AHC Potaissa Turda

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.

Potaissa Turda
Full nameAHC Potaissa Turda
Short namePotaissa
Founded2000 (2000)
PresidentRomania Flaviu Sâsâeac
Head coachRomania Horațiu Gal
LeagueLiga Națională
2021–22Liga Națională, 4th of 14
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Home
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Away
Website
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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
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2014–15 EHF Cup Q1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 32–25 35-30 67–55
Q2 Italy Junior Fasano 28-27 39-26 67–53
Q3 Croatia RK Nexe 20-35 26-23 46–58
2016–17 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Bulgaria HC Dobrudja 32–23 43–19 75–42
1/8 Luxembourg Handball Esch 31–27 28–29 59–56
QF Luxembourg HB Dudelange 32–29 36–35 68–64
SF Iceland Valur 22–30 32–23 54–53
F Portugal Sporting CP 28–37 24–30 52–67

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 Sporting CP, 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 2007-2009[2]) and HC Odorhei.

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Kosovo KH Trepça 35-19 40-30 75–49
1/8 Belgium HC Visé BM 44-24 24-29 68–53
QF Norway FyllingenBergen 29-24 30-32 59–56
SF Iceland IBV Vestmannaeyjar 28-31 28-24 56–55
F Greece AEK H.C. 33-22 26-27 59–49
2018–19 EHF Cup Q1 Portugal FC Porto 21-41 24-27 45-68
2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup R3 Latvia TENAX Dobele 38-35 32-32 70-67
1/8 Switzerland BSV Bern 36-33 33-35 69-68
QF Greece AEK H.C. CANCELLED
2020–21 EHF European League Q1 Croatia HRK Gorica 24-26 32-27 56-53
2020–21 EHF European League Q2 France Fenix Toulouse Handball 35-35 27-31 62-66

Current squad
Squad for the 2022–23 season

Technical staff
Staff for the 2019–20 season

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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