BM Granollers

Fraikin Granollers

Full name

Club Balonmano Granollers

Nickname(s)

BMG

Founded

1944

Arena

Palau d'Esports

Capacity

6,500

President

Josep Pujadas

Head coach

Carlos Viver

League

Liga ASOBAL

2015–16

Liga ASOBAL, 4th

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

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, 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)

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 (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.

Season	Domestic competition		European competition
Season	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
Season	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)

Domestic competition (women)

1 Catalan Champions Trophy: 2014
1 Spanish Championship (División de Honor Plata): 2013-14

Youth Academy

2 Spanish Championship (Men U21): 1993-94, 1994–95
12 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
1 Spanish Championship (Women U18): 2012-13
9 Spanish Championship (Men U16): 1979-80, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2014–15
4 Spanish Championship (Men U14): 2007-08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014-15
1 Mini Copa del Rey (Men U16): 2013-14

Current squad: ASOBAL

Players (Season 2015-16)

Fraikin BM Granollers 2014/15 (ASOBAL)

Nº	Name	Age	Height	Position	Previous club
1	Marc Guàrdia	19	1,88	Goalkeeper	BM Granollers
2	Henrique Teixeira	26	1,92	Left backcourt	Handebol Taubaté
3	Gonzalo Porras	23	1,91	Pivot	BM Granollers
4	Moisès Blanxart	26	1,81	Right wing	BM Granollers
5	Marc Cañellas	19	1,87	Centre backcourt	BM Granollers
6	Miquel Flores Traveria	25	1,88	Centre backcourt	BM Granollers
7	Marc García Diéguez	30	1,94	Left backcourt	FC Barcelona
8	Álvaro Ferrer Vecilla	33	1,91	Centre backcourt	BM Aragón
9	Arnau Garcia Barceló	20	1,96	Left backcourt	BM Granollers
10	Adrià Pérez	23	1,80	Left wing	BM Granollers
13	Adrià Figueras	26	1,92	Pivot	FC Barcelona
14	Ferran Solé	22	1,90	Right wing	BM Granollers
18	Mamadou Gassama Cissokho	21	1,88	Right wing	BM Granollers
23	Pol Sastre	23	1,82	Goalkeeper	BM Granollers
17	David Resina	27	1,81	Left wing	BM Granollers
19	Salva Puig Asbert	35	1,98	Right backcourt	Fénix Toulouse HB
25	Guilherme Valadão Gama	23	1,92	Left backcourt	BM Guadalajara
33	Fernando Pacheco Filho	32	1,90	Right backcourt	Handebol Taubaté
36	Gerard Forns Galve	20	1,90	Goalkeeper	BM Granollers
77	Marc Montolio	21	1,90	Pivot	BM Granollers
89	César Almeida	26	1,88	Goalkeeper	BM Guadalajara
95	Alejandro Márquez Coloma	20	1,92	Right backcourt	FC Barcelona B

New players
- Henrique Teixeira from Handebol Taubaté
- César Almeida from BM Guadalajara
- Fernando Pacheco Filho from Handebol Taubaté
- Miquel Flores Traveria from youth academy
- Marc Montolio from youth academy
- Gonzalo Porras from BM Benidorm
- Álvaro Ferrer Vecilla from BM Aragón
- Álejandro Márquez Coloma from FC Barcelona B

Former players
- Juan del Arco to Al-Jaish
- Álvaro Ruiz to Fénix Toulouse HB
- Dimitrije Pejanovic to BM Huesca
- Niklas Grundsten to Eskilstuna Guif
- Pol Capdevila to BM La Roca
- Jordi Puig to BM La Roca
- José Toledo to Orlen Wisła Płock

Technical Staff (2015-16)

Carlos Viver - Heah coach
Antonio Rama - Assistant manager
Jordi Boixaderas - Team liaison
Erola Madrigal - Physiotherapist
Joan Vives - Doctor

Current squad: Divisió de Honor Femenina

Players (season 2015-16)

KH-7 BM Granollers 2014/15 (División de Honor Femenina)

Nº	Name	Age	Height	Position
1	Andrea de la Torre Pérez	24	1,72	Goalkeeper
2	Maricet Fernández	25	1,71	Left wing
3	Judith Vizuete Recuenco	19	1,71	Left backcourt
4	Kaba Gassama	18	1,80	Pivot
5	Clara Poo Yagüe	20	1,73	Left backcourt
8	Joana Capdevila Barbany	22	1,72	Pivot
9	Anna Pi	28	1,74	Pivot
11	Charlotte Svele Larsen	22	1,76	Central backcourt
12	Ana Pregona	18	1,72	Goalkeeper
13	Hatou Jabby Dukuray	19	1,74	Pivot
14	Alba Sevilla	26	1,64	Right wing
16	Lorena Ramírez	21	1,79	Goalkeeper
17	Marjolaine Dedieu	22	1,76	Right wing
18	Mireia Torras	19	1,65	Central backcourt
23	Míriam González Amores	19	1,67	Left wing
24	Carlota Rubio	21	1,75	Left backcourt
25	Anna Rojas	19	1,72	Right wing
26	Sandra Pérez Fusté	28	1,65	Central backcourt
29	Jessica Bonilla	33	1,68	Right backcourt

Technical Staff (2015-16)

José Luis Villanueva - Head coach
Robert Cuesta - Assistant manager
Sergi Rabassa - Team liaison
Jordi Torras - Physiotherapist
Joan Vives - Doctor

Former notable players

Goalkeepers

Spanish players

Joan Barbany
Alejandro Viaña
Vicente Calabuig
"Goyo" López
Juan Morena
José Luis Sagarribay
Eugeni Serrano
Jaume Puig
Aitor Etxaburu
Aleix Franch
Àlex Viaña
Antonio Ugalde

Mateo Garralda
Enric Masip
Jordi Fernández
Àlex Folguera
"Quino" Soler
Pérez Canca
Carlos Viver
Cristian Malmagro
Joan Cañellas
Antonio García
Raúl Campos
Ferran Solé

Foreign players

Hugo Günther
A. Hilmarsson
Andrei Tioumentsev
/ Veselin Vujović
Oleg Kisselev
Viatcheslav Atavin
Denis Bahtijarević
Ljubomir Vranješ
Patrik Ćavar
Takeshi Uchida
Ivan Nikčević
Marko Krivokapić

Davor Čutura
Aleksandar Svitlica
Zoran Mikulic
Michael Apelgren
Draško Nenadić
Aidenas Malašinskas
Tomáš Řezníček
Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Niklas Grundsten
Matías Schulz
Guilherme de Toledo
César Almeida

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
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-	Carlos Viver

External links

BM Granollers Official Website (Catalan)/(Spanish)
Granollers Cup Official Website (Catalan)/(Spanish)/(English)

Liga ASOBAL · 2016–17

2016–17 clubs

Seasons

Div. Honor	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

ASOBAL	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

División de Honor Femenina · 2015–16

Teams	Aiala Zarautz Aula Valladolid Bera Bera Canyamelar Valencia Carobels ULE-Cleba Clínicas Rincón Málaga Elche Mustang Helvetia Alcobendas Jofemesa Oviedo KH-7 Granollers Mecalia Atl. Guardés Porriño Prosetecnisa Zuazo Rocasa G.C. ACE

Seasons	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

EHF Cup winners

IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander

EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15:

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