The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top

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n professional

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league. The league comprises fourteen teams.

History

This sport was first played in Romania in 1920. After a visit in Germany, a few physical education teachers introduced this sport in their classes. The ''Liga Națională'' was founded in 1933 (in 11 players) and in 1958 in the current format with 7 players. The most successful team in history is Steaua București with 28 titles. The current champions are

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Broadcasting rights

The matches are broadcast by

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Current teams

Teams for season 2020–21

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ...

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...

* AHC Dobrogea Constanța * Potaissa Turda * CS Minaur Baia Mare * Poli Timișoara *

CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional football club from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''. History The club was founded in 1953 as ''S ...

HC Buzău Handbal Club Buzău, commonly known as HC Buzău, is a men's handball team from Buzău, Romania. The club was founded in 2012 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga Națională at the end of the 2017–18 Divizia A season.

* CSM Vaslui * CSM Bacău *

CSU Suceava CSU Suceava, also known as Universitatea Suceava, is a team handball, men's handball club from Suceava, Romania, that plays in the Liga Națională (men's handball), Romanian Handball League. Kits History * 2002 - Year of establishment as ...

* CSM Făgăraș *

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* Magnum Botoșani

Top scorers

* 2017–18: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (202) * 2016–17: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (222) * 2015–16: Gabriel Florea –

(221) * 2013–14: Claudiu Dediu – ASC Potaissa Turda (195) *

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: Andrei Grasu – CS Universitatea Politehnica Timişoara (154) * 2011–12: Darius Apolzan – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (176) *

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

: Gabriel Florea – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (200)

Past seasons

Performances by club

EHF coefficient ranking

For the 2019–20 season, see footnote *9. (''12'') Chempiyanat 1 (25.56) *10. (''8'') Croatian Premijer liga (32.00) *11. (''11'') Liga Națională (30.44) *12. (''10'') Liga NLB (29.33) *13. (''14'')

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(26.11) Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph :

References

Sports leagues in Romania Professional sports leagues in Romania