BM Benidorm

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BM Benidorm

Full name

Club Balonmano Benidorm

Nickname(s)

Blanquiazules, Azulones, Azules

Founded

1994; 32 years ago

Arena

Pabellón Liliana Fernández Steiner

Capacity

3,000

President

Jacobo Balongo

Head coach

Marko Krivokapic

League

Liga ASOBAL

2024–25

16th (relegated)

Club colours

Home

Away

Website
Official site

TM Benidorm is a team of handball based in Benidorm, Spain. It plays in División de Plata de Balonmano, the second tier of Spanish handball.

Benidorm

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Location of BM Benidorm

History

The current club was founded in 1994. In May 2014, they were promoted to Liga ASOBAL, in which the team has been playing ever since. In 2020, the team played in the final of the Copa del Rey, and in 2021 they also reached the final of the Supercopa ASOBAL. Internationally, the team played in the 2020/21 EHF European League.

In the 2024-25 season the team was relegated after finishing last in the league table.^[1]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2014–15

Management

Position	Name
President	Jacobo Balongo
Member Of The Board	Jose Sanchis
Member Of The Board	Vanesa Lerma
Member Of The Board	María del Mar Hernández
Member Of The Board	Jose Vicente Ferrer
Member Of The Board	Jose Antonio Villalgordo

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

TM Benidorm

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

Right Wingers

22 Hugo Vila
20 Ramiro Martínez

Line Players

Central Backs

Left Backs

Right Backs

Technical staff

Head Coach: Marko Krivokapic
Fitness Coach: Isidre Perez Marin

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Feliciano Couveiro (RB) from HC Odorheiu Secuiesc^[3]
Abdoula Modi (LP) from CB Ciudad de Logroño
David Mach Eijo (GK) from BM Rebi Cuenca
Marc López Lozano (LB) from Balonmano Sinfín
Pol Roy Trullols (LW) from BM Villa de Aranda
Carlos Fernández Sánchez (LB) from CB Eón Alicante

Leaving

Tommaso De Angelis (LW) to Pallamano Cologne^[4]
Mirko Djurović (CB) to Pallamano Conversano
Krystian Witkowski (GK) to Stal Mielec
Roberto Domènech (GK) to CB Eón Alicante
David Roca Rodríguez (RB) to Club Balonmano Nava
Ignacio Vallés Becerra (CB) to CD Bidasoa

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Rolandas Bernatonis (LB) from SBS-Eger
Ramiro Martínez (RW) from Balonmano Sinfín
Ruben Filipe Santos (CB) from Vitória Setubal
Mladen Šotić (LW) from RK Vojvodina
Dragan Soljic (LP) from CB Ademar León
Samuel Ibáñez (GK) from BM Ciudad Encantada

Leaving

Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (CB) (retires)
Nacho Vallés (CB) to KS Azoty-Puławy
James Parker (LB) to Zamalek SC Handball
Joaquín Barceló (RW) to BM Villa de Aranda
Roney Franzini (GK) to BM Cisne
Pedro Martínez (LP) to BM Atlético Valladolid
José Oliver (LP)

Previous Squads

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Roberto Rodríguez Lario	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Álvaro Cabanas	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990 (age 35)	Right Winger
3	Spain	Gonzalo Vicente Porras	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
4	Argentina	Pablo Simonet	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 33)	Left Back
5	Cuba	Ángel Noris	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 33)	Right Back
6	Spain	Borja Méndez	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 29)	Central Back
8	Spain	José Oliver Hernandez	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 30)	Line Player
9	Argentina	James Parker	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 31)	Left Back
11	France	Jules Lignieres	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 27)	Central Back
14	Spain	Mario Dorado Pérez	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 27)	Left Winger
15	Spain	Carlos Grau	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 39)	Left Back
20	Spain	Adrián Nolasco	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32)	Left Back
21	Spain	Diego Rueda	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 27)	Right Winger
27	Spain	Luisma Lorasque	(1985-08-02) 2 August 1985 (age 40)	Line Player
29	Spain	Alejandro Cutanda	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 36)	Left Back
62	Brazil	Leonardo Terçariol	(1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
69	Cuba	Jorge Pabán	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 44)	Right Back
77	Spain	Josep Folqués	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 29)	Left Winger

EHF ranking

As of 12/10/2022^[5]

Rank	Team	Points
76	Pfadi Winterthur	70
77	Talent Plzeň	70
78	Põlva Serviti	69
79	TM Benidorm	68
80	RK Metalurg Skopje	68
81	HK Malmö	67
82	KH Besa Famgas	65

Former club members

Notable former players

Álvaro Cabanas (2018-2020)
David Cuartero Sánchez (2014–2018)
Josep Folqués (2015–2016, 2019–2021)
Rubén Marchán (2015-2019)
Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (2021–2022)
Ramiro Martínez (2022-)
James Parker (2019-2022)
Pablo Simonet (2016-2020)
Pablo Vainstein (2021-)
Leonardo Terçariol (2018-2021)
Emil Feuchtmann (2020-2021)
Esteban Salinas (2015-2018)
Guillermo Corzo (2016–2018)
Jorge Pabán (2017–2020)
Gianluca Dapiran (2018-2019)
Rolandas Bernatonis (2022-)
Mile Mijušković (2016-2019)
Darius Makaria (2017-2018)
Mikhail Revin (2018–2019)
Ivan Nikčević (2020-)

References

External links

Liga ASOBAL

2025–26 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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