HC Minaur Baia Mare

HC Minaur Baia Mare
Founded	1974
Full Name	HC Minaur Baia Mare
Arena	Sala Lascar Pană, 2,060 seats
Club Colours	orange - black
Chairman	Radu Bogdan Mare
Head Coach	Ion Crăciun

HC Minaur Baia Mare is a handball club from Baia Mare, Romania. It relegated from the Romanian Handball League in 2011.

History

• 1974 - HC Minaur Baia Mare was founded on May 14, when it became the first handball-club only (without any other sports sections) in Romania;
• 1978 - Minaur win the first trophy - the Romanian Cup of Handball;
• 1985 - By winning the EHF Cup, Minaur became the first Romanian team from outside Bucharest to win a European Trophy. The performance is repeated in 1988;
• 1998 - Minaur win the Romanian Handball League for the first time, making it again in 1999.

Accomplishments

• EHF Cup
  • Winners (2): 1985, 1988

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Semifinalists: 1979, 1981, 1986

• Romanian Handball League
  • Winners (2): 1997-98, 1998-99
  • Runners-up (8): 1979-80, 1980-81, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-85

• Romanian Cup
  • Winners (5): 1977-78, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1988-89, 1998-99
  • Runners-up (1): 1984-85

Famous players

• Gheorghe Covaciu
• Ioan Marta
• Doru Porumb
• Maricel Voinea
• Alexandru Stamate
• Valentin Ghionea

Famous coaches

• * Ioan Gerhardt
• * Aihan Omer
• * Lascar Pană

External links

• Official Website (Romanian, English, French)