# CS Rapid București (handball)

CS Rapid București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Giulești, in the northwestern parts of Bucharest. Founded in 1934, they play their home games at the Sala Rapid. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the top division of Romanian handball. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1961. The club won the Romanian Cup for the first time in 2004, and their first European honour, the European Cup, in 1964.
Rapid achieved the EHF treble. Domestically, the club has won six league titles and one Romanian Cup. Internationally, they have won one Champions League, one European League, and one European Cup since their inception.

## Honours
### National competitions
#### League titles

* Liga Națională
    Winners (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 2003, 2022

#### Cups

* Cupa României
    Winners (1): 2004

### European competitions

* Champions League
    Winners (1): 1964
* European League
    Winners (1): 1993
* European Cup
    Winners (1): 2000

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Győri Audi ETO KC | 30–27 | 32–30 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Metz Handball | 32–32 | 36-34 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Team Esbjerg | 34–32 | 35–30 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 39–29 | 30–30 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Storhamar HE | 27–25 | 29–36 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Kastamonu Bld. GSK | 28-22 | 26–33 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 27–22 | 27–31 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Playoffs | RK Krim Mercator | 30–24 | 24–29 | 54–53 |
| 2022–23 | EHF Champions League | Quarter-finals | Vipers Kristiansand | 25–31 | 31–40 | 56–71 |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Team Esbjerg | 24–33 | 28–30 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Metz Handball | 31–34 | 22–33 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Vipers Kristiansand | 30–29 | 30–35 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 20–23 | 24–24 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | RK Krim Mercator | 27–22 | 24–25 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Zagłębie Lubin | 26–25 | 24–21 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B | Ikast Håndbold | 27–35 | 29–30 | 7th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | Team Esbjerg | 26–28 | 32–39 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 32–27 | 21–21 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | HB Ludwigsburg | 29–37 | 24–30 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | Vipers Kristiansand | 10–0 | 30–30 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | Brest Bretagne Handball | 31–34 | 21–33 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | Győri Audi ETO KC | 25–28 | 20–31 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Group B | Odense Håndbold | 25–42 | 24–32 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | EHF Champions League | Playoffs | CSM București | | | |

## Players
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2024–25 season
Squad information :
| No. | Player | Position | In | Contract until |
| 2 | Lara González Ortega | Centre back | 2023 | 2025 |
| 7 | Eliza Buceschi | Centre back | 2020 | 2025 |
| 8 | Mathilde Neesgaard | Centre back | 2023 | 2024 |
| 10 | Albertina Kassoma | Line Player | 2023 | 2025 |
| 12 | Diana Ciucă | Goalkeeper | 2021 | 2025 |
| 16 | Denisa Șandru | Goalkeeper | 2021 | 2026 |
| 17 | Marta López | Right wing | 2021 | 2025 |
| 20 | Dorina Korsós | Left wing | 2022 | 2025 |
| 22 | Orlane Kanor | Left back | 2022 | 2024 |
| 23 | Ivana Kapitanović | Goalkeeper | 2022 | 2024 |
| 27 | Lorena Ostase | Line Player | 2022 | 2025 |
| 34 | Alicia Fernández | Centre back | 2021 | 2024 |
| 37 | Raluca Tudor | Left back | 2024 | N/A |
| 44 | Ainhoa Hernández | Line Player | 2021 | 2025 |
| 77 | Alexandra Badea | Right wing | 2020 | 2024 |
| 79 | Estavana Polman | Centre back | 2022 | 2025 |
| 88 | Anđela Janjušević | Right back | 2022 | 2025 |
| 96 | Alina Ilie | Right Back | 2023 | N/A |
| 99 | Sorina Grozav | Left back | 2021 | 2024 |

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2025–26 season

## Selected former players

* Alina Dobrin
* Cristina Vărzaru
* Aurelia Brădeanu
* Paula Ungureanu
* Oana Manea
* Gabriela Perianu
* Orlane Kanor
* Julie Foggea
* Alexandra Lacrabère
* Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
* Irene Espínola
* Ivana Kapitanovic

## Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

    (All-Time) – Last updated on 24 February 2025
| Rank | Name | Seasons played | Goals |
| 1 | Dorina Korsós | 3 | 130 |
| 2 | Anđela Janjušević | 3 | 116 |
| 3 | Sorina Grozav | 3 | 109 |
| 4 | Orlane Kanor | 2 | 100 |
| 5 | Eliza Buceschi | 3 | 100 |
| 6 | Albertina Kassoma | 3 | 98 |
| 7 | Estavana Polman | 3 | 94 |
| 8 | Marta López | 3 | 80 |
| 9 | Alicia Fernández | 3 | 68 |
| 10 | Lorena Ostase | 3 | 55 |