Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published on Friday, August 1, 2025, 19:52 / Updated on Friday, August 1, 2025 7:55 pm
CSM Reșița will not register in Division A of Romanian handball (second value echelon). The management of the club even proposed the abolition of the senior team.
The withdrawals from the Romanian Hanbalt continues, after with the boys withdrew from the new CSM Focșani, Bacău and Odorheiu Secuiesc. It came from Reșița to put the lock.
Ioan Popa, the mayor of the municipality, announced that the decision comes from financial reasons. He said that not the entire handball section will be abolished, but only the team evolving in Division A.
Ioan Popa, about the abolition of the CSM Reșița team: “We stay with the children and the juniors and go with them before”
“The president of CSMR Cristi Bobar, consulting with colleagues from the club, evaluated the costs with the senior team. They go to 300,000 euros a year in the second league. Not only salaries, but also transport, accommodation and arbitration. And we come 50-60 people to the match.
The ticket is 20 lei, and half of those who come to matches do not pay this amount. And we declare ourselves great handball fans. Attention, we do not want to abolish the handball section. The proposal that comes from the club is to abolish the senior team. We stay with the children and the juniors and we go with them before, “said Ioan Popa, according to radiiresita.ro.
At women's handball, CS Măgura Cisnădie withdrew before establishing the program, and Gloria Buzău was abolished last year. CSJ Prahova and Science Bucharest, the two bands promoted, announced that they have no money to play on the first stage.
