CS Minaur Baia Mare is a women's

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team based in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

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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 Națională and the European League (formerly known as EHF Cup). Minaur refers to the

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of Baia Mare.

Kits

Record of achievements

* Liga Naţională: **''Gold:''

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**''Silver:'' 1979, 2013,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, 2016 **''Bronze:'' 1980 *Cupa României: **''Winners:'' 2013, 2014, 2015 **''Finalists:'' 1978, 1980 **''Semifinalists:'' 2007, 2016 *Supercupa României: **''Winners:'' 2013, 2014, 2015

European

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 ...

: **''Quarterfinalists:'' 2015, 2016 *

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 ...

: **''Finalists:'' 2003 *

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: **''Quarterfinalists:'' 1997

Other tournaments

Baia Mare Champions Trophy The Baia Mare Champions Trophy () was a one-off pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held in Baia Mare, Romania. The competition was hosted by Liga Naţională club HCM Baia Mare and governed by the rules and regu ...

: **''Winners:''

Bucharest Trophy The Bucharest Trophy () is a pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held each year in Bucharest, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and So ...

: **''Fifth Placed'':

Players

Current squad

''Squad for the 2024–25 season.'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Cristina Enache * 16 Clara Preda * 53 Iulia Dumanska ;Wingers ;LW * 15 Denisa Romaniuc * 21 Fie Woller ;RW * 10 Jessica Quintino ;Line players * 93 Alba Spugnini ;Back players ;LB * 6 Emilia Galinska * 13 María Gomes Da Costa ;CB * 2 Andreea Ianăşi * 8 Teodora Damian * 33 Amelia Lundbäck ;RB * 7 Aleksandra Vukajlović * 23 Nikoletta Papp

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ; Arriving ; Leaving * Andrijana Tatar (PV) * Luciana Popescu (CB) * Magda Cazanga (LB)

Staff members

* Head Coach: Andrei Popescu * Assistant Coach: Apostu Daniel

Notable former players

* Elisabeta Ionescu * Maria Bosi-Igorov * Hilda Hrivnak-Popescu * Niculina Sasu-Iordache * Mariana Iacob-Iluţ * Larisa Cazacu * Ildikó Kerekes * Cristina Mihai * Carmen Buceschi * Maria Pop * Nadina Dumitru * Victorina Stoenescu-Bora * Marinela Doiciu-Győrffy * Claudia Cetăţeanu * Magda Kengyel * Laura Crăciun * Ana-Maria Buican * Camelia Balint * Annamária Ilyés * Anca David * Florina Nicolescu * Eliza Buceschi * Bárbara Arenhart *

Camilla Herrem Camilla Herrem (born 8 October 1986) is a Norwegian handball player for Sola HK and formerly the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team. Her international achievements include two Olympic gold medals, three World Champio ...

Ksenia Makeeva Kseniya Vladimirovna Makeyeva ( rus, Ксения Владимировна Макеева, , ˈksʲenʲɪɪ̯ə mɐˈkʲe(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 19 September 1990) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russia women's national handball t ...

* Ekaterina Davydenko * Adriana Nechita * Allison Pineau *

Melinda Geiger Melinda Anamaria Geiger (born 28 March 1987) is a Romanian handball player who is playing for CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud and the Romanian national team. Geiger announced her retirement in February 2019 at the age of 31 citing recurring ...

Lois Abbingh Lois Abbingh (born 13 August 1992) is a Dutch handball player who plays for Borussia Dortmund Handball and the Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in t ...

* Paula Ungureanu * Gabriela Perianu *

Katarina Ježić Katarina Ježić (born 19 December 1992) is a Croatian handball player for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Achievements *EHF Champions League: **'' ...

Alexandra do Nascimento Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team. She is a world champion from 2013, the first in history Brazil won the title. Career Youth ca ...

* Luciana Marin * Patricia Vizitiu * Ionica Munteanu * Valentina Ardean-Elisei *

Sonia Seraficeanu Sonia Mariana Seraficeanu (born 25 July 1997) is a Romanian handballer who plays as a right wing for CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud and the Romanian national team. International honours * Trofeul Carpaţi: **''Second place'': 2018 ...

Jovana Kovačević Jovana Skrobić (born Kovacević; sr-cyr, Јована Ковачевић; born 9 April 1996) is a Serbian handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Serbian national team. Career Skrobić started playing handball at age 14 after first p ...

Linn Blohm Linn Blohm (born 20 May 1992) is a Swedish professional handballer who plays as a line player for Győri ETO KC and the Swedish national team. Achievements *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2024, 2025 **''Silver medalist'': 2022 * EHF Cup / ...

Notable former managers

* Costică Buceschi * Constantin Popescu * Ioan Băban * Gheorghe Sbora *

Gheorghe Covaciu Gheorghe Covaciu (born 8 July 1957) is a Romanian former handball player who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the club level he played for Dinamo Bucharest, HC Minaur Baia Mare, Benfica and Sporting CP as well as BM Ciudad Re ...

* Ion Gerhard * Vasile Barbul

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baia Mare Women's handball clubs in Romania Handball clubs established in 2015 Liga Națională (women's handball) clubs Sport in Baia Mare 2015 establishments in Romania