BM Granollers

BM Granollers
Full name	Club Balonmano Granollers
Nickname(s)	Blanquiazules
Short name	BMG
Founded	1944 (1944)
Arena	Palau d'Esports, Granollers
Capacity	5,685
President	Alfred Serra
Head coach	M: Antonio Rama W: Dolo Martín
League	M: Liga ASOBAL W: División de Honor
2021–22	M: Liga ASOBAL, 2nd W: División de Honor, 7th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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

Granollers

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Location of Fraikin BM Granollers

History

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 the 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 Hasanefendić, 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).

Men's handball team

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
2003 - 2008	Hummel
2008 - 2016	Kempa
2016 - present	Hummel

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2015–16

AWAY
2014–15	2015–16

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Palau d'Esports

• Name: – Palau d'Esports
• City: – Granollers
• Capacity: – 5685
• Address: – Carrer de Francesc Macià i Llussà, s/n, 08400 Granollers, Catalonia, Spain

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Fraikin BM Granollers

Goalkeepers 01 Marc Guàrdia 16 Rangel Luan 51 Pau Panitti Left Wingers 05 Guilherme Torriani 17 Adrià Martínez Bages Right Wingers 19 Victor De Sande Loscos 34 Sergi Franco Miró Line Players 07 Victor Romero Holguin 10 Oriol Rey Morales 11 Esteban Salinas 18 Josep Armengol Left Backs 06 Jan Gurri 31 Joan Amigo Boada 99 Antonio García Robledo Central Backs 21 Gerard Domingo 66 Biel Valera Right Backs 02 Yusuf Faruk 55 David Roca Rodríguez

Technical staff

• Head coach: Antonio Rama
• Assistant coach: Pablo Larrumbide
• Goalkeeping coach: Perico García
• Physiotherapist: Ivan García Perez
• Club Doctor: Dr. Joan Vives

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

• Yusuf Faruk (RB) from Vive Kielce
• Guilherme Torriani (LW) from Handebol Clube Taubaté
• David Roca Rodríguez (RB) from Balonmano Sinfín

Leaving

• Chema Márquez (CB) to Saint-Raphaël VHB
• Alejandro Márquez Coloma (RB) to Istres Provence Handball

Previous squads

2017–2018 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Marc Guardia Tomas	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Álvaro Cabanas	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990	Right Winger
3	Spain	Gonzalo Vicente Porras Perez	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992	Line Player
4	Lithuania	Rolandas Bernatonis	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987	Left Back
5	Spain	Edgar Perez Lopez	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	Left Winger
6	Spain	Ismael Bela Esono Mangue	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996	Left Back
7	Spain	Marc Garcia Dieguez	(1984-09-27) 27 September 1984	Left Back
8	Spain	Álvaro Ferrer	(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982	Central Back
9	Spain	Pol Valera	(1998-09-19) 19 September 1998	Central Back
10	Spain	Adrià Martínez Bages	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998	Left Winger
11	Spain	Pau Navarro Baches	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999	Line Player
12	Spain	Pol Gavanach Llobet	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997	Goalkeeper
13	Spain	Adrià Figueras	(1988-08-31) 31 August 1988	Line Player
14	Spain	Marc Cañellas	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995	Central Back
15	Spain	Albert Pujol Armendariz	(1991-04-15) 15 April 1991	Left Back
16	Spain	Enric David Gonzalez Yanez	(1999-07-10) 10 July 1999	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	David Resina Forns	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987	Left Winger
19	Spain	Mamadou Gassama	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	Right Winger
25	Serbia	Vukasin Rakocija	(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996	Left Back
28	Portugal	Jorge Filipe Fernandes Monteiro da Silva	(1989-05-23) 23 May 1989	Right Back
31	Spain	Josep Reixach	(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992	Right Winger
89	Brazil	César Almeida	(1989-01-06) 6 January 1989	Goalkeeper
95	Spain	Alejandro Márquez Coloma	(1995-01-05) 5 January 1995	Right Back
99	Spain	Ian Tarrafeta	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999	Central Back

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Marc Guardia Tomas	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995	Goalkeeper
2	Brazil	Henrique Teixeira	(1989-02-27) 27 February 1989	Left Back
3	Spain	Gonzalo Vicente Porras Perez	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992	Line Player
4	Spain	Moises Blanxart Moreno	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988	Right Winger
5	Spain	Edgar Perez Lopez	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994	Left Winger
6	Spain	Miquel Flores Traveria	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990	Central Back
7	Spain	Marc Garcia Dieguez	(1984-09-27) 27 September 1984	Left Back
8	Spain	Álvaro Ferrer	(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982	Central Back
9	Spain	Arnau García	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994	Left Back
10	Spain	Adria Perez Martinez	(1991-11-26) 26 November 1991	Left Winger
13	Spain	Adrià Figueras	(1988-08-31) 31 August 1988	Line Player
14	Spain	Ferran Solé	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992	Right Winger
15	Spain	Marc Cañellas	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995	Central Back
16	Spain	Pol Sastre Rodriguez	(1991-07-24) 24 July 1991	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	David Resina Forns	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987	Left Winger
18	Spain	Mamadou Gassama	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993	Right Winger
19	Spain	Salvador Puig	(1979-12-04) 4 December 1979	Right Back
25	Brazil	Guilherme Valadão Gama	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991	Left Back
29	Brazil	José Toledo	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994	Right Back
33	Brazil	Fernando Pacheco Filho	(1983-05-25) 25 May 1983	Right Back
36	Spain	Gerard Forns Galve	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994	Goalkeeper
39	Spain	Carles Asensio Cambra	(1997-08-10) 10 August 1997	Line Player
77	Spain	Marc Montolio Montero	(1994-04-03) 3 April 1994	Line Player
89	Brazil	César Almeida	(1989-01-06) 6 January 1989	Goalkeeper
95	Spain	Alejandro Márquez Coloma	(1995-01-05) 5 January 1995	Right Back

2009–2010 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Fredrik Ohlander	(1976-02-11) 11 February 1976	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Marc Pujol Reverter	(1983-07-24) 24 July 1983	Left Winger
3	Spain	Juan del Arco	(1991-11-29) 29 November 1991	Central Back
4	Spain	Juan Andreu	(1985-01-20) 20 January 1985	Line Player
5	Spain	Alejandro Perez-Ortiz Acedo	(1987-04-06) 6 April 1987	Central Back
6	Sweden	Michael Apelgren	(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984	Central Back
7	Spain	Iban Raigal Salcedo	(1982-09-06) 6 September 1982	Line Player
8	Spain	Álvaro Ferrer	(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982	Central Back
9	Spain	Antonio García Robledo	(1984-03-06) 6 March 1984	Left Back
10	Spain	Moises Blanxart Moreno	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988	Right Winger
11	Spain	Raúl Campos	(1978-07-16) 16 July 1978	Right Back
12	Spain	Alexandre Gonzales Torres	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990	Goalkeeper
14	Spain	Gonzalo Caracuel del Cacho	(1984-07-20) 20 July 1984	Right Winger
16	Spain	Manel Perez Cantalosella	(1982-01-08) 8 January 1982	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	David Resina Forns	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987	Left Winger
18	Spain	Manel Cirac Gascon	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988	Line Player
19	Spain	Salvador Puig	(1979-12-04) 4 December 1979	Right Back
24	SerbiaMontenegro	Aleksandar Svitlica	(1982-05-28) 28 May 1982	Right Winger
27	Sweden	Nicklas Grundsten	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983	Line Player
32	Serbia	Davor Čutura	(1979-11-28) 28 November 1979	Central Back

Honours

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

• Double

Winners (2): 1969–70, 1973–74

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.

Season	Domestic competition		European competition
	League	Pos.	Competition	Result
1955–56	1ª División	1
1956–57	1ª División	1
1957–58	1ª División	1
1958–59	División de Honor	1
1959–60	División de Honor	1	EHF Champions League	1/4
1960–61	División de Honor	1
1961–62	1ª División	2	EHF Champions League	1/8
1962–63	1ª División	2
1965–66	División de Honor	1
1966–67	División de Honor	1	EHF Champions League	1/16
1967–68	División de Honor	1	EHF Champions League	1/4
1968–69	División de Honor	3
1969–70	División de Honor	1
1970–71	División de Honor	1	EHF Champions League	1/4
1971–72	División de Honor	1	EHF Champions League	1/16
1972–73	División de Honor	4	EHF Champions League	1/16
1973–74	División de Honor	1
1974–75	División de Honor	3	EHF Champions League	1/8
1975–76	División de Honor	5	EHF Cup Winner's Cup	Champion
1976–77	División de Honor	5	EHF Cup Winner's Cup	1/4
1977–78	División de Honor	5
1978–79	División de Honor	7
1979–80	División de Honor	4
1980–81	División de Honor	8
1981–82	División de Honor	3
1982–83	División de Honor	3	IHF Cup	1/8
1983–84	División de Honor	4	IHF Cup	1/4
1984–85	División de Honor	4
1985–86	División de Honor	3
1986–87	División de Honor	6
1987–88	División de Honor	3
1988–89	División de Honor	4
1989–90	División de Honor	4

Season	Domestic competition		European competition
	League	Pos.	Competition	Result
1990–91	Liga ASOBAL	7
1991–92	Liga ASOBAL	2
1992–93	Liga ASOBAL	Final
1993–94	Liga ASOBAL	1/4	City Cup	1/2
1994–95	Liga ASOBAL	6	EHF Cup	Champion
1995–96	Liga ASOBAL	5	EHF Cup	Champion
1996–97	Liga ASOBAL	11	EHF Cup	1/2
1997–98	Liga ASOBAL	10
1998–99	Liga ASOBAL	9
1999–00	Liga ASOBAL	11
2000–01	Liga ASOBAL	7
2001–02	Liga ASOBAL	10
2002–03	Liga ASOBAL	9
2003–04	Liga ASOBAL	7
2004–05	Liga ASOBAL	6	EHF Cup	1/4
2005–06	Liga ASOBAL	10	EHF Cup Winner's Cup	1/4
2006–07	Liga ASOBAL	9
2007–08	Liga ASOBAL	12	EHF Cup	1/8
2008–09	Liga ASOBAL	6
2009–10	Liga ASOBAL	8	EHF Cup Winner's Cup	Final
2010–11	Liga ASOBAL	4
2011–12	Liga ASOBAL	8	EHF Cup	1/4
2012–13	Liga ASOBAL	6
2013–14	Liga ASOBAL	3
2014–15	Liga ASOBAL	3	EHF Cup	1/8 (GP)
2015–16	Liga ASOBAL	4	EHF Cup	3 (Final 4)
2016–17	Liga ASOBAL	4	EHF Cup	1/8 (GP)
2017–18	Liga ASOBAL	3	EHF Cup	1/4
2018–19	Liga ASOBAL	5	EHF Cup	1/8 (GP)
2019–20	Liga ASOBAL	6
2020–21	Liga ASOBAL	4
2021–22	Liga ASOBAL	2	EHF European League	2QR
2022–23	Liga ASOBAL	3	EHF European League	Final

European record

Cup Winners' Cup

From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975–76 Winners	Round of 16	Västra Frölunda IF	23–19	20–15	43–34
	Quarter-finals	AHC'31 Amsterdam	18–15	31–27	49–42
	Semi-finals	Oppsal	13–13	15–13	28–26
	Finals	Grün-Weiß Dankersen	26–24

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95 Winners	1/16	RK Vardar	34–23	31–35	65–58
	1/8	Tatra Kopřivnice	20–13	30–19	50–32
	1/4	CBM Alzira Avidesa	29–21	23–29	52–50
	1/2	VfL Hameln	28–21	24–26	52–47
	Finals	Polyot Chelyabinsk	23–21	26–24	49–45
1995–96 Winners	1/16	Śląsk Wrocław	25–10	22–16	47–26
	1/8	GAS Archelaos Katerinis	39–17	35–17	74–34
	1/4	Budapesti Elektromos SE	26–20	17–21	43–41
	1/2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	25–17	22–27	47–44
	Finals	HC Donbas Donetsk	28–18	28–27	56–45

EHF ranking

As of 12/10/2022

Rank	Team	Points
47	Nærbø IL	103
48	HT Tatran Prešov	101
49	Balatonfüredi KSE	101
50	Fraikin BM Granollers	100
51	TTH Holstebro	100
52	HC Dukla Prague	100
53	Alpla HC Hard	98

Former club members

Notable former players

• Vicente Álamo (2002–2008)
• Marc Amargant (1996–2003)
• Juan Andreu (2004–2010)
• Álvaro Cabanas (2016–2018)
• Raúl Campos (2001–2012)
• José Luis Pérez Canca (2003–2008)
• Joan Cañellas (2004–2005, 2008–2009)
• Marc Cañellas (2014–2018)
• Juan del Arco (2009–2015)
• Aitor Etxaburu (1991–1993)
• Eduard Fernández Roura (1997–2002)
• Álvaro Ferrer (2001–2011, 2015–2019)
• Adrià Figueras (2014–2020)
• Jaume Fort (1981–1990)
• Aleix Franch (1987–1992)
• Arnau García (2011–2017)
• Mateo Garralda (1986–1991)
• Cristian Malmagro (2000–2007)
• Chema Márquez (2020–2022)
• Enric Masip (1987–1990)
• Jordi Nuñez (1986–1995)
• Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (2011–2013)
• Jaime Puig (1976–1989)
• Salvador Puig (1993–2003, 2008–2011, 2014–2016)
• Albert Rocas (1997–2000)
• Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (2013–2015)
• Eugeni Serrano (1977–1979)
• Ferran Solé (2011–2016)
• Ian Tarrafeta (2017–2020)
• Antonio Ugalde (1994–2003)
• Pol Valera (2017–2023)
• Carlos Viver (1991–1999, 2000–2008)
• Nicolás Bonanno (2019–2020)
• Matías Schulz (2013–2014)
• Denis Bahtijarević (2001–2004)
• César Almeida (2015–2016, 2017–2020)
• Oswaldo Guimarães (2018–2020)
• Fernando Pacheco Filho (2015–2016)
• Henrique Teixeira (2015–2016)
• José Toledo (2014–2015)
• Guilherme Valadão Gama (2014–2016)
• Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2012–2014)
• Patrik Ćavar (2001–2005)
• Venio Losert (2001–2004)
• Zoran Mikulić (1995–1996)
• Michal Kasal (2016–2017)
• Tomáš Řezníček (2011–2012)
• Éric Cailleaux (1983–1984)
• Árni Þór Sigtryggsson (2007–2008)
• Geir Sveinsson (1989–1991)
• Kim Sung-Heon (1999–2001)
• Rolandas Bernatonis (2017–2018)
• Aidenas Malašinskas (2011–2013)
• Veselin Vujović (1993–1995)
• Vyacheslav Atavin (2000–2002)
• Vladislav Kalarash (1996–1997)
• Oleg Kisselev (1992–1994)
• Andrey Tyumentsev (1991–1992)
• Goran Kozomara (2001–2002)
• Igor Butulija (1994–1995)
• Davor Čutura (2007–2010)
• Marko Krivokapić (2004–2007)
• Draško Nenadić (2010–2012, 2019–2020)
• Ivan Nikčević (2010–2011)
• Dimitrije Pejanović (2014–2015)
• Aleksandar Svitlica (2007–2011)
• Slobodan Veselinović (1997–1999)
• Michael Apelgren (2009–2010)
• Per Carlén (1985–1989)
• Peter Gentzel (2000–2001)
• Nicklas Grundsten (2009–2015)
• Peder Järphag (1986–1988)
• Fredrik Ohlander (2008–2011)
• Tomas Sivertsson (2000–2001)
• Ljubomir Vranjes (1999–2001)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1952–1970	Pep Vilà
1970–1974	Miquel Roca Mas
1974–1980	Joaquín Crespo "Quini"
1980–1984	Ferran Raga
1984–1989	Emilio Alonso Río
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

Women's handball team

Honours

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.

Season	Domestic competition		European competition
	League	Pos.	Competition	Result
2014–15	División de Honor Femenina	12
2015–16	División de Honor Femenina	12
2016–17	División de Honor Femenina	10
2017–18	División de Honor Femenina	8
2018–19	División de Honor Femenina	4
2019–20	División de Honor Femenina	6	Challenge Cup	1/2 (cancelled)
2020–21	División de Honor Femenina	6	Challenge Cup	R3

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Num	Name	Age	Height	Country	Position
16	Marta Mera	20	1.71		Goalkeeper
13	Giulia Guarieiro	24	1.78		Left back
8	Mireia Torras	24	1.65		Central back
98	Martina Capdevila	21	1.75		Central back
99	Carmen Prelchi	21	1.71		Pivot
10	Lora Sarandeva	22	1.76		Left back
7	Elene Vázquez	20	1.77		Left back
1	Nicole Wiggins	20	1.72		Goalkeeper
28	Jana Castañera	19	1.68		Left wing
14	Ona Vegué	23	1.67		Left wing
23	Ana González	22	1.67		Right wing
51	Janna Sobrepera	20	1.72		Left back
9	Lea Kofler	19	1.71		Left back

Technical staff:

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

External links

• Official website
• BM Granollers on Facebook