CS Minaur Baia Mare is a women's handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională and the European League (formerly known as EHF Cup).

Minaur refers to the gold mines of Baia Mare.

The women's handball section is part of Minaur only since 2015, year when the club was re-founded after its bankruptcy. The women's handball section was in fact founded on the basis of HCM Baia Mare, club that also went bankrupt in 2016. HCM was one of the oldest sport clubs in Baia Mare, with a tradition that started in 1960, one Romanian League title, 3 Romanian Cups, 3 Romanian Supercups and with notable results in the Women's EHF Champions League, Women's EHF European Cup and Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

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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

History of matches

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

Q2: Second qualifying round Q3: Third qualifying round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round R16: Round of 16 QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals F: Final GS: Group stage MR: Main round EF: EHF Finals

European record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate / position 2002–03 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Initia HC Hasselt 30–17 23–17 53–34 R4 U. Flaga Korneuburg 29–14 32–24 61–38 QF SA Mérignacais HB 23–17 27–31 50–48 SF Nata AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk 27–18 19–24 46–42 F Borussia Dortmund 27–21 16–24 43–45 2004–05 EHF Challenge Cup R3 LK Zug Handball 37–28 1st RK Skopje 31–21 HC Florgarden 28–25 R16 Buxtehuder SV 27–30 25–32 52–62 2007–08 Women's EHF Cup R2 Skövde HF 23–13 30–22 53–35 R3 Ikast-Bording 29–26 21–35 50–61 2008–09 Women's EHF Cup R2 HC Dunărea Brăila 33–23 27–31 60–54 R3 Milli Piyango SK 29–26 22–24 51–50 R16 HC Leipzig 27–23 28–33 55–56 2009–10 Women's EHF Cup R2 GAS Anagennisi Artas 37–23 37–36 74–59 R3 Rulmentul Brașov 37–28 26–31 63–59 R4 MKS Lublin 27–30 19–24 46–54 2013–14 Women's EHF Champions League Q2 Viborg HK 26–25 1st Team Tvis Holstebro 36–23 GS Thüringer HC 20–19 29–36 3rd Győri Audi ETO KC 21–33 26–28 Hypo Niederösterreich 24–23 20–23 2014–15 Women's EHF Champions League GS MKS Selgros Lublin 30–25 28–22 3rd Larvik HK 23–24 26–31 Metz Handball 23–24 24–34 MR IK Sävehof 34–24 28–26 4th Győri Audi ETO KC 18–26 23–29 Viborg HK 32–22 31–30 QF Dinamo-Sinara 25–23 25–30 50–53 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League Q2 BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 31–21 1st Team Esbjerg 32–21 GS RK Krim 35–28 33–27 3rd Larvik HK 29–31 22–27 Rostov-Don 20–22 26–27 MR Fleury Loiret Handball 31–28 18–17 4th Thüringer HC 38–27 25–23 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 32–24 18–21 QF Budućnost 24–29 25–32 49–61 2020–21 Women's EHF European League GS Storhamar HE 33–29 40–27 1st Astrakhanochka 30–27 27–33 Thüringer HC 10–0 QF HC Dunărea Brăila 27–25 31–24 58–49 SF Neptunes de Nantes 34–36 34–36 Third place Herning-Ikast 33–31 3rd 2021–22 Women's EHF European League GS MKS Zagłębie Lubin 34–32 23–23 2nd SG BBM Bietigheim 20–28 20–39 Neptunes de Nantes 28–26 29–34 QF Sola HK 40–32 29–29 69–61 SF Viborg HK 24–28 24–28 Third place Herning-Ikast 28–29 4th 2025–26 Women's EHF European League Q3 HH Elite 33–22 21–27 54–49 GS Larvik HK 28–31 28–26 3rd Thüringer HC 28–24 32–33 Motherson Mosonmagyaróvári KC 34–28 26–28

Players Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season.

Goalkeepers 1 Cristina Mihiș 12 Ivana Kapitanovic 85 Daria Tocaciu Wingers LW 9 Line Rusten 15 Denisa Romaniuc

RW 10 Jessica Quintino 25 Eliza Lăcusteanu

Line players 27 Sabryne Santos Souza 93 Alba Spugnini

Back players LB 6 Sara Sablic 13 María Gomes Da Costa 84 Dziyana Ilyina CB 2 Andreea Ianăşi 8 Teodora Damian 33 Mille Tveit Porsmyr

RB 28 Sayna Mbengue 99 Anca Mițicuș

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Arriving Ivana Kapitanović (GK) (from Handball Erice) Mille Tveit Porsmyr (CB) (from Oppsal) Sayna Mbengue (RB) (from Gloria Bistrița) Sara Sablic (LB) Line Rusten (LW) (from Aarhus Håndbold) Sabryne Santos Souza (PV)

Leaving Iulia Dumanska (GK) (to CSM București) Nikolett Papp (RB) (to CSM Slatina) Clara Preda (GK) Amelia Lundbäck (CB) (to CSM Slatina) Emilia Galinska (LB) Andriyana Naumenko (PV)

Staff members Head Coach: David Ginesta Assistant Coach: TBA

Notable 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 Sonia Seraficeanu Jovana Kovačević Linn Blohm

Notable former managers

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

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