CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball)

CS Minaur Baia Mare is a women's handball team based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională and the European League (formerly known as EHF Cup).

FullnameClubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare

ShortnameMinaur

Founded1960; 66 years ago (1960)
as HCM Baia Mare
2015; 11 years ago (2015)
as Minaur Baia Mare

ArenaLascăr Pană

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CS Minaur Baia Mare
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare
Short name	Minaur
Founded	1960; 66 years ago (1960) as HCM Baia Mare 2015; 11 years ago (2015) as Minaur Baia Mare
Arena	Lascăr Pană
Capacity	2,048 seats
League	Liga Națională
2024–25	Liga Națională, 4th of 14
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Minaur refers to the gold mines of Baia Mare.^[1]

The women's handball section is part of Minaur only since 2015, year when the club was re-founded after its bankruptcy. The women's handball section was in fact founded on the basis of HCM Baia Mare, club that also went bankrupt in 2016. HCM was one of the oldest sport clubs in Baia Mare, with a tradition that started in 1960, one Romanian League title, 3 Romanian Cups, 3 Romanian Supercups and with notable results in the Women's EHF Champions League, Women's EHF European Cup and Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup.