Liga Națională (women's handball)

Liga Națională
	Current season, competition or edition:; 2018–19 Liga Națională
Countries	Romania
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1958; (Handball 11s, 1933)
First season	1958–59
Number of teams	14
Relegation to	Divizia A
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României
International cup(s)	Champions League; Cup Winners' Cup; EHF Cup; Challenge Cup
Current champions	CSM București; (4th title) (2017–18)
Most championships	CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea; (19 titles)
TV partners	Digi Sport, Telekom Sport, TVR
Website	frh.ro

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 and is contested by fourteen teams.

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 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea with nineteen. The reigning premiers are the CSM București winning their fourth consecutive official premiership.

The FRH organization also oversees the Divizia A.

Several networks televise handball games, including Digi Sport, Telekom Sport, and TVR.

The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Liga Națională fourth in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.

Annual scoring leaders

Season	Player	Team	Goals
2009–10	Ada Moldovan	Dunărea Brăila	244
2010–11	Carmen Cartaș	Cetate Deva	210
2011–12	Diana Druțu	Danubius Galaţi	182
2012–13	Iryna Glibko	CSU Danubius Galați	177
2013–14	Carmen Cartaș	Cetate Deva	205
2014–15	Andreea Enescu	Neptun Constanța	271
2015–16	Roxana Han	Măgura Cisnădie	211
2016–17	Cristina Zamfir	SCM Craiova	186
2017–18	Iryna Glibko	Râmnicu Vâlcea	175

List of champions

1958–59: Progresul Bucharest
1959–60: Ştiinţa Bucharest
1960–61: Rapid Bucharest
1961–62: Rapid Bucharest (2)
1962–63: Rapid Bucharest (3)
1963–64: Ştiinţa Timişoara
1964–65: Ştiinţa Bucharest (2)
1965–66: Ştiinţa-Universitatea Timişoara (2)
1966–67: Rapid Bucharest (4)
1967–68: Universitatea Timişoara (3)
1968–69: Universitatea Timişoara (4)
1969–70: Universitatea Timişoara (5)
1970–71: Universitatea Timişoara (6)
1971–72: Universitatea Timişoara (7)
1972–73: IEFS Bucharest
1973–74: IEFS Bucharest (2)
1974–75: Universitatea Timişoara (8)
1975–76: Universitatea Timişoara (9)
1976–77: Universitatea Timişoara (10)
1977–78: Universitatea Timişoara (11)
1978–79: Ştiinţa Bacău
1979–80: Ştiinţa Bacău (2)
1980–81: Rulmentul Braşov
1981–82: Ştiinţa Bacău (3)
1982–83: Ştiinţa Bacău (4)
1983–84: Ştiinţa Bacău (5)
1984–85: Ştiinţa Bacău (6)
1985–86: Ştiinţa Bacău (7)
1986–87: Ştiinţa Bacău (8)

1987–88: Mureşul Târgu Mureş
1988–89: Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea
1989–90: Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea (2)
1990–91: Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea (3)
1991–92: Ştiinţa Bacău (9)
1992–93: Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea (4)
1993–94: Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea (5)
1994–95: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (6)
1995–96: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (7)
1996–97: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (8)
1997–98: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (9)
1998–99: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (10)
1999-00: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (11)
2000–01: Silcotub Zalău
2001–02: Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea (12)
2002–03: Rapid București (5)
2003–04: Silcotub Zalău (2)
2004–05: Silcotub Zalău (3)
2005–06: Rulmentul Braşov

EHF league ranking

For season 2018/2019^[1]

1. (2) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (114.13)
2. (1) Primo Tours Ligaen (103.88)
3. (3) Russian Superliga (96.88)
4. (5) Liga Națională (81.75)
5. (4) Eliteserien (73.13)
6. (6) Handball-Bundesliga (70.38)

For season 2019/2020^[2]

1. (1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (130.00)
2. (4) Liga Națională (111.86)
3. (3) Russian Superliga (98.86)
4. (2) Primo Tours Ligaen (92.43)
5. (7) Championnat de France (73.43)
6. (5) Eliteserien (68.14)

Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph :

Year	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Rank	7	6	6	3	5	6	5	5	7	5	4	2

References

↑ EHF coefficient ranking (PDF). European Handball Federation 2018/19.
↑ EHF coefficient ranking (PDF). European Handball Federation 2019/20.

External links

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[1] EHF coefficient ranking (PDF). European Handball Federation 2018/19.

[2] EHF coefficient ranking (PDF). European Handball Federation 2019/20.