The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Liga Națională, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 12 teams. CSM București were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.
Teams for season 2016–17
Club City Arena(s) Capacity CSM Bistrița Bistrița Sala Polivalentă Bistrița 900 CSM București Bucharest Sala Polivalentă din București 5,300 Corona Brașov Brașov Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" 1,600 CSM Roman Roman Sala Polivalentă Roman 500 Danubius Galați Galați Sala Sporturilor Dunărea 1,500 Dunărea Brăila Brăila Sala Polivalentă "Danubius" 2,000 HC Zalău Zalău Sala Sporturilor Zalău 950 HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Sala Sporturilor "Traian" 3,126 Măgura Cisnădie Cisnădie Sala Polivalentă Măgura 820 SCM Craiova Craiova Sala Polivalentă Craiova 4,215 Unirea Slobozia Slobozia Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica" 150 Universitatea Cluj Cluj-Napoca Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian"Sala Polivalentă Cluj 2,5257,308
League table
Standings TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPts 1 CSM București (C) 22 21 0 1 680 478 + 202 63 2 Dunărea Brăila 22 15 12 5 566 541 + 25 47 3 HC Zalău 22 14 3 5 575 511 + 64 45 4 SCM Craiova 22 14 2 6 593 527 + 66 44 5 CSM Roman 22 10 4 8 563 527 + 36 34 6 Corona Brașov 22 9 1 12 568 594 - 26 28 7 HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 22 9 1 12 534 598 – 64 28 8 CSM Bistrița 22 9 0 13 588 625 - 37 27 9 Măgura Cisnădie 22 6 4 12 505 576 – 71 22 10 U Cluj 22 6 3 13 549 564 - 15 21 11 Danubius Galați1 22 5 0 17 469 567 – 98 14 12 Unirea Slobozia 22 3 2 17 517 599 – 82 11 Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points. 1 Danubius Galați had 1 point deducted .
Season statistics
Number of teams by counties Pos.County No. of teams Teams 1 Bistrița-Năsăud 1 CSM Bistrița Brașov 1 ASC Corona 2010 Brașov Bucharest (capital) 1 CSM București Brăila 1 HC Dunărea Brăila Cluj 1 U Cluj Dolj 1 SCM Craiova Galați 1 CSU Danubius Galați Ialomița 1 CSM Unirea Slobozia Neamț 1 CSM Roman Sălaj 1 HC Zalău Sibiu 1 CS Măgura Cisnădie Vâlcea 1 HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
External links Romanian Handball Federaration