CS Rapid București (handball)
CS Rapid București | |||
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Full name | Clubul Sportiv Rapid București | ||
Short name | Rapid | ||
Founded | 1934 | ||
Arena | Sala Rapid (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches) | ||
Capacity | 1,500 5,300 | ||
President | Bogdan Vasiliu | ||
Head coach | David Ginesta Montes | ||
League | Liga Națională | ||
2023-24 | Liga Naţională, 2nd of 14 | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
CS Rapid București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Giulești, in the northwestern parts of Bucharest. Founded in 1934, they play their home games at the Sala Rapid. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the top division of Romanian handball. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1961. The club won the Romanian Cup for the first time in 2004, and their first European honour, the European Cup, in 1964.
Rapid achieved the EHF treble. Domestically, the club has won six league titles and one Romanian Cup. Internationally, they have won one Champions League, one European League, and one European Cup since their inception.
Honours
[edit]National competitions
[edit]League titles
[edit]- Winners (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 2003, 2022
Cups
[edit]- Cupa României
- Winners (1): 2004
European competitions
[edit]- Winners (1): 1964
- Winners (1): 1993
- Winners (1): 2000
European record
[edit]Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | ![]() | 30–27 | 32–30 | 4th |
![]() | 32–32 | 36-34 | ||||
![]() | 34–32 | 35–30 | ||||
![]() | 39–29 | 30–30 | ||||
![]() | 27–25 | 29–36 | ||||
![]() | 28-22 | 26–33 | ||||
![]() | 27–22 | 27–31 | ||||
Playoffs | ![]() | 30–24 | 24–29 | 54–53 | ||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 25–31 | 31–40 | 56–71 | ||
2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | ![]() | 24–33 | 28–30 | 7th |
![]() | 31–34 | 22–33 | ||||
![]() | 30–29 | 30–35 | ||||
![]() | 20–23 | 24–24 | ||||
![]() | 27–22 | 24–25 | ||||
![]() | 26–25 | 24–21 | ||||
![]() | 27–35 | 29–30 | ||||
2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | ![]() | 26–28 | 32–39 | 6th |
![]() | 32–27 | 21–21 | ||||
![]() | 29–37 | 24–30 | ||||
![]() | 10–0 | 30–30 | ||||
![]() | 31–34 | 21–33 | ||||
![]() | 25–28 | 20–31 | ||||
![]() | 25–42 | 24–32 | ||||
Playoffs | ![]() |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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No. | Nat. | Player | Position | In | Contract until | ||
2 | ![]() | Lara González Ortega | Centre back | 2023 | 2025 | ||
7 | ![]() | Eliza Buceschi | Centre back | 2020 | 2025 | ||
8 | ![]() | Mathilde Neesgaard | Centre back | 2023 | 2024 | ||
10 | ![]() | Albertina Kassoma | Line Player | 2023 | 2025 | ||
12 | ![]() | Diana Ciucă | Goalkeeper | 2021 | 2025 | ||
16 | ![]() | Denisa Șandru | Goalkeeper | 2021 | 2026 | ||
17 | ![]() | Marta López | Right wing | 2021 | 2025 | ||
20 | ![]() | Dorina Korsós | Left wing | 2022 | 2025 | ||
22 | ![]() | Orlane Kanor | Left back | 2022 | 2024 | ||
23 | ![]() | Ivana Kapitanović | Goalkeeper | 2022 | 2024 | ||
27 | ![]() | Lorena Ostase | Line Player | 2022 | 2025 | ||
34 | ![]() | Alicia Fernández | Centre back | 2021 | 2024 | ||
37 | ![]() | Raluca Tudor | Left back | 2024 | N/A | ||
44 | ![]() | Ainhoa Hernández | Line Player | 2021 | 2025 | ||
77 | ![]() | Alexandra Badea | Right wing | 2020 | 2024 | ||
79 | ![]() | Estavana Polman | Centre back | 2022 | 2025 | ||
88 | ![]() | Anđela Janjušević | Right back | 2022 | 2025 | ||
96 | ![]() | Alina Ilie | Right Back | 2023 | N/A | ||
99 | ![]() | Sorina Grozav | Left back | 2021 | 2024 |
Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Selected former players
[edit]Alina Dobrin
Cristina Vărzaru
Aurelia Brădeanu
Paula Ungureanu
Oana Manea
Gabriela Perianu
Orlane Kanor
Julie Foggea
Alexandra Lacrabère
Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
Irene Espínola
Ivana Kapitanovic
Top scorers in the EHF Champions League
[edit]- (All-Time) – Last updated on 24 February 2025[1]
Rank | Name | Seasons played | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 130 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 116 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 109 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 100 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 100 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 98 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 94 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 80 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 68 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 55 |
References
[edit]- ^ "CS Rapid București". European Handball Federation.