AHC Potaissa Turda

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Potaissa Turda
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Full nameAHC Potaissa Turda
Short namePotaissa
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
President Flag of Romania.svg Flaviu Sâsâeac
Head coach Flag of Romania.svg Horațiu Gal
League Liga Națională
2021–22 Liga Națională, 4th of 14
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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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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.

Kits

Honours

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2014–15 EHF Cup Q1 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Tel Aviv 32–2535-3067–55
Q2 Flag of Italy.svg Junior Fasano 28-2739-2667–53
Q3 Flag of Croatia.svg RK Nexe 20-3526-2346–58
2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg HC Dobrudja 32–2343–1975–42
1/8 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Handball Esch 31–2728–2959–56
QF Flag of Luxembourg.svg HB Dudelange 32–2936–3568–64
SF Flag of Iceland.svg Valur 22–3032–2354–53
F Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP 28–3724–3052–67

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 SportingCP, 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, [1] UCM Reșița (three times between 2007 and 2009 [2] ) and HC Odorhei.

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Flag of Kosovo.svg KH Trepça 35-1940-3075–49
1/8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg HC Visé BM 44-2424-2968–53
QF Flag of Norway.svg FyllingenBergen 29-2430-3259–56
SF Flag of Iceland.svg IBV Vestmannaeyjar 28-3128-2456–55
F Flag of Greece.svg AEK H.C. 33-2226-2759–49
2018–19 EHF Cup Q1 Flag of Portugal.svg FC Porto 21-4124-2745-68
2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Flag of Latvia.svg TENAX Dobele 38-3532-3270-67
1/8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg BSV Bern 36-3333-3569-68
QF Flag of Greece.svg AEK H.C. CANCELLED
2020–21 EHF European League Q1 Flag of Croatia.svg HRK Gorica 24-2632-2756-53
2020–21 EHF European League Q2 Flag of France.svg Fenix Toulouse Handball 35-3527-3162-66

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Technical staff

Staff for the 2019–20 season

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References

  1. ↑ "UCM Resita a câştigat Challenge Cup! Cea mai mare performanţă sportivă pe echipe din Banat! Handbalul reşiţean a mâncat elanul norvegian!".
  2. ↑ www.his.ro. "UCM Resita - Experience the difference". www.ucmr.ro. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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