CS Minaur BAIA Mare (How The Péminin: Wikipedia

The CS Minaur Baia Mare is a female handball club based in Baia Mare in Romania ^{[ first ]} and founded in 2015. It takes over from the Handball Club Municipal Baia Mare (or HCM Baia Mare ), created in 1960 and forced to file for bankruptcy in 2016.

Handball Club Municipal Baia Mare [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

After having evolved in the lower divisions, the club accesses for the first time in the Romanian championship in 1975 but was however relegated from its first season. In 1978, the club reached the final of the Romanian Cup and again reached the Romanian elite. The progression is dazzling since Baia Mare finished second in the championship in 1979 and again reached the final of the Romanian Cup in 1980.

However, these results last long since the club falls quickly into the hierarchy and was relegated to the second division in 1982. It found the D1 in 1990, finishing seven times at the 5 ^{It is} place and twice at 5 ^{It is} place in 2007 and 2008. These good results allow it to start several European campaigns ^{[ first ]} , reaching the quarter -finals of the Cup winners’ Cup (C2) in 1997 and then the Challenge Cup final (C4) in 2003.

During this period, the club changed its name regularly, mainly due to sponsorship: Constructorul (1960-1963 and 1965-1993), CSO (1963-1965), șuiorul Construcții (1993-1996), șuiorul Agecom (1996-1998) , Agecom (1998-1999), ERA (1999-2001), HC Selmont (2001-2005) and HCM știința (2009-2011).

The 2012-2013 season marks a turning point for the club: while the Oltchim ramnicu vâlcea, the best Romanian club for more than 25 years, lives its last hours before bankruptcy, the HCM Baia Mare has an exemplary season, winning the Supercoupe (RO) And the Romanian Cup then finishing vice-champion of Romania.

In 2014, after having made the hat-trick-cut-up championship, HCM Baia Mare says he wants to play the leading roles at the national level and build a competitive team to compete in the Champions League ^{[ 2 ]} . So, from January 2014 , the club is embarking on a recruitment policy aimed at recruiting internationally recognized players to achieve its objectives, like the Norwegian star Camilla Herrem ^{[ 2 ]} , Brazilians Alexandra do Nascimento (best player in the 2012 world) and Bárbara Arenhart ^{[ 3 ]} , the Dutch laws Abbingh and the Romanian Valentina Neli Ardaan Elisei, while retaining the best Romanian players of her workforce, like Adriana Nechita and Paula Ungureanu.

After two seasons at the highest level, the team reaching twice the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the club meets serious financial problems during the 2015-2016 season, which forced him to freeze the payment of the wages of the players for eight months ^{[ 4 ] , [ 5 ]} . In the summer of 2016, all players left the club who was biting ^{[ 6 ]} .

CS Minaur Baia Mare [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Founded in 2015, CS Minaur is a public law club belonging to the town hall of Baia Mare, the main objective of which is to take over the Minaur brand (in connection with the mining history of the city) and to bring it back to the foreground sports activities. However, the club’s first season started in D2 in 2016, succeeding HCM. In 2018, the club won the D2 championship and accesses in the first division championship.

While the 2019/2020 season is interrupted because of the COVI-19 pandemic, the club is then ranked third, which allows it to obtain its qualification for the European League 2020-2021. The club then recruited the Swedish internationals Filippa Idéhn and Linn Blohm (best pivot in the 2019 world championship), the Brazilian Karoline de Souza (world champion in 2013), Serbian Jelena Lavko as well as the Romanian Cristina Laslo.

International competitions

national competitions