BM Granollers

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

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).

Sports Hall information



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

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2022–23 season

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 [[File:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇳🇬 Yusuf Faruk (RB) from 🇵🇱 Vive Kielce
 * 🇧🇷 Guilherme Torriani (LW) from 🇧🇷 Handebol Clube Taubaté
 * David Roca Rodríguez (RB) from Balonmano Sinfín


 * Leaving [[File:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * Chema Márquez (CB) to 🇫🇷 Saint-Raphaël VHB
 * Alejandro Márquez Coloma (RB) to 🇫🇷 Istres Provence Handball

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.

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

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)

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.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2020–21 season

Technical staff:


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