Sociedad Deportiva Cultural San Antonio was a Spanish handball team based in Pamplona, Navarra. During the 1990's and early 2000's it was one of the strongest teams in Spain.
History Founded in 1955, they were promoted to the Liga ASOBAL in May 1989. In 1992-93 they were relegated, but promoted again 2 years later. Afterwards they established themselves as a strong first league team. In 1999 they won their first title; the Spanish Cup. They won their first Spanish Championship in 2001–02. They also won the 2000-01 EHF Champions League, beating FC Barcelona in the final.
In the early 2000's they continued to be one of the top Spanish teams, winning another league title in 2004-05. In the 2008-09 season the team started to fall behind, when they were left by their sponsor 'Portland'.
In July 2012, the team resigned from the Liga ASOBAL for the 2012–13 season due to the failure to find a new sponsor, being demoted two divisions (to Primera Estatal).El San Antonio renuncia a la Asobal por falta de patrocinio elmundo.es, 19 July 2012SDC San Antonio renuncia a ASOBAL asobal.es, 19 July 2012 After an uncertain few weeks, its spot in Primera Estatal was transferred to BM Ardoi, therefore, the club no longer owned any sporting team.El San Antonio cede al Ardoi el único equipo de balonmano que tenía
In April 2013, when the bankruptcy process finished, SDC San Antonio was officially liquidated.SDC San Antonio dissolved due to 2.800.000€ debt Noticias de Navarra, 17 April 2013
Sponsors 1968–1969: Kaiku 1971–1972: Werner 1972–1977: Schweppes 1977–1978: No sponsor 1978–1979: Reynolds 1979–1980: Ronkari 1980–1981: Chistu 1981–1982: Berberana 1982–1983: Vinos de Navarra 1983–1984: Garsa 1984–1987: Larios 1987–1989: Espárragos de Navarra 1989–1993: Mepamsa 1993–1994: Proedina 1994–1995: Ariston 1995–1997: Lagun Aro 1997–2009: Cementos Portland 2009–2010: Reyno de Navarra 2010–2012: AMAYA Sport 2012–2013: No sponsor
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1990–911 ASOBAL / 1991–921 ASOBAL / 1992–931 ASOBAL / Relegated1993–942 1ª Nacional12th (Group II)1994–952 Honor B2ndPromoted1995–961 ASOBAL11th1996–971 ASOBAL9th1997–981 ASOBAL2nd1998–991 ASOBAL2nd1999–001 ASOBAL3rd2000–011 ASOBAL3rdSeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2001–021 ASOBAL1stChampion2002–031 ASOBAL4th2003–041 ASOBAL3rd2004–051 ASOBAL1stChampion2005–061 ASOBAL3rd2006–071 ASOBAL2nd2007–081 ASOBAL4th2008–091 ASOBAL4th2009–101 ASOBAL6th2010–111 ASOBAL7th2011–121 ASOBAL10thDisbanded
20 seasons in Liga ASOBAL
Trophies Liga ASOBAL Winners: 2001–02, 2004–05 Runners-Up: 1997–98, 1999-00 Copa del Rey Winners: 1998–99, 2000–01 Runners-Up: 1997-98 Supercopa ASOBAL Winners: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 Runners-Up: 1999-00 Cup-Winners Cup Winners: 1999–00, 2003–04 European Cup Winners: 2000-01 Runners-Up: 2002–03, 2005–06 European Supercup Winners: 2000-01 Runners-Up: 2001-02
Last squad
Stadium Information Name: - Pabellón Universitario de Navarra City: - Pamplona Capacity: - 3,000-3,500 Address: - Campus Arrosadía, s/n.
Notable former players
Mikhail Yakimovich Mateo Garralda Iñaki Malumbres Jackson Richardson Ivano Balić
Davor Dominiković Valter Matošević Nedeljko Jovanović Ratko Nikolić Ivan Nikčević Vasko Ševaljević "Juancho Pérez" José Javier Hombrados Oleg Kisselev Tomas Svensson Danijel Šarić Albert Rocas Ricardo Andorinho Radivoje Ristanović Cristian Malmagro Lars T. Jørgensen Kasper Hvidt Claus Møller Jakobsen Kristian Kjelling Niko Mindegía Carlos Ruesga Alexandru Buligan Renato Vugrinec Goran Stojanović
References
External links Reyno de Navarra San Antonio Official Website Revista digital de la Liga Asobal