia Anaitasuna	27-24	22-28
	Ystads IF	27-27	28-29

Dinamo București

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 1	Energia Târgu Jiu	38-24	24-24	62–48
Qual. Round 2	A.C. Diomidis Argous	35-20	26-21	61–41
Qual. Round 3	RK Maribor Branik	31-25	26-27	57–52
Group Phase (Group A)	Fraikin BM. Granollers	26-27	29-28	3rd
	SC Magdeburg	33-34	22-39
	Aalborg Håndbold	28-25	28-28

Energia Târgu Jiu

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 1	Dinamo București	24-24	24-38	48–62

EHF Challenge Cup

HC Odorheiu Secuiesc

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	ABC/UMinho	24-25	22-25	46–50

External links[]

Official website