2016–17 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2016–17 Liga Națională
2016–17 Liga Națională
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The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. Dinamo București were the defending champions.

Teams

Satu Mare

Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reșița	Sala Polivalentă Reșița	1,669
CSM București	Sala Sporturilor Rapid București	1,500
CSM Făgăraș	Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" Făgăraș	150
CSM Focșani	Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani	1,400
CSU Suceava	Sala Sporturilor Suceava	500
Dinamo București	Sala Dinamo	2,538
Dobrogea Sud Constanța	Sala Sporturilor Constanța	2,100
Dunărea Călărași	Sala Polivalentă	1,500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc	1,250
HC Vaslui	Sala Sporturilor Vaslui	1,500
CSM Satu-Mare	Sala Sporturilor Satu-Mare	3,000
Politehnica Timișoara	Sala Constantin Jude	1,540
Potaissa Turda	Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda	600
Steaua București	Sala Sporturilor "Concordia"	600

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București	24	19	2	3	753	653	+100	59	Qualification to Play-Off
2	Potaissa Turda	24	17	2	5	709	661	+48	53
3	CSM București	24	17	1	6	683	592	+91	52
4	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	24	15	5	4	716	645	+71	50
5	HC Dobrogea Constanța	24	14	2	8	679	622	+57	44
6	HC Vaslui	24	12	1	11	606	639	−33	37
7	Politehnica Timişoara	24	10	5	9	625	601	+24	35
8	Dunărea Călărași	24	9	5	10	644	658	−14	32
9	Universitatea Suceava	24	10	0	14	623	633	−10	30	Qualification to Play-Out
10	Steaua București	24	8	5	11	607	609	−2	29
11	CSM Focșani	24	6	2	16	593	654	−61	20
12	CSM Făgăraș	24	2	1	21	549	690	−141	7
13	CSM Satu Mare	24	1	1	22	579	709	−130	4
14	HC Adrian Petrea Reșița (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Relegation to Divizia A

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Play-Off

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



CSM București	2

HC Vaslui	0
		CSM București	2

		Potaissa Turda	1
Potaissa Turda	2

Politehnica Timișoara	1
				CSM București	0

				Dinamo București	2
Dinamo București	2

Dunărea Călărași	0
		Dinamo București	2

		Dobrogea Constanța	1	Third place
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	1

Dobrogea Constanța	2
				Potaissa Turda	2

				Dobrogea Constanța	1

League table – positions 1–4

	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C, Q)	2017–18 EHF Champions League
2	CSM București (Q)	2017–18 EHF Cup
3	Potaissa Turda (Q)	2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup
4	Dobrogea Constanța (Q)	2017–18 EHF Cup

League table – positions 5–8

	Team
5	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6	Politehnica Timișoara
7	Dunărea Călărași
8	HC Vaslui

Play-Out

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Steaua București	16	10	4	2	434	374	+60	34
10	Universitatea Suceava	16	11	0	5	414	391	+23	33
11	CSM Focșani (O)	16	9	2	5	407	382	+25	29	Relegation play-offs
12	CSM Făgăraș (O)	16	5	1	10	368	408	−40	16	Relegation play-offs
13	CSM Satu Mare (R)	16	1	1	14	379	447	−68	4	Relegation to Divizia A
14	Adrian Petrea Reșița (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Relegation to Divizia A

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.		No. of teams	Team(s)
1	Bucharest (capital)	3	CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2	Brașov	1	CSM Făgăraș
	Caraș-Severin	1	Adrian Petrea Reșița
	Călărași	1	Dunărea Călăraşi
	Cluj	1	Potaissa Turda
	Constanța	1	HC Dobrogea Sud
	Harghita	1	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
	Satu Mare	1	CSM Satu Mare
	Suceava	1	CSU Suceava
	Timiș	1	SCM Politehnica Timişoara
	Vaslui	1	HC Vaslui
	Vrancea	1	CSM Focșani

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2016:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Gabriel Bujor	HC Vaslui	94
2	Andrei Mihalcea	HC Odorhei	78
2	Dalibor Čutura	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	78
2	Filip Marjanović	Poli Timișoara	78
5	Guillaume Saurina	CSM București	74
6	Vitaly Komogorov	HC Odorhei	71
7	Ionuț Georgescu	CSA Steaua	70
8	Irakli Chikovani	AHC Dunărea Călărași	69