HC Zalău explained

Club Name:HC Zalău
Full Name:Handball Club Zalău
Short Name:Zalău
Former Names:Silcotub, Silcotex, Textila, Didactica Zalău
Ground:Sala Sporturilor "Gheorghe Tadici", Zalău
Capacity:950
Chairman: Radu Istrate
Manager: Gheorghe Tadici
League:Liga Naţională
Season:2023–24
Position:Liga Națională, 12th of 14
Website:http://www.hczalau.ro/
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HC Zalău is a women's handball club from Zalău, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Women's Handball League.

On domestic level HC Zalau won three league titles (2001,2004,2005) and Romanian Cup once in 2003.

In Europe HC Zalau won the Women's Women's EHF Challenge Cup 1995–1996 season and in the same season by participating in the EHF Women's Champions Trophy won 3rd place. In the 2011–2012 season in the EHF Cup HC Zalau played second final in history, lost against the Russian team Lada Togliatti.

History

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In 1978 Gheorghe Tadici - John Bal Crișan - Simon Talos trio, with Tadici in the main role, set foot in the city of Meseş a women's handball team called Didactica Zalău.

In 1979 Didactica Zalău get to promote Division B, moving, for the first time in official competition at the senior level. In 1980, Didactica Zalău turns to Textila Zalau, textile enterprise is willing to invest in handball team.Four years later, in 1984 Textila managed to promote the first scene of Romanian handball. Two years later the team would relegate in Division B in the 1985–1986 season and a year later to promote back to the first division after a perfect season. Since then handball team HC Zalău evolving Romanian Handball League.

After two bronze medals in the seasons 1989 - 1990 and 1990 - 1991, Textila Zalău turns to Silcotex in 1992. Under this name, he became vice season 1993 - 1994 and in the same year (1994) changed their name for the third time, becoming Silcotub Zalău.

Again finishing 2nd in Romanian Handball League in the season 1995 - 1996, Silcotub Zalău have win at the end of the same season and EHF Challenge Cup or City Cup. Also in 1996 he finished third in the EHF Champions Trophy. For 14 consecutive years from 1994 to 2007 HC Zalău participated in European Cups, EHF Champions League, EHF Champions Trophy, EHF Cup Winners' Cup, EHF Cup and EHF Challenge Cup.

After the third title in history (2005) team changes its name to HC Zalău, earning the title of national runner at the end of the 2005–2006 season. At the end of the same season, Gheorghe Tadici had to leave for the Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea champion. Separation of Zalău handball would be almost fatal to the season 2007 - 2008, when HC Zalău, under the command of John Gherhardt, came to tour the dam to maintain in the National League.

Back to HC Zalău, after two years of absence, Gheorghe Tadici again resumed reconstruction of the team, saying it could even be the last in his career coach.

Arena

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024-25 season

Goalkeepers
Wingers
Line players
Back players
  • LB
  • CB
    RB

    Transfers

    Transfers for 2024-2025

    Joining
    Leaving

    Staff members

    Honours

    Europe

    Internal

    Recent seasons

    SeasonLeaguePlaceCupEurope
    1979-80Aalign=center colspan="2" rowspan="10"Not qualified
    1980-81A
    1981-82A
    1982-83A
    1983-84A1st
    1984-85LN9th
    1985-86LN11th
    1986-87A
    1987-88A1st
    1988-89LN4th
    SeasonLeaguePlaceCupEurope
    1989-90LNalign=center colspan="2"Not qualified
    1990-91LNIHF1/4-finals
    1991-92LN6thIHF1/2-finals
    1992-93LN6th Finalistalign=center colspan="2"Not qualified
    1993-94LN4thCC1/2-finals
    1994-95LN4thEHF1/4-finals
    1995-96LN FinalistCC Winner
    1996-97LN FinalistCC1/2-finals
    1997-98LN FinalistCC1/2-finals
    1998-99LN4thCC1/8-finals
    SeasonLeaguePlaceCupEurope
    1999-00LNEHF1/4-finals
    2000-01LNCC1/2-finals
    2001-02LN FinalistCLGroup stage
    2002-03LN4th WinnerCC1/4-finals
    2003-04LNCCRound 4
    2004-05LNCL / EHFRound 2 / 1/4-finals
    2005-06LN4thCL / EHFRound 2 / Round 3
    2006-07LN12thEHFRound 3
    2007-08LN9thalign=center colspan="2" rowspan="2"Not qualified
    2008-09LN9th
    SeasonLeaguePlaceCupSCupEurope
    2009-10LN4thalign=center colspan="2"Not qualified
    2010-11LN4th FinalistEHFRound 3
    2011–12LNEHF Finalist
    2012–13LN4thEHF1/2-finals
    2013–14LN6thEHFRound 3
    2014–15LN7thalign=center colspan="2" rowspan="3"Not qualified
    2015–16LN9th
    2016–17LN
    2017–18LN5thEHF1/4-finals
    2018–19LN7thEHFRound 2

    Selected former players

    Coaches

    Coach
    1978 - 2006 Gheorghe Tadici
    2006 - 2007 Ioan Gerhardt
    2007 - 2011 Sorin Rădulescu
    2008 - Gheorghe Tadici

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.magazinsalajean.ro/sport/handbalul-de-performanta-de-30-de-ani-in-salaj Handball performance over 30 years in Sălaj
    2. Web site: Sports Hall from Zalău will have the name of coach Gheorghe Tadici . 2017-07-11 . 2017-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041807/http://www.zalausj.ro/cms/hotarari_more.php?id=A5496_0_7_0_M . dead .