Liga Națională (women's handball)

Liga Națională (women's handball)
The Liga Națională is a league of professional women's handball league teams in Romania. Run by the Romanian Handball Federation, the competition is also known as the Liga Florilor MOL and is contested by sixteen teams.
The National Handball League is Romania's top-level domestic women's handball-league club competition. The team with the most Liga Națională championships is SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea with twenty.
The FRH organization also oversees the Divizia A.
The European Handball Federation (EHF) ranks the Liga Națională 3rd in the coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past seasons.
Current teams
Teams for season 2020–21
CS Minaur Baia Mare
Gloria Bistrița
Dunărea Brăila
CSM București
Rapid București
Gloria Buzău
Măgura Cisnădie
CSU Cluj
SCM Craiova
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
CSM Slatina
Prahova Ploiești
HC Zalău
Dacia Mioveni
CSM Galati
Awards
The Simona Arghir-Sandu Trophy is awarded annually to the leading goal scorer in the Liga Națională (LNHF). It is named in honour of right back Simona Arghir-Sandu.
List of champions
1946–1963 (11 players)
1958–present (7 players)
Results by teams
7 players
11 players
EHF league coefficients
EHF league ranking
EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:
1. (1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I (157.67)
2. (5) Ligue Butagaz Énergie (118.50)
3. (2) Russian Superleague (114.50)
4. (3) Bambusa Kvindeligaen (109.00)
5. (6) REMA 1000-ligaen (102.77)
6. (4) Liga Națională (94.50)
Notable foreign players
Angola
Azenaide Carlos
Albertina Kassoma
Liliana Venâncio
Magda Cazanga
Ruth João
Belarus
Natallia Vasileuskaya
Dziyana Ilyina
Maria Kanaval
Brazil
Eduarda Amorim
Alexandra do Nascimento
Bárbara Arenhart
Ana Paula Rodrigues-Belo
Mayssa Pessoa
Deonise Cavaleiro-Fachinello
Fernanda da Silva
Samara da Silva
Larissa Araújo
Mariana Costa
Jéssica Quintino
Francielle da Rocha
Elaine Gomes
Karoline de Souza
Giulia Guarieiro
Renata Arruda
Bulgaria
Ekaterina Dzhukeva
Czech Republic
Helena Ryšánková
Croatia
Jelena Grubišić
Sanela Knezović
Lidija Horvat
Katarina Ježić
Valentina Blažević
Ivana Kapitanović
Kristina Prkačin
Katarina Pavlović
Dejana Milosavljević
Denmark
Maria Stokholm
Line Jørgensen
Trine Østergaard
Simone Böhme
Ann Grete Nørgaard
Ida-Marie Dahl
Mathilde Neesgaard
France
Amandine Leynaud
Allison Pineau
Camille Ayglon-Saurina
Siraba Dembélé-Pavlović
Grâce Zaadi
Laura Glauser
Kalidiatou Niakaté
Alexandra Lacrabère
Orlane Kanor
Gnonsiane Niombla
Laurisa Landre
Julie Foggea
Laura Flippes
Germany
Ewgenija Minevskaja
Meike Schmelzer
Mia Zschocke
Julia Maidhof
Hungary
Gabriella Juhász
Gabriella Szűcs
Dorina Korsós
Rita Borbás
Tamara Pál
Nikolett Papp
Asma Elghaoui
Japan
Asuka Fujita
Montenegro
Katarina Bulatović
Jovanka Radičević
Majda Mehmedović
Marija Jovanović
Itana Grbić
Andrea Klikovac
Dijana Ujkić
Bobana Klikovac
Ljubica Nenezić
Marta Batinović-Žderić
Ema Ramusović
Dijana Mugoša
Nina Bulatović
Marina Rajčić
Netherlands
Estavana Polman
Tess Wester
Martine Smeets
Yvette Broch
Lois Abbingh
North Macedonia
Marija Shteriova
Elena Livrinikj
Jovana Sazdovska
Elena Gjeorgjievska
Jovana Micevska
Norway
Nora Mørk
Camilla Herrem
Marit Malm Frafjord
Emilie Hegh Arntzen
Malin Aune
Marie Davidsen
Amanda Kurtović
Maren Nyland Aardahl
Hege Løken
Vilde Ingstad
Anniken Wollik
Poland
Aleksandra Zych
Sylwia Lisewska
Monika Kobylińska
Natalia Nosek
Emilia Galińska
Russia
Emiliya Turey
Yulia Managarova
Kseniya Makeyeva
Ekaterina Gaiduk
Ekaterina Vetkova
Regina Kalinichenko
Ekaterina Matlashova
Yulia Khavronina
Olga Gorshenina
Elena Utkina
Marina Sudakova
Kira Trusova
Senegal
Hawa N'Diaye
Fanta Keïta
Serbia
Andrea Lekić
Dragana Cvijić
Kristina Liščević
Željka Nikolić
Jelena Trifunović
Jelena Lavko
Marina Dmitrović
Jovana Kovačević
Dijana Radojević
Katarina Krpež Šlezak
Aleksandra Vukajlović
Jovana Risović
Slovenia
Elizabeth Omoregie
Barbara Lazović
Amra Pandžić
Nataša Ljepoja
South Korea
Woo Sun-hee
Spain
Carmen Martín
Alexandrina Cabral
Silvia Navarro
Marta López
Alicia Fernández
Mireya González
Darly Zogbi de Paula
Almudena Rodríguez
Ainhoa Hernández
Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
Irene Espínola
Alba Spugnini
Lara González Ortega
Darly de Paula
Sweden
Isabelle Gulldén
Linnea Torstenson
Nathalie Hagman
Sabina Jacobsen
Linn Blohm
Filippa Idéhn
Mikaela Massing
Evelina Eriksson
Daniela de Jong
Elin Hansson
Amelia Lundbäck
Ukraine
Anastasiia Pidpalova
Iryna Glibko
Iaroslava Burlachenko
Nataliya Savchyn
Tunisia
Mouna Jlezi
Aya Ben Abdallah
Turkey
Yeliz Özel
Aslı İskit
Notable foreign coaches
Anja Andersen
Mette Klit
Kim Rasmussen
Helle Thomsen
Jakob Vestergaard
Magnus Johansson
Per Johansson
Tomas Ryde
Herbert Müller
Péter Kovács
Carlos Viver
Bent Dahl
See also
Romania women's national handball team
Divizia A (men's handball)
References
External links
Romanian Handball Federation
Women's handball in Romania
Women's handball leagues
Handball competitions in Romania
Women's sports leagues in Romania
Romania
Professional sports leagues in Romania