SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball)

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Full name	Sport Club Municipal Râmnicu Vâlcea
Short name	SCM or Vâlcea
Founded	26 June 1973 (26 June 1973), as AS Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea
Arena	Traian
Capacity	2,239
President	Florin Verigeanu
Head coach	Florentin Pera
League	Liga Naţională
2025-26	Liga Naţională, 4th of 12
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, formerly known as CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea, is a professional women's handball club in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, that competes in the Liga Naţională and the EHF European League.

It holds the record of CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea since 26 April 2019, this means SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea is the successor club. The board also plans to get the name in the future.¹

HOME
2014–15	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020-

AWAY
2014–15	2015-16	2016–17	2017–19	2019–20	2020–

THIRD
2019–20	2020–

• Liga Națională
  • Champions (20): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
  • Runners-up (5): 1983, 1985, 1992, 2001, 2003
  • Third place (7): 1984, 1986, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2021, 2022

• Cupa României
  • Winners (14): 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2020
  • Runners-up (6): 1986, 2003, 2006, 2018, 2019, 2022
  • Third place (3): 1987, 1988, 1989
• Supercupa României
  • Winners (4): 2007, 2011, 2018, 2020
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

• EHF Champions League
  • Runners-up (1): 2010
  • Third place (5): 1990, 1992, 2009, 2012, 2013
• EHF Champions Trophy
  • Winners (1): 2007
• EHF Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984
• EHF Cup
  • Winners (2): 1984, 1989
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
  • Third place (5): 1987, 1993

Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference.
Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea was dissolved in 2013. Later European records belong to SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, the successor club, and should be listed separately.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1983–84	IHF Cup Winner	Quarter-finals	Swift Roermond	32–16	24–21	56–37
		Semi-finals	Budapesti Spartacus	28–21	23–21	51–42
		Final	VfL Oldenburg	22–18	29–21	51–39 Winner
1984–85	European Champions Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1985–86	IHF Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1986–87	IHF Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1987–88	—	Did not participate	—	—	—	—
1988–89	IHF Cup Winner	Semi-finals	Budapesti Spartacus	34–25	26–29	60–54
		Final	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	IHF Cup winners
1989–90	European Champions Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1990–91	European Champions Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1991–92	European Champions Cup	First round	HV Aalsmeer	40–29	31–24	71–53
		Quarter-finals	Irsta HF	33–28	25–27	58–55
		Semi-finals	Hypo Niederösterreich	22–32	34–40	56–72
1992–93	EHF Cup	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1993–94	Champions League	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1994–95	Champions League	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
1995–96	Champions League	1/16-finals	TMO Ankara	30–14	35–15	65–29
		1/8-finals	SG WAT Fünfhaus	32–18	33–16	65–34
		Group stage (Group B)	Ferencváros Budapest	26–26	23–29
			Hypo Niederösterreich	17–30	18–23
			Viborg HK	17–21	21–35
1996–97	Champions League	1/16-finals	Slovan Duslo Šaľa	33–16	29–22	62–38
		Group stage (Group C)	Hypo Niederösterreich	18–19	21–29
			Byåsen Trondheim	24–16	20–25
			ASPTT Metz	24–24	20–20
1997–98	Champions League	1/16-finals	Handball Fémina Visé	38–16	32–18	70–34
		Group stage (Group D)	Viborg HK	22–19	23–24
			Hypo Niederösterreich	17–18	26–20
			Jomsa Rimini	30–21	20–22
1998–99	Champions League	1/16-finals	Istochnik Rostov	26–21	20–23	46–44
		Group stage (Group C)	Dunaferr SE	21–24	23–24
			Hypo Niederösterreich	25–19	24–32
			GAS Anagennisi Artas	32–24	29–34
1999–2000	Champions League	1/16-finals	Volgograd AKVA	19–22	26–26	45–48
2000–01	Champions League	Round 2	Podravka Koprivnica	21–19	19–18	40–37
		Group stage (Group C)	Larvik HK	19–24	16–22
			Viborg HK	25–24	27–30
			GAS Anagennisi Artas	39–29	33–21
2001–02	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Round 3	HC Novesta Zlín	27–20	25–25	52–45
		Round 4	Spartak Kiev	35–24	34–23	69–47
		Quarter-finals	ŽRK Koka Varaždin	31–25	31–19	62–44
		Semi-finals	Alsa Elda Prestigio	30–23	23–26	53–49
		Final	Lada Togliatti	32–27	20–28	52–55 Finalist
2002–03	Champions League	Qualification round 1	HZRK Zrinjski Mostar	53–17	34–18	87–35
		Qualification round 2	Nordstrand 2000 Oslo	24–22	21–32	45–54
2002–03	EHF Cup	Round 3	Jugopetrol Radnički Beograd	34–22	29–26	63–48
		Round 4	H.C. Sonic Osijek	22–17	32–24	54–41
		Quarter-finals	Slagelse FH	27–31	23–31	50–62
2003–04	EHF Cup	Round 2	HZRK Zrinjski Mostar	35–15	34–14	69–29
		Round 3	Győri Graboplast ETO	21–25	26–29	47–54
2004–05	Challenge Cup	1/8-finals	Spono Nottwil Handball	28–22	40–28	68–50
		Quarter-finals	BSV Buxtehude	36–34	28–31	64–65
2005–06	EHF Cup	Round 3	Cementos La Unión-Ribarroja	27–25	24–32	51–57
2006–07	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Round 2	DHW Antwerpen	47–14	47–11	94–25
		Round 3	Cornexi Alcoa-HSB Holding	40–23	25–25	65–48
		Round 4	1. FC Nürnberg	31–26	29–27	60–53
		Quarter-finals	Podravka Koprivnica	34–21	27–32	61–53
		Semi-finals	Budapest Bank-FTC	36–23	28–27	64–50
		Final	Byåsen HB Elite Trondheim	29–29	30–24	59–53 Winner
2006–07	Champions Trophy Winner	Final round	Lada Togliatti	31–23	—	31–23
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	23–19	—	Champions Trophy winners
2007–08	Champions League	Qualification tournament 2 (Group 3)	Madeira Andebol SAD	35–20	—
			BNTU-Belaz Minsk Reg.	39–13	—
			Byåsen HB Elite	30–22	—	Qualified
		Group matches (Group D)	Viborg HK	33–30	31–29	1st
			Budapest Bank-FTC	34–28	32–22
			Budućnost T-Mobile	35–22	32–21
		Main round (Group 1)	1. FC Nürnberg	39–27	28–28	3rd
			Lada Togliatti	35–26	27–30
			Győri Audi ETO KC	32–27	27–30
2008–09	Champions League	Group matches (Group C)	Larvik HK	33–29	27–25	2nd
			HC Lada	30–19	33–34
			HC Podravka Vegeta	24–28	30–20
		Main round (Group 2)	Budućnost T-Mobile	31–22	22–23	2nd
			RK Krim Mercator	36–30	34–35
			Győri Audi ETO KC	28–26	28–30
		Semi-finals	Viborg HK	28–34	21–21	49–55
2009–10	Champions League Finalist	Group matches (Group C)	S.D. Itxako	27–26	27–24	1st
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	31–27	26–27
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–22	22–26
		Main round (Group 2)	Hypo Niederösterreich	32–27	31–26	1st
			HC Dinamo	30–24	32–32
			Viborg HK	27–26	26–33
		Semi-finals	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–20	25–25	49–45
		Final	Viborg HK	31–32	21–28	52–60 Finalist
2010–11	Champions League	Group matches (Group C)	Randers HK	28–22	23–27	2nd
			Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball	28–19	26–22
			Larvik HK	33–28	31–34
		Main round (Group 1)	Budućnost	21–20	21–32	4th
			Itxako Reyno de Navarra	22–25	25–26
			RK Krim Mercator	31–27	30–37
2011–12	Champions League Semi-finalist	Group matches (Group D)	Buxtehuder SV	28–22	24–20	2nd
			Dinamo Volgograd	31–26	30–34
			Itxako Navarra	25–22	25–22
		Main round (Group 2)	RK Krim Mercator	30–26	31–25	2nd
			Metz Handball	30–21	26–26
			Budućnost	24–34	25–31
		Semi-finals	Győri Audi ETO KC	35–31	23–31	58–62
2012–13	Champions League Semi-finalist	Group matches (Group A)	Hypo Niederösterreich	30–25	25–24	1st
			Buxtehuder SV	30–22	34–15
			Randers HK	27–23	24–20
		Main round (Group 2)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	22–23	30–23	2nd
			RK Krim Mercator	23–20	24–28
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	29–25	26–23
		Semi-finals	Győri Audi ETO KC	22–24	25–24	47–48
2018–19	EHF Cup	Qualification round 2	Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK	35–26	20–21	55–47
		Qualification round 3	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	16–22	19–21	35–43
2019–20	Champions League	Group / Main round	To be completed	—	—	Quarter-finals cancelled
		Quarter-finals	Metz Handball	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
2020–21	Champions League	Group phase	Brest Bretagne Handball	10–0	21–28
			Odense Håndbold	21–30	26–25
			CSKA	24–34	20–30
			Budućnost	25–23	28–29
			HC Podravka Vegeta	—	27–25
			Győri Audi ETO KC	20–37	31–38
		Play-offs	CSM București	24–33	27–21	51–54
2021–22	European League	Qualification round 3	Super Amara Bera Bera	34–28	29–27	63–55
		Group phase	Váci NKSE	39–29	31–30
			Chambray Touraine Handball	32–27	26–25
			Viborg HK	30–30	20–31
		Quarter-finals	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	33–39	28–33	61–72
2022–23	European League	Group phase	Praktiker-Vác	40–30	28–26
			Paris 92	30–28	22–24
			Thüringer HC	32–32	31–38
		Quarter-finals	Nykøbing Falster	32–29	29–38	61–67
2024–25	European League	Qualification round 2	HC DAC Dunajská Streda	28–26	33–26	61–52
		Qualification round 3	DVSC Schaeffler	33–31	31–28	64–59
		Group phase	BV Borussia Dortmund	32–27	31–31
			Sola HK	32–29	38–34
			Ikast Håndbold	27–26	34–36
		Quarter-finals	Thüringer HC	32–30	29–35	61–65
2026–27	—	To be confirmed	—	—	—	—

Green – Win; Yellow – Draw; Red – Lost.
2010–11 to 2012–13 refers to Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. From 2018–19 onward the entries refer to SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Squad for the season 2026/27

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Date of birth	In	Contract until
4		Tuva Høve	Right wing	11 June 2000	2025	2028
6		Asma Elghaoui	Line player	29 August 1991	2019	2026
11		Amalie Wulff	Center back	18 May 1999	2025	2027
18		Maria Lykkegaard	Line player	27 february 1996	2025	2028
22		Cristina Florica	Left wing	11 May 1992	2018	2026
27		Julia Maidhof	Right back	13 March 1998	2023	2027
32		Raluca Kelemen	Goalkeeper	24 June 1998	2023	2026
94		Gabrijela Bartulović	Goalkeeper	06 December 1994	2025	2027

Transfers for the season 2026-27

• President: Florin Verigeanu
• Communication delegate: Alexandru Nițișor
• Head Coach: Florentin Pera
• Assistant coach: Mihai Rohozneanu
• Goalkeeping Coach: Luminița Dinu
• Fitness Coach: Marian Crăciun
• Masseur: Andrei Bularga, Robert Tănăsescu
• Doctor: Carmen Udrea
• Physiotherapist: Emil Guiu

Technical staff information
Nat.	Member	Position	Date of birth	In	Contract until
	Florentin Constantin Pera	Head coach	12 December 1986	2025	2027
	Luminița Dinu	Goalkeeping Coach	6 noiembrie 1971	2024

Awards in EHF Champions League

Season	Player	Award	Result
2019–202	Asma Elghaoui	All-Star Team (Best Line player)	Won

Awards in European competitions

The EHF Excellence Awards, first introduced for the 2022/23 season, honour the best players – both male and female – in each playing position.

Season	Organization	Player	Category	Result
2022-233	European Handball Federation	Asma Elghaoui	All-Star Team (Best Line player)	Nominated

NOTE: since December 2024 the Tunisian born handball player Asma Elghaoui holds also Romanian citizenship.

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
23		Iryna Glibko posthumous honor	Left back	2017-2024

Period	Main coach	Assistant coach
1982-1983	Contsantin Popescu
1983-1984	Constantin Popescu	Maria Ciulei
1984-1986	Ion Gherhard	Maria Ciulei
1986-1987	Constantin Muscalu	Petre Berbecaru
1987-1988	Ion Gherhard	Maria Ciulei
1988-1989	Ion Gherhard	Gheorghe Ionescu
1989-1991	Gheorghe Ionescu	Petre Berbecaru
1991-1992	Constantin Cojocaru	Petre Berbecaru
1992-1993	Lucian Râșniță	Constantin Cojocaru
1993-1994	Lucian Râșniță	Gheorghe Ionescu
1994-1995	Constantin Cojocaru	Petre Berbecaru
1995-1996	Constantin Cojocaru	Gheorghe Ionescu, Alexandru Mengoni
1996-1997	Alexandru Mengoni, Lucian Râșniță	Petre Berbecaru
1997-1998	Lucian Râșniță	Petre Berbecaru
1998-2000	Bogdan Macovei	Petre Berbecaru
2000-2002	Mariana Tîrcă	Ion Gherhard
2002-2003	Mariana Tîrcă	Petre Berbecaru
2003-2004	Mariana Tîrcă	Petre Berbecaru, Maria Török-Duca
2004-2005	Liviu Paraschiv, Maria Török-Duca, Gheorghe Ionescu	Petre Berbecaru
2005-2006	Đorđe Rašić, Cornel Bădulescu	Petre Berbecaru
2006-2008	Gheorghe Tadici	Popa Seviștean
2008-2009	Ivica Rimanić, Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca
2009-2010	Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca
2010-2011	Péter Kovács, Anja Andersen, Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca, Maria Török-Duca
2011-2012	Radu Voina	Aurelian Roșca, Steluța Luca
2012-2013	Jakob Vestergaard	Mette Klit, Steluța Luca
2013	Steluța Luca	Aurelian Roșca
2013-2014	Maria Török-Duca, Simona Gogîrlă	Maria Rădoi
2014-2015	Dumitru Muși	Maria Török-Duca
2015-2016	Constantin Ștefan	Maria Török-Duca, Nicoleta Lazăr
2017	Ghoerghe Sbora	Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan
2017-2018	Aurelian Roșca, Ghoerghe Sbora	Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan
2018-2021	Florentin Pera	Maria Rădoi, Ildiko Barbu, Goran Kurteš
2021	Goran Kurteš	Daniela Joița
2021-2024	Bent Dahl	Daniela Joița, Rasmus Rygaard Poulsen, Luminița Dinu
2024-2025	Rasmus Rygaard Poulsen	Luminița Dinu