2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2015–16 Liga Națională
Anterior: 2014–15 Următor: 2016–17

The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league in Romania. The league comprises fourteen teams. Minaur Baia Mare were the defending champions.

Teams for season 2015–16

ClubGround(s)Capacity
Adrian Petrea ReșițaSala Polivalentă Reșița1,669
CSM BucureștiSala Sporturilor Rapid București1,500
CSM FocșaniSala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani1,400
CSM PloieştiSala Olimpia3,500
Danubius GalaţiSala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați1,500
Dinamo BucureștiSala Dinamo2,538
Dunărea CălăraşiSala Polivalentă1,500
Energia Târgu JiuSala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu1,500
HC Odorheiu SecuiescSala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc1,250
HC VasluiSala Sporturilor Vaslui1,500
Minaur Baia MareSala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare2,500
Politehnica TimișoaraSala Constantin Jude1,540
Potaissa TurdaSala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda600
Steaua BucureștiSala Sporturilor "Concordia"600

League table

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
1Dinamo București26212385773665Qualification to Play-Off
2CSM București26192576665459
3HC Odorheiu Secuiesc26172772468353
4Steaua București26163778171451
5Politehnica Timişoara26162871264550
6Potaissa Turda26152976773547
7Adrian Petrea Reșița261241068768940
8Dunărea Călărași261121373272935
9Minaur Baia Mare261041269070134Qualification to Play-Out
10HC Vaslui261021475374832
11Energia Târgu Jiu261021467567632
12CSM Ploieşti26531871175618
13CSM Focșani26412164980613
14Danubius Galaţi2601256328641

Play-Off

Knockout phase

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dunărea Călărași0
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara0
 
Politehnica Timișoara2
 
 
 
Steaua București1
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
CSM București1
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Adrian Petrea Reșița0
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda1 Third place
 
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc0
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
Politehnica Timișoara2
 
 
Potaissa Turda0
 

League table – positions 1–4

Team Qualification or relegation
1Dinamo București (C)2016–17 EHF Champions League
2CSM București2016–17 EHF Cup
3Politehnica Timișoara
4Potaissa Turda2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team
5HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6Steaua București
7Dunărea Călărași
8Adrian Petrea Reșița

Play-Out

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
9Minaur Baia Mare (R)20113658753936Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A
10Energia Târgu Jiu (R)20113656252236
11HC Vaslui (O)20113660753836Relegation play-offs
12CSM Focșani (O)20102853255732
13CSM Ploieşti (R)2094755955231Relegation to 2016–17 Divizia A
14Danubius Galaţi (R)2001195146531

(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County (județ) No. of teams Teams
1 Bucharest 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2 Caraș-Severin 1 Adrian Petrea Reșița
Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda
Galați 1 CSU Danubius
Gorj 1 Energia Târgu Jiu
Harghita 1 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
Maramureș 1 Minaur Baia Mare
Prahova 1 CSM Ploiești
Timiș 1 Politehnica Timișoara
Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea 1 CSM Focșani

Romanian clubs in European competitions

EHF Champions League

Round Club Home Away Aggregate
Group Phase
(Group D)		 Republic of Macedonia RK Metalurg 21-20 23-21 4th
Denmark Skjern Håndbold 28-28 28-32
Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye 35-30 23-25
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 31-31 23-24
Norway Elverum Håndball 24-29 28-28

EHF Cup

Round Club Home Away Aggregate
Qual. Round 1 Romania Dinamo București 24-24 24-38 48–62

EHF Challenge Cup

Round Club Home Away Aggregate
Round 3 Portugal ABC/UMinho 24-25 22-25 46–50
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