Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Founded	1960
Arena	Sala Sporturilor
Capacity	1,500[1]
Head coach	Liviu Andrieş
League	Liga Națională
2015-16	Liga Naţională, 9th
Website Official site

Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu is a handball team from Târgu Jiu, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Liga Naţională.

History

The team was founded in 1960 they promoted in Divizia A (today Liga Națională) after the 1995-96 season of Diviza B (today Divizia A) and they played several seasons in the first league where they achieved third place twice, also they played two finals of Romanian Cup against HCM Constanța in 2011 and HC Minaur Baia Mare in 2015. They competed for the first time ever in the season 2006-2007 of EHF Cup and they also competed one time in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in the 2011-2012 season.

Achievements

Leagues

Liga Națională

• Bronze: 2006, 2010

Divizia A

• Gold: 1996

Cups

Cupa României

• Silver: 2011, 2015

Supercupa României

• Silver: 2015

European

EHF Cup

• Round 2: 2006-07, 2010-11

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

• Last 16: 2011-12

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016–17 season

Goalkeepers Alexandru Bucătaru Wingers LW Rareș Păunică Florin Bejenariu RW Răzvan Mledenciu

Back players LB Alexandru Mănescu Ștefan Adrian Târzioru CB Adrian Chiruț Andrei Enache RB Vlad Stoica

External links

• Official website (Romanian)

References

1. "Sala Sporturilor" (in Romanian). pubbing.ro. Retrieved 27 May 2014.