CS Rapid București (handball)

Romanian women's handball team

CS Rapid București

Full name| Clubul Sportiv Rapid București
Short name| Rapid
Founded| 1934; 91 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
2024-25| Liga Naţională, 5th of 14
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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.

## Honours

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### National competitions

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#### League titles

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* Liga Națională

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

#### Cups

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* Cupa României

Winners (1): 2004

### European competitions

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* Champions League

Winners (1): 1964

* European League

Winners (1): 1993

* European Cup

Winners (1): 2000

## European record

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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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 | 26–28  | 32–39  | 6th
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 32–27  | 21–21
HB Ludwigsburg | 29–37  | 24–30
Vipers Kristiansand | 10–0  | 30–30
Brest Bretagne Handball | 31–34  | 21–33
Győri Audi ETO KC | 25–28  | 20–31
Odense Håndbold | 25–42  | 24–32
Playoffs |  CSM București | 24–34  | 22–28  | 46–62

## Players

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### Current squad

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Squad for the 2025–26 season

* 01  Anastasia Roşu
* 12  Diana Ciucă
* 16  Denisa Șandru

Left Wings

* 20  Dorina Korsós
* 29  Mina Hesselberg

Right Wings

* 18  Gabriela Tulea
* 28  Alexandra Töpfner
* 91  Sara Ristovska

Line Players

* 08  Viktoriya Shamanovskaya
* 10  Albertina Kassoma
* 22  Rebecca Geamănu
* 83  Marija Petrović

Left Backs

* 19  Maria Kanaval
* 26  Stelvia Pascoal
* 31  Djazz Chambertin

Centre Backs

* 02  Mariana Lopes
* 07  Eliza Buceschi (c)
* 79  Estavana Polman

Right Backs

* 19  Aïssatou Kouyaté
* 23  Line Ellertsen

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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

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

* Mina Hesselberg (LW) (from  Larvik HK)
* Djazz Chambertin (LB) (from  Metz Handball)
* Stelvia Pascoal (LB) (from  Saint-Amand Handball)
* Maria Kanaval (LB)  (from  HC Dunărea Brăila)
* Line Ellertsen (RB) (from  Storhamar HE)
* Alexandra Töpfner (RW)  (from  Debreceni VSC)
* Viktoriya Shamanovskaya (P) (from  CSKA Moscow)
* Mariana Lopes (CB)  (from  Békéscsabai Előre NKSE)
* Marija Petrović (P)  (from  CSM Târgu-Jiu)

Leaving

* Lara González Ortega (LB) (to  HC Dunărea Brăila)
* Ștefania Stoica (LB) (to  Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud)
* Alicia Fernández (CB) (to  Zagłębie Lubin)
* Anđela Janjušević (RB) (to  HC Dunărea Brăila)
* Lorena Ostase (P) (to  Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud)
* Ainhoa Hernández (P) (to  SCM Craiova)
* Sorina Grozav (LB) (to  Corona Brașov)

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## Selected former players

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* Alina Dobrin
* Cristina Vărzaru
* Aurelia Brădeanu
* Paula Ungureanu
* Oana Manea
* Gabriela Perianu
* Lorena Ostase
* Alexandra Badea
* Nicoleta Dincă
* Alina Iordache

* Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
* Irene Espínola
* Lara González Ortega
* Ainhoa Hernández
* Alicia Fernández
* Marta López
* Orlane Kanor
* Julie Foggea
* Alexandra Lacrabère
* Laura Kanor

* Anđela Janjušević
* Azenaide Carlos
* Ivana Kapitanovic
* Polina Gorshkova
* Rinka Duijndam
* Mathilde Neesgaard

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## Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

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(All-Time) – Last updated on 30 March 2025[1]
Rank  | Name  | Seasons

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1  |  Dorina Korsós | 3  | 139
2  |  Anđela Janjušević | 3  | 126
3  |  Sorina Grozav | 3  | 120
4  |  Albertina Kassoma | 3  | 106
5  |  Estavana Polman | 3  | 103
6  |  Eliza Buceschi | 3  | 102
7  |  Orlane Kanor | 2  | 100
8  |  Marta López | 3  | 80
9  |  Alicia Fernández | 3  | 69
10  |  Lorena Ostase | 3  | 55

## References

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1. ^ "CS Rapid București". European Handball Federation.

## External links

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* Official website

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* HC Zalău
* Măgura Cisnădie
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