Liga Națională (women's handball)
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Founded | 1958 (Handball 11s, 1946) |
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First season | 1958–59 |
No. of teams | 14 |
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Confederation | EHF |
Most recent champion(s) | CSM București (2022–23) |
Most titles | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (20 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Pro Arena |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Divizia A |
International cup(s) | Champions League EHF European League |
Official website | frh.ro |
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The Liga Națională is a league of professional women's handball league teams in Romania. Run by the Romanian Handball Federation, the competition is also known as the Liga Florilor MOL and is contested by sixteen teams.
The National Handball League is Romania's top-level domestic women's handball-league club competition. The team with the most Liga Națională championships is SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea with twenty.
The FRH organization also oversees the Divizia A.
The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Liga Națională 3rd in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.
Current teams
[edit]Teams for season 2024–25
[edit]- Minaur Baia Mare
- Gloria Bistrița
- Corona Brașov
- Dunărea Brăila
- CSM București
- Rapid București
- Gloria Buzău
- Măgura Cisnădie
- SCM Craiova
- CSM Iași 2020
- SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
- CSM Slatina
- CSM Târgu Jiu
- HC Zalău
Awards
[edit]The Simona Arghir-Sandu Trophy is awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the Liga Națională (LNHF). It is named in honour of right back Simona Arghir-Sandu.[1]
List of champions
[edit]1946–1963 (11 players)
[edit]Season | Winning coach | ![]() |
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1946 | Bruno Holzträger | Karres Mediaş | SG Sighișoara | |
1947 | Bruno Holzträger | Derubau Mediaş | Voinţa Sighișoara | |
1948 | IRTI Mediaş | Voinţa Mediaş | Avântul Agnita | |
1949 | Bruno Holzträger | Record Mediaş | CFR Sighișoara | CSU București |
1950 | Wilhelm Lapka | Flamura Roşie Mediaş | CSU București | Flamura Roşie ILSA Timişoara |
1951 | Bruno Holzträger | Flamura Roşie Mediaş | Spartak Sighișoara | Știința ICF București |
1952 | Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu | Știința ICF București | Spartak Sighișoara | Știința Timișoara |
1953 | Walter Meither | Știința Timișoara | Știința ICF București | Progresul Învățământ București |
1954 | Árpád Kameniczki | Progresul Târgu Mureș | Progresul Brașov | Știința Timișoara |
1955 | Árpád Kameniczki | Progresul Târgu Mureș | Știința ICF București | Progresul Brașov |
1956 | Dumitru Popescu-Colibași | Progresul Brașov | Flamura Roşie București | Flamura Roşie Sibiu |
1957 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Steagul Roşu București | Progresul MIC București | Progresul Brașov |
1957–58 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Steagul Roşu București | Olimpia București | Flamura Roşie Sibiu |
1958–59 | Gabriel Zugrăvescu | Olimpia București | Progresul București | Mureșul Târgu Mureș |
1959–60 | Valeriu Gogâltan | Știința București | Rapid București | Știința Timișoara |
1960–61 | Gabriel Zugrăvescu | Rapid București | Progresul București | Mureșul Târgu Mureș |
1961–62 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Progresul București | Minerul Vulcan | CSȘ Cluj-Napoca |
1962–63 | Ioan Bota | Știința București | Rapid București | Progresul București |
1958–present (7 players)
[edit]Results by teams
[edit]7 players
[edit]Teams | Winners | Winning seasons |
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SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 20
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1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19 |
Universitatea Timișoara | 10
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1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 |
Știința Bacău | 9
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1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92 |
CSM București | 7
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2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
Rapid București | 6
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1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1966–67, 2002–03, 2021–22 |
HC Zalău | 3
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2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05 |
Universitatea București | 3
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1959–60, 1964–65, 1970–71 |
Corona Brașov | 2
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1980–81, 2005–06 |
IEFS București | 2
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1972–73, 1973–74 |
Minaur Baia Mare | 1
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2013–14 |
Mureșul Târgu Mureș | 1
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1987–88 |
Progresul București | 1
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1958–59 |
11 players
[edit]Teams | Winners | Winning seasons |
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Flamura Roşie Mediaş | 6
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1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
Știința București | 3
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1952, 1960, 1963 |
Progresul Târgu Mureș | 2
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1959, 1955 |
Steagul Roșu București | 2
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1957, 1958 |
Progresul București | 1
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1962 |
Rapid București | 1
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1961 |
Olimpia București | 1
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1959 |
Progresul Brașov | 1
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1956 |
Știința Timișoara | 1
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1953 |
EHF league coefficients
[edit]EHF league ranking
[edit]EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:[2]
- 1.
(1)
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (157.67)
- 2.
(5)
Ligue Butagaz Énergie (118.50)
- 3.
(2)
Russian Superleague (114.50)
- 4.
(3)
Bambusa Kvindeligaen (109.00)
- 5.
(6)
REMA 1000-ligaen (102.77)
- 6.
(4)
Liga Națională (94.50)
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Notable foreign players
[edit]- Angola
Azenaide Carlos
Albertina Kassoma
Liliana Venâncio
Magda Cazanga
Ruth João
Wuta Dombaxe
Natália Kamalandua
- Belarus
- Brazil
Eduarda Amorim
Alexandra do Nascimento
Bárbara Arenhart
Ana Paula Rodrigues-Belo
Mayssa Pessoa
Deonise Cavaleiro-Fachinello
Fernanda da Silva
Samara da Silva
Larissa Araújo
Mariana Costa
Jéssica Quintino
Francielle da Rocha
Elaine Gomes
Karoline de Souza
Giulia Guarieiro
Renata Arruda
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Croatia
Jelena Grubišić
Sanela Knezović
Lidija Horvat
Katarina Ježić
Valentina Blažević
Ivana Kapitanović
Kristina Prkačin
Katarina Pavlović
Dejana Milosavljević
- Denmark
Maria Stokholm
Line Jørgensen
Trine Østergaard
Simone Böhme
Ann Grete Nørgaard
Ida-Marie Dahl
Mathilde Neesgaard
Fie Woller
Emma Friis
- France
Amandine Leynaud
Allison Pineau
Camille Ayglon-Saurina
Siraba Dembélé-Pavlović
Grâce Zaadi
Laura Glauser
Kalidiatou Niakaté
Alexandra Lacrabère
Orlane Kanor
Gnonsiane Niombla
Laurisa Landre
Julie Foggea
Laura Flippes
Alicia Toublanc
- Germany
- Hungary
Gabriella Juhász
Gabriella Szűcs
Dorina Korsós
Rita Borbás
Tamara Pál
Nikolett Papp
Asma Elghaoui
Zsanett Borbély
Fanni Kenyeres
- Japan
- Montenegro
Katarina Bulatović
Jovanka Radičević
Majda Mehmedović
Marija Jovanović
Itana Grbić
Andrea Klikovac
Dijana Ujkić
Bobana Klikovac
Ljubica Nenezić
Marta Batinović-Žderić
Ema Ramusović
Dijana Mugoša
Nina Bulatović
Marina Rajčić
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
Marija Shteriova
Leonida Gichevska
Elena Livrinikj
Jovana Sazdovska
Elena Gjeorgjievska
Jovana Micevska
- Norway
Nora Mørk
Camilla Herrem
Marit Malm Frafjord
Emilie Hegh Arntzen
Malin Aune
Marie Davidsen
Amanda Kurtović
Maren Nyland Aardahl
Hege Løken
Vilde Ingstad
Anniken Wollik
- Poland
- Russia
Emiliya Turey
Yulia Managarova
Kseniya Makeyeva
Ekaterina Gaiduk
Ekaterina Vetkova
Regina Kalinichenko
Ekaterina Matlashova
Yulia Khavronina
Olga Gorshenina
Elena Utkina
Marina Sudakova
Kira Trusova
- Senegal
- Serbia
Andrea Lekić
Dragana Cvijić
Kristina Liščević
Željka Nikolić
Jelena Trifunović
Jelena Lavko
Marina Dmitrović
Jovana Kovačević
Dijana Radojević
Katarina Krpež Šlezak
Aleksandra Vukajlović
Jovana Risović
Sanja Vujović
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
Carmen Martín
Alexandrina Cabral
Silvia Navarro
Marta López
Alicia Fernández
Mireya González
Darly Zogbi de Paula
Almudena Rodríguez
Ainhoa Hernández
Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
Irene Espínola
Alba Spugnini
Lara González Ortega
Darly de Paula
- Sweden
Isabelle Gulldén
Linnea Torstenson
Nathalie Hagman
Sabina Jacobsen
Linn Blohm
Filippa Idéhn
Mikaela Mässing
Evelina Eriksson
Daniela de Jong
Elin Hansson
Amelia Lundbäck
- Ukraine
Anastasiia Pidpalova
Iryna Glibko
Iaroslava Burlachenko
Nataliya Savchyn
Iryna Shutska
Viktoriya Tymoshenkova
Tamara Smbatian
- Tunisia
- Turkey
Notable foreign coaches
[edit]Anja Andersen
Mette Klit
Kim Rasmussen
Helle Thomsen
Jakob Vestergaard
Magnus Johansson
Per Johansson
Tomas Ryde
Herbert Müller
Péter Kovács
Carlos Viver
Bent Dahl
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Alina Vatu golghetera Ligii Florilor in sezonul 2018-2019
- ^ "2021/22 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2022.