CS Minaur Baia Mare (men's handball)

CS Minaur Baia Mare
CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full name	Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short name	Minaur
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Arena	Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană
Capacity	2,048 seats
Head coach	Alexandru Sabou
League	Liga Națională
2023–24	Liga Națională, 3rd of 14
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

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

Baia Mare

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Location of CS Minaur Baia Mare

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

HOME
2016–17	2017-18	2019–20	2020–21	2021–23

AWAY
2016–17	2017-18	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23

THIRD
2017-18	2018–19	2020–21	2021-22

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Goalkeepers 01 Hayder Al-Khafadji 12 Anton Terekhov Left Wingers 15 Milan Kotrč 52 Lucas Sabou Right Wingers 20 Artem Kozakevych 21 Tomáš Číp 30 Vlad Pop Line players 03 Robert Nagy 04 Remus Chiș 27 Ivan Burzak Left Backs 06 Tudor Botea 09 Stevan Vujović 10 Gabriel Cumpănici 51 Viorel Fotache Central Backs 07 Mario Racolța 17 Mihai Dobra 35 Erik Pop 43 Stefan Vujić Right Backs 14 Marcus Dahlin 44 Anderson Mollino

Technical staff

Head Coach: Alexandru Gheorghe Sabou
Fitness Coach: Raul Nistor

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

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, 2024
Cupa României:
- Winners: 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2015
- Finalists: 1985, 2023

International

EHF Cup:
- Winners: 1985, 1988
EHF European Cup:
- Runners up: 2022
EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Semifinalists: 1979, 1981, 1986

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^[2]

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