2015–16 Liga Națională

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.

Teams

ClubGround(s)Capacity
Adrian Petrea ReșițaSala Polivalentă Reșița1,669
CSM BucureștiSala Sporturilor Rapid București1,500
CSM FocșaniSala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani1,400
CSM PloieştiSala Olimpia3,500
Danubius GalaţiSala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați1,500
Dinamo BucureștiSala Dinamo2,538
Dunărea CălăraşiSala Polivalentă1,500
Energia Târgu JiuSala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu1,500
HC Odorheiu SecuiescSala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc1,250
HC VasluiSala Sporturilor Vaslui1,500
Minaur Baia MareSala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare2,500
Politehnica TimișoaraSala Constantin Jude1,540
Potaissa TurdaSala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda600
Steaua BucureștiSala Sporturilor "Concordia"600

League table

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:

Play-Off

Knockout phase

 
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

Team Qualification or relegation
1Dinamo București (C)2016–17 EHF Champions League
2CSM București2016–17 EHF Cup
3Politehnica Timișoara
4Potaissa Turda2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

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

Play-Out

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:
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

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

EHF Champions League

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

EHF Cup

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

EHF Challenge Cup

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