Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is a handball team in Gijón, Asturias. Spain, that plays in División de Plata, the second tier in the Spanish handball.
History Grupo Covadonga played the top league from the 1976–77 to the 1979–80, after winning the promotion playoff to BM Gavà on May 10, 1976.El C. Covadonga, a la División de Honor; El País, 11 May 1976 Years later, in 2001, it achieved a vacant berth in the División de Plata, second tier, and was very close to promote to Liga ASOBAL. After several tries, Grupo Covadonga decreased its level and was relegated to Primera Nacional.
In 2015, despite failing for the second time in a row to promote, Grupo Covadonga returned to División de Plata after taking the spot of the reserve team of BM Granollers. Three years later, the club resigned and sold its place to BM Villa de Aranda.
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.NotesCopa del Rey1976–771 Div. Honor7th Round of 161977–781 Div. Honor6th Quarterfinalist1978–791 Div. Honor8th Quarterfinalist1979–801 Div. Honor12thRelegated1980–812 1ª Nacional3rd 1981–822 1ª Nacional5th 1982–832 1ª Nacional 1983–842 1ª Nacional4th 1984–852 1ª Nacional11th 1991–923 2ª Estatal2nd 1992–933 2ª Estatal1st 1993–943 2ª Estatal1st 1994–954 2ª Estatal2nd 1995–964 2ª Estatal3rd 1996–974 2ª Estatal1stPromoted1997–983 1ª Estatal9th1998–993 1ª Estatal10th1999–003 1ª Estatal11th2000–013 1ª Estatal12thSeasonTierDivisionPos.NotesCopa del Rey2001–022 Honor B6th2002–032 Honor B4th2003–042 Honor B3rd2004–052 Honor B5th2005–062 Honor B10th2006–072 Honor B14th2007–082 Honor B15thRelegated2008–093 1ª Estatal13th 2009–103 1ª Estatal14thRelegated2010–114 2ª Estatal1st 2011–124 2ª Estatal1stPromoted2012–133 1ª Estatal4th2013–143 1ª Estatal1st2014–153 1ª Estatal2nd2015–162 Plata9th First round2016–172 Plata7th First round2017–182 Plata9th First round2018–193 1ª Nacional6th
Notable players Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Juan de la Puente Carlos Ruesga
References
External links Handball section at RGCC website