CS Rapid București (handball)

CS Rapid București
Full name	Clubul Sportiv Rapid București
Short name	Rapid
Founded	1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Arena	Sala Rapid (domestic matches) Sala Polivalentă (international matches)
Capacity	1,500 5,300
President	Bogdan Vasiliu
Head coach	David Ginesta Montes
League	Liga Națională
2023-24	Liga Naţională, 2nd of 14
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

CS Rapid București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Giulești, in the northwestern parts of Bucharest. Founded in 1934, they play their home games at the Sala Rapid. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the top division of Romanian handball. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1961. The club won the Romanian Cup for the first time in 2004, and their first European honour, the European Cup, in 1964.

Rapid achieved the EHF treble. Domestically, the club has won six league titles and one Romanian Cup. Internationally, they have won one Champions League, one European League, and one European Cup since their inception.

• Liga Națională

Winners (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 2003, 2022

• Cupa României

Winners (1): 2004

• Champions League

Winners (1): 1964

• European League

Winners (1): 1993

• European Cup

Winners (1): 2000

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2022–23	EHF Champions League	Group stage Group B	Győri Audi ETO KC	30–27	32–30	4th
			Metz Handball	32–32	36-34
			Team Esbjerg	34–32	35–30
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	39–29	30–30
			Storhamar HE	27–25	29–36
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	28-22	26–33
			RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	27–22	27–31
		Playoffs	RK Krim Mercator	30–24	24–29	54–53
		Quarter-finals	Vipers Kristiansand	25–31	31–40	56–71
2023–24	EHF Champions League	Group stage Group B	Team Esbjerg	24–33	28–30	7th
			Metz Handball	31–34	22–33
			Vipers Kristiansand	30–29	30–35
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	20–23	24–24
			RK Krim Mercator	27–22	24–25
			Zagłębie Lubin	26–25	24–21
			Ikast Håndbold	27–35	29–30
2024–25	EHF Champions League	Group B	Team Esbjerg		32–39
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	32–27
			HB Ludwigsburg	29–37
			Vipers Kristiansand		30–30
			Brest Bretagne Handball	31–34
			Győri Audi ETO KC		20–31
			Odense Håndbold		24–32

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	In	Contract until
2		Lara González Ortega	Centre back	2023	2025
7		Eliza Buceschi	Centre back	2020	2025
8		Mathilde Neesgaard	Centre back	2023	2024
10		Albertina Kassoma	Line Player	2023	2025
12		Diana Ciucă	Goalkeeper	2021	2025
16		Denisa Șandru	Goalkeeper	2021	2026
17		Marta López	Right wing	2021	2025
20		Dorina Korsós	Left wing	2022	2025
22		Orlane Kanor	Left back	2022	2024
23		Ivana Kapitanović	Goalkeeper	2022	2024
27		Lorena Ostase	Line Player	2022	2025
34		Alicia Fernández	Centre back	2021	2024
37		Raluca Tudor	Left back	2024	N/A
44		Ainhoa Hernández	Line Player	2021	2025
77		Alexandra Badea	Right wing	2020	2024
79		Estavana Polman	Centre back	2022	2025
88		Anđela Janjušević	Right back	2022	2025
96		Alina Ilie	Right Back	2023	N/A
99		Sorina Grozav	Left back	2021	2024

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

• Alina Dobrin
• Cristina Vărzaru
• Aurelia Brădeanu
• Paula Ungureanu
• Oana Manea
• Gabriela Perianu
• Orlane Kanor
• Julie Foggea
• Alexandra Lacrabère
• Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
• Irene Espínola
• Ivana Kapitanovic

(All-Time) – Last updated on 10 November 2024^[1]

Rank	Name	Seasons played	Goals
1	Dorina Korsós	3	116
2	Anđela Janjušević	3	105
3	Orlane Kanor	2	100
4	Eliza Buceschi	3	98
5	Sorina Grozav	3	96
6	Estavana Polman	3	81
7	Albertina Kassoma	3	81
8	Marta López	3	80
9	Alicia Fernández	3	65
10	Lorena Ostase	3	53