CS Minaur Baia Mare (men's handball)

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

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full name	Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short name	Minaur
Founded	1974 (1974)
Arena	Sala Sporturilor Lascăr Pană
Capacity	2,048 seats
Head coach	Alexandru Sabou
League	Liga Națională
2022–23	Liga Națională, 2nd of 14
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Baia Mare

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Location of CS Minaur Baia Mare

History

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

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2017	Hummel
2017 - 2018	Nike
2018 - 2019	Erima
2019 - present	Hummel

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017-18	2019–20	2020–21	2021–23

AWAY
2016–17	2017-18	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23

THIRD
2017-18	2018–19	2020–21	2021-22

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

CS Minaur Baia Mare
Goalkeepers 01 Hayder Al-Khafadji 12 Anton Terekhov 99 Barna Buzogány Left Wingers 15 Milan Kotrč 52 Lucas Sabou 73 Daniel Bera Right Wingers 20 Artem Kozakevych 21 Tomáš Číp Line players 03 Robert Nagy 00 Remus Chiș Left Backs 06 Tudor Botea 09 Stevan Vujović 10 Ovidiu Ardelean 51 Viorel Fotache Central Backs 10 Gabriel Cumpănici 35 Erik Pop 43 Stefan Vujić Right Backs 44 Anderson Mollino

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Alexandru Gheorghe Sabou
• Fitness Coach: Raul Nistor

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

• Hayder Al-Khafadji (GK) (from Hammarby IF)
• Gabriel Cumpănici (CB)
• Tudor Botea (LB)
• Nikola Ivanović (RB) (from HT Tatran Prešov)

Leaving

• Călin Mihai Căbuț (LB)
• Tudor Bogdan Bugulet (RW)
• Gabriel Teca (PV)
• Mihai Dobra (CB)

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
• Cupa României:
  • Winners: 1978, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2015
  • Finalists: 1985, 2023

International

• EHF Cup:
  • Winners: 1985, 1988
• EHF European Cup:
  • Runners up: 2022
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semifinalists: 1979, 1981, 1986

European record

EHF Cup and EHF European League

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

EHF ranking

As of 14/07/2022

Rank	Team	Points
32	CD Bidasoa	155
33	TBV Lemgo	150
34	CS Minaur Baia Mare	141
35	Alingsås HK	139
36	PAUC Handball	136
37	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold	135
38	BM Logroño La Rioja	132

Former club members

Notable former players

• Ionuț Ciobanu (2019–2021)
• Gheorghe Covaciu (1980–1989)
• Alexandru Csepreghi (2004–2007, 2018–)
• Ștefan Birtalan (1967–1970)
• Iosif Boroș (1977–1987)
• Viorel Fotache (2007–2015, 2022–)
• Valentin Ghionea (2003–2005)
• Radu Ghiță (2015)
• Petru Pop (1992–1999, 2006–2010, 2011–2012)
• Răzvan Pop (2005–2016, 2017–)
• Ionuț Ramba (2015, 2020-2021)
• Marius Sadoveac (2014–2016)
• Alin Șania (2000–2003)
• Maricel Voinea (1977–1989)
• Gabriel Teca (2021–)
• Ivan Karačić (2015–2016)
• Ivan Milas (2014–2015)
• Anderson Mollino (2021–)
• José Toledo (2020–2021)
• Patricio Martínez (2014–2015)
• Teo Čorić (2019–2020)
• Antonio Pribanić (2015–2016)
• Tomáš Číp (2019-)
• Milan Kotrč (2019-)
• Pierre-Yves Ragot (2017–2018)
• Nikola Eklemović (2014–2015)
• Tamás Iváncsik (2015–2016)
• Péter Tatai (2014–2016)
• Uroš Vilovski (2015–2016, 2018)
• Stevan Vujović (2021–)
• Inal Aflitulin (2015)
• Cristian Malmagro (2014–2015)
• Miloš Dragaš (2017-2018)
• Stefan Vujić (2021-)
• Artem Kozakevych (2022–)
• Vladyslav Ostroushko (2015–2016)
• Anton Terekhov (2021–)

External links

• Official website
• CS Minaur Baia Mare on Facebook