CS Minaur Baia Mare (men's handball)

HC Minaur Baia Mare was founded on May 15, 1974. Thus, it became the first sports club in the country specializing exclusively in handball. Its name means Gold Mine, referring to the gold mines around Baia Mare. From the very beginning, Minaur has been playing exclusively in the first division of the Romanian handball championship. In the beginning, they played in golden jerseys. The first entry to the Romanian Handball Cup was won by Minaur in 1977/1978. In 1978/79, they reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup undefeated, with two victories, where they were dismissed by SC Magdeburg. He will be second in the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons. In 1980/81, EHF Cup Winners' Cup reached the semi-finals again, where it was eliminated against TuS Nettelstedt. In these years, Minaur is the only rural team from the Romanian league that plays on the international stage, often much more successfully than the Bucharest clubs. In 1985, he achieved the first Romanian international handball success when he defeated the Soviet ZTR Zaporizhzhia in the final of the EHF Cup. Then, in 1988, he repeated the success. 24 years after the foundation, in 1998, the dream of every Baia Mare handball lover came true: HC Minaur became the champion of Romania! A year later, in 1999, the success was repeated, the team became champions again. The team was last champion in 2015. In 1979, 1981 and 1986, Minaur reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

CS Minaur Baia Mare

Goalkeepers 01   Hayder Al-Khafadji 12   Anton Terekhov Left Wingers 15   Milan Kotrč 52   Lucas Sabou Right Wingers 20   Artem Kozakevych 21   Tomáš Číp 30   Vlad Pop Line players 03   Robert Nagy 04   Remus Chiș 27   Ivan Burzak Left Backs 06   Tudor Botea 09   Stevan Vujović 10   Gabriel Cumpănici 51   Viorel Fotache Central Backs 07   Mario Racolța 17   Mihai Dobra 35   Erik Pop 43     Stefan Vujić Right Backs 14   Marcus Dahlin 44   Anderson Mollino

• Head Coach:   Alexandru Gheorghe Sabou
• Fitness Coach:   Raul Nistor

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

• Liga Națională:
  • Gold: 1998, 1999, 2015
  • Silver: 1980, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,2022,2023
  • Bronze: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2024
• Cupa României:
  • Winners: 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2015
  • Finalists: 1985, 2023

• EHF Cup:
  • Winners: 1985, 1988
• EHF European Cup:
  • Runners up: 2022
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1979, 1981, 1986

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1984–85   Winners	1/16	İTÜ Istanbul	45–17	41–23	86–40
	1/8	Helsingør IF	32–25	26–19	58–44
	1/4	Lokomotíva Trnava	37–22	32–29	69–51
	1/2	WAT Margareten	37–19	28–25	65–44
	Finals	SIL Zaporizhzhia	22–17	14–18	36–35
1987–88   Winners	1/16	HT Tatran Prešov	32–21	26–21	58–42
	1/8	HK Drott	28–18	19–29	47–47 (a)
	1/4	Hellerup IK Copenhagen	24–16	20–25	44–41
	1/2	FC Barcelona	24–22	21–22	45–44
	Finals	Granitas Kaunas	23–20	20–21	43–41

As of 14/07/2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
32	CD Bidasoa	155
33	TBV Lemgo	150
34	CS Minaur Baia Mare	141
35	Alingsås HK	139
36	PAUC Handball	136
37	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold	135
38	BM Logroño La Rioja	132

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