Liga Națională (men's handball)

Liga Națională
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Liga Națională (men's handball)
SportHandball
Founded1933; 91 years ago (1933) (in 11 players)
1958; 66 years ago (1958) (in 7 players)
First season1958–59
No. of teams14
CountryRomania
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)		Dinamo București (20)
(2023–24)
Most titlesSteaua București (28)
TV partner(s)Pro Arena
Relegation toDivizia A
International cup(s)Champions League
Cup Winners' Cup
EHF Cup
Challenge Cup
Official websiteFRH.ro

The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top Romanian professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams.

History

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This sport was first played in Romania in 1920. After a visit in Germany, a few physical education teachers introduced this sport in their classes. The Liga Națională was founded in 1933 (in 11 players) and in 1958 in the current format with 7 players. The most successful team in history is Steaua București with 28 titles. The current champions are Dinamo București.

Broadcasting rights

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The matches are broadcast by Pro Arena.

Current teams

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Teams for season 2023–24

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Liga Națională

Top scorers

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Past seasons

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Year (season) Champion 2. place 3. place
1958–59 Dinamo București Rapid București Ştiinţa Timişoara
1959–60 Dinamo București Rapid București CCA București
1960–61 Dinamo București Ştiinţa Timişoara Tehnometal Timişoara
1961–62 Dinamo București Steaua București Tehnometal Timişoara
1962–63 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Braşov
1963–64 Dinamo București Steaua București Dinamo Braşov
1964–65 Dinamo București Steaua București Dinamo Braşov
1965–66 Dinamo București Steaua București Universitatea București
1966–67 Steaua București Dinamo București Politehnica Timişoara
1967–68 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Bacău
1968–69 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea Cluj
1969–70 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea Cluj
1970–71 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea București
1971–72 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea București
1972–73 Steaua București Universitatea București Dinamo București
1973–74 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1974–75 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1975–76 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1976–77 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Ploieşti
1977–78 Dinamo București Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare
1978–79 Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara Dinamo București
1979–80 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Știința Bacău
1980–81 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Dinamo București
1981–82 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1982–83 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1983–84 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1984–85 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Politehnica Timişoara
1985–86 Dinamo București Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara
1986–87 Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara Minaur Baia Mare
1987–88 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1988–89 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1989–90 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
1990–91 Politehnica Timişoara Dinamo București Universitatea Craiova
1991–92 Universitatea Craiova Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București
1992–93 Universitatea Craiova Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București
1993–94 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Universitatea Craiova
1994–95 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare Universitatea Craiova
1995–96 Steaua București Fibrex Piatra Neamţ Minaur Baia Mare
1996–97 Dinamo București Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare
1997–98 Minaur Baia Mare Fibrex Săvineşti Steaua București
1998–99 Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti
1999–00 Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti Universitatea Cluj
2000–01 Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București
2001–02 Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București HCM Constanța
2002–03 Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
2003–04 HCM Constanța Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
2004–05 Dinamo București HCM Constanța Minaur Baia Mare
2005–06 HCM Constanța Dinamo București Steaua București
2006–07 HCM Constanța Steaua București Dinamo București
2007–08 Steaua București HCM Constanța UCM Reșița
2008–09 HCM Constanța UCM Reșița Dinamo București
2009–10 HCM Constanța UCM Reșița Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2010–11 HCM Constanța Odorheiu Secuiesc Bucovina Suceava
2011–12 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Odorheiu Secuiesc
2012–13 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Odorheiu Secuiesc
2013–14 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Potaissa Turda
2014–15 Minaur Baia Mare CSM București Dinamo București
2015–16 Dinamo București CSM București Politehnica Timişoara
2016–17 Dinamo București CSM București Potaissa Turda
2017–18 Dinamo București Steaua București Potaissa Turda
2018–19 Dinamo București Dobrogea Sud Constanța Potaissa Turda
2019–20 Stopped because of Covid-19
2020–21 Dinamo București AHC Potaissa Turda Dobrogea Sud Constanța
2021–22 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare Dobrogea Sud Constanța
2022–23 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare CSM Constanța
2023–24 Dinamo București

Performances by club

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Club Titles Years Won
Steaua București
28
 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2008
Dinamo București
20
 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
HCM Constanța
9
 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Minaur Baia Mare
3
 1998, 1999, 2015
Universitatea Craiova
2
 1992, 1993
Fibrex Săvineşti
2
 2002, 2003
Politehnica Timișoara
1
 1991

EHF coefficient ranking

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019/20 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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