SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball)

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Full name	Sport Club Municipal Râmnicu Vâlcea
Short name	SCM or Vâlcea
Founded	26 June 1973; 52 years ago, as AS Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea
Arena	Traian
Capacity	2,239
President	Florin Verigeanu
Head coach	Florentin Pera
League	Liga Naţională
2025-26	Liga Naţională, 4th of 12
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, formerly known as CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea, is a professional women's handball club in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, that competes in the Liga Naţională and the EHF European League.

It holds the record of CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea since 26 April 2019, this means SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea is the successor club. The board also plans to get the name in the future.^[1]

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Location of SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020-

AWAY
2014–15	2015-16	2016–17	2017–19	2019–20	2020–

THIRD
2019–20	2020–

Honours

Domestic

League

Liga Națională
- Champions (20): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
- Runners-up (5): 1983, 1985, 1992, 2001, 2003
- Third place (7): 1984, 1986, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2021, 2022

Cup

Cupa României
- Winners (14): 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2020
- Runners-up (6): 1986, 2003, 2006, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Third place (3): 1987, 1988, 1989
Supercupa României
- Winners (4): 2007, 2011, 2018, 2020
- Runners-up (1): 2019

European

EHF Champions League
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Third place (5): 1990, 1992, 2009, 2012, 2013
EHF Champions Trophy
- Winners (1): 2007
EHF Super Cup
- Winners (1): 1984
EHF Cup
- Winners (2): 1984, 1989
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Winners (1): 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- Third place (5): 1987, 1993

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer	Major sponsors
Hummel	Volkswagen / Strabag / Chimcomplex / Fitzerman Pharma / Boromir / Râureni / Anabella / Diana / Securitas / Farmaciile Băjan / Damila D / Biborteni

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2020–21	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Győri Audi ETO KC	31–38	20–37	6th place
			ŽRK Budućnost	28–29	25–23
			Borussia Dortmund	0–10	10–0
			CSKA Moscow	20–30	24–34
			Brest Bretagne	21–28	10-0
			Odense Håndbold	21–30	26–25
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	25–27	0–10
		Round of 16	CSM București	24–33	27–21	51–54

Team

Current squad

Squad for the season 2026/27

Goalkeepers

32 Raluca Kelemen
94 Gabrijela Bartulović
00 June Krogh

Wingers
LW

22 Cristina Florica
00 Zoë Sprengers

RW

4 Tuva Høve
00 Sarah Dekker

Line players

Back players LB

00 Emilie Hegh Arntzen
00 Ștefania Stoica
00 Larissa da Silva Nascimento

CB

11 Amalie Wulff
00 Inger Smits
00 Grace Zaadi

RB

27 Julia Maidhof
00 Marie-Hélène Sajka

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Date of birth	In	Contract until
4		Tuva Høve	Right wing	11 June 2000	2025	2028
6		Asma Elghaoui	Line player	29 August 1991	2019	2026
11		Amalie Wulff	Center back	18 May 1999	2025	2027
18		Maria Lykkegaard	Line player	27 february 1996	2025	2028
22		Cristina Florica	Left wing	11 May 1992	2018	2026
27		Julia Maidhof	Right back	13 March 1998	2023	2027
32		Raluca Kelemen	Goalkeeper	24 June 1998	2023	2026
94		Gabrijela Bartulović	Goalkeeper	06 December 1994	2025	2027

Transfers

Transfers for the season 2026-27

Joining

June Krogh (GK) (from Storhamar HE)
Zoë Sprengers (LW) (from Team Esbjerg)
Emilie Hegh Arntzen (LB) (from Ikast Håndbold)
Ștefania Stoica (LB) (from CS Gloria Bistrița)
Larissa da Silva Nascimento (LB) (from Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE)
Grace Zaadi (CB) (from RK Krim)
Inger Smits (CB) (from CSM București)
Marie-Hélène Sajka (RB) (from OGC Nice)
Sarah Dekker (RW) (from Team Esbjerg)
Tamires Morena (LP) (from CS Gloria Bistrița)

Leaving

Luminița Dinu (Goalkeeper Coach)
Agathe Quiniou (GK) (to Handball Plan-de-Cuques)
Anniken Wollik (LW) (to Molde Elite)
Daphne Gautschi (LB) (to Toulon)
Mia Zschocke (LB) (retires)
Karoline Lund (LB)
Rebeca Necula (CB) (to HC Dunărea Brăila)
Alberte Kielstrup Madsen (RB) (to RK Krim)
Nataša Ljepoja (LP) (to RK Krim) (?)

Staff members

President: Florin Verigeanu
Communication delegate: Alexandru Nițișor
Head Coach: Florentin Pera
Assistant coach: Mihai Rohozneanu
Goalkeeping Coach: Luminița Dinu
Fitness Coach: Marian Crăciun
Masseur: Andrei Bularga, Robert Tănăsescu
Doctor: Carmen Udrea
Physiotherapist: Emil Guiu

Technical staff information
Nat.	Member	Position	Date of birth	In	Contract until
	Florentin Constantin Pera	Head coach	12 December 1986	2025	2027
	Luminița Dinu	Goalkeeping Coach	6 noiembrie 1971	2024

Individual awards in EHF competitions

Awards in EHF Champions League

Season	Player	Award	Result
2019–20^[2]	Asma Elghaoui	All-Star Team (Best Line player)	Won

Awards in European competitions

The EHF Excellence Awards, first introduced for the 2022/23 season, honour the best players – both male and female – in each playing position.

Season	Organization	Player	Category	Result
2022-23^[3]	European Handball Federation	Asma Elghaoui	All-Star Team (Best Line player)	Nominated

NOTE: since December 2024 the Tunisian born handball player Asma Elghaoui holds also Romanian citizenship.

Notable former players

Retired numbers

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
23		Iryna Glibko posthumous honor	Left back	2017-2024

Goalkeepers

Left wings

Coaching history


Period	Main coach	Assistant coach
1982-1983	Contsantin Popescu
1983-1984	Constantin Popescu	Maria Ciulei
1984-1986	Ion Gherhard	Maria Ciulei
1986-1987	Constantin Muscalu	Petre Berbecaru
1987-1988	Ion Gherhard	Maria Ciulei
1988-1989	Ion Gherhard	Gheorghe Ionescu
1989-1991	Gheorghe Ionescu	Petre Berbecaru
1991-1992	Constantin Cojocaru	Petre Berbecaru
1992-1993	Lucian Râșniță	Constantin Cojocaru
1993-1994	Lucian Râșniță	Gheorghe Ionescu
1994-1995	Constantin Cojocaru	Petre Berbecaru
1995-1996	Constantin Cojocaru	Gheorghe Ionescu, Alexandru Mengoni
1996-1997	Alexandru Mengoni, Lucian Râșniță	Petre Berbecaru
1997-1998	Lucian Râșniță	Petre Berbecaru
1998-2000	Bogdan Macovei	Petre Berbecaru
2000-2002	Mariana Tîrcă	Ion Gherhard
2002-2003	Mariana Tîrcă	Petre Berbecaru
2003-2004	Mariana Tîrcă	Petre Berbecaru, Maria Török-Duca
2004-2005	Liviu Paraschiv, Maria Török-Duca, Gheorghe Ionescu	Petre Berbecaru
2005-2006	Đorđe Rašić, Cornel Bădulescu	Petre Berbecaru
2006-2008	Gheorghe Tadici	Popa Seviștean
2008-2009	Ivica Rimanić, Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca
2009-2010	Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca
2010-2011	Péter Kovács, Anja Andersen, Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca, Maria Török-Duca
2011-2012	Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca, Steluța Luca
2012-2013	Jakob Vestergaard	Mette Klit, Steluța Luca
2013	Steluța Luca	Aurelian Roșca
2013-2014	Maria Török-Duca, Simona Gogîrlă	Maria Rădoi
2014-2015	Dumitru Muși	Maria Török-Duca
2015-2016	Constantin Ștefan	Maria Török-Duca, Nicoleta Lazăr
2017	Ghoerghe Sbora	Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan
2017-2018	Aurelian Roșca, Ghoerghe Sbora	Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan
2018-2021	Florentin Pera	Maria Rădoi, Ildiko Barbu, Goran Kurteš
2021	Goran Kurteš	Daniela Joița
2021-2024	Bent Dahl	Daniela Joița, Rasmus Rygaard Poulsen, Luminița Dinu
2024-2025	Rasmus Rygaard Poulsen	Luminița Dinu

References

↑ SCM Ramnicu Valcea
↑ "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
↑ "EHF Excellence Awards". eurohandball.com. 26 June 2023.

External links

[1] SCM Ramnicu Valcea

[2] "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.

[3] "EHF Excellence Awards". eurohandball.com. 26 June 2023.

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