Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare or simply Minaur, is a Romanian handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County.[1]

Location of CS Minaur Baia Mare
Location of CS Minaur Baia Mare
Baia Mare
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Location of CS Minaur Baia Mare

History

Active departments of CS Minaur Baia Mare
Football Handball
(Men's)		 Handball
(Women's)
Motorsports

The team was founded on 15 May 1974 as Handball Club Minaur Baia Mare, becoming the first sports club in the country to specialize exclusively in handball. Its name, meaning 'Gold Mine,' refers to the gold mines around Baia Mare.[1]

From the very beginning, Minaur has played exclusively in the first division of the Romanian handball championship. In the early years, they wore golden jerseys.

Minaur won its first Romanian Handball Cup in the 1977–78 season. In 1978–79, they reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup undefeated, with two victories, before being eliminated by SC Magdeburg. They finished as runners-up in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons.

In 1980–81, they once again reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup but were eliminated by TuS Nettelstedt. During this period, Minaur was the only non-urban team in the Romanian league to compete internationally, often performing better than the Bucharest clubs.

In 1985, Minaur achieved Romania’s first international handball success by defeating the Soviet team ZTR Zaporizhzhia in the final of the EHF Cup. They repeated this triumph in 1988.

Twenty-four years after its founding, in 1998, the dream of every Baia Mare handball fan came true: HC Minaur became the champion of Romania! The following year, in 1999, they defended their title, becoming champions again. Their most recent championship win came in 2015.

Additionally, Minaur reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1979, 1981, and 1986.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
- 2017 Denmark Hummel
2017 - 2018 United States Nike
2018 - 2019 Germany Erima
2019 - present Denmark Hummel

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season[2]
CS Minaur Baia Mare
Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line players
Left Backs
Central Backs
Right Backs

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Accomplishments

Domestic

  • Liga Națională:
    • Gold: 1998, 1999, 2015
    • Silver: 1980, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,2022,2023
    • Bronze: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2024
  • Cupa României:
    • Winners: 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2015
    • Finalists: 1985, 2023

International

European record

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1984–85
Winners 		1/16 Turkey İTÜ Istanbul 45–17 41–23 86–40
1/8 Denmark Helsingør IF 32–25 26–19 58–44
1/4 Czechoslovakia Lokomotíva Trnava 37–22 32–29 69–51
1/2 Austria WAT Margareten 37–19 28–25 65–44
Finals Soviet Union SIL Zaporizhzhia 22–17 14–18 36–35
1987–88
Winners 		1/16 Czechoslovakia HT Tatran Prešov 32–21 26–21 58–42
1/8 Sweden HK Drott 28–18 19–29 47–47 (a)
1/4 Denmark Hellerup IK Copenhagen 24–16 20–25 44–41
1/2 Spain FC Barcelona 24–22 21–22 45–44
Finals Soviet Union Granitas Kaunas 23–20 20–21 43–41

EHF ranking

As of 14/07/2022[3]
Rank Team Points
32 Spain CD Bidasoa 155
33 Germany TBV Lemgo 150
34 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare 141
35 Sweden Alingsås HK 139
36 France PAUC Handball 136
37 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold 135
38 Spain BM Logroño La Rioja 132

Former club members

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ a b "În urmă cu 47 de ani lua ființă primul club de handbal din România: Minaur Baia Mare" [47 years ago, the first handball club in Romania was founded: Minaur Baia Mare] (in Romanian). 2mnews.ro. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ "CS Minaur Baia Mare - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  3. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HC_Minaur_Baia_Mare
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