Agrupación Balonmano Gijón Jovellanos is a handball team based in Gijón, Asturias. Gijón Jovellanos plays in Liga ASOBAL.

History Gijón Jovellanos was founded in 2009 with the aim to be the main handball club in the city grouping the players of the top farm teams in the city.

In its two first seasons competed in Primera Estatal, the third tier, promoting to División de Plata in 2011.El Medicentro asciende a la División de Honor Plata Masculina; El Comercio, 15 May 2011

In the 2011–12 season, Gijón Jovellanos qualified for the promotion playoffs to Liga ASOBAL, played in Cangas do Morrazo, but failed in the semifinals against CB Cangas. This promotion was achieved in the next season on 13 April 2013, after beating CB Puente Genil in Gijón by 25–22.Día de Gloria; Golaverage.com, 13 April 2013 Finally, Gijón Jovellanos qualified in second position behind FC Barcelona B.

For playing in Liga ASOBAL, the club moved from Pabellón de La Arena to the Palacio de Deportes. In the first season in the Spanish top league, the Gijón Jovellanos finished in the 12th position and reached the quarterfinals of the 2013–14 Copa del Rey.

On April 1, 2015, despite being in the bottom of the 2014–15 Liga ASOBAL table, Gijón Jovellanos qualified for the 2014–15 Copa del Rey Final Four.La XL Copa del Rey ya conoce a sus cuatro finalistas; Liga ASOBAL, 1 April 2015

Two years later, in a disastrous season, Gijón Jovellanos was relegated to the third tier.

Arenas Pabellón del Natahoyo 2009–2010 Pabellón de La Arena 2010–2013 Palacio de Deportes 2013–present

Sponsorship naming Medicentro Gijón 2009–2011 Juanfersa Gijón 2012–2013 Juanfersa Grupo Fegar 2013–2014 Juanfersa Gijón 2014–2015 Juanfersa Comunicalia 2015–2016 Procoaf Gijón 2017–2019 DKV Gijón 2019–present

Head coaches Alberto Suárez 2009–2015 Sergio Cotelo 2015–

Retired numbers 11 David Pellitero

Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.NotesCopa del Rey2009–103 1ª Estatal5th2010–113 1ª Estatal1stPromoted2011–122 Plata6th2012–132 Plata2ndPromoted2013–141 ASOBAL12th Quarterfinals2014–151 ASOBAL16thRelegated Semifinals2015–162 Plata7th Round of 162016–172 Plata15thRelegated First round2017–183 1ª Estatal6th 2018–193 1ª Nacional9th

2 seasons in Liga ASOBAL

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