HC Zalău

HC Zalău
Full name Handball Club Zalău
Short name Zalău
Founded 1978 (1978)
Arena Sala Sporturilor "Gheorghe Tadici"
President Romania Radu Istrate
Head coach Romania Gheorghe Tadici
League Liga Naţională
2017–18 Liga Naţională, 5th
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HC Zalău is a women's handball club from Zalău, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Women's Handball League.

On domestic level HC Zalau won three league titles (2001,2004,2005) and Romanian Cup once in 2003.

In Europe HC Zalau won the Women's Women's EHF Challenge Cup 1995-1996 season and in the same season by participating in the EHF Women's Champions Trophy won 3rd place. In the 2011-2012 season in the EHF Cup HC Zalau played second final in history, lost against the Russian team Lada Togliatti.

History [1]

In 1978 Gheorghe Tadici - John Bal Crișan - Simon Talos trio, with Tadici in the main role, set foot in the city of Meseş a women handball team called Didactica Zalău.

In 1979 Didactica Zalău get to promote Division B, moving, for the first time in official competition at the senior level. In 1980, Didactica Zalău turns to Textila Zalau, textile enterprise is willing to invest in handball team. Four years later, in 1984 Textila managed to promote the first scene of Romanian handball. Two years later the team would relegate in Division B in the 1985-1986 season and a year later to promote back to the first division after a perfect season. Since then handball team HC Zalău evolving Romanian Handball League.

After two bronze medals in the seasons 1989 - 1990 and 1990 - 1991, Textila Zalău turns to Silcotex in 1992. Under this name, he became vice season 1993 - 1994 and in the same year (1994) changed their name for the third time, becoming Silcotub Zalău.

Again finishing 2nd in Romanian Handball League in the season 1995 - 1996, Silcotub Zalău have win at the end of the same season and EHF Challenge Cup or City Cup. Also in 1996 he finished third in the EHF Champions Trophy. For 14 consecutive years from 1994 to 2007 HC Zalău participated in European Cups, EHF Champions League, EHF Champions Trophy, EHF Cup Winners' Cup, EHF Cup and EHF Challenge Cup.

After the third title in history (2005) team changes its name to HC Zalău, earning the title of national runner at the end of the 2005-2006 season. At the end of the same season, Gheorghe Tadici had to leave for the Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea champion. Separation of Zalău handball would be almost fatal to the season 2007 - 2008, when HC Zalău, under the command of John Gherhardt, came to tour the dam to maintain in the National League.

Back to HC Zalău, after two years of absence, Gheorghe Tadici again resumed reconstruction of the team, saying it could even be the last in his career coach.

Arena

  • Name: Sala Sporturilor „Gheorghe Tadici”[2]
  • City: Zalău, România
  • Address: Mihai Viteazul nr. 77, Zalău

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2018-19 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2018-2019

Players[3]

NameNationalityContract untilDate of birth and age
Abed Kader DanaRomania14.01.2021June 21, 1996
Bojdan Alexandra GiorgianaRomania01.07.2021June 6, 1998
Ciolan Ana CătălinaRomania01.06.2018September 29, 1992
Constantinescu Maria ClaudiaRomania01.06.2018June 18, 1994
Crap Raluca IonelaRomania01.06.2018February 4, 1990
Dragut Ana MariaRomania15.06.2018February 24, 1990
Inculeț Ana MariaRomania01.06.2018October 21, 1994
Kelemen Ioana RalucaRomania01.07.2021June 24, 1998
Lazea Sabrina GiuliaRomania15.01.2021November 1, 1997
Nica CristianaRomania01.06.2018October 28, 1987
Nichitean DianaRomania01.07.2021March 11, 1998
Panici Maria ValentinaRomania01.06.2018June 7, 1988
Rob Roxana DanielaRomania05.06.2018May 29, 1992
Sabău Adina CristinaRomania01.06.2021February 12, 1997
Stângă Andreea MihaelaRomania01.07.2021April 6, 1998
Tămaș Larisa EcaterinaRomania15.06.2018May 16, 1991
Trif Andrada RuxandraRomania01.06.2018October 20, 1990
Vișan Paula VasilicaRomania15.06.2018March 26, 1984

Staff members

  • Romania Chairman: Radu Istrate
  • Romania Head Coach: Gheorghe Tadici
  • Romania Assistant Coach: Elena Tadici
  • Romania Masseur: Ileana Romocean
  • Romania Masseur: Daniela Morari

Honours

Recent Seasons

Season League Place Cup Europe
1979-80 A Not qualified
1980-81 A
1981-82 A
1982-83 A
1983-84 A 1st
1984-85 LN 9th
1985-86 LN 11th
1986-87 A
1987-88 A 1st
1988-89 LN 4th
Season League Place Cup Europe
1989-90 LN Not qualified
1990-91 LN IHF1/4-finals
1991-92 LN 6th IHF1/2-finals
1992-93 LN 6th Finalist Not qualified
1993-94 LN 4th CC1/2-finals
1994-95 LN 4th EHF1/4-finals
1995-96 LN Finalist CC Winner
1996-97 LN Finalist CC1/2-finals
1997-98 LN Finalist CC1/2-finals
1998-99 LN 4th CC1/8-finals
Season League Place Cup Europe
1999-00 LN EHF1/4-finals
2000-01 LN CC1/2-finals
2001-02 LN Finalist CLGroup stage
2002-03 LN 4th Winner CC1/4-finals
2003-04 LN CCRound 4
2004-05 LN CL / EHFRound 2 / 1/4-finals
2005-06 LN 4th CL / EHFRound 2 / Round 3
2006-07 LN 12th EHFRound 3
2007-08 LN 9th Not qualified
2008-09 LN 9th
Season League Place Cup SCup Europe
2009-10 LN 4th Not qualified
2010-11 LN 4th Finalist EHFRound 3
2011–12 LN EHF Finalist
2012–13 LN 4th EHF1/2-finals
2013–14 LN 6th EHFRound 3
2014–15 LN 7th Not qualified
2015–16 LN 9th
2016–17 LN
2017–18 LN 5th EHF1/4-finals

Selected former players

Coaches

PeriodCoach
1978 - 2006Romania Gheorghe Tadici
2006 - 2007Romania Ioan Gerhardt
2007 - 2011Romania Sorin Rădulescu
2008 -Romania Gheorghe Tadici

References

  1. ↑ Handball performance over 30 years in Sălaj
  2. ↑ Sports Hall from Zalău will have the name of coach Gheorghe Tadici
  3. ↑ Players
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