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CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full nameClub Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short nameMinaur
Founded1974; 50 years ago (1974)
ArenaSala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană
Capacity2,048 seats
Head coachAlexandru Sabou
LeagueLiga Națională
2023–24Liga Națională, 3rd of 14
Club colours   
Team colours
Team colours
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site

CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as CS Minaur or simply Minaur, is a handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania.

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

History

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HC Minaur Baia Mare was founded on May 15, 1974. Thus, it became the first sports club in the country specializing exclusively in handball. Its name means Gold Mine, referring to the gold mines around Baia Mare. From the very beginning, Minaur has been playing exclusively in the first division of the Romanian handball championship. In the beginning, they played in golden jerseys. The first entry to the Romanian Handball Cup was won by Minaur in 1977/1978. In 1978/79, they reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup undefeated, with two victories, where they were dismissed by SC Magdeburg. He will be second in the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons. In 1980/81, EHF Cup Winners' Cup reached the semi-finals again, where it was eliminated against TuS Nettelstedt. In these years, Minaur is the only rural team from the Romanian league that plays on the international stage, often much more successfully than the Bucharest clubs. In 1985, he achieved the first Romanian international handball success when he defeated the Soviet ZTR Zaporizhzhia in the final of the EHF Cup. Then, in 1988, he repeated the success. 24 years after the foundation, in 1998, the dream of every Baia Mare handball lover came true: HC Minaur became the champion of Romania! A year later, in 1999, the success was repeated, the team became champions again. The team was last champion in 2015. In 1979, 1981 and 1986, Minaur reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Crest, colours, supporters

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Kit manufacturers

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

Kits

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Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season[1]
CS Minaur Baia Mare
Goalkeepers
Left Wingers
Right Wingers
Line players

Technical staff

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Transfers

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Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Accomplishments

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Domestic

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  • 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

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European record

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EHF Cup and EHF European League

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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

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As of 14/07/2022[2]
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

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Notable former players

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References

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  1. ^ "CS Minaur Baia Mare - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  2. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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