CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball)

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short name	Minaur
Founded	1960 (1960) as HCM Baia Mare 2015 (2015) as Minaur Baia Mare
Arena	Lascăr Pană
Capacity	2,048 seats
Head coach	Raul Fotonea
League	Liga Națională
2021–22	Liga Națională, 6th of 14
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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.

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017–18	2019–20	2020-

AWAY
2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020-

THIRD
2015–16	2017–18	2019–20	2020-

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

• 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 2022–23 season.

Goalkeepers

• 01 Cristina Enache
• 12 Ioana Ugran
• 16 Amra Pandžić

Wingers

LW

• 09 Ana Maria Tănasie
• 21 Éva Kerekes

RW

• 04 Dijana Ujkic
• 06 Amalia Terciu
• 55 Oana Borș

Line players

• 05 Itana Čavlović
• 23 Andreea Țîrle

Back players

LB

• 11 Sanja Damnjanović
• 15 Talita Alves Carneiro
• 23 Raluca Tudor
• 28 Magda Cazanga

CB

• 07 Aleksandra Vukajlović
• 22 Luciana Popescu
• 70 Andreea Popa

RB

• 18 Aleksandra Zych
• 99 Anca Polocoșer (c)

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Arriving

• Aleksandra Vukajlović (CB) (from Érd HC)
• Talita Alves Carneiro (LB) (from CBF Málaga Costa del Sol)
• Itana Čavlović (LP) (from Știința București)
• Magda Cazanga (LB) (from Știința București)
• Dijana Ujkic (RW) (from Bourg-de-Peage)
• Ioana Ugran (GK) (from CSM Corona Brașov (women's handball))
• Luciana Popescu (CB) (from CSM Slatina (women's handball))

Leaving

• Asuka Fujita (RW) (to SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea)
• Iaroslava Burlachenko (to SCM Gloria Buzău)
• Jelena Lavko (RB) (to HC Dunărea Brăila)
• Karoline de Souza (LB) (to HC Dunărea Brăila)
• Alexandra Severin (LB) (to HC Dunărea Brăila)
• Cristina Laslo (CB) (to Gloria Bistrița)
• Angela Cioca (CB) (to CSM Târgu Jiu)

Staff members

• Head Coach: Costică Buceschi
• Assistant Coach: Magdalena Kovács
• Goalkeeping Coach: Claudia Cetățeanu

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

External links

• Official website
• CS Minaur Baia Mare on Facebook