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
European Cup
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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):
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 ...
*
European League
:Winners (1): 1993
*
European Cup
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: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
*
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 ...
immediate effect (from maternity leave)
* Laura Kanor (LW) ''(from
Metz Handball)''
; Leaving
*
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 ...
(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 ...
*
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 ...
*
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