CS Rapid București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Giulești, in the northwestern parts of Bucharest. Founded in 1934, they play their home games at the Sala Rapid. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the top division of Romanian handball. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1961. The club won the Romanian Cup for the first time in 2004, and their first European honour, the

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

, in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

. Rapid achieved the EHF treble. Domestically, the club has won six league titles and one Romanian Cup. Internationally, they have won one Champions League, one European League, and one

since their inception. They are currently competing in the

2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League is the 30th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2022 to 4 June 2023. Format The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competit ...

Honours

National competitions

League titles

* Liga Națională :Winners (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 2003, 2022

Cups

*Cupa României :Winners (1): 2004

European competitions

* Champions League :Winners (1):

* European League :Winners (1): 1993 *

:Winners (1): 2000

European record

Players

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12

Diana Ciucă Diana Cristiana Ciucă (born 1 June 2000) is a Romanian handball player for CS Rapid București and the Romanian national team. In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future. S ...

* 16 Denisa Şandru * 23 Ivana Kapitanović ;Left Wings * 18

Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo (born 20 February 1995) is a Swiss-born Spanish handballer for Rapid București and the Spanish national team. She represented Spain at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handba ...

* 20

Dorina Korsós Dorina Korsós (; born 3 September 1995 in Kecskemét) is a Hungarian handballer who plays for CS Rapid București. Achievements *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2013, 2014, 2017 *Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, ...

;Right Wings * 17

Marta López Marta López Herrero (born 4 February 1990) is a Spanish female handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Spanish national team. López was voted Best Right Wing of the 2007 European Junior Championships and of the Ligue Feminine de Hand ...

* 77

Alexandra Badea Alexandra Diana Badea (born 22 May 1998) is a Romanian handballer who plays as a right wing for Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and tur ...

;Line Players * 10

Albertina Kassoma Albertina da Cruz Kassoma (born 12 June 1996) is an Angolan handball player for CS Rapid București (handball) and the Angolan national team. She represented Angola at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia and at the 2016 Sum ...

* 27

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

* 44

Ainhoa Hernández Ainhoa Hernández Serrador (born 27 April 1994) is a Spanish handball player for Rapid București and the Spanish national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, th ...

;;Left Backs * 11

Gabriela Perianu Gabriela Perianu (born 20 June 1994) is a Romanian handballer for CSM București and the Romanian national team. Achievements * Liga Naţională: **''Silver Medalist'': 2016, 2017 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2014 *Cupa României: **''Bronze Medalist' ...

* 22

Orlane Kanor Orlane Kanor (born 16 June 1997) is a French handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball ...

* 99

Sorina Grozav Sorina Maria Grozav (née Tîrcă; born 27 May 1999) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Rapid București. In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the 20 best young handballers to watch for the future. International honours ...

;;Centre Backs * 7

Eliza Buceschi Eliza Iulia Buceschi (born 1 August 1993) is a Romanian handballer for Rapid București and the Romanian national team. Career Club She was the best scorer with 100 goals of the Liga Naţională's 2011–12 season until a surgery on a broken fi ...

* 34

Alicia Fernández Alicia Fernández Fraga (born 21 December 1992) is a Spanish female handballer for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Spanish national team. Honours Club * Spanish Division: **''Winner'': 2016 **''Silver Medalist'': 2017 *Spanish Cup: **''Winner ...

* 79

Estavana Polman Estavana Polman (born 5 August 1992) is a Dutch handball player for CS Rapid București and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands in younger age categories as well and collected the silver medal at the 2011 Women's 19 Europea ...

;;Right Backs * 21 Irene Espínola * 88

Anđela Janjušević Anđela Janjušević ( sr-cyr, Анђела Јањушевић; born 18 June 1995) is a Serbian handball player for CS Rapid București Clubul Sportiv Rapid București is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Bucharest, Romania. History The c ...

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining *

immediate effect (from maternity leave) * Laura Kanor (LW) ''(from Metz Handball)'' ; Leaving *

(LW) ''(to

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 ...

)''

Selected former players

* Alina Dobrin *

Cristina Vărzaru Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979) is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team. Biography Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...

Aurelia Brădeanu Aurelia Brădeanu (née Stoica; born 5 May 1979) is a Romanian handballer who last played for CSM Bucharest (women's handball), CSM Bucharest. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at t ...

* Paula Ungureanu *

Oana Manea Oana Andreea Lefter (née: Manea; born 18 April 1985) is a former handball. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016. Her father, Dumitru Manea was a football player. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' (" Honorary Cit ...

* Azenaide Carlos *

Julie Foggea Julie Foggea (born 28 August 1990) is a French handballer who plays goalkeeper for french league club Brest Bretagne Handball and the France national team. Achievements Club * Division 1: **Finalist: 2016 (with Fleury Loiret Handball) *E ...

* Alexandra Lacrabère

References

{{Liga Națională (women's handball) Sports clubs in Bucharest Liga Națională (women's handball) clubs Handball clubs established in 1934