# 2015–16 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Liga Națională was the 58th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league in Romania. The league comprises fourteen teams. Minaur Baia Mare were the defending champions.

## Teams

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| Adrian Petrea Reșița | Sala Polivalentă Reșița | 1,669 |
| CSM București | Sala Sporturilor Rapid București | 1,500 |
| CSM Focșani | Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani | 1,400 |
| CSM Ploieşti | Sala Olimpia | 3,500 |
| Danubius Galaţi | Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" Galați | 1,500 |
| Dinamo București | Sala Dinamo | 2,538 |
| Dunărea Călăraşi | Sala Polivalentă | 1,500 |
| Energia Târgu Jiu | Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu | 1,500 |
| HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1,250 |
| HC Vaslui | Sala Sporturilor Vaslui | 1,500 |
| Minaur Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" Baia Mare | 2,500 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | Sala Constantin Jude | 1,540 |
| Potaissa Turda | Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda | 600 |
| Steaua București | Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" | 600 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo București | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 857 | 736 | +121 | 65 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 2 | CSM București | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 766 | 654 | +112 | 59 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 3 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 724 | 683 | +41 | 53 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 4 | Steaua București | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 781 | 714 | +67 | 51 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 5 | Politehnica Timişoara | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 712 | 645 | +67 | 50 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 6 | Potaissa Turda | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 767 | 735 | +32 | 47 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 7 | Adrian Petrea Reșița | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 687 | 689 | −2 | 40 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 8 | Dunărea Călărași | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 732 | 729 | +3 | 35 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 9 | Minaur Baia Mare | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 690 | 701 | −11 | 34 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 10 | HC Vaslui | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 753 | 748 | +5 | 32 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 11 | Energia Târgu Jiu | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 675 | 676 | −1 | 32 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 12 | CSM Ploieşti | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 711 | 756 | −45 | 18 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 13 | CSM Focșani | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 649 | 806 | −157 | 13 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 14 | Danubius Galaţi | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 632 | 864 | −232 | 1 | Qualification to Play-Out |

## Play-Off
### Knockout phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Dinamo București | 2 | | |
| Dunărea Călărași | 0 | | |
| Dunărea Călărași | 0 | Dinamo București | 2 |
| | | Politehnica Timișoara | 0 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 2 | Politehnica Timișoara | 0 |
| Steaua București | 1 | | | | |
| Steaua București | 1 | | | Dinamo București | 2 |
| | | | | CSM București | 1 |
| CSM București | 2 | | | CSM București | 1 |
| Adrian Petrea Reșița | 0 | | | | |
| Adrian Petrea Reșița | 0 | CSM București | 2 | | |
| | | Potaissa Turda | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | 0 | Potaissa Turda | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| Potaissa Turda | 2 | | | | |
| Potaissa Turda | 2 | | | Politehnica Timișoara | 2 |
| | | | | Potaissa Turda | 0 |

### League table – positions 1–4

| | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 2016–17 EHF Champions League |
| 2 | CSM București | 2016–17 EHF Cup |
| 3 | Politehnica Timișoara | 2016–17 EHF Cup |
| 4 | Potaissa Turda | 2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup |

### League table – positions 5–8

| | Team |
| 5 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 6 | Steaua București |
| 7 | Dunărea Călărași |
| 8 | Adrian Petrea Reșița |

## Play-Out

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Minaur Baia Mare (R) | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 587 | 539 | +48 | 36 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 10 | Energia Târgu Jiu (R) | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 562 | 522 | +40 | 36 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 11 | HC Vaslui (O) | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 607 | 538 | +69 | 36 | Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | CSM Focșani (O) | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 532 | 557 | −25 | 32 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | CSM Ploieşti (R) | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 559 | 552 | +7 | 31 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 14 | Danubius Galaţi (R) | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 514 | 653 | −139 | 1 | Relegation to Divizia A |

## Season statistics
### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (județ) | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Bucharest | 3 | CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua |
| 2 | Caraș-Severin | 1 | Adrian Petrea Reșița |
| 2 | Călărași | 1 | Dunărea Călăraşi |
| 2 | Cluj | 1 | Potaissa Turda |
| 2 | Galați | 1 | CSU Danubius |
| 2 | Gorj | 1 | Energia Târgu Jiu |
| 2 | Harghita | 1 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 2 | Maramureș | 1 | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2 | Prahova | 1 | CSM Ploiești |
| 2 | Timiș | 1 | Politehnica Timișoara |
| 2 | Vaslui | 1 | HC Vaslui |
| 2 | Vrancea | 1 | CSM Focșani |

## Romanian clubs in European competitions

EHF Champions League
* HC Minaur Baia Mare
| Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Group Phase (Group D) | RK Metalurg | 21-20 | 23-21 | 4th |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Skjern Håndbold | 28-28 | 28-32 | 4th |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Motor Zaporizhzhia | 35-30 | 23-25 | 4th |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 31-31 | 23-24 | 4th |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Elverum Håndball | 24-29 | 28-28 | 4th |
EHF Cup
| Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Qual. Round 2 | Bregenz Handball | 28-24 | 22-23 | 50–47 |
| Qual. Round 3 | Frigoríficos del Morrazo | 31-24 | 29-29 | 60–53 |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Chambéry Savoie Handball | 25-25 | 23-23 | 3rd |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Helvetia Anaitasuna | 27-24 | 22-28 | 3rd |
| Group Phase (Group D) | Ystads IF | 27-27 | 28-29 | 3rd |
| Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Qual. Round 1 | Energia Târgu Jiu | 38-24 | 24-24 | 62–48 |
| Qual. Round 2 | A.C. Diomidis Argous | 35-20 | 26-21 | 61–41 |
| Qual. Round 3 | RK Maribor Branik | 31-25 | 26-27 | 57–52 |
| Group Phase (Group A) | Fraikin BM. Granollers | 26-27 | 29-28 | 3rd |
| Group Phase (Group A) | SC Magdeburg | 33-34 | 22-39 | 3rd |
| Group Phase (Group A) | Aalborg Håndbold | 28-25 | 28-28 | 3rd |
* Energia Târgu Jiu
| Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Qual. Round 1 | Dinamo București | 24-24 | 24-38 | 48–62 |
EHF Challenge Cup
* HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
| Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Round 3 | ABC/UMinho | 24-25 | 22-25 | 46–50 |