HCM Baia Mare (women's handball)

HCM Baia Mare was a women's handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania.[1] During its last active year it competed in the 2015–16 EHF Women's Champions League season.

This article is about a defunct Romanian women's handball club. For the new club, see CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball).

HCM Baia Mare
Full name	Handbal Club Municipal Baia Mare
Short name	HCM
Founded	1960
Dissolved	2016
Arena	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană", Baia Mare
Capacity	2.060
President	Mircea Mecea
Head coach	Aurelian Roşca
League	Liga Naţională
2015–16	Liga Naţională, 2nd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Record of Achievements

• Liga Naţională:
  • Gold: 2014
  • Silver: 1979, 2013, 2015, 2016
  • Bronze: 1980
• Cupa României:
  • Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Finalists: 1978, 1980
  • Semifinalists: 2007, 2016
• Supercupa României:
  • Winners: 2013, 2014, 2015

European

• EHF Champions League:
  • Quarterfinalists: 2015, 2016
• EHF Challenge Cup:
  • Finalists: 2003
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Quarterfinalists: 1997

Other tournaments

• Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
  • Winners: 2014
• Bucharest Trophy:
  • Fifth Placed: 2015

Transfers

Leaving

• Melinda Geiger (to Brest Bretagne Handball) (RB)
• Paula Ungureanu (to CSM București) (GK)
• Valentina Ardean-Elisei (to S.C.M. Craiova) (LW)
• Gabriela Perianu (back to HC Dunarea Braila) (LB)
• Ana Maria Tănăsie (to HC Dunarea Braila) (LW)
• Gabriella Szűcs (to HC Dunarea Braila) (LB)
• Adriana Nechita (pregnant) (RW)
• Luciana Marin (to CSM Roman) (CB)
• Gabriela Mihalschi (to CSM Bistrița) (LB)
• Allison Pineau (to Brest Bretagne Handball) (CB)
• Lois Abbingh (to Issy-Paris Hand) (LB)
• Alexandra Do Nascimento (to Váci NKSE) (RW)
• Katarina Ježić (to Siófok KC) (PV)
• Ionica Munteanu (to Universitatea Cluj-Napoca) (GK)
• Patricia Vizitiu (to HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea) (RB)
• Timeea Tătar (to HC Dunarea Braila) (PV)
• Yuliya Dumanska (to S.C.M. Craiova) (P)

Staff members

• President: Mircea Mecea
• Executive Director: Liviu Bala
• Director of Sport: Daniel Kotecz
• Competition Organizer: Ioan Gurzău
• Head Coach: Aurelian Roşca
• Assistant Coach: Ioan Baban
• Masseur: Valentina Mitraşcă
• Fitness Coach: Ștefan Ciuntu
• Physiotherapist: Adrian Ionescu
• Club Doctor: Norbert Stenczel, MD

Selected former players

• Elisabeta Ionescu
• Maria Bosi-Igorov
• Hilda Hrivnak-Popescu
• Niculina Sasu-Iordache
• Mariana Iacob-Iluţ
• Larisa Cazacu
• Ildikó Kerekes
• Cristina Mihai
• Carmen Buceschi
• Maria Pop
• Nadina Dumitru
• Victorina Stoenescu-Bora
• Marinela Doiciu-Győrffy
• Claudia Cetăţeanu
• Magda Kengyel
• Laura Crăciun
• Ana-Maria Buican
• Camelia Balint
• Annamária Ilyés
• Anca David
• Florina Nicolescu
• Eliza Buceschi
• Bárbara Arenhart
• Camilla Herrem
• Ksenia Makeeva
• Ekaterina Davydenko
• Adriana Nechita
• Allison Pineau
• Melinda Geiger
• Lois Abbingh
• Paula Ungureanu
• Gabriela Perianu
• Katarina Ježić
• Alexandra do Nascimento
• Luciana Marin
• Patricia Vizitiu
• Ionica Munteanu
• Valentina Ardean-Elisei

Selected former coaches

• Costică Buceschi
• Constantin Popescu
• Ioan Băban
• Gheorghe Sbora
• Gheorghe Covaciu
• Ion Gerhard
• Vasile Barbul

Recent seasons

In European competition

R3: Round 3
L16: Last 16 / GM: Group Matches

EHF Champions League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2013-14 Q2-SF Viborg HK 26-25 Q2-F Team Tvis Holstebro 36-23 GM (Group A) Győri Audi ETO KC 21–33 26–28 4th Thüringer HC 20–19 29–36 Hypo Niederösterreich 24–23 20–23 2014-15 GM (Group D) Larvik 23–24 26–31 3rd Metz Handball 23–24 24–34 MKS Selgros Lublin 30–25 28–22 MR (Group 2) Győri Audi ETO KC 18–26 23–29 3rd Viborg HK A/S 32–22 31–30 IK Sävehof 34–24 28–26 QF Dinamo-Sinara 25–23 25–30 50–53 2015-16 QT-SF BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. 31–21 QT-F Team Esbjerg 32–21 GM (Group A) Larvik 29–31 22–27 3rd RK Krim Mercator 35–28 33–27 Rostov-Don 20–22 26–27 MR (Group 1) Fleury Loiret 31–28 18–17 4th Thüringer HC – 25–23 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 32–24 18–21 QF ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 24–29 25–32 49–61

EHF Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2007-08 R2 Skövde HF 23-13 30-22 53–35 R3 Ikast Bording Elite Håndbold 29-26 21-35 50–61 2008-09 R2 H.C. Dunărea 27-31 33-23 60–54 R3 Milli Piyango SK 29-26 22-24 51–50 1/8 HC Leipzig 27-23 28-33 55–56 2009-10 R2 GAS Anagennisi Artas 37-23 37-36 74–59 R3 C.S. Rulmentul-Urban Brasov 37-28 26-31 55–50 R4 SPR Lublin SSA 27-30 19-24 46–54 EHF Challenge Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2002-03 Runners-up R3 Initia H.C. Hasselt 30-17 23-17 53–34 R4 U. FLAGA Korneuburg 29-14 32-24 61–38 1/4 S.A. Merignacais HB 23-17 27-31 50–48 1/2 Nata AZS-AWFiS Gdansk 27-18 19-24 46–42 F Borussia Dortmund 27-21 16-24 43–45

See also

• HCM Minaur, male team in Baia Mare
• Romania women's national handball team

References

1. "Istoric" (in Romanian). HCM Baia Mare Official Website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)
• HCM Baia Mare on Facebook