CSM Corona Brașov (women's handball) explained

Clubname:	CSM Corona Brașov
Fullname:	Club Sportiv Municipal Corona Brașov
Short Name:	Corona
Founded:	as Asociaţia Sportivă Rulmentul
Ground:	Sala Sporturilor "Dumitru Popescu Colibași", Brașov
Capacity:	1,700
Chairman:	Alexandru Dedu
Manager:	Bogdan Burcea
Season:	2023-24
Position:	8th
Website:	http://www.asccorona.ro
Colour1:	yellow
Colour2:	blue
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CSM Corona Brașov, formerly known as Rulmentul Brașov, is a professional women's handball club in Brașov, Romania, that plays in the Liga Florilor.

Sports Hall information

• Name: – Sala Sporturilor "Dumitru Popescu Colibași"
• City: – Brașov
• Capacity: – 1700
• Address: – Bulevardul Gării nr. 21, Brașov, Romania

Honours

• Challenge Cup

• • Winners (1): 2006
• Cup Winners' Cup

• • Runners-Up: 2008
• EHF Champions League

• • Third place: 1982
• EHF Cup

• • Third place: 2009, 2016
• Liga Naţională

• • Winners (2): 1981, 2006
  • Runners-Up: 1984, 1986, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • Third place: 1983, 1987, 2015, 2016
• Cupa Romaniei (Women's handball)

• • Winners (2): 1981, 2006
  • Runners-Up: 1984, 1995, 2007, 2013
  • Third place: 2014

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024-25 season

Goalkeepers:

• • 1 Bianca Curmenț 12 Anica Gudelj
• 16 Raluca Rădoi

Wingers:

Left Wings

• 19 Gabriela Dumitrașcu
• 20 Cristina Iordachi
• 22 Larissa Araújo
• 88 Luana Iliescu

Right Wings

• 14 Marilena Neagu
• 33 Katarina Krpež (c)
• 44 Flavia Munteanu

Line players

• • 10 Itana Čavlović 17 Bianca Voica
• 71 Bobana Klikovac

Back players

Left backs

• 13 Ana Maria Vacariu
• 28 Laura Lasm
• 89 Cristina Zamfir

Centers

• 11 Harma van Kreij
• 24 Alisia Boiciuc

Right backs

• • 9 Jelena Živković 35 Azenaide Carlos

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Bogdan Burcea (coach)
• Katarina Krpež (RW) (from SCM Craiova)
• Cristina Zamfir (LB) (from SCM Craiova)
• Bianca Curmenț (GK) (from SCM Craiova)
• Jelena Živković (RB) (from HC Dunărea Brăila)
• Larissa Araújo (LW) (from HC Dunărea Brăila)
• Marilena Neagu (RW) (from Măgura Cisnădie)
• Harma van Kreij (CB) (from Borussia Dortmund)
• Itana Čavlović (LP) (from Știința București)

Leaving

• Matea Pletikosić (CB) (to Podravka Koprivnica)
• Patricia Moraru (LB) (to SCM Craiova)
• Fie Woller (LW) (to Minaur Baia Mare)
• Natália Kamalandua (RW) (to CSM Iași 2020)
• Macarena Gandulfo (LB) (to Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara)
• Ana Maria Berbece (RW) (to CSJ Prahova)
• Oana Cîrstea (LW)
• Ștefania Lazăr (RB)

Notable coaches

• Dumitru Popescu-Colibași
• Mariana Tîrcă
• Herbert Müller
• Bogdan Burcea
• Ion Craciun

Notable players

• Irene Oancea
• Mariana Tîrcă
• Paula Ungureanu
• Andreea Pricopi
  • • • • • • • • • • Patricia Vizitiu Cristina Neagu Simona Gogîrlă Denisa Dedu Laura Chiper Camelia Hotea Cristina Zamfir Ionica Munteanu Adriana Țăcălie Sorina Tîrcă Eliza Buceschi
• Daria Bucur
• Ionela Stanca
• Carmen Amariei
  • • Gabriela Rotiș Simona Spiridon Woo Sun-hee
• Chung Eun-hee
  • • • Alexandrina Barbosa Gabriella Juhász Lidija Horvat Natalia Spirova
• Miriam Simaková