2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league in Romania. The league comprises fourteen teams. Minaur Baia Mare were the defending champions.

2015–16 Liga Națională

Teams

Adrian Petrea

CSM

Focșani

Ploieşti

Danubius

Dinamo

Dunărea

Energia

Odorhei

Vaslui

Minaur

Poli Timişoara

Potaissa

Steaua

Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reșița	Sala Polivalentă Reșița	1,669
CSM București	Sala Sporturilor Rapid București	1,500
CSM Focșani	Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani	1,400
CSM Ploieşti	Sala Olimpia	3,500
Danubius Galaţi	Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați	1,500
Dinamo București	Sala Dinamo	2,538
Dunărea Călăraşi	Sala Polivalentă	1,500
Energia Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu	1,500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc	1,250
HC Vaslui	Sala Sporturilor Vaslui	1,500
Minaur Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare	2,500
Politehnica Timișoara	Sala Constantin Jude	1,540
Potaissa Turda	Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda	600
Steaua București	Sala Sporturilor "Concordia"	600

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo București	26	21	2	3	857	736	+121	65	Qualification to Play-Off
2	CSM București	26	19	2	5	766	654	+112	59
3	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	17	2	7	724	683	+41	53
4	Steaua București	26	16	3	7	781	714	+67	51
5	Politehnica Timişoara	26	16	2	8	712	645	+67	50
6	Potaissa Turda	26	15	2	9	767	735	+32	47
7	Adrian Petrea Reșița	26	12	4	10	687	689	−2	40
8	Dunărea Călărași	26	11	2	13	732	729	+3	35
9	Minaur Baia Mare	26	10	4	12	690	701	−11	34	Qualification to Play-Out
10	HC Vaslui	26	10	2	14	753	748	+5	32
11	Energia Târgu Jiu	26	10	2	14	675	676	−1	32
12	CSM Ploieşti	26	5	3	18	711	756	−45	18
13	CSM Focșani	26	4	1	21	649	806	−157	13
14	Danubius Galaţi	26	0	1	25	632	864	−232	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-Off

Knockout phase

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Dinamo București	2
	Dunărea Călărași	0
					Dinamo București	2
					Politehnica Timișoara	0
	Politehnica Timișoara	2
	Steaua București	1
									Dinamo București	2
									CSM București	1
	CSM București	2
	Adrian Petrea Reșița	0
					CSM București	2
					Potaissa Turda	1			Third place
	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	0
	Potaissa Turda	2
									Politehnica Timișoara	2
									Potaissa Turda	0

League table – positions 1–4

	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	2016–17 EHF Champions League
2	CSM București	2016–17 EHF Cup
3	Politehnica Timișoara
4	Potaissa Turda	2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

	Team
5	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6	Steaua București
7	Dunărea Călărași
8	Adrian Petrea Reșița

Play-Out

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Minaur Baia Mare (R)	20	11	3	6	587	539	+48	36	Relegation to Divizia A
10	Energia Târgu Jiu (R)	20	11	3	6	562	522	+40	36
11	HC Vaslui (O)	20	11	3	6	607	538	+69	36	Relegation play-offs
12	CSM Focșani (O)	20	10	2	8	532	557	−25	32
13	CSM Ploieşti (R)	20	9	4	7	559	552	+7	31	Relegation to Divizia A
14	Danubius Galaţi (R)	20	0	1	19	514	653	−139	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (județ)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Bucharest	3	CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2		Caraș-Severin	1	Adrian Petrea Reșița
		Călărași	1	Dunărea Călăraşi
		Cluj	1	Potaissa Turda
		Galați	1	CSU Danubius
		Gorj	1	Energia Târgu Jiu
		Harghita	1	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
		Maramureș	1	Minaur Baia Mare
		Prahova	1	CSM Ploiești
		Timiș	1	Politehnica Timișoara
		Vaslui	1	HC Vaslui
		Vrancea	1	CSM Focșani

Romanian clubs in European competitions

EHF Champions League

• HC Minaur Baia Mare

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Group Phase (Group D)	RK Metalurg	21-20	23-21	4th
	Skjern Håndbold	28-28	28-32
	Motor Zaporizhzhia	35-30	23-25
	Kadetten Schaffhausen	31-31	23-24
	Elverum Håndball	24-29	28-28

EHF Cup

CSM București Round Club Home Away Aggregate Qual. Round 2 Bregenz Handball 28-24 22-23 50–47 Qual. Round 3 Frigoríficos del Morrazo 31-24 29-29 60–53 Group Phase (Group D) Chambéry Savoie Handball 25-25 23-23 3rd Helvetia Anaitasuna 27-24 22-28 Ystads IF 27-27 28-29

Dinamo București Round Club Home Away Aggregate Qual. Round 1 Energia Târgu Jiu 38-24 24-24 62–48 Qual. Round 2 A.C. Diomidis Argous 35-20 26-21 61–41 Qual. Round 3 RK Maribor Branik 31-25 26-27 57–52 Group Phase (Group A) Fraikin BM. Granollers 26-27 29-28 3rd SC Magdeburg 33-34 22-39 Aalborg Håndbold 28-25 28-28

• Energia Târgu Jiu

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 1	Dinamo București	24-24	24-38	48–62

EHF Challenge Cup

• HC Odorheiu Secuiesc

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	ABC/UMinho	24-25	22-25	46–50

External links

• Official website