Bera Bera Eskubaloia is a Basque women's handball club from San Sebastián competing in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989.
Bera Bera has won nine Spanish championships and nine national cups, and is a regular of European competitions. Its best result to date was reaching the Cup Winners' Cup's semifinals in 2008 after beating Budućnost Podgorica and KIF Vejen,Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website and qualifying for the Champions League group stage in 2013–14.
Club's names Sociedad Cultural Recreativa Deportiva Bidebieta – (1983–1998) Bera Bera Eskubaloia – (1998–)
Sponsors Corteblanco – (1989–1998) Meyba – (1990–91) Akaba – (1999–2010) Super Amara – (2016–present)
Season to season As Bidebieta: SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1985–862 Primera Nacional1st (Group D) 1986–872 Primera Nacional3rd (Group C) 1987–882 Primera Nacional1st (Group B) 1988–892 Primera Nacional1st (Group A) 1989–902 Primera Nacional1st (Group A)↑1990-911 División de Honor10th1991-921 División de Honor6th1992-931 División de Honor4th1993-941 División de Honor6th1994-951 División de Honor3rd1995-961 División de Honor4th1996-971 División de Honor4th1997-981 División de Honor4th As Bera Bera Eskubaloia: SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1998–991 División de Honor7th1999–001 División de Honor5th2000–011 División de Honor5th2001–021 División de Honor4th2002–031 División de Honor5th2003–041 División de Honor4th2004–051 División de Honor5th2005–061 División de Honor5th 2006–071 División de Honor5thCup winner2007–081 División de Honor5th2008–091 División de Honor4thCup winner2009–101 División de Honor6th 2010–111 División de Honor5th 2011–121 División de Honor2nd SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2012–131 División de Honor1stCup winner2013–141 División de Honor1stCup winner2014–151 División de Honor1st2015–161 División de Honor1stCup winner2016–171 División de Honor2nd 2017–181 División de Honor1st2018–191 División de Honor2ndCup winner2019–201 División de Honor1st2020–211 División de Honor1st2021–221 División de Honor1st2022–231 División de Honor3rdCup winner2023–241 División de Honor1stCup winner2024–251 División de Honor Cup winner
Trophies
División de Honor (National Championship of Spain) Champions (9) 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023–24 Copa de la Reina (Cup of Spain) Champions (9) 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 Supercopa de España (Supercup of Spain) Champions (10) 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate2024–25EHF European LeagueR3 MKS Lublin 26–20 19–2345–43Group stage HSG Bensheim-Auerbach 29–31 32–34 2nd place Fredrikstad BK 32–26 24–33 Paris 92 33–28 33–27QF HSG Blomberg-Lippe 25–28 26–2451–522023–24EHF European LeagueR3 Sola HK 39–32 28–3466–672022–23EHF European LeagueR3 ESBF Besançon 29–32 24–2753–592021–22EHF European LeagueR2 Paris 92 27–27 26–2153–48R3 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 27–29 28–3455–632020–21EHF European LeagueR3 HC Zvezda 27–27 24–2951–562019–20EHF CupR1 LK Zug30-1645-3175-47R2 ASC Corona 2010 Brașov30-3532-31 62-66 2018–19EHF Champions LeagueQ1 SG BBM Bietigheim27-333rd place Jomi Salerno40-20EHF CupR3 Dunaújvárosi KKA26-1822-2348–41Group D Podravka Koprivnica29-3232-26 4th place SCM Craiova32-2123-26 Nykøbing Falster Håndbold26-3128-362017–18EHF CupR1 Colégio de Gaia26-2531-2357-48R2 Kastamonu Belediyesi35-3522-2457-592016–17EHF Champions LeagueQ1 Hypo Niederösterreich21–253rd place HC Gomel28–20EHF CupR3 Brest BH20–2519–2339–482015–16EHF CupR3 IUVENTA Michalovce29-3424-2453-582014–15EHF CupR2 Jomi Salerno29-1928-2057-39L16 Muratpaşa Belediyesi30-3027-2957-592013–14 EHF Champions LeagueGroup D ZRK Vardar19-2320-304th place Podravka Koprivnica18-2928-19 Larvik HK17-2721-292012–13EHF Champions LeagueQ1 Vistal Gdynia22-313rd place LC Brühl33-23EHF Cup Winners' CupR3 HC Danubius Galati26-2322-1948-42L16 Vistal Gdynia20-3229-1749-49QF Thüringer HC15-3326-3841-71
Team
Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season
Goalkeepers 55 Lucía Prades 77 Amandine Balzinc Wingers RW 18 Maitane Etxeberria 25 Anne Erauskin LW 06 Marie Louis 24 Elena Amores Line players 31 Giuliana Gavilan 33 Kelly Fonkeng
Back Players 18 Elke Karsten 19 Ester Somaza 22 Mathilde Plotton 70 Carmen Arroyo CB 02 Elba Álvarez 14 Lisanne Kruijswijk RB 09 Elene Fresco 89 Sora Ishikawa 97 Alexandra Shunu
Transfers Transfers for the 2027–2028 season
Joining
Leaving
Technical staff Head Coach: Jon Begiristain Assistant Coach:
Notable players
Nely Carla Alberto Azenaide Carlos Mihaela Ciobanu Lígia Costa Verónica Cuadrado Fabiana Diniz Patricia Elorza Beatriz Fernández Alicia Fernández Fraga Tatiana Garmendia Amélie Goudjo Anette Hoffmann Janne Kolling Alexandra Lacrabère Marta López Ana Martínez Antonela Mena Wendy Obein Svetlana Obucina Darly de Paula Elisabeth Pinedo Montserrat Puche Anna Punko Fernanda da Silva Ana Temprano Raphaëlle Tervel Katarina Tomašević Tania Yáñez Adriana Cardoso de Castro Esther Arrojeria Alba Menéndez
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