The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top Romanian professional handball league. The league comprises twelve teams.
History This sport was first played in Romania in 1920. After a visit in Germany, a few physical education teachers introduced this sport in their classes. The Liga Națională was founded in 1933 (in 11 players) and in 1958 in the current format with 7 players. The most successful team in history is Steaua București with 28 titles. The current champions are Dinamo București.
Broadcasting rights The matches are broadcast by Pro Arena.
Current teams
Teams for season 2025–26
CS Minaur Baia Mare CSM București Dinamo București HC Buzău CSM Constanța Universitatea Cluj CSM Sighişoara CSU Suceava Poli Timișoara Potaissa Turda CSM Vaslui
Top scorers 2017–18: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (202) 2016–17: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (222) 2015–16: Gabriel Florea – CSA Steaua București (221) 2013–14: Claudiu Dediu – ASC Potaissa Turda (195) 2012–13: Andrei Grasu – CS Universitatea Politehnica Timişoara (154) 2011–12: Darius Apolzan – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (176) 2010–11: Gabriel Florea – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (200)
Past seasons Year (season) 1958–59 Dinamo București Rapid București Ştiinţa Timişoara 1959–60 Dinamo București Rapid București CCA București 1960–61 Dinamo București Ştiinţa Timişoara Tehnometal Timişoara 1961–62 Dinamo București Steaua București Tehnometal Timişoara 1962–63 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Braşov 1963–64 Dinamo București Steaua București Dinamo Braşov 1964–65 Dinamo București Steaua București Dinamo Braşov 1965–66 Dinamo București Steaua București Universitatea București 1966–67 Steaua București Dinamo București Politehnica Timişoara 1967–68 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Bacău 1968–69 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea Cluj 1969–70 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea Cluj 1970–71 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea București 1971–72 Steaua București Dinamo București Universitatea București 1972–73 Steaua București Universitatea București Dinamo București 1973–74 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1974–75 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1975–76 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1976–77 Steaua București Dinamo București Dinamo Ploieşti 1977–78 Dinamo București Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare 1978–79 Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara Dinamo București 1979–80 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Știința Bacău 1980–81 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Dinamo București 1981–82 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1982–83 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1983–84 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1984–85 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Politehnica Timişoara 1985–86 Dinamo București Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara 1986–87 Steaua București Politehnica Timişoara Minaur Baia Mare 1987–88 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1989–90 Steaua București Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 1990–91 Politehnica Timişoara Dinamo București Universitatea Craiova 1991–92 Universitatea Craiova Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București 1992–93 Universitatea Craiova Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București 1993–94 Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare Universitatea Craiova 1994–95 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare Universitatea Craiova 1995–96 Steaua București Fibrex Piatra Neamţ Minaur Baia Mare 1996–97 Dinamo București Steaua București Minaur Baia Mare 1997–98 Minaur Baia Mare Fibrex Săvineşti Steaua București 1998–99 Minaur Baia Mare Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti 1999–00 Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti Universitatea Cluj 2000–01 Steaua București Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București 2001–02 Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București HCM Constanța 2002–03 Fibrex Săvineşti Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 2003–04 HCM Constanța Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare 2004–05 Dinamo București HCM Constanța Minaur Baia Mare 2005–06 HCM Constanța Dinamo București Steaua București 2006–07 HCM Constanța Steaua București Dinamo București 2007–08 Steaua București HCM Constanța UCM Reșița 2008–09 HCM Constanța UCM Reșița Dinamo București 2009–10 HCM Constanța UCM Reșița Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2010–11 HCM Constanța Odorheiu Secuiesc Bucovina Suceava 2011–12 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Odorheiu Secuiesc 2012–13 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Odorheiu Secuiesc 2013–14 HCM Constanța Știința Bacău Potaissa Turda 2014–15 Minaur Baia Mare CSM București Dinamo București 2015–16 Dinamo București CSM București Politehnica Timişoara 2016–17 Dinamo București CSM București Potaissa Turda 2017–18 Dinamo București Steaua București Potaissa Turda 2018–19 Dinamo București Dobrogea Sud Constanța Potaissa Turda 2019–20 colspan="3" 2020–21 Dinamo București AHC Potaissa Turda Dobrogea Sud Constanța 2021–22 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare Dobrogea Sud Constanța 2022–23 Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare CSM Constanța 2023–24 Dinamo București CSM Constanța Minaur Baia Mare 2024–25 Dinamo București AHC Potaissa Turda HC Buzău 2025–26 Dinamo București HC Buzău CSM București
Performances by club Club Titles Years won Steaua București 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2008 Dinamo București 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 HCM Constanța 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Minaur Baia Mare 1998, 1999, 2015 Universitatea Craiova 1992, 1993 Fibrex Săvineşti 2002, 2003 Politehnica Timișoara 1991
EHF coefficient ranking
For the 2019–20 season, see footnote 9. (12) Chempiyanat 1 (25.56) 10. (8) Croatian Premijer liga (32.00) 11. (11) Liga Națională (30.44) 12. (10) Liga NLB (29.33) 13. (14) Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League (26.11)
Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph : Year 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 Rank 10 9 9 9 9 10 13 12 9 12 11
See also Romanian Women's Handball League
References
External links Romanian Handball Federation Rankings Romanian Handball Club Romanian Handball Club Romanian Handball Club Romanian Handball Club Romanian Handball Club