# 2016–17 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. Dinamo București 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 Făgăraș | Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" Făgăraș | 150 |
| CSM Focșani | Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani | 1,400 |
| CSU Suceava | Sala Sporturilor Suceava | 500 |
| Dinamo București | Sala Dinamo | 2,538 |
| Dobrogea Sud Constanța | Sala Sporturilor Constanța | 2,100 |
| Dunărea Călărași | Sala Polivalentă | 1,500 |
| HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1,250 |
| HC Vaslui | Sala Sporturilor Vaslui | 1,500 |
| CSM Satu-Mare | Sala Sporturilor Satu-Mare | 3,000 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | Sala Constantin Jude | 1,540 |
| Potaissa Turda | Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda | 600 |
| Steaua București | Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" | 600 |

## League table
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 753 | 653 | +100 | 59 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 2 | Potaissa Turda | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 709 | 661 | +48 | 53 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 3 | CSM București | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 683 | 592 | +91 | 52 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 4 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 716 | 645 | +71 | 50 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 5 | HC Dobrogea Constanța | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 679 | 622 | +57 | 44 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 6 | HC Vaslui | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 606 | 639 | −33 | 37 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 7 | Politehnica Timişoara | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 625 | 601 | +24 | 35 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 8 | Dunărea Călărași | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 644 | 658 | −14 | 32 | Qualification to Play-Off |
| 9 | Universitatea Suceava | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 623 | 633 | −10 | 30 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 10 | Steaua București | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 607 | 609 | −2 | 29 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 11 | CSM Focșani | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 593 | 654 | −61 | 20 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 12 | CSM Făgăraș | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 549 | 690 | −141 | 7 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 13 | CSM Satu Mare | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 579 | 709 | −130 | 4 | Qualification to Play-Out |
| 14 | HC Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Divizia A |
* ↑ HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship and all their results were canceled.

## Play-Off
### Knockout phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| CSM București | 2 | | |
| HC Vaslui | 0 | | |
| HC Vaslui | 0 | CSM București | 2 |
| | | Potaissa Turda | 1 |
| Potaissa Turda | 2 | Potaissa Turda | 1 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 1 | | | | |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 1 | | | CSM București | 0 |
| | | | | Dinamo București | 2 |
| Dinamo București | 2 | | | Dinamo București | 2 |
| Dunărea Călărași | 0 | | | | |
| Dunărea Călărași | 0 | Dinamo București | 2 | | |
| | | Dobrogea Constanța | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | 1 | Dobrogea Constanța | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| Dobrogea Constanța | 2 | | | | |
| Dobrogea Constanța | 2 | | | Potaissa Turda | 2 |
| | | | | Dobrogea Constanța | 1 |

### League table – positions 1–4

| | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C, Q) | 2017–18 EHF Champions League |
| 2 | CSM București (Q) | 2017–18 EHF Cup |
| 3 | Potaissa Turda (Q) | 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup |
| 4 | Dobrogea Constanța (Q) | 2017–18 EHF Cup |

### League table – positions 5–8

| | Team |
| 5 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara |
| 7 | Dunărea Călărași |
| 8 | HC Vaslui |

## Play-Out

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Steaua București | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 434 | 374 | +60 | 34 | |
| 10 | Universitatea Suceava | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 414 | 391 | +23 | 33 | |
| 11 | CSM Focșani (O) | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 407 | 382 | +25 | 29 | Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | CSM Făgăraș (O) | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 368 | 408 | −40 | 16 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | CSM Satu Mare (R) | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 379 | 447 | −68 | 4 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 14 | Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Divizia A |
* ↑ HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship.

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

| Pos. | County (județ) | No. of teams | Team(s) |
| 1 | Bucharest (capital) | 3 | CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua |
| 2 | Brașov | 1 | CSM Făgăraș |
| 2 | Caraș-Severin | 1 | Adrian Petrea Reșița |
| 2 | Călărași | 1 | Dunărea Călăraşi |
| 2 | Cluj | 1 | Potaissa Turda |
| 2 | Constanța | 1 | HC Dobrogea Sud |
| 2 | Harghita | 1 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc |
| 2 | Satu Mare | 1 | CSM Satu Mare |
| 2 | Suceava | 1 | CSU Suceava |
| 2 | Timiș | 1 | SCM Politehnica Timişoara |
| 2 | Vaslui | 1 | HC Vaslui |
| 2 | Vrancea | 1 | CSM Focșani |

### Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2016:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Gabriel Bujor | HC Vaslui | 94 |
| 2 | Andrei Mihalcea | HC Odorhei | 78 |
| 2 | Dalibor Čutura | HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța | 78 |
| 2 | Filip Marjanović | Poli Timișoara | 78 |
| 5 | Guillaume Saurina | CSM București | 74 |
| 6 | Vitaly Komogorov | HC Odorhei | 71 |
| 7 | Ionuț Georgescu | CSA Steaua | 70 |
| 8 | Irakli Chikovani | AHC Dunărea Călărași | 69 |