Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, also known as CSM București, CSM or CSM Bucharest, is a professional women's

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team based in

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, that competes in the Liga Naţională and the

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. Founded in 2007, the club has traditionally worn a blue kit since inception. The team has played its home matches in the 5,300-capacity Polyvalent Hall in the

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in southern Bucharest. CSM București established itself as a major force in both Romanian and European handball in the late 2010s, winning EHF Champions League in its debut season and reaching the Final Four three consecutive times. This success was replicated in the league, where the club won four consecutive times. The official CSM mascot is a "tiger". CSM Bucharest is one of the most widely supported handball clubs in Romania.

History

Early years

CSM București was formed in 2007 by the General Council of Bucharest, as part of the program to promote handball among capital's youth. The team played in the second division of Romania for two seasons without notable results. At the end of the 2008–2009 season,

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experienced financial problems and eleven of their players along with coach Vasile Mărgulescu, moved to CSM. Benefiting from the experience of several new players, the club won all its Divizia A matches and promoted to the Liga Națională. Since 2010, CSM Bucharest were a constant presence of the Liga Națională, and finished third in their debut season, after Oltchim Vâlcea and Universitatea Cluj-Napoca. The team made European debut playing in the 2011–2012 season of the

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, where they reached the Round of 16 but unfortunately being eventually beaten by Romanian HC Zalău. In the following two seasons they played in the Liga Națională without significant results.

First national title (2015)

Mărgulescu was fired after a poor start in 2014 and replaced with Mette Klit. The ambitious board aimed to win the Liga Națională next season, wanting to become even a threat to win the Champions League. In the spring of 2014, four Brazilian

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winners ( Mayssa Pessoa, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Deonise Cavaleiro and Fernanda da Silva), plus 2014 European Championship's stars Carmen Martín and Linnea Torstenson, signed contracts at CSM. A strong squad was filled with local talent including Oana Manea, Iulia Curea or Talida Tolnai. The club hosted

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in preseason. The hosts took the home advantage to win the final against Champions League Runners-Up ŽRK Budućnost. The Tigresses won their first eight matches of the season before losing to title rivals HCM Baia Mare. But at the second part of the season, CSM took revenge on Baia Mare with 29–23 win in Bucharest. They secured a spot in the playoffs and second place in the regular season. Eventually, they won 6 consecutive games, earning gold medal. CSM București beat HCM Baia Mare in both legs of the Championship Play Off Final. Previously they defeated

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and Corona Braşov.

EHF Champions League triumph and domination in Romania (2016–)

By winning the national title, CSM qualified automatically for the groups of the 2015–16 EHF Champions League edition. Once again, the club makes another number of top transfers including Isabelle Gulldén, Romanian legend Aurelia Brădeanu and Danish duo Line Jørgensen and Maria Fisker. Between 20 and 23 August, Bucharest hosted in preseason the second

event and grabbed a second consecutive title by defeating Corona Braşov,

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and ŽRK Budućnost in the final. In September 2015, Mette Klit was replaced in CSM, her Danish fellow Kim Rasmussen taking over. Under Rasmussen, The Tigresses attained a milestone of 25 consecutive league victories. A second championship was won in April 2016. In 2016, CSM won the treble winning all the country titles, including the Cup and the Supercup (both against HCM Roman). CSM București made Champions League debut playing against ŽRK Budućnost,

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and SPR Lublin SSA in the group stage. Four wins over the opponents from Sweden and Poland, as well the Montenegro draw, secured second place. Into the main round, CSM bothered by injury. Győri Audi ETO KC and

defeated CSM but the team reached the knockout phase where the Romanian side beat undefeated Rostov-Don twice in the quarterfinals. At the continent finals, in May 2016, București qualified for Final 4 finals for the first time after a semifinal victory over

, winning 27–21. On 8 May, CSM București won their title beating Győri Audi ETO KC in the final after a nail-biting penalty shootout. Playmaker Isabelle Gulldén scored 15 goals for CSM and finished as Europe's top scorer, whilst Aurelia Brădeanu scored the final spot-kick. Goalkeeper

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was named Finals MVP. CSM regained the trophy for Romania after a 52-year break.

Kits

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Liga Națională ** Gold medal with cup

Winners: (8) 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 ** Silver medal with cup

''Second place'': 2018–19, 2021–22 ** Bronze medal with cup

''Third place'': 2011 * Cupa României ** Gold medal with cup

Winners: (8) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ** Silver medal with cup

''Finalist'': 2015, 2020, 2021 * Supercupa României ** Gold medal with cup

Winners: (6) 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 ** Silver medal with cup

''Finalist'': 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021

European competitions

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: **

Winners: 2015–16 ** Bronze medal with cup

''Third place'': 2016–17, 2017–18 **Quarterfinalists: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Other competitions

Winners – record:

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Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2025–26 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Gabriela Moreschi * 16 Evelina Eriksson * 98 Daciana Hosu ;Left Wings * 15 Emma Friis * 21 Alexandra Dindiligan ;Right Wings * 2 Mihaela Mihai * 25 Trine Østergaard ;Line Players * 28

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* 34 Tatjana Brnovic * 77 Crina Pintea ;Left Backs * 14

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* 88 Anne Mette Hansen ;Centre Backs * 9 Andreea Rotaru * 10 Inger Smits * 17 Elizabeth Omoregie ;Right Backs * 22 Kristina Novak * 61 Valeriia Maslova

Transfers

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) * Kristina Novak (RB) (from Brest Bretagne Handball) * Valeriia Maslova (RB) (from

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) *

(LP) (from Team Esbjerg) * Tatjana Brnovic (LP) (from

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) ; Leaving * Cristina Neagu (LB) (retires) * Emilie Hegh Arntzen (LB) (to Ikast Håndbold) * Alina Grijseels (CB) (to

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Personnel

Current technical staff

Board members

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Selected former players

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(2021–2023) * Marie Davidsen (2021–2024) * Emilie Hegh Arntzen (2021–2025) * Vilde Ingstad (2023–2025) * Marit Malm Frafjord (2017–2018) * Amanda Kurtović (2017–2019) *

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(2019–2020) * Eduarda Amorim (2022) * Fernanda da Silva (2014–2016) * Deonise Fachinello (2014–2015) * Mayssa Pessoa (2014–2016) * Ana Paula Rodrigues (2014–2016) * Samara da Silva Vieira (2022) * Isabelle Gulldén (2015–2018) * Nathalie Hagman (2017–2019) * Sabina Jacobsen (2017–2019) * Linnea Torstensson (2014–2017, 2019–2020) *

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(2019–2023) *

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(2016–2019) * Jovanka Radičević (2018–2019) * Ema Ramusović (2021–2023) * Dragana Cvijić (2018–2021) * Andrea Lekić (2018–2020) * Željka Nikolić (2023–2024) *

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(2021–2022) * Martine Smeets (2020–2022) * Tess Wester (2021–2022) * Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (2020–2021) * Carmen Martín (2014–2017, 2019–2022) * Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo (2023–2024) * Maria Fisker (2015–2016) * Line Jørgensen (2015–2018) * Marina Sudakova (2022–2023) *

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(2014–2016) *

(2015–2022) * Barbara Lazović (2018–2019, 2020–2022) * Monika Kobylińska (2023–2025) * Anastasia Lobach (2016–2018) * Iryna Glibko (2013–2015) * Alina Grijseels (2024–2025)

Retired numbers

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European competitions

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EHF Champions League

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, align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 22–22 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 25–23 , - , Round of 16 ,

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, align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 33–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 21–27 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 54–51 , - , Quarter-finals ,

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''(Group A)'' , Brest Bretagne Handball , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 29–30 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 21–24 , align=center rowspan=7, 5th , - , FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 27–21 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 30–31 , - , Budućnost BEMAX , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–22 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 28–20 , - , BV Borussia 09 Dortmund , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 33–29 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 25–22 , - , Rostov-Don , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 27–30 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 0–10 , - , Team Esbjerg , align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 29–29 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 21–22 , - , RK Podravka Koprivnica , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 29–21 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 36–31 , - , Playoffs ,

, align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 10–0 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 10–0 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 20–0 , - , Quarter-finals , Team Esbjerg , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 25–26 , align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 27–27 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 52–53 , - , colspan=7 style="text-align: center;" bgcolor=white, , - , rowspan=8, 2022–23 , rowspan=8,

, rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;",

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, Odense Håndbold , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 40–31 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 31–27 , align=center rowspan=7, 2nd , - , Vipers Kristiansand , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 27–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 29–35 , - , RK Krim Mercator , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–28 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 26–28 , - , SG BBM Bietigheim , align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 28–28 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 27–25 , - , Brest Bretagne Handball , align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 30–30 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 33–26 , - , FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 33–29 , - ,

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, align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 40–25 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 35–26 , - , style="text-align:center;",

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, rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;",

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, align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 23–27 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 26–24 , align=center rowspan=7, 3rd , - ,

, align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 35–26 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 41–26 , - , Odense Håndbold , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 28–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 25–29 , - , Brest Bretagne Handball , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 28–30 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 21–24 , - , SG BBM Bietigheim , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 31–28 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 24–26 , - , ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 44–26 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 29–24 , - , DVSC Schaeffler , align=center bgcolor=lightyellow, 29–29 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–23 , - , style="text-align:center;",

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, align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 60–48 , - , style="text-align:center;",

, align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 24–27 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink, 23–29 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink, 47–56 , - , colspan=7 style="text-align: center;" bgcolor=white, , - , rowspan=9, 2024–25 , rowspan=9,

, rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;", Group stage
Group A ,

, align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 31–32 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 24–27 , align=center rowspan=7, 3rd , - , ,

, align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 26–28 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 28–31 , - , RK Krim Mercator , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 36–23 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 31–29 , - , Storhamar HE , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 32–28 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 32–21 , - , Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 27–26 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 29–27 , - , HC Podravka Vegeta , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 31–30 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 29–28 , - , Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 32–23 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 26–30 , - , style="text-align:center;",

, CS Rapid București , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 28–22 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 34–24 , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 62–46 , - , style="text-align:center;", Quarter–finals , Team Esbjerg , align=center bgcolor=lightgreen, 30–29 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 22–26 , align=center bgcolor=lightpink , 52–55 Green – Win; Yellow – Draw; Red – Lost.

Domestic competitions

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" , - !colspan="10" , League !rowspan="2" width="100", Romanian Cup !rowspan="2" width="100" , Romanian Supercup , - !Season !Division !Pos !Pld !W !D !L !GF !GA !Diff , - , - , 2010–2011 , Liga Națională , Bronze medal icon

, 26 , 17 , 4 , 5 , 825 , 788 , +37 , , , - , 2011–2012 , Liga Națională , 7th , 26 , 12 , 1 , 13 , 730 , 749 , -19 , , , - , 2012–2013 , Liga Națională , 8th , 20 , 8 , 0 , 12 , 525 , 533 , -8 , , , - , 2013–2014 , Liga Națională , 7th , 22 , 11 , 1 , 10 , 531 , 538 , -7 , , , - , 2014–2015 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 26 , 24 , 0 , 2 , 771 , 553 , +218 , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , - , 2015–2016 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 26 , 25 , 0 , 1 , 816 , 584 , +233 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , 2016–2017 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 22 , 21 , 0 , 1 , 680 , 478 , +202 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , 2017–2018 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 26 , 25 , 0 , 1 , 821 , 573 , +248 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Finalist , - , 2018–2019 , Liga Națională , Silver medal icon

, 24 , 22 , 0 , 2 , 708 , 565 , +143 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , 2019–2020 , Liga Națională , Silver medal icon

, 17 , 14 , 1 , 2 , 467 , 386 , +81 , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , - , 2020–2021 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 28 , 26 , 1 , 1 , 839 , 625 , +214 , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , Silver medal with cup

Finalist , - , 2021–2022 , Liga Națională , Silver medal icon

, 26 , 22 , 2 , 2 , 769 , 622 , +167 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , 2022–2023 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 26 , 25 , 1 , 0 , 844 , 658 , +186 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , 2023–2024 , Liga Națională , Gold medal icon

, 26 , 24 , 1 , 1 , 887 , 669 , +218 , Gold medal with cup

Winner ,

Winner , - , -bgcolor=#EEEEEE , Total , , , 341 , 276 , 12 , 53 , 10213 , 7768 , +1914 Pos – Position; Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference.

Statistics

EHF Champions League Top 10 Goalscorers

*''(All-time).'' – ''Last updated on 27 April 2025'' {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - !Place !class="unsortable", Name !Seasons !Goals , - !rowspan="1", 1 , Cristina Neagu , 8 , 778 , - !rowspan="1", 2 , style="background:#CFECEC;" , Elizabeth Omoregie , style="background:#CFECEC;" , 7 , style="background:#CFECEC;" , 352 , - !rowspan="1", 3 , Isabelle Gulldén , 3 , 266 , - !rowspan="1", 4 , style="background:#CFECEC;" , Crina Pintea , style="background:#CFECEC;" , 5 , style="background:#CFECEC;" , 228 , - !rowspan="2", 5 , Carmen Martín , 5 , rowspan="2", 191 , - , Emilie Arntzen , 4 , - !rowspan="1", 7 , Siraba Dembélé , 3 , 118 , - !rowspan="1", 8 , Barbara Lazović , 3 , 117 , - !rowspan="2", 9 ,

, 3 , 115 , - , Andrea Lekić , 2 , 115 , -

Domestic Competitions Top 10 Goalscorers

*''(2014-present).'' – ''Last update on 18 February 2022'' {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - !Place !class="unsortable", Name !Seasons !Goals , - !rowspan="1", 1 , Carmen Martín , 5 , 422 , - !rowspan="1", 2 , Iulia Curea , 6 , 367 , - !rowspan="1", 3 , style="text-align: center;", Isabelle Gulldén , 3 , 359 , - !rowspan="1", 4 , style="text-align: center;", Ana Paula Belo , 2 , 277 , - !rowspan="1", 5 , Linnea Torstenson , 4 , 253 , - !rowspan="1", 6 , style="text-align: center;",

, 3 , 245 , - !rowspan="1", 7 , style="text-align: center; ", Bianca Bazaliu , 5 , 244 , - !rowspan="1", 8 , style="text-align: center;", Oana Manea , 5 , 234 , - !rowspan="1", 9 , style="text-align: center;", Cristina Vărzaru , 3 , 177 , - !rowspan="1", 10 , style="text-align: center;", Aurelia Brădeanu , 2 , 146 , -

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" , - !Season !class="unsortable", Player !Award , - !rowspan="2", 2015–16 , style="text-align: left;", Isabelle Gulldén , Top Scorer (108 goals) , - , style="text-align: left;",

, Most Valuable Player of the Final Four , - !rowspan="1", 2016–17 , style="text-align: left;", Carmen Martín , All–Star Team (Best Right Wing) , - !rowspan="2", 2017–18 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , Top Scorer (110 goals) , - , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , All–Star Team (Best Left Back) , - !rowspan="1", 2018–19 , style="text-align: left;", Jovanka Radičević , All-Star Team (Best Right Wing) , - !rowspan="1", 2019–20 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , All–Star Team (Best Left Back) , - !rowspan="1", 2020–21 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , All-Star Team (Best Left back) , - !rowspan="1", 2021–22 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , All-Star Team (Best Left back) , - !rowspan="1", 2021–22 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , Top Scorer (110 goals) , - !rowspan="1", 2022–23 , style="text-align: left;", Cristina Neagu , All-Star Team (Best Left back) , - :''Last updated on 11 November 2023''

Coaches

{, class="wikitable" style=left , + !Period, , Coaches , - , align="left", June 2007 — February 2014, , Vasile Mărgulescu , - , align="left", February 2014 — February 2014, , Lucian Ghiulai , - , align="left", February 2014 — September 2015, , Mette Klit , - , align="left", September 2015 — May 2016 , , Kim Rasmussen , - , align="left", May 2016 — November 2016 , , Jakob Vestergaard , - , align="left", November 2016 — April 2017 , , , Aurelian Roșca , - , align="left", April 2017 — June 2017 , , Per Johansson , - , align="left", June 2017 — March 2018, , Helle Thomsen , - , align="left", March 2018 — May 2018, , Per Johansson , - , align="left", July 2018 — October 2018, , Magnus Johansson , - , align="left", October 2018 — May 2019, , Dragan Đukić , - , align="left", July 2019 — October 2019 , , Tomas Ryde , - , align="left", October 2019 — June 2024, , Adrian Vasile , - , align="left", July 2024 —, , Helle Thomsen

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:CSM Bucuresti Women's handball clubs in Romania

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Handball clubs established in 2007 CSM București (women's handball) Women's sport in Bucharest 2007 establishments in Romania

History

Early years

First national title (2015)

EHF Champions League triumph and domination in Romania (2016–)

Kits

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Other competitions

Team

Current squad

Transfers

Personnel

Current technical staff

Board members

Selected former players

Retired numbers

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

European competitions

EHF Champions League

Domestic competitions

Statistics

EHF Champions League Top 10 Goalscorers

Domestic Competitions Top 10 Goalscorers

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

Coaches

See also

References

External links