CS Minaur Baia Mare (men's handball)

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full name Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short name Minaur
Founded 1974
Arena Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană
Capacity 2,048 seats
Head coach Alexandru Sabou
League Liga Națională
2022–23 Liga Națională, 2nd of 14
Club colours    
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site

CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as CS Minaur or simply Minaur, is handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania.

History

HC Minaur Baia Mare was founded on May 15, 1974. Thus, it became the first sports club in the country specializing exclusively in handball. Its name means Gold Mine, referring to the gold mines around Baia Mare. From the very beginning, Minaur has been playing exclusively in the first division of the Romanian handball championship. In the beginning, they played in golden jerseys. The first entry to the Romanian Handball Cup was won by Minaur in 1977/1978. In 1978/79, they reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup undefeated, with two victories, where they were dismissed by SC Magdeburg. He will be second in the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons. In 1980/81, EHF Cup Winners' Cup reached the semi-finals again, where it was eliminated against TuS Nettelstedt. In these years, Minaur is the only rural team from the Romanian league that plays on the international stage, often much more successfully than the Bucharest clubs. In 1985, he achieved the first Romanian international handball success when he defeated the Soviet ZTR Zaporizhzhia in the final of the EHF Cup. Then, in 1988, he repeated the success. 24 years after the foundation, in 1998, the dream of every Baia Mare handball lover came true: HC Minaur became the champion of Romania! A year later, in 1999, the success was repeated, the team became champions again. The team was last champion in 2015. In 1979, 1981 and 1986, Minaur reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
- 2017 Hummel
2017 - 2018 Nike
2018 - 2019 Erima
2019 - present Hummel

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season
CS Minaur Baia Mare
Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line players
  • 03 Robert Nagy
  • 25 Nemanja Ratković
  • 00 Remus Chiș
Left Backs
Central Backs
Right Backs
  • 22 Nikola Ivanović
  • 44 Anderson Mollino
  • 97 Bogdan Manescu

Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Alexandru Gheorghe Sabou
  • Fitness Coach: Raul Nistor

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining
Leaving
  • Călin Mihai Căbuț (LB)
  • Tudor Bogdan Bugulet (RW)
  • Gabriel Teca (PV)
  • Mihai Dobra (CB)

Accomplishments

Domestic

  • Liga Națională:
    • Gold: 1998, 1999, 2015
    • Silver: 1980, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,2022,2023
    • Bronze: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Cupa României:
    • Winners: 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2015
    • Finalists: 1985, 2023

International

European record

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1984–85
Winners 		1/16 İTÜ Istanbul 45–17 41–23 86–40
1/8 Helsingør IF 32–25 26–19 58–44
1/4 Lokomotíva Trnava 37–22 32–29 69–51
1/2 WAT Margareten 37–19 28–25 65–44
Finals SIL Zaporizhzhia 22–17 14–18 36–35
1987–88
Winners 		1/16 HT Tatran Prešov 32–21 26–21 58–42
1/8 HK Drott 28–18 19–29 47–47 (a)
1/4 Hellerup IK Copenhagen 24–16 20–25 44–41
1/2 FC Barcelona 24–22 21–22 45–44
Finals Granitas Kaunas 23–20 20–21 43–41

EHF ranking

As of 14/07/2022
Rank Team Points
32 CD Bidasoa 155
33 TBV Lemgo 150
34 CS Minaur Baia Mare 141
35 Alingsås HK 139
36 PAUC Handball 136
37 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold 135
38 BM Logroño La Rioja 132

Former club members

Notable former players