Liga Națională (women's handball) explained

Liga Națională
Founded:	(Handball 11s, 1946)
Inaugural:	1958–59
Teams:	14
Confed:	EHF
Champions:	CSM București
Champ Season:	2022–23
Most Champs:	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (20 titles)
Tv:	Pro Arena
Levels:	1
Relegation:	Divizia A
Confed Cup:	Champions League EHF European League
Website:	frh.ro
Current:	2023–24 Liga Națională

The Liga Națională is a league of professional women's handball league teams in Romania. 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 with twenty.

The FRH organization also oversees the Divizia A.

The European Handball Federation (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

• Minaur Baia Mare
• Gloria Bistrița
  • Corona Brașov Dunărea Brăila
• CSM București
• Rapid București
  • Gloria Buzău Măgura Cisnădie
  • SCM Craiova CSM Iași 2020
• SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
  • CSM Slatina CSM Târgu Jiu
• 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.^[1]

List of champions

1946–1963 (11 players)

Season	Winning coach	Gold	Silver	Bronze
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1946	Bruno Holzträger	Karres Mediaş	SG Sighișoara
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1947	Bruno Holzträger	Derubau Mediaş	Voinţa Sighișoara
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1948		IRTI Mediaş	Voinţa Mediaş	Avântul Agnita
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1949	Bruno Holzträger	Record Mediaş	CFR Sighișoara	CSU București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1950	Wilhelm Lapka	Flamura Roşie Mediaş	CSU București	Flamura Roşie ILSA Timişoara
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1951	Bruno Holzträger	Flamura Roşie Mediaş	Spartak Sighișoara	Știința ICF București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1952	Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu	Știința ICF București	Spartak Sighișoara	Știința Timișoara
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1953	Walter Meither	Știința Timișoara	Știința ICF București	Progresul Învățământ București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1954	Árpád Kameniczki	Progresul Târgu Mureș	Progresul Brașov
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1955	Árpád Kameniczki	Progresul Târgu Mureș		Progresul Brașov
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1956	Dumitru Popescu-Colibași	Progresul Brașov	Flamura Roşie București	Flamura Roşie Sibiu
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1957		Steagul Roşu București	Progresul MIC București	Progresul Brașov
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1957–58	Constantin Popescu-Pilică	Steagul Roşu București	Olimpia București	Flamura Roşie Sibiu
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1958–59	Gabriel Zugrăvescu	Olimpia București	Progresul București	Mureșul Târgu Mureș
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1959–60	Valeriu Gogâltan		Rapid București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1960–61	Gabriel Zugrăvescu	Rapid București	Progresul București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1961–62	Constantin Popescu-Pilică	Progresul București	Minerul Vulcan	CSȘ Cluj-Napoca
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1962–63	Ioan Bota	Știința București	Rapid București	Progresul București

1958–present (7 players)

Season	Winning coach	Gold	Silver	Bronze
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1958–59		Progresul București	Olimpia București	Tractorul Brașov
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1959–60
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1960–61
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1961–62				Tractorul Brașov
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1962–63				CSM Sibiu
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1963–64	Victor Chița
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1964–65
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1965–66	Victor Chița
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1966–67	Francisc Spier
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1967–68	Constantin Lache
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1968–69	Constantin Lache			Confecția București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1969–70	Constantin Lache			Confecția București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1970–71
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1971–72	Constantin Lache
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1972–73	Ioan Bota
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1973–74	Ioan Bota			Textila Buhuși
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1974–75	Constantin Lache			Progresul București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1975–76	Constantin Lache		Progresul București	Voința Odorhei
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1976–77	Constantin Lache
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1977–78	Constantin Lache		Hidrotehnica Constanța	Confecția București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1978–79	Eugen Bartha			Hidrotehnica Constanța
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1979–80	Eugen Bartha
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1980–81	Remus Drăgănescu
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1981–82	Eugen Bartha		Progresul București
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1982–83	Eugen Bartha
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1983–84	Eugen Bartha
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1984–85	Eugen Bartha			Hidrotehnica Constanța
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1985–86	Alexandru Mengoni
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1986–87	Alexandru Mengoni
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1987–88
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1988–89
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1989–90
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1990–91
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1991–92	Alexandru Mengoni
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1992–93	Lucian Râșniță			HC Aura Iași
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1993–94	Constantin Cojocaru
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1994–95	Constantin Cojocaru
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1995–96	Constantin Cojocaru
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1996–97	Alexandru Mengoni
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1997–98	Lucian Râșniță
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1998–99
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	1999–00
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2000–01				Fibrex Săvinești
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2001–02
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2002–03	Vasile Mărgulescu
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2003–04
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2004–05
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2005–06
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2006–07
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2007–08
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2008–09
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2009–10
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2010–11
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2012–13
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2013–14	Costică Buceschi
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2014–15
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2015–16
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2016–17
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2017–18
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2018–19
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2019–20	Canceled dut to COVID-19 pandemia
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2020–21	Adrian Vasile
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2021–22
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2022–23	Adrian Vasile
scope=row style="background-color: #FFEEAA"	2023–24	Adrian Vasile

Results by teams

7 players

1958–present

Teams	Winners	Winning seasons
		1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
		1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92
		2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
		1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1966–67, 2002–03, 2021–22
		2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05
		1959–60, 1964–65, 1970–71
		1980–81, 2005–06
		1972–73, 1973–74
		2013–14
		1987–88
		1958–59

11 players

1946–1963

Teams	Winners	Winning seasons
		1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
		1952, 1960, 1963
		1959, 1955
		1957, 1958
		1962
		1961
		1959
		1956
		1953

EHF league coefficients

See also: EHF coefficient rank.

EHF league ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:^[2]

• 1.  (1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (157.67)
• 2.  (5) Ligue Butagaz Énergie (118.50)
• 3.  (2) Russian Superleague (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

• Azenaide Carlos
• Albertina Kassoma
• Liliana Venâncio
• Magda Cazanga
• Ruth João
• Wuta Dombaxe
• Natália Kamalandua

Belarus

• Natallia Vasileuskaya
• Dziyana Ilyina
• Maria Kanaval
• Anastasia Lobach

Brazil

• Eduarda Amorim
• Alexandra do Nascimento
  • Bárbara Arenhart Ana Paula Rodrigues-Belo
• Mayssa Pessoa
• Deonise Cavaleiro-Fachinello
  • Fernanda da Silva Samara da Silva
• Larissa Araújo
  • Mariana Costa Jéssica Quintino
• Francielle da Rocha
• Elaine Gomes
• Karoline de Souza
• Giulia Guarieiro
• Renata Arruda

Bulgaria

• Ekaterina Dzhukeva

Czech Republic

• Helena Ryšánková

Croatia

• Jelena Grubišić
• Sanela Knezović
• Lidija Horvat
  • Katarina Ježić Valentina Blažević
  • Ivana Kapitanović Kristina Prkačin
• Katarina Pavlović
• Dejana Milosavljević

Denmark

• Maria Stokholm
• Line Jørgensen
• Trine Østergaard
  • Simone Böhme Ann Grete Nørgaard
• Ida-Marie Dahl
• Mathilde Neesgaard
• Fie Woller
• Maria Fisker

France

• Amandine Leynaud
• Allison Pineau
• Camille Ayglon-Saurina
• Siraba Dembélé-Pavlović
  • Grâce Zaadi Laura Glauser
• Kalidiatou Niakaté
• Alexandra Lacrabère
• Orlane Kanor
• Gnonsiane Niombla
• Laurisa Landre
• Julie Foggea
• Laura Flippes

Germany

• Ewgenija Minevskaja
• Meike Schmelzer
• Mia Zschocke
• Julia Maidhof
• Isabell Roch

Hungary

• • • Gabriella Juhász Gabriella Szűcs Dorina Korsós
  • Rita Borbás Tamara Pál
• Nikolett Papp
• Asma Elghaoui
• Zsanett Borbély
• Fanni Kenyeres

Japan

• Asuka Fujita

Montenegro

• Katarina Bulatović
  • Jovanka Radičević Majda Mehmedović
• Marija Jovanović
• Itana Grbić
  • Andrea Klikovac Dijana Ujkić
• Bobana Klikovac
• Ljubica Nenezić
  • Marta Batinović-Žderić Ema Ramusović
• Dijana Mugoša
• Nina Bulatović
• Marina Rajčić

Netherlands

• Estavana Polman
• Tess Wester
• Martine Smeets
• Yvette Broch
• Lois Abbingh

North Macedonia

• Marija Shteriova
• Leonida Gichevska
• Elena Livrinikj
• Jovana Sazdovska
• Elena Gjeorgjievska
• Jovana Micevska

Norway

• Nora Mørk
• Camilla Herrem
• Marit Malm Frafjord
• Emilie Hegh Arntzen
• Malin Aune
• Marie Davidsen
• Amanda Kurtović
• Maren Nyland Aardahl
• Hege Løken
• Vilde Ingstad
• Anniken Wollik

Poland

• Aleksandra Zych
• Sylwia Lisewska
• Monika Kobylińska
• Natalia Nosek
• Emilia Galińska

Russia

• • • Emiliya Turey Yulia Managarova Kseniya Makeyeva
• Ekaterina Gaiduk
  • • Ekaterina Vetkova Regina Kalinichenko Ekaterina Matlashova
  • Yulia Khavronina Olga Gorshenina
• Elena Utkina
• Marina Sudakova
• Kira Trusova

Senegal

• Hawa N'Diaye
• Fanta Keïta

Serbia

• Andrea Lekić
  • • Dragana Cvijić Kristina Liščević Željka Nikolić
• Jelena Trifunović
• Jelena Lavko
• Marina Dmitrović
• Jovana Kovačević
• Dijana Radojević
• Katarina Krpež Šlezak
• Aleksandra Vukajlović
• Jovana Risović
• Sanja Vujović

Slovenia

• Elizabeth Omoregie
• Barbara Lazović
• Amra Pandžić
• Nataša Ljepoja

South Korea

• • Woo Sun-hee Chung Eun-hee

Spain

• • Carmen Martín Alexandrina Cabral
• Silvia Navarro
• Marta López
• Alicia Fernández
• Mireya González
  • Darly Zogbi de Paula Almudena Rodríguez
• Ainhoa Hernández
• Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
• Irene Espínola
• Alba Spugnini
• Lara González Ortega
• Darly de Paula

Sweden

• Isabelle Gulldén
• Linnea Torstenson
• Nathalie Hagman
• Sabina Jacobsen
• Linn Blohm
  • Filippa Idéhn Mikaela Massing
• 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

• Mouna Jlezi
• Aya Ben Abdallah

Turkey

• • Yeliz Özel Aslı İskit

Notable foreign coaches

• Anja Andersen
  • • • • Mette Klit 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)

External links

• Romanian Handball Federation

Notes and References

1. https://hcdb.ro/stire/34-alina-vatu-golghetera-ligii-florilor-in-sezonul-2018-2019 Alina Vatu golghetera Ligii Florilor in sezonul 2018-2019
2. Web site: 2021/22 season ranking. European Handball Federation. PDF. 1 August 2022.