CS Rapid București (handball)

Romanian women's handball team

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
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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 |  | 32–39  |
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 32–27  |
HB Ludwigsburg | 29–37  |
Vipers Kristiansand |  | 30–30
Brest Bretagne Handball | 31–34  |
Győri Audi ETO KC |  |
Odense Håndbold |  | 24–32

## Players

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### Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

* 12  Diana Ciucă
* 16  Denisa Șandru
* 30  Rinka Duijndam

Left Wings

* 03  Polina Gorshkova
* 20  Dorina Korsós

Right Wings

* 17  Marta López
* 91  Sara Ristovska

Line Players

* 10  Albertina Kassoma
* 27  Lorena Ostase
* 44  Ainhoa Hernández

Left Backs

* 02  Lara González Ortega
* 24  Ștefania Stoica
* 99  Sorina Grozav

Centre Backs

* 07  Eliza Buceschi (c)
* 34  Alicia Fernández
* 79  Estavana Polman
* 90  Milena Raičević

Right Backs

* 19  Aïssatou Kouyaté
* 88  Anđela Janjušević

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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

* Ambros Martín (Head Coach) (from  Spain) ?

Leaving

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## Selected former players

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* 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

## Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

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(All-Time) – Last updated on 19 October 2024[1]
Rank  | Name  | Seasons

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1  |  Dorina Korsós | 3  | 114
2  |  Anđela Janjušević | 3  | 101
3  |  Orlane Kanor | 2  | 100
4  |  Eliza Buceschi | 3  | 98
5  |  Sorina Grozav | 3  | 96
6  |  Estavana Polman | 3  | 81
7  |  Marta López | 3  | 78
8  |  Albertina Kassoma | 3  | 76
9  |  Alicia Fernández | 3  | 64
10  |  Lorena Ostase | 3  | 53

## References

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

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