The Liga Națională is a
league of
professional
A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...
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 ...
league teams in
Romania
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. Run by the
Romanian Handball Federation, the competition is also known as the Liga Florilor
MOL and is contested by sixteen teams.
The National Handball League is Romania's top-level domestic women's handball-league club competition. The team with the most Liga Națională championships is
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Sport Club Municipal Râmnicu Vâlcea (), commonly known as SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea or Râmnicu Vâlcea, is a Romanian association football, football team from Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County. The club is currently playing in Liga III, after spendi ...
with twenty.
The FRH organization also oversees the
Divizia A
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
.
The
European Handball Federation
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...
(EHF) ranks the Liga Națională 3rd in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.
Current teams
Teams for season 2024–25
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Minaur Baia Mare
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Gloria Bistrița
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Corona Brașov
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Dunărea Brăila
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CSM București
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Rapid București
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Hydrological features
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Sport ...
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Gloria Buzău
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Măgura Cisnădie
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SCM Craiova
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CSM Iași 2020
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SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Sport Club Municipal Râmnicu Vâlcea (), commonly known as SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea or Râmnicu Vâlcea, is a Romanian association football, football team from Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County. The club is currently playing in Liga III, after spendi ...
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CSM Slatina
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CSM Târgu Jiu
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HC Zalău
Awards
The
Simona Arghir-Sandu Trophy is awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the Liga Națională (LNHF). It is named in honour of right back
Simona Arghir-Sandu.
List of champions
1946–1963 (11 players)
1958–present (7 players)
Results by teams
7 players
11 players
EHF league coefficients
EHF league ranking
EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:
*1.

(''1'')
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system.
Twelve ...
(157.67)
*2. (''5'')
Ligue Butagaz Énergie (118.50)
*3.

(''2'')
Russian Superleague
The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...
(114.50)
*4.

(''3'')
Bambusa Kvindeligaen (109.00)
*5. (''6'')
REMA 1000-ligaen (102.77)
*6.

(''4'') Liga Națională (94.50)
Notable foreign players
;Angola
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Azenaide Carlos
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Albertina Kassoma
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Liliana Venâncio
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Magda Cazanga
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Ruth João
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Wuta Dombaxe
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Natália Kamalandua
;Belarus
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Natallia Vasileuskaya
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Dziyana Ilyina
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Maria Kanaval
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Anastasia Lobach
;Brazil
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Eduarda Amorim
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Alexandra do Nascimento
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Bárbara Arenhart
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Ana Paula Rodrigues-Belo
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Mayssa Pessoa
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Deonise Cavaleiro-Fachinello
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Fernanda da Silva
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Samara da Silva
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Larissa Araújo
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Mariana Costa
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Jéssica Quintino
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Francielle da Rocha
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Elaine Gomes
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Karoline de Souza
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Giulia Guarieiro
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Renata Arruda
;Bulgaria
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Ekaterina Dzhukeva
;Czech Republic
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Helena Ryšánková
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Charlotte Cholevova
;Croatia
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Jelena Grubišić
Jelena Grubišić (born 20 January 1987) is a retired Croatian handballer who played for the Croatia national team.
She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' (" Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016.
She was inducted i ...
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Sanela Knezović
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Lidija Horvat
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Katarina Ježić
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Valentina Blažević
Valentina Blažević (born 14 February 1994) is a Croatian handball player for SCM Craiova (women's handball), SCM Craiova and the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team.
She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handb ...
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Ivana Kapitanović
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Kristina Prkačin
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Katarina Pavlović
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Dejana Milosavljević
;Denmark
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Maria Stokholm
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Line Jørgensen
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Trine Østergaard
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Simone Böhme
Simone Böhme (born 17 August 1991) is a Danish female handballer for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Denmark women's national handball team, Danish national team.
Career
Böhme won the 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup, 2010 EHF Cup with Randers HK. Despi ...
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Ann Grete Nørgaard
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Ida-Marie Dahl
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Mathilde Neesgaard
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Fie Woller
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Emma Friis
;France
*
Amandine Leynaud
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Allison Pineau
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Camille Ayglon-Saurina
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Siraba Dembélé-Pavlović
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Grâce Zaadi
*
Laura Glauser
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Kalidiatou Niakaté
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Alexandra Lacrabère
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Orlane Kanor
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Gnonsiane Niombla
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Laurisa Landre
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Julie Foggea
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Laura Flippes
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Alicia Toublanc
;Germany
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Ewgenija Minevskaja
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Meike Schmelzer
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Mia Zschocke
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Julia Maidhof
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Isabell Roch
;Hungary
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Gabriella Juhász
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Gabriella Szűcs
*
Dorina Korsós
*
Rita Borbás
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Tamara Pál
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Nikolett Papp
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Asma Elghaoui
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Zsanett Borbély
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Fanni Kenyeres
;Japan
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Asuka Fujita
;Montenegro
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Katarina Bulatović
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Jovanka Radičević
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Majda Mehmedović
Majda Kirmizi née Mehmedović, (born 25 May 1990) is a retired Montenegrin handball player and a former player of the Montenegro women's national handball team, Montenegrin national team.
She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In ...
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Marija Jovanović
Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985) is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for the Montenegrin national team.
She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Montenegrin team placed sixth, and J ...
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Itana Grbić
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Andrea Klikovac
Andrea Klikovac (born 5 May 1991) is a Montenegrin handball player for CSM București and the Montenegrin national team. She is a defence specialist.
International honours
*EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most importan ...
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Dijana Ujkić
Dijana Ujkić (Albanian: Diana Ujkaj, born 5 July 1996) is a Montenegrin handball player for Istogu and the Montenegrin national team.
International honours
*EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important club handba ...
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Bobana Klikovac
*
Ljubica Nenezić
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Marta Batinović-Žderić
*
Ema Ramusović
*
Dijana Mugoša
Dijana Mugoša (born 22 October 1995) is a Montenegrin 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 a ...
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Nina Bulatović
*
Marina Rajčić
;Netherlands
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Estavana Polman
*
Tess Wester
*
Martine Smeets
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Yvette Broch
Yvette Broch (born 23 December 1990) is a retired Dutch professional handball player, who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of '' Holland's Next Top Model''.
...
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Lois Abbingh
;North Macedonia
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Marija Shteriova
*
Leonida Gichevska
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Elena Livrinikj
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Jovana Sazdovska
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Elena Gjeorgjievska
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Jovana Micevska
;Norway
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Nora Mørk
Nora Mørk (born 5 April 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team.
She made her debut on the Norwegian national team on 21 September 2010.
Before joining Team ...
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Camilla Herrem
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Marit Malm Frafjord
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Emilie Hegh Arntzen
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Malin Aune
Malin Larsen Aune (born 4 March 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team.
In the 2024-25 Damehåndboldligaen, 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular ...
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Marie Davidsen
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Amanda Kurtović
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Maren Nyland Aardahl
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Hege Løken
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Vilde Ingstad
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Anniken Wollik
;Poland
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Aleksandra Zych
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Sylwia Lisewska
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Monika Kobylińska
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Natalia Nosek
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Emilia Galińska
;Russia
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Emiliya Turey
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Yulia Managarova
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Kseniya Makeyeva
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Ekaterina Gaiduk
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Ekaterina Vetkova
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Vetkova (; born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former female handballer who played as a pivot. She is a world champion from the 2009 World Championship.
Career
From 2004 to 2007 she played for Lada Togliatti. Here she won ...
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Regina Kalinichenko
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Ekaterina Matlashova
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Yulia Khavronina
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Olga Gorshenina
*
Elena Utkina
*
Marina Sudakova
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Kira Trusova
;Senegal
*
Hawa N'Diaye
*
Fanta Keïta
;Serbia
*
Andrea Lekić
*
Dragana Cvijić
*
Kristina Liščević
*
Željka Nikolić
*
Jelena Trifunović
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Jelena Lavko
Jelena Lavko ( Živković; born 6 July 1991) is a Serbian handball player.
She was also capped several times for the Serbian national team and participated at the 2010 European Championship and 2013 World Championship.
Achievements
* 2013 Wo ...
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Marina Dmitrović
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Jovana Kovačević
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Dijana Radojević
Dijana Radojević (born 2 April 1990) is a Serbian 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 ...
*
Katarina Krpež Šlezak
*
Aleksandra Vukajlović
*
Jovana Risović
Jovana Risović ( sr-cyr, Јована Рисовић; born 7 October 1993) is a Serbian handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven pl ...
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Sanja Vujović
Sanja Vujović (née Damnjanović; born 25 May 1987) is a retired Serbian female handball player.
Achievements
*Slovenian Championship:
**''Winner'': 2009
*Slovenian Cup:
**''Winner'': 2009
*Serbian Championship:
**''Winner'': 2010, 2011
*Serbi ...
;Slovenia
*
Elizabeth Omoregie
*
Barbara Lazović
*
Amra Pandžić
*
Nataša Ljepoja
;South Korea
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Woo Sun-hee
Woo Sun-Hee (; born 1 July 1978) is a former South Korean handball player.
In 2003, Woo competed in the IHF World Women's Handball Championship held in Croatia and led her team to the bronze medal. She was finally named to the All-Star team of ...
*
Chung Eun-hee
;Spain
*
Carmen Martín
*
Alexandrina Cabral
*
Silvia Navarro
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Marta López
*
Alicia Fernández
*
Mireya González
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Darly Zogbi de Paula
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Almudena Rodríguez
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Ainhoa Hernández
*
Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
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Irene Espínola
*
Alba Spugnini
*
Lara González Ortega
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Darly de Paula
;Sweden
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Isabelle Gulldén
*
Linnea Torstenson
*
Nathalie Hagman
*
Sabina Jacobsen
*
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 / ...
*
Filippa Idéhn
*
Mikaela Mässing
*
Evelina Eriksson
*
Daniela de Jong
*
Elin Hansson
*
Amelia Lundbäck
;Ukraine
*
Anastasiia Pidpalova
*
Iryna Glibko
*
Iaroslava Burlachenko
*
Nataliya Savchyn
*
Iryna Shutska
*
Viktoriya Tymoshenkova
*
Tamara Smbatian
;Tunisia
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Mouna Jlezi
*
Aya Ben Abdallah
;Turkey
*
Yeliz Özel
*
Aslı İskit
Notable foreign coaches
*
Anja Andersen
*
Mette Klit
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Kim Rasmussen
*
Helle Thomsen
*
Jakob Vestergaard
*
Magnus Johansson
*
Per Johansson
*
Tomas Ryde
*
Herbert Müller
*
Péter Kovács
*
Carlos Viver
*
Bent Dahl
See also
*
Romania women's national handball team
*
Divizia A (men's handball)
References
External links
Romanian Handball Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liga Nationala (women's handball)
Women's handball in Romania
Women's handball leagues
Handball competitions in Romania
Women's sports leagues in Romania
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 ...
Professional sports leagues in Romania