AHC Potaissa Turda
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Full name | AHC Potaissa Turda | ||
Short name | Potaissa | ||
Founded | 2000 | ||
President | ![]() | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
League | Liga Națională | ||
2017–18 | Liga Națională, 3rd | ||
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Website Official site |
AHC Potaissa Turda is a men's handball club from Turda, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Handball League. Potaissa Turda is one of the most important Romanian teams in the last decade. In the last four years, is the only team that have qualified for the Final 4, in every season. Potaissa Turda won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2018, after a final against AEK Athens.
Turda was promoted to the first division in 2011, not long time after the club was near bankruptcy, in 2008. In those days, their players played just for joy and weekly training was just a dream they could talk about.
Potaissa Turda's fairytail story began back in 2007, when their home sports hall, from Gheorghe Baritiu school, was inaugurated and the team's amateur players could play finally in Turda. For example, one of the sqaud's member was the actual team president, Flaviu Constantin Sâsâeac, who used to play for Turda, and also being the team president, since 2003.
Also an old member of the club is the coach, Horațiu Gal [1], being the head coach for almost ten years, after retiring from his player career, playing last time in Germany, for TSV Bad Salgau.
Another reason why Potaissa's early succes is not that surprising, can be that the club has more youth squads, around 220 childrend and young players representing Turda in national competitions.[2]
Honours
European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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2014–15 | EHF Cup | Q1 | ![]() |
32–25 | 35-30 | 67–55 |
Q2 | ![]() |
28-27 | 39-26 | 67–53 | ||
Q3 | ![]() |
20-35 | 26-23 | 46–58 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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2016–17 | Challenge Cup | R3 | ![]() |
32–23 | 43–19 | 75–42 |
1/8 | ![]() |
31–27 | 28–29 | 59–56 | ||
QF | ![]() |
32–29 | 36–35 | 68–64 | ||
SF | ![]() |
22–30 | 32–23 | 54–53 | ||
F | ![]() |
28–37 | 24–30 | 52–67 |
For the first time in their short history, AHC Potaissa Turda have reached the Challenge Cup finals for the second year running. After the loss from a year before, against Sporting CP, Turda had the power to come back stronger, winning the first major trophy for the city from Cluj county. By beating AEK H.C. with 59-49 on aggregate, Potaissa Turda became the fourth team from Romania to ever lift the Challenge Cup, after Steaua Bucharest[1], UCM Reșița (three times between 2007-2009[2]) and HC Odorhei.[3]
Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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2017–18 | Challenge Cup | R3 | ![]() |
35-19 | 40-30 | 75–49 |
1/8 | ![]() |
44-24 | 24-29 | 68–53 | ||
QF | ![]() |
29-24 | 30-32 | 59–56 | ||
SF | ![]() |
28-31 | 28-24 | 56–55 | ||
F | ![]() |
33-22 | 26-27 | 59–49 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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2018–19 | EHF Cup | Q1 | ![]() |
21-41 | 24-27 | 45-68 |
Current squad
- Squad for the 2018–19 season
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Technical staff
- Staff for the 2018–19 season
References
- ^ "UCM Resita a câştigat Challenge Cup! Cea mai mare performanţă sportivă pe echipe din Banat! Handbalul reşiţean a mâncat elanul norvegian!".
- ^ www.his.ro. "UCM Resita - Experience the difference". www.ucmr.ro. Retrieved 2018-05-21.