BM La Calzada

Club Balonmano La Calzada, also known as Mavi Nuevas Tecnologías or Liberbank Gijón for sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball team based in Gijón, Asturias which currently plays in División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano, the top tier in the Spanish league system.

Liberbank Gijón
Full nameClub Balonmano La Calzada
FoundedOctober 18, 1995 (1995-10-18)
ArenaLa Arena, Gijón,
Asturias, Spain
Capacity1,200
PresidentMiguel Álvarez Baños
Head coachDiego Lafuente
LeagueDivisión de Honor
2018–195th
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History

BM La Calzada was founded on 18 October 1995 after the merge of local teams Club Balonmano Riscar and Asociación Deportiva Balonmano La Calzada.[1]

In 2016, the club promoted for the first time to División de Honor[2] and in 2018, the club won its first Copa de la Reina.[3]

Season by season
The team, during the 2019 Copa de la Reina.
Season Tier Division Pos. Copa de la Reina
2015–16 2 Div. Plata 1st
2016–17 1 Div. Honor 11th Second round
2017–18 1 Div. Honor 4th Champion
2018–19 1 Div. Honor 5th Semifinalist
2019–20 1 Div. Honor 4th Suspended

Trophies

Current squad
Squad for the 2020–21 season

Notable players

References
  1. Club Balonmano La Calzada
  2. "El Mavi Nuevas Tecnologías La Calzada asciende a la élite como campeón en Logroño" [Mavi Nuevas Tecnologías La Calzada promotes to the elite as champion in Logroño] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "Mavi Nuevas Tecnologías, campeón de la Copa de la Reina tras doblegar al Amara (20-17)" [Mavi Nuevas Tecnologías, champion of the Copa de la Reina after defeating Amara (20–17)] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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