BM Granollers

Club Balonmano Granollers (also known as BM Granollers) is a handball club based in Granollers, Spain.

BM Granollers
Full nameClub Balonmano Granollers
Nickname(s)BMG
Founded1944
ArenaPalau d'Esports
Capacity6,500
President Josep Pujadas
Head coach M: Antonio Rama
W: Robert Cuesta
LeagueM: Liga ASOBAL
W: División de Honor
2018–19M: Liga ASOBAL, 5th
W: División de Honor, 4th
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The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of titles won. Since its inception, the club quickly got a great competitive level. BM Granollers has competed almost every season in the top league of Spanish handball (currently Liga ASOBAL). It became the first Spanish handball club taking part in a European competition in 1959. BM Granollers won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, so it became the first Spanish handball club winning a European title.

Thanks to this history, the city of Granollers hosted the handball matches at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The Palau d'Esports, the current club's arena, was built for this event and subsequently has also hosted the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship and it will host 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.

One of the BM Granollers' landmarks is its commitment with young players formation. Many great handball players and team managers have been formed in BM Granollers youth academy (players such as Joan Cañellas, Antonio García, Enric Masip and Mateo Garralda; team managers such as Pep Vilà, Miquel Roca Mas, Sead Hasanefendic, Toni García and Carlos Viver). In recent years, moreover, BM Granollers has significantly increased the number of female teams in the youth academy. From the 2014-15 season, BM Granollers has become the only handball club in Spain with main male and female teams simultaneously in the top league of Spanish handball (Liga ASOBAL and División de Honor Femenina).

Honours

Domestic and European competitions (men)

Season to season (men)

BM Granollers has been playing the top Spanish handball league since 1955, except on 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons, when it resigned due to changes in the competition system and economic reasons.

Domestic competition (women)
  • 6 Catalan Champions Trophy: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 1 Spanish Championship (División de Honor Plata): 2013-14

Season to season (women)

BM Granollers has been playing the top Spanish handball league since 2014.

Youth Academy
  • 2 Spanish Championship (Men U21): 1993-94, 1994–95
  • 13 Spanish Championship (Men U18): 1959-60, 1963–64, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016-2017
  • 1 Spanish Championship (Women U18): 2012-13
  • 11 Spanish Championship (Men U16): 1979-80, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016-2017, 2018-2019
  • 4 Spanish Championship (Men U14): 2007-08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014-15
  • 3 Mini Copa del Rey (Men U16): 2013-14, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • 1 Mini Copa del Reina (Women U16): 2016-17

European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R3 ZTR Zaporizhia 27–29 30–28 57–57
Group Stage Frisch Auf Göppingen 28–29 27–35 2nd place
FC Porto 33–22 22–23
HC Midtjylland 34–32 27–24

Team (men)

Current squad
Squad for the 2019–20 season

Technical Staff
  • Antonio Rama - Heah coach
  • David Ginesta - Assistant manager
  • Perico García - Goalkeepers coach
  • Jordi Boixaderas - Team liaison
  • Sergi Lluís - Physiotherapist
  • Joan Vives - Doctor

Team (women)

Current squad
Squad for the 2020–21 season

Technical Staff
  • Robert Cuesta - Heah coach
  • Jessica Bonilla - Assistant manager
  • Vicente Álamo - Goalkeepers coach
  • Antoni Romero - Team liaison
  • Hirotaka Suzuki - Physiotherapist
  • Joan Vives - Doctor

Former notable players

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Former coaches
SeasonsCoachCountry
1952-1970 Pep Vilà
1970-1974 Miquel Roca Mas
1974-1980 Joaquín Crespo "Quini"
1980-1984 Ferran Raga
1984-1989 Emilio Alonso
1989-1992 Josep Maria Guiteras
1992-1997 Manuel Montoya
1997-1998 José Luis Villanueva López
1998-1999 Josep Maria Guiteras
1999-2000 Jaume Puig
2000-2002 Sead Hasanefendić
2002-2008 Manuel Montoya
2008-2010 Lorenzo Rueda
2010-2012 Manolo Cadenas Montañés
2012-2014 Toni Garcia Guerrero
2014-2017 Carlos Viver
2017- Antonio Rama
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