CS Rapid București (handball)

This article is about the women's handball team. For the sports club, see CS Rapid București.

CS Rapid București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Rapid USL Metrou București
Short name	Rapid
Founded	1934 (1934)
Arena	Sala "Rapid"
Capacity	1,500
President	Mihai Zaharia
Head coach	Vasile Mărgulescu
League	Divizia A
2017–18	Liga Națională, 14th (relegated)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Rapid USL Metrou București is a women's handball club from Bucharest, Romania, which used to play in the Romanian First League. Rapid was one of the leading European teams in the 1960s, winning the 1964 European Cup in addition to four Romanian leagues. However, it declined in subsequent years.

In the first half of the 2000s the team enjoyed a revival, winning the 2000 EHF City Cup, its fifth championship (2003) and its first national cup (2004), and reaching the quarter-finals of the EHF Cup (2004) and the Cup Winners' Cup (2005). However, in 2010 it was relegated.

Honours

National titles

• Liga Națională
  • Winners (5): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1966–67, 2002–03
  • Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05

• Romanian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2003–04
  • Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1993–94

European titles

• EHF European Champions Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1963–64

• EHF Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1992–93

• EHF Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1999–00

Players

Current squad 2017-2018

As of 12 July 2017

Goalkeepers

• Andreea Arghir
• Ioana Simion

Wingers

• Cristina Niculae
• Roxana Bodârlău
• Alina Gheorghe
• Ana Maria Chirigiu
• Camelia Carabulea

Line players

• Georgiana Bratulescu
• Mihaela Doica

Backs

• Elena Dache
• Alina Dobrin
• Laura Leahu
• Andreea Traila
• Alexandra Trifan
• Andreea Cruceanu
• Oana Bucă