HC Zalău
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| Full name | Handball Club Zalău | ||
| Short name | Zalău | ||
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Arena | Sala Sporturilor Zalău | ||
| Capacity | 950 | ||
| President |
 Radu Istrate | ||
| Head coach |
Gheorghe Tadici | ||
| League | Liga Naţională | ||
| 2015-2016 | Liga Naţională, 9th | ||
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HC Zalău is a women's handball club from Zalău, Romania, that plays in the Romanian Women's Handball League.
On domestic level HC Zalau won three league titles (2001,2004,2005) and Romanian Cup once in 2003.
In Europe HC Zalau won the Women's Women's EHF Challenge Cup 1995-1996 season and in the same season by participating in the EHF Women's Champions Trophy won 3rd place. In the 2011-2012 season in the EHF Cup HC Zalau played second final in history, lost against the Russian team Lada Togliatti.
History
In 1978 Gheorge Tadici - John Bal Crișan - Simon Talos trio, with Tadici in the main role, set foot in the city of Meseş a women handball team called Didactica Zalău.
In 1979 Didactica Zalau get to promote Division B, moving, for the first time in official competition at the senior level. In 1980, Didactica Zalău turns to Textila Zalau, textile enterprise is willing to invest in handball team. Four years later, in 1984 Textile managed to promote the first scene of Romanian handball. Two years later the team would relegate in Division B in the 1985-1986 season and a year later to promote back to the first division after a perfect season. Since then handball team HC Zalău evolving Romanian Handball League.
After two bronze medals in the seasons 1989 - 1990 and 1990 - 1991, Textila Zalău turns to Silcotex in 1992. Under this name, he became vice season 1993 - 1994 and in the same year (1994) changed their name for the third time, becoming Silcotub Zalău.
Again become national vice to the season 1995 - 1996, Silcotub Zalău have to win at the end of the same season and EHF Challenge Cup or City Cup. Also in 1996 he finished third in the EHF Champions Trophy. For 14 consecutive years from 1994 to 2007 HC Zalău participated in European Cups, EHF Champions League, EHF Cup Winner's Cup, EHF Cup and EHF Challenge Cup.
After the third title in history (2005) team changes its name to HC Zalău, earning the title of national runner at the end of the 2005-2006 season. At the end of the same season, Gheorge Tadici had to leave for the CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea champion. Separation of Zalău handball would be almost fatal to the season 2007 - 2008, when HC Zalău, under the command of John Gherhardt, came to tour the dam to maintain in the National League.
Back to HC Zalau, after two years of absence, Gheorge Tadici again resumed reconstruction of the team, saying it could even be the last in his career coach.
Honours
- EHF Champions League:
- Qualification Round 2: 2004-05, 2005,06
- Group stage: 3rd place: 2001-02
- EHF Champions Trophy:
Bronze (1): 1996
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- EHF Cup:
- EHF Challenge Cup:
Gold (1): 1996- Semi-finals: 1997
- Liga Naţională:
- Gold (3): 2001, 2004, 2005
Silver (8): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006- Bronze (4): 1990, 1991, 1995, 2011–12
- Cupa României:
- Gold (1): 2003
- Silver (5): 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
- Semi-finals: 1994, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006
- Supercupa României
- Silver (1): 2011
Current squad
- As of July, 2016
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Staff members
- Chairman: Radu Istrate
- Head Coach: Gheorghe Tadici
- Assistant Coach: Elena Tadici
- Masseur: Ileana Romocean
- Masseur: Daniela Morari
Selected former players
- Ana Maria Șomoi
- Gabriella Szűcs
- Ana Maria Tănăsie
- Crina Pintea
- Alina Czeczi
- Mirela Nichita
- Talida Tolnai
- Tereza Pîslaru
- Ramona Farcău
- Roxana Han
- Valeria Motogna
- Steluța Luca
- Carmen Buceschi
- Olimpia Vereș
- Sanda Criste
- Alina Măirean
- Lăcrămioara Fiastru
- Alina Turcaș
- Lucia Butnărașu
- Maria Elena Rădoi
- Roxana Varga
Selected former coaches
- Sorin Rădulescu
- Ioan Gerhardt