BM Granollers

BM Granollers
Full name	Club Balonmano Granollers
Nickname(s)	BMG
Founded	20 August 1944
Arena	Palau d'Esports
Capacity	6,500
President	Josep Pujadas
Head coach	M: Antonio Rama W: Robert Cuesta
League	M: Liga ASOBAL W: División de Honor
2020–21	M: Liga ASOBAL, 4th W: División de Honor, 6th
Home Away
Website Official site

Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a handball club based in Granollers, Spain.

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 , , Sead Hasanefendić, 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[]

Men[]

Domestic and European competitions[]

• 1 EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 1975–76
• 2 EHF Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96
• 10 Spanish leagues: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74
• 3 Copa del Rey: 1957–58, 1969–70, 1973–74
• 1 ASOBAL Cup: 1993–94
• 4 Catalan leagues: 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
• 1 Pyrenées league: 2008

Season to season[]

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.

Women[]

Domestic competition[]

• 7 Catalan Champions Trophy: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• 1 Spanish Championship (División de Honor Plata): 2013–14

Season to season[]

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
• 4 Mini Copa del Rey (Men U16): 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–2020
• 1 Mini Copa del Reina (Women U16): 2016–17

Team (men)[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Num	Name	Age	Height	Country	Position
1		25	1.87		Goalkeeper
24		29	1.82		Goalkeeper
3		18	1.90		Central back
6		28	1.70		Central back
9		22	1.87		Central back
8		24	1.87		Left back
4		18	1.88		Left back
7		36	1.94		Left back
9		22	1.87		Central back
99	Antonio García Robledo	36	1.91		Left back
10		25	1.92		Right back
5		26	1.78		Left wing
17		19	1.86		Left wing
2		19	1.70		Right wing
19	Mamadou Gassama	27	1.88		Right wing
34		21	1.89		Right wing
11	Esteban Salinas	28	1.80		Pivot
23	Oriol Rey	26	1.90		Pivot

Technical staff:

• Antonio Rama | Head coach
• Pablo Larrumbide | Assistant manager
• Jordi Boixaderas | Team liaison
• Perico García | Goalkeepers coach
• Joan Vives | Doctor
• Marc Montserrat Cantos| Physiotherapist

Team (women)[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Num	Name	Age	Height	Country	Position
16		20	1.71		Goalkeeper
13	Giulia Guarieiro	24	1.78		Left back
8		24	1.65		Central back
98		21	1.75		Central back
99		21	1.71		Pivot
10		22	1.76		Left back
7		20	1.77		Left back
1		20	1.72		Goalkeeper
28		19	1.68		Left wing
14		23	1.67		Left wing
23		22	1.67		Right wing
51		20	1.72		Left back
9		19	1.71		Left back

Technical staff:

• Robert Cuesta | Head coach
• Jessica Bonilla | Assistant manager
• Antonio Romero | Team liaison
• Joan Vives Turcó | Doctor

Former notable players (men)[]

Best Spanish players[]

1940 (11 players) Player Position CB

1950 (11 and 7 players) Player Position José Antonio Cabrera

1960 (7 players) Player Position PI RB GK

1970 (7 players) Player Position Vicente Calabuig LW CB CB CB LB RW Santos Labaca PI PI LW RB GK GK

1980 Player Position PI LW Ricardo Marín RB Enric Masip CB Mateo Garralda RB RW LW GK Jaume Fort GK GK

1990 Player Position Jordi Fernández RW CB Carlos Viver LW Antonio Ugalde LW LB Jaime García PI Aitor Etxaburu PI Jordi Núñez GK Xavi Pérez GK

2000 Player Position Cristian Malmagro RB RB Raúl Campos RB Carlos Viver LW Albert Rocas LW Álvaro Ferrer CB Joan Cañellas CB CB PI Juan Andreu PI GK GK

2010 Player Position Raúl Campos RB Antonio García LB Álvaro Ruiz CB Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas GK Ferrán Solé RW LB CB LW Adrià Figueras PI CB

Foreign players[]

1950 Player Pos Country UNI

1960 Player Pos. Country LB

1980 Player Pos. Country CB Peder Järphag Per Carlén RB

1990 Player Pos. Country Geir Sveinsson LB CB Oleg Kisselev RB Veselin Vujović CB Igor Butulija RB CB Zoran Mikulić RB CB LB

2000 Player Pos. Country RB PI Ljubomir Vranjes CB LW Goran Kozomara PI RW Patrik Ćavar CB PI LB CB LB RB LB RW CB Aidenas Malasinskas CB Ivan Nikčević RW Draško Nenadić LB Peter Gentzel GK Venio Losert GK Peter Carlsson GK Fredrik Ohlander GK

2010 Player Pos. Country PI RB LB Guilherme Valadão Gama LB Rodrigo Salinas RB José Toledo RB Matías Schulz GK Dimitrije Pejanović GK César Almeida GK Henrique Teixeira LB Fernando Pacheco Filho RB Michal Kasal LB RB LB Rolandas Bernatonis LB LB Nicolás Bonanno LB Oswaldo Guimarães RB PI

Positions[]

• CB: Centre backcourt
• LB: Left backcourt
• RB: Right backcourt
• LW: Left wing
• RW: Right wing
• PI: Pivot
• GK: Goalkeeper

Former coaches[]

Seasons	Coach	Country
1952–1970
1970–1974
1974–1980
1980–1984
1984–1989
1989–1992
1992–1997	Manuel Montoya
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2002	Sead Hasanefendić
2002–2008	Manuel Montoya
2008–2010
2010–2012	Manolo Cadenas Montañés
2012–2014
2014–2017	Carlos Viver
2017–

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to BM Granollers.

• BM Granollers Official Website (in Catalan and Spanish)
• Granollers Cup Official Website (in Catalan, Spanish, and English)