CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud, commonly known as Gloria Bistrița and colloquially as Gloria, is a professional women's

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 ...

club based in

Bistrița (; , archaic , Transylvanian Saxon: , ) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers s ...

, Bistrița-Năsăud, Transylvania,

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 Liga Naţională and the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

. Gloria were runners-up in the 2023–24 EHF European League.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Supercupa României (''Super Cup of Romania'') * Silver medal with cup

''Finalists:'' 2024 Liga Națională (''National League of Romania'') * Bronze medal with cup

''Third place:'' 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24 Cupa României (''National Cup of Romania'') * Bronze medal with cup

''Third place:'' 2017, 2024

European competitions

EHF European League 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 ...

''Finalists:'' 2023–24

Team

Current squad 2025/26

;Goalkeepers * 1 Ana Măzăreanu * 87 Renata Arruda ;Wings ;;LW * 17 Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo * 25 Éva Kerekes * 89 Corina Lupei ;;RW * 27 Asuka Fujita * 30 Sonia Seraficeanu ;Line Players * 3 Iaroslava Burlachenko * 7 Tamires Morena * 37

Lorena Ostase Lorena Gabriela Ostase (born 25 July 1997) is a Romanian handballer for Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud and the Romanian national team. She represented Romania at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship and at the 2021 World Women's Handball C ...

;Back Line ;;LB * 10 Danila So Delgado * 14 Bianca Bazaliu * 24 Stefania Stoica ;CB * 9 Larissa Nüsser * 13 Cristina Laslo * 23 Paula Arcos ;;RB * 08 Monika Kobylińska * 18 Daria Bucur * 98 Sayna Mbengue

Transfers

:''Transfers for the season 2025-26'' ; Joining * Ana Măzăreanu (GK) (from SCM Gloria Buzău) (with immediate effect) * Daria Bucur (RB) (from SCM Gloria Buzău) (with immediate effect) *

(LP) (from

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) (with immediate effect) * Paula Arcos (CB) (from Vipers Kristiansand) (with immediate effect) * Larissa Nüsser (CB) (from Vipers Kristiansand) (with immediate effect) * Monika Kobylińska (RB) (from

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Judo *Scrabble *Volleyball Defunct ...

) * Corina Lupei (LW) (from

HC Dunărea Brăila HC Dunărea Brăila is a team handball, women's handball club from Brăila, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională (women's handball), Liga Națională and the 2020–21 Women's EHF European League, European League (formerly known as EHF ...

) * Stefania Stoica (LB) (from

) *

Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo Jennifer Maria Gutiérrez Bermejo (born 20 February 1995) is a Swiss-born Spanish handballer for the Slovenian club RK Krim and the Spanish national team. She represented Spain at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. Notes Referenc ...

(LW) (from

RK Krim Rokometni klub Krim (), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Krim was founded in 1984 and has won the Slovenia ...

) * Carlos Viver (coach) ; Leaving * Gnonsiane Niombla (CB) (to

Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball (also known as JDA Dijon Handball, formerly Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Handball) is a French handball club from Dijon, France. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2014 and they pla ...

) (with immediate effect) *

Nicoleta Dincă Nicoleta-Elena Dincă (born 2 July 1988) is a Romanian handballer CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud, Gloria Bistrița and the Romania women's national handball team, Romanian national team. Results *Women's EHF Challenge Cup, EHF Challenge Cup: ...

(LW) (to

CSM Slatina (women's handball) Clubul Sportiv Municipal Slatina, commonly known as CSM Slatina, is a women's handball club from Slatina, Romania, that plays in the Liga Națională.

) * Valeriia Kirdiasheva (CB) (to

) * Natalia Nosek (RB) (to SCM Craiova) *

Dagmara Nocuń Dagmara Nocuń (born 2 January 1996) is a Polish handballer for ZRK Buducnost and the Polish national team. She represented Poland at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held f ...

(LW) (to

ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica ŽRK Budućnost is a professional women's handball team from Podgorica, Montenegro (previously, the club also appeared under the names ZRK Budućnost MONET, Budućnost Brillant, Budućnost Bemax and Budućnost Titograd). Among the numerous title ...

) * Gréta Kácsor (LB) (to

CSM Slatina (women's handball) Clubul Sportiv Municipal Slatina, commonly known as CSM Slatina, is a women's handball club from Slatina, Romania, that plays in the Liga Națională.

) *

Nikolina Vukčević Nikolina Vukčević (born 28 July 2000) is a Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. She represented Montenegro at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements * Montenegri ...

(PV) (to

CSM Slatina (women's handball) Clubul Sportiv Municipal Slatina, commonly known as CSM Slatina, is a women's handball club from Slatina, Romania, that plays in the Liga Națională.

) * Ivana Kapitanović (GK)

Staff members

* Head Coach: Carlos Viver * Assistant Coach: Quino Soler Teruel * Goalkeeper coach: Levente Szabo * Fitness Coach: Dario Mata Bejar

Notable former players

* Oana Țiplea * Magdalena Paraschiv * Valentina Ardean-Elisei * Ana Maria Iuganu * Laura Moisă * Melinda Geiger * Laura Pristăviță * Iulia Dumanska * Jovana Kovačević *

Željka Nikolić Željka Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Жељка Николић; born 12 July 1991) is a Serbian female handball player for Romanian club SCM Craiova and the Serbia women's national handball team, Serbian national team. She was given the award of ''Cetăț ...

* Jelena Trifunović * Darly Zoqbi de Paula * Alexandrina Barbosa * Mariana Costa *

Nina Zulić Nina Zulić (born 4 December 1995) is a Slovenian handball player for RK Krim and the Slovenia women's national handball team, Slovenian national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship. References External l ...

* Ida-Marie Dahl * Nina Bulatović * Déborah Kpodar

References

External links

* * Women's handball clubs in Romania Sport in Bistrița Handball clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Romania {{handball-team-stub