2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională
Anterior: 2014–15	Următor: 2016–17

The Liga Națională 2015–16 is the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams.

Teams for season 2015–16

CSM Focşani

Danubius Galaţi

Dunărea Călăraşi

HC Vaslui

Politehnica Timişoara

Potaissa Turda

Steaua

Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League

Club	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reşiţa	Sala Polivalentă Reșița	1.669
CSM București	Sala Sporturilor Rapid București	1.500
CSM Focşani	Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani	1.400
CSM Ploieşti	Sala Olimpia	3.500
Danubius Galaţi	Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați	1.500
Dinamo București	Sala Dinamo	2.538
Dunărea Călăraşi	Sala Polivalentă	1.500
Energia Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu	1.500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc	1.250
HC Vaslui	Sala Sporturilor Vaslui	1.500
Minaur Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare	2.500
Politehnica Timișoara	Sala Constantin Jude	1.540
Potaissa Turda	Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda	600
Steaua București	Sala Sporturilor "Concordia"	600

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București	26	21	2	3	857	736	65	Qualification play-off
2	CSM București	26	19	2	5	766	654	59
3	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	17	2	7	724	683	53
4	Steaua București	26	16	3	7	781	714	51
5	Politehnica Timişoara	26	16	2	8	712	645	50
6	Potaissa Turda	26	15	2	9	767	735	47
7	Adrian Petrea Reşiţa	26	12	4	10	687	689	40
8	Dunărea Călărași	26	11	2	13	732	729	35
9	Minaur Baia Mare	26	10	4	12	690	701	34	Qualification play-out
10	HC Vaslui	26	10	2	14	753	748	32
11	Energia Târgu Jiu	26	10	2	14	675	676	32
12	CSM Ploieşti	26	5	3	18	711	756	18
13	CSM Focşani	26	4	1	21	649	806	13
14	Danubius Galaţi	26	0	1	25	632	864	1

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Aggregate
Dinamo București	Dunărea Călărași	2-0
CSM București	Adrian Petrea Reşiţa	2-0
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Potaissa Turda	0-2
Steaua București	Politehnica Timișoara	1-1

League table – positions 9–14

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Energia Târgu Jiu	15	10	1	4	421	373	31
10	Minaur Baia Mare	15	9	2	4	429	383	29
11	CSM Ploieşti	15	7	3	5	401	401	24
12	HC Vaslui	15	7	2	6	439	398	23
13	CSM Focşani	15	7	1	7	379	403	22	Relegation to the 2016–17 Divizia A
14	Danubius Galaţi (R)	15	0	1	14	374	485	1	Relegation to the 2016–17 Divizia A

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Bucharest	3	CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2	Caraș-Severin	1	Adrian Petrea Reşiţa
	Călărași	1	Dunărea Călăraşi
	Cluj	1	Potaissa Turda
	Galați	1	CSU Danubius
	Gorj	1	Energia Târgu Jiu
	Harghita	1	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
	Maramureș	1	Minaur Baia Mare
	Prahova	1	CSM Ploiești
	Timiș	1	Politehnica Timișoara
	Vaslui	1	HC Vaslui
	Vrancea	1	CSM Focşani 2007

Romanian clubs in European competitions

EHF Champions League

HC Minaur Baia Mare

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Group Phase (Group D)	RK Metalurg	21-20	23-21	4th
	Skjern Håndbold	28-28	28-32
	Motor Zaporozhye	35-30	23-25
	Kadetten Schaffhausen	31-31	23-24
	Elverum Håndball	24-29	28-28

EHF Cup

CSM București

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 2	Bregenz Handball	28-24	22-23	50–47
Qual. Round 3	Frigoríficos del Morrazo	31-24	29-29	60–53
Group Phase (Group D)	Chambéry Savoie Handball	25-25	23-23	3rd
	Helvetia Anaitasuna	27-24	22-28
	Ystads IF	27-27	28-29

Dinamo București

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 1	Energia Târgu Jiu	38-24	24-24	62–48
Qual. Round 2	A.C. Diomidis Argous	35-20	26-21	61–41
Qual. Round 3	RK Maribor Branik	31-25	26-27	57–52
Group Phase (Group A)	Fraikin BM. Granollers	26-27	29-28	3rd
	SC Magdeburg	33-34	22-39
	Aalborg Håndbold	28-25	28-28

Energia Târgu Jiu

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Qual. Round 1	Dinamo București	24-24	24-38	48–62

EHF Challenge Cup

HC Odorheiu Secuiesc

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	ABC/UMinho	24-25	22-25	46–50

External links

Official website

2015–16 in European handball (EHF)

EHF competitions

Men	Champions League EHF Cup Challenge Cup

Women	Champions League EHF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Challenge Cup

League competitions

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Liga Națională

2015–16 Teams	Adrian Petrea Reşiţa CSM București CSM Focşani CSM Ploieşti Danubius Galaţi Dinamo București Dunărea Călăraşi Energia Târgu Jiu HC Odorheiu Secuiesc HC Vaslui Minaur Baia Mare Politehnica Timișoara Potaissa Turda Steaua București

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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