2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională
Anterior: 2014–15	Următor: 2016–17

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 for season 2015–16

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
Danubius Galaţi	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

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

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

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Minaur Baia Mare (R)	20	11	3	6	587	539	36	Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A
10	Energia Târgu Jiu (R)	20	11	3	6	562	522	36	Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A
11	HC Vaslui (O)	20	11	3	6	607	538	36	Relegation play-offs
12	CSM Focșani (O)	20	10	2	8	532	557	32	Relegation play-offs
13	CSM Ploieşti (R)	20	9	4	7	559	552	31	Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A
14	Danubius Galaţi (R)	20	0	1	19	514	653	1	Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A

(C) Champion; (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	CSU Danubius
	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