HCM Baia Mare

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

HCM Baia Mare is a women's handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania. It competes in the 2015–16 EHF Women's Champions League season.

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)
• Allison Pineau (to Brest Bretagne Handball) (CB)
• Katarina Ježić (to CSM București) (PV)
• Lois Abbingh (to Issy-Paris Hand) (LB)
• Alexandra Do Nascimento (to Váci NKSE) (RW)
• Gabriela Perianu (back to HC Dunarea Braila) (LB)
• Ana Maria Tănăsie (to HC Dunarea Braila) (LW)
• Adriana Nechita (is going to quit) (RW)
• Ionica Munteanu
• Valentina Ardean-Elisei
• Gabriella Szűcs
• Luciana Marin
• Patricia Vizitiu
• Gabriela Mihalschi
• Timeea Tătar
• Yuliya Dumanska
• Cynthia Tomescu

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	st
		Thüringer HC	–	25–23
		FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	32–24	–
	QF	TBD	–	–	–

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
• Romania women's national handball team

External links

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