CSM Constanța is a

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 ...

team from

Constanța Constanța (, , ) is a city in the Dobruja Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Romania. A port city, it is the capital of Constanța County and the country's Cities in Romania, fourth largest city and principal port on the Black ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, that competes in the Romanian Liga Națională. Formed in July 2015 as ''HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța'' after the dissolution of HCM Constanța (due to the high debts that the club had accumulated), the team merged in 2022 with the newly formed

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

CSM Constanța, as its men's handball section."A avut loc festivitatea de înființare a Clubului Sportiv Municipal Constanța. Ministrul Sportului: Acest oraș a dat României mulți campioni și acum poate continua această tradiție"
(in Romanian). ''Dobrogea TV''. Retrieved 24 August 2022 After one year in the second division (the 2015-16 season), the team was promoted to the Liga Națională.

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

File:HC_Dobrogea_Sud_Constanţa_logo.png, Old Logo
(-2022)

Kits

Honours

* Liga Națională **Runners-up (1):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

**Winners (2): 2018, 2023 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

**Winners (2): 2017, 2021

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1 Vladut Rusu * 16 Dan Vasile ;Left Wingers *7 Alexandru Andrei * 33 Valentino Ravnić ;Right Wingers *5 Ionuț Nistor * 31 Strahinja Stankovic ;Line players * 22 Gastón Mouriño * 23 Zoran Nikolić * 24 Andras Szasz ;Left Backs *8 Irakli Chikovani * 10 Gabriel Ilie * 17 Andrei Buzle * 34 Vitaly Komogorov ;Central Backs * 14 Călin Mihai Căbuț * 20 Andrei Dragan ;Right Backs * 13 Mikalai Aliokhin * 27 Nicolae Ungureanu

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ;Joining *

Tudor Bugulet Tudor most commonly refers to: * House of Tudor, Welsh and English royal house of Welsh origins ** Tudor period, a historical era in England and Wales coinciding with the rule of the Tudor dynasty Tudor may also refer to: Architecture * Tudor a ...

(RW) '' (from

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

) * Daniel Susanu (LP) ''(back loan from

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 was promoted for the first time in its history to the Liga Națională at the end of the 2017–18 Divizia A season. ...

)'' ;Leaving * Ionuț Nistor (RW) (to

) * Strahinja Stankovic (RW) (to

RK Partizan RK Partizan () is a Serbian handball club based in Belgrade. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League and EHF European League. History The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, R ...

) * Andrei Buzle (LB) (to

) * Gabriel Ilie (LB) (to

)

Coaching staff

:''Staff for the 2023–24 season''

HCM Constanța (2002-2015)

Honours

* Liga Națională (9): **''Winners:'' 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

*Cupa României (5): **''Winners:'' 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *Supercupa României (4): **''Winners:'' 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Fourth place:''

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: **''Semifinalists:'' 2006 **''Quarterfinalists:'' 2007, 2009 *

EHF Challenge Cup The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...

: **''Semifinalists:'' 2004

Notable players

Mihai Popescu Mihai Popescu (born 15 March 1985 in Găești) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Romanian team Potaissa Turda and the Romanian national team. He was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of his hometown Găe� ...

Ionuț Stănescu Ionuț Stănescu (born 14 August 1979 in Brașov) is a retired Romanian handballer who last played for HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța. For his services to the team and the city, and his exemplary sportsmanship conduct, Stănescu was made Honorary ...

* Laurențiu Toma * Marius Sadoveac * Alexandru Csepreghi * George Buricea * Marius Stavrositu * Bogdan Criciotoiu *

Javier Humet Javier Humet Gaminde (born 20 January 1990) is a Spanish-born Romanian handball player who plays for Al Rayyan and the Romania national team. International honours * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Semifinalist'': 2011, 2012 Personal life In April ...

* Milutin Dragicevic * Dalibor Čutura * Nemanja Mladenović * Nikola Crnoglavac * Zoran Nikolić *

Dane Šijan Dane Šijan (; born 5 February 1977) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Šijan played for Metaloplastika, Proleter Zrenjanin, Rudar Kostolac, Partizan (2001–200 ...

* Predrag Vujadinović * Mladen Rakčević * Stevan Vujović * Aleksandar Adžić * Branislav Angelovski * Nikola Mitrevski * Velko Markoski * Viachaslau Saldatsenka * Janko Kević * Dejan Malinović *

Timuzsin Schuch Timuzsin Schuch (born 5 June 1985) is a former Hungarian handball player for the Hungary men's national handball team, Hungarian national team. He represented his country at five European Men's Handball Championship, European Championships (201 ...

* Irakli Chikovani

References

External links

HC Dobrogea Sud Official website
* Handball clubs in Romania Sport in Constanța Handball clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Romania Liga Națională (men's handball) {{Handball-team-stub