# Liga Națională (men's handball)

The Romanian Handball League, commonly known as Liga Națională or more recently as Liga Zimbrilor, is the men's top Romanian professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams.

## History

This sport was first played in Romania in 1920. After a visit in Germany, a few physical education teachers introduced this sport in their classes. The Liga Națională was founded in 1933 (in 11 players) and in 1958 in the current format with 7 players. The most successful team in history is Steaua București with 28 titles. The current champions are Dinamo București.

## Broadcasting rights

The matches are broadcast by Pro Arena.

## Current teams
### Teams for season 2023–24

* CSM Bacău
* CS Minaur Baia Mare
* CSM București
* Dinamo București
* CSA Steaua București
* HC Buzău
* CSM Constanța
* CSM Focșani
* CSM Sighișoara
* "U" Cluj
* CSU Suceava
* Poli Timișoara
* Potaissa Turda
* CSM Vaslui

## Top scorers

* 2017–18: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (202)
* 2016–17: Gabriel Bujor – HC Vaslui (222)
* 2015–16: Gabriel Florea – CSA Steaua București (221)
* 2013–14: Claudiu Dediu – ASC Potaissa Turda (195)
* 2012–13: Andrei Grasu – CS Universitatea Politehnica Timişoara (154)
* 2011–12: Darius Apolzan – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (176)
* 2010–11: Gabriel Florea – Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (200)

## Past seasons

| Year (season) | | | |
| 1958–59 | Dinamo București | Rapid București | Ştiinţa Timişoara |
| 1959–60 | Dinamo București | Rapid București | CCA București |
| 1960–61 | Dinamo București | Ştiinţa Timişoara | Tehnometal Timişoara |
| 1961–62 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Tehnometal Timişoara |
| 1962–63 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Dinamo Braşov |
| 1963–64 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Dinamo Braşov |
| 1964–65 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Dinamo Braşov |
| 1965–66 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Universitatea București |
| 1966–67 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Politehnica Timişoara |
| 1967–68 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Dinamo Bacău |
| 1968–69 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Universitatea Cluj |
| 1969–70 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Universitatea Cluj |
| 1970–71 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Universitatea București |
| 1971–72 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Universitatea București |
| 1972–73 | Steaua București | Universitatea București | Dinamo București |
| 1973–74 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1974–75 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1975–76 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1976–77 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Dinamo Ploieşti |
| 1977–78 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1978–79 | Steaua București | Politehnica Timişoara | Dinamo București |
| 1979–80 | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare | Știința Bacău |
| 1980–81 | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare | Dinamo București |
| 1981–82 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1982–83 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1983–84 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1984–85 | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare | Politehnica Timişoara |
| 1985–86 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Politehnica Timişoara |
| 1986–87 | Steaua București | Politehnica Timişoara | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1987–88 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1988–89 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1989–90 | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1990–91 | Politehnica Timişoara | Dinamo București | Universitatea Craiova |
| 1991–92 | Universitatea Craiova | Minaur Baia Mare | Steaua București |
| 1992–93 | Universitatea Craiova | Minaur Baia Mare | Steaua București |
| 1993–94 | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare | Universitatea Craiova |
| 1994–95 | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare | Universitatea Craiova |
| 1995–96 | Steaua București | Fibrex Piatra Neamţ | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1996–97 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 1997–98 | Minaur Baia Mare | Fibrex Săvineşti | Steaua București |
| 1998–99 | Minaur Baia Mare | Steaua București | Fibrex Săvineşti |
| 1999–00 | Steaua București | Fibrex Săvineşti | Universitatea Cluj |
| 2000–01 | Steaua București | Fibrex Săvineşti | Dinamo București |
| 2001–02 | Fibrex Săvineşti | Dinamo București | HCM Constanța |
| 2002–03 | Fibrex Săvineşti | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2003–04 | HCM Constanța | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2004–05 | Dinamo București | HCM Constanța | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2005–06 | HCM Constanța | Dinamo București | Steaua București |
| 2006–07 | HCM Constanța | Steaua București | Dinamo București |
| 2007–08 | Steaua București | HCM Constanța | UCM Reșița |
| 2008–09 | HCM Constanța | UCM Reșița | Dinamo București |
| 2009–10 | HCM Constanța | UCM Reșița | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
| 2010–11 | HCM Constanța | Odorheiu Secuiesc | Bucovina Suceava |
| 2011–12 | HCM Constanța | Știința Bacău | Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 2012–13 | HCM Constanța | Știința Bacău | Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 2013–14 | HCM Constanța | Știința Bacău | Potaissa Turda |
| 2014–15 | Minaur Baia Mare | CSM București | Dinamo București |
| 2015–16 | Dinamo București | CSM București | Politehnica Timişoara |
| 2016–17 | Dinamo București | CSM București | Potaissa Turda |
| 2017–18 | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Potaissa Turda |
| 2018–19 | Dinamo București | Dobrogea Sud Constanța | Potaissa Turda |
| 2019–20 | Stopped because of Covid-19 | Stopped because of Covid-19 | Stopped because of Covid-19 |
| 2020–21 | Dinamo București | AHC Potaissa Turda | Dobrogea Sud Constanța |
| 2021–22 | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare | Dobrogea Sud Constanța |
| 2022–23 | Dinamo București | Minaur Baia Mare | CSM Constanța |
| 2023–24 | Dinamo București | | |

## Performances by club

| Club | Titles | Years Won |
| Steaua București | 28 | 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2008 |
| Dinamo București | 20 | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| HCM Constanța | 9 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Minaur Baia Mare | 3 | 1998, 1999, 2015 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 1992, 1993 |
| Fibrex Săvineşti | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 1 | 1991 |