Liga Națională (women's handball)
The Liga Națională is a league of professional women's handball league teams in Romania. Run by the Romanian Handball Federation, the competition is also known as the Liga Florilor MOL and is contested by sixteen teams.
Current season, competition or edition: 2020-21 Liga Națională | |
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| Countries |  Romania |
|---|---|
| Confederation | EHF |
| Founded | 1958 (Handball 11s, 1946) |
| First season | 1958–59 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Relegation to | Divizia A |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Cupa României |
| International cup(s) | Champions League EHF European League |
| Current champions | Not awarded (2019–20) |
| Most championships | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (20 titles) |
| TV partners | TVR |
| Website | frh.ro |
The National Handball League is Romania's top-level domestic women's handball-league club competition. The team with the most Liga Națională championships is SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea with twenty.
The FRH organization also oversees the Divizia A.
The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Liga Națională 3rd in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.
Teams
Awards
The Simona Arghir-Sandu Trophy is awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the Liga Națională (LNHF). It is named in honour of right back Simona Arghir-Sandu.[1]
List of champions
1946–1963 (11 players)
| Season | Winning coach |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Bruno Holzträger | Karres Mediaş | SG Sighișoara | |
| 1947 | Bruno Holzträger | Derubau Mediaş | Voinţa Sighișoara | |
| 1948 | IRTI Mediaş | Voinţa Mediaş | Avântul Agnita | |
| 1949 | Bruno Holzträger | Record Mediaş | CFR Sighișoara | CSU București |
| 1950 | Wilhelm Lapka | Flamura Roşie Mediaş | CSU București | Flamura Roşie ILSA Timişoara |
| 1951 | Bruno Holzträger | Flamura Roşie Mediaş | Spartak Sighișoara | Știința ICF București |
| 1952 | Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu | Știința ICF București | Spartak Sighișoara | Știința Timișoara |
| 1953 | Walter Meither | Știința Timișoara | Știința ICF București | Progresul Învățământ București |
| 1954 | Árpád Kameniczki | Progresul Târgu Mureș | Progresul Brașov | Știința Timișoara |
| 1955 | Árpád Kameniczki | Progresul Târgu Mureș | Știința ICF București | Progresul Brașov |
| 1956 | Dumitru Popescu-Colibași | Progresul Brașov | Flamura Roşie Bucureşti | Flamura Roşie Sibiu |
| 1957 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Steagul Roşu Bucureşti | Progresul MIC București | Progresul Brașov |
| 1957–58 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Steagul Roşu Bucureşti | Olimpia Bucureşti | Flamura Roşie Sibiu |
| 1958–59 | Gabriel Zugrăvescu | Olimpia București | Progresul București | Mureșul Târgu Mureș |
| 1959–60 | Valeriu Gogâltan | Știința București | Rapid București | Știința Timișoara |
| 1960–61 | Gabriel Zugrăvescu | Rapid București | Progresul București | Mureșul Târgu Mureș |
| 1961–62 | Constantin Popescu-Pilică | Progresul București | Minerul Vulcan | CSȘ Cluj-Napoca |
| 1962–63 | Ioan Bota | Știința București | Rapid București | Progresul București |
1958–present (7 players)
Results by teams
7 players
| Teams | Winners | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 20 |
1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19 |
| Universitatea Timișoara | 10 |
1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 |
| Știința Bacău | 9 |
1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92 |
| Rapid București | 5 |
1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1966–67, 2002–03 |
| CSM București | 4 |
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 |
| HC Zalău | 3 |
2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05 |
| Universitatea București | 3 |
1959–60, 1964–65, 1970–71 |
| Corona Brașov | 2 |
1980–81, 2005–06 |
| IEFS București | 2 |
1972–73, 1973–74 |
| Minaur Baia Mare | 1 |
2013–14 |
| Mureșul Târgu Mureș | 1 |
1987–88 |
| Progresul București | 1 |
1958–59 |
11 players
| Teams | Winners | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Flamura Roşie Mediaş | 6 |
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 |
| Știința București | 3 |
1952, 1960, 1963 |
| Progresul Târgu Mureș | 2 |
1959, 1955 |
| Steagul Roșu București | 2 |
1957, 1958 |
| Progresul București | 1 |
1962 |
| Rapid București | 1 |
1961 |
| Olimpia București | 1 |
1959 |
| Progresul Brașov | 1 |
1956 |
| Știința Timișoara | 1 |
1953 |
EHF league coefficients
2019-20 ranking
- 1.
(1) 
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (130.00) - 2.
(4) Liga Națională (111.86) - 3. (3)
Russian Superliga (98.86) - 4.
(2) 
HTH Ligaen (92.43) - 5. (7)
Championnat de France (73.43) - 6. (5)
Eliteserien (68.14)
Notable foreign players
Notable foreign coaches
External links
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