CS Rapid București (handball)

CS Rapid București is a Romanian professional handball club based in Giulești, in the northwestern parts of Bucharest. Founded in 1934, they play their home games at the Sala Rapid. The club competes in the Liga Națională, the top division of Romanian handball. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1961. The club won the Romanian Cup for the first time in 2004, and their first European honour, the European Cup, in 1964.

Rapid achieved the EHF treble. Domestically, the club has won six league titles and one Romanian Cup. Internationally, they have won one Champions League, one European League, and one European Cup since their inception.

They are currently competing in the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League.

League titles

 * Liga Națională
 * Winners (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 2003, 2022

Cups

 * Cupa României
 * Winners (1): 2004

European competitions

 * Champions League
 * Winners (1): 1964


 * European League
 * Winners (1): 1993


 * European Cup
 * Winners (1): 2000

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2024–25 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 12 🇷🇴 Diana Ciucă
 * 16 🇷🇴 Denisa Șandru
 * 30 Rinka Duijndam


 * Left Wings
 * 3 🇷🇺 Polina Gorshkova
 * 20 🇭🇺 Dorina Korsós


 * Right Wings
 * 17 🇪🇸 Marta López
 * 91 🇲🇰 Sara Ristovska


 * Line Players
 * 10 Albertina Kassoma
 * 27 🇷🇴 Lorena Ostase
 * 44 🇪🇸 Ainhoa Hernández


 * Left Backs
 * 2 🇪🇸 Lara González Ortega
 * 24 🇷🇴 Ștefania Stoica
 * 99 🇷🇴 Sorina Grozav


 * Centre Backs
 * 7 🇷🇴 Eliza Buceschi (c)
 * 34 🇪🇸 Alicia Fernández
 * 79 Estavana Polman
 * 90 🇲🇪 Milena Raičević


 * Right Backs


 * 19 🇫🇷 Aïssatou Kouyaté
 * 22 🇷🇴 Cătălina Dascălu
 * 88 🇷🇸 Anđela Janjušević
 * 96 🇷🇴 Alina Ilie

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * [[Image:Arrow-up.gif]] Joining
 * 🇷🇴 Ștefania Stoica (LB) (from 🇷🇴 CSM București)
 * 🇲🇰 Sara Ristovska (RW) (from 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow)
 * 🇷🇺 Polina Gorshkova (LW) (from 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow)
 * Rinka Duijndam (GK) (from 🇭🇺 Győri Audi ETO KC)
 * 🇷🇴 Cătălina Dascălu (RB) (from 🇷🇴 AHC Potaissa Turda)
 * 🇫🇷 Aïssatou Kouyaté (RB) (from 🇲🇪 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)


 * [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]] Leaving


 * 🇷🇴 Alexandra Badea (RW) (to 🇷🇴 Gloria Buzău)
 * 🇫🇷 Orlane Kanor (LB) (to 🇭🇺 Ferencvárosi TC)
 * 🇫🇷 Laura Kanor (LW) (to 🇫🇷 Brest Bretagne Handball)
 * Mathilde Neesgaard (CB) (to HH Elite)
 * Ivana Kapitanovic (GK) (to 🇷🇴 CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud)
 * 🇷🇴 Raluca Tudor (LB) (to ?)

Selected former players

 * Alina Dobrin
 * Cristina Vărzaru
 * Aurelia Brădeanu
 * Paula Ungureanu
 * Oana Manea
 * 🇷🇴 Gabriela Perianu
 * 🇫🇷 Julie Foggea
 * 🇫🇷 Alexandra Lacrabère
 * 🇪🇸 Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
 * 🇪🇸 Irene Espínola

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

 * (All-Time) – Last updated on 1 June 2024