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
AHC Dunărea Călăraşi
HC Vaslui
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 Diff 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

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
       
 Dinamo București  2
 Dunărea Călărași  0  
 Dinamo București  2
     Politehnica Timișoara  0  
 Politehnica Timișoara  2
 Steaua București  1  
 Dinamo București  2
   
   CSM București  1
 CSM București  2
 Adrian Petrea Reşiţa  0  
 CSM București  2 Third place
     Potaissa Turda  1  
 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc  0
 Politehnica Timișoara  2
 Potaissa Turda  2  
 Potaissa Turda  0
 

League table – positions 1–4

Team Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 2016–17 EHF Champions League
2 CSM București 2016–17 EHF Cup
3 Politehnica Timișoara
4 Potaissa Turda 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team Qualification or relegation
5 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6 Steaua București
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 Adrian Petrea Reşiţa

League table – positions 9–14

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Minaur Baia Mare (R) 20 11 3 6 587 539 36 Relegation to the 2016–17 Divizia A
10 Energia Târgu Jiu 20 11 3 6 562 522 36
11 HC Vaslui (O) 20 11 3 6 607 538 36 Relegation play-offs
12 CSM Focşani (O) 20 10 2 8 532 557 32
13 CSM Ploieşti (R) 20 9 4 7 559 552 31 Relegation to the 2016–17 Divizia A
14 Danubius Galaţi (R) 20 0 1 19 514 653 1

(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County (județ) 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

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

EHF Cup

Round Club Home Away Aggregate
Qual. Round 2 Austria Bregenz Handball 28-24 22-23 50–47
Qual. Round 3 Spain Frigoríficos del Morrazo 31-24 29-29 60–53
Group Phase
(Group D)		 France Chambéry Savoie Handball 25-25 23-23 3rd
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 27-24 22-28
Sweden Ystads IF 27-27 28-29
Round Club Home Away Aggregate
Qual. Round 1 Romania Energia Târgu Jiu 38-24 24-24 62–48
Qual. Round 2 Greece A.C. Diomidis Argous 35-20 26-21 61–41
Qual. Round 3 Slovenia RK Maribor Branik 31-25 26-27 57–52
Group Phase
(Group A)		 Spain Fraikin BM. Granollers 26-27 29-28 3rd
Germany SC Magdeburg 33-34 22-39
Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 28-25 28-28

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

EHF Challenge Cup

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