2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league in Romania. The league comprises fourteen teams. Minaur Baia Mare were the defending champions.

2015–16 Liga Națională
Seasons

Teams

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Club Ground(s) Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reșița Sala Polivalentă Reșița 1,669
CSM București Sala Sporturilor Rapid București 1,500
CSM Focșani 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo București 26 21 2 3 857 736 +121 65 Qualification to Play-Off
2 CSM București 26 19 2 5 766 654 +112 59
3 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc 26 17 2 7 724 683 +41 53
4 Steaua București 26 16 3 7 781 714 +67 51
5 Politehnica Timişoara 26 16 2 8 712 645 +67 50
6 Potaissa Turda 26 15 2 9 767 735 +32 47
7 Adrian Petrea Reșița 26 12 4 10 687 689 −2 40
8 Dunărea Călărași 26 11 2 13 732 729 +3 35
9 Minaur Baia Mare 26 10 4 12 690 701 −11 34 Qualification to Play-Out
10 HC Vaslui 26 10 2 14 753 748 +5 32
11 Energia Târgu Jiu 26 10 2 14 675 676 −1 32
12 CSM Ploieşti 26 5 3 18 711 756 −45 18
13 CSM Focșani 26 4 1 21 649 806 −157 13
14 Danubius Galaţi 26 0 1 25 632 864 −232 1
Source: [citation needed]

Play-Off

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Knockout phase

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dunărea Călărași0
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara0
 
Politehnica Timișoara2
 
 
 
Steaua București1
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
CSM București1
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Adrian Petrea Reșița0
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda1 Third place
 
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc0
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
Politehnica Timișoara2
 
 
Potaissa Turda0
 

League table – positions 1–4

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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

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Team
5 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6 Steaua București
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 Adrian Petrea Reșița

Play-Out

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Minaur Baia Mare (R) 20 11 3 6 587 539 +48 36 Relegation to Divizia A
10 Energia Târgu Jiu (R) 20 11 3 6 562 522 +40 36
11 HC Vaslui (O) 20 11 3 6 607 538 +69 36 Relegation play-offs
12 CSM Focșani (O) 20 10 2 8 532 557 −25 32
13 CSM Ploieşti (R) 20 9 4 7 559 552 +7 31 Relegation to Divizia A
14 Danubius Galaţi (R) 20 0 1 19 514 653 −139 1
Source: [citation needed]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

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Number of teams by counties

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Pos. County (județ) No. of teams Teams
1   Bucharest 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2   Caraș-Severin 1 Adrian Petrea Reșița
  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 Focșani

Romanian clubs in European competitions

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EHF Champions League

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

EHF Cup

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

EHF Challenge Cup

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