AHC Potaissa Turda is a men's handball club from Turda, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Handball League. Potaissa Turda is a notable Romanian team in the last decade. In the last four years, is the only team that have qualified to the Final 4 of the national championships, in every season. Potaissa Turda won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2018, after a final against AEK Athens.
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| Full name | AHC Potaissa Turda | ||
| Short name | Potaissa | ||
| Founded | 2000 | ||
| President |  Flaviu Sâsâeac | ||
| Head coach | Horațiu Gal | ||
| League | Liga Națională | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga Națională, 4th of 14 | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Turda was promoted to the first division in 2011.
Potaissa Turda's fairytail story began back in 2007, when their home sports hall, Gheorghe Baritiu, was inaugurated and the team's players could play finally in Turda. For example, one of the squad's members was the actual team president, Flaviu Constantin Sâsâeac, who used to play for Turda, and also being the team president, since 2003.
Another reason why Potaissa's early success is not that surprising, can be that the club has more youth squads, around 220 children and young players representing Turda in national competitions.[1]
Kits
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Honours
edit- EHF European Cup
- Liga Națională
- Third place (4): 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
European record
edit| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2014–15 | EHF Cup | Q1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 32–25 | 35-30 | 67–55 |
| Q2 | Junior Fasano | 28-27 | 39-26 | 67–53 | ||
| Q3 | RK Nexe | 20-35 | 26-23 | 46–58 | ||
| 2016–17 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | HC Dobrudja | 32–23 | 43–19 | 75–42 |
| 1/8 | Handball Esch | 31–27 | 28–29 | 59–56 | ||
| QF | HB Dudelange | 32–29 | 36–35 | 68–64 | ||
| SF | Valur | 22–30 | 32–23 | 54–53 | ||
| F | Sporting CP | 28–37 | 24–30 | 52–67 | ||
For the first time in their short history, AHC Potaissa Turda have reached the Challenge Cup finals for the second year running. After the loss from a year before, against Sporting CP, Turda had the power to come back stronger, winning the first major trophy for the city from Cluj county. By beating AEK H.C. with 59-49 on aggregate, Potaissa Turda became the fourth team from Romania to ever lift the Challenge Cup, after Steaua Bucharest,[2] UCM Reșița (three times between 2007 and 2009[3]) and HC Odorhei.[4]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2017–18 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | KH Trepça | 35-19 | 40-30 | 75–49 |
| 1/8 | HC Visé BM | 44-24 | 24-29 | 68–53 | ||
| QF | FyllingenBergen | 29-24 | 30-32 | 59–56 | ||
| SF | IBV Vestmannaeyjar | 28-31 | 28-24 | 56–55 | ||
| F | AEK H.C. | 33-22 | 26-27 | 59–49 | ||
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | Q1 | FC Porto | 21-41 | 24-27 | 45-68 |
| 2019–20 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | TENAX Dobele | 38-35 | 32-32 | 70-67 |
| 1/8 | BSV Bern | 36-33 | 33-35 | 69-68 | ||
| QF | AEK H.C. | CANCELLED | ||||
| 2020–21 | EHF European League | Q1 | HRK Gorica | 24-26 | 32-27 | 56-53 |
| 2020–21 | EHF European League | Q2 | Fenix Toulouse Handball | 35-35 | 27-31 | 62-66 |
Current squad
edit- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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Technical staff
edit- Staff for the 2019–20 season
References
edit- ^ [1]
- ^ "UCM Resita a câştigat Challenge Cup! Cea mai mare performanţă sportivă pe echipe din Banat! Handbalul reşiţean a mâncat elanul norvegian!".
- ^ www.his.ro. "UCM Resita - Experience the difference". www.ucmr.ro. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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External links
edit- Official website (in Romanian)