AHC Potaissa Turda

Potaissa Turda
Full name AHC Potaissa Turda
Short name Potaissa
Founded 2000 (2000)
President Romania Flaviu Sâsâeac
Head coach Romania Horațiu Gal
League Liga Națională
2017–18 Liga Națională, 3rd
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AHC Potaissa Turda is a men's handball club from Turda, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Handball League. Potaissa Turda is one of the most important Romanian teams in the last decade. In the last four years, is the only team that have qualified for the Final 4, in every season. Potaissa Turda won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2018, after a final against AEK Athens.

Turda was promoted to the first division in 2011, not long time after the club was near bankruptcy, in 2008. In those days, their players played just for joy and weekly training was just a dream they could talk about.

Potaissa Turda's fairytail story began back in 2007, when their home sports hall, from Gheorghe Baritiu school, was inaugurated and the team's amateur players could play finally in Turda. For example, one of the sqaud's member was the actual team president, Flaviu Constantin Sâsâeac, who used to play for Turda, and also being the team president, since 2003.

Also an old member of the club is the coach, Horațiu Gal , being the head coach for almost ten years, after retiring from his player career, playing last time in Germany, for TSV Bad Salgau.

Another reason why Potaissa's early succes is not that surprising, can be that the club has more youth squads, around 220 childrend and young players representing Turda in national competitions.

Honours

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2014–15 EHF Cup Q1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 32–25 35-30 67–55
Q2 Italy Junior Fasano 28-27 39-26 67–53
Q3 Croatia RK Nexe 20-35 26-23 46–58
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 Challenge Cup R3 Bulgaria HC Dobrudja 32–23 43–19 75–42
1/8 Luxembourg Handball Esch 31–27 28–29 59–56
QF Luxembourg HB Dudelange 32–29 36–35 68–64
SF Iceland Valur 22–30 32–23 54–53
F Portugal Sporting CP 28–37 24–30 52–67

For the first time in their short history, AHC Potaissa Turda have reached the Challenge Cup finals for the second year running. After the loss from a year before, against Sporting CP, Turda had the power to come back stronger, winning the first major trophy for the city from Cluj county. By beating AEK H.C. with 59-49 on aggregate, Potaissa Turda became the fourth team from Romania to ever lift the Challenge Cup, after Steaua Bucharest[1], UCM Reșița (three times between 2007-2009[2]) and HC Odorhei.

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2017–18 Challenge Cup R3 Kosovo KH Trepca 35-19 40-30 75–49
1/8 Belgium Handball Club Visé Basse Meuse 44-24 24-29 68–53
QF Norway FyllingenBergen 29-24 30-32 59–56
SF Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar 28-31 28-24 56–55
F Greece AEK H.C. 33-22 26-27 59–49
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2018–19 EHF Cup Q1 Portugal FC Porto 21-41 24-27 45-68

Current squad

Squad for the 2018–19 season

Technical staff

Staff for the 2018–19 season

References

  1. ↑ "UCM Resita a câştigat Challenge Cup! Cea mai mare performanţă sportivă pe echipe din Banat! Handbalul reşiţean a mâncat elanul norvegian!".
  2. ↑ www.his.ro. "UCM Resita - Experience the difference". www.ucmr.ro. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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