Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a professional handball club based in Granollers, Catalonia, Spain.
History
The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Catalan Spanish handball clubs in terms of titles won. Since its inception, the club quickly got a great competitive level. BM Granollers has competed almost every season in the top league of Spanish handball (currently Liga ASOBAL). It became the first Spanish handball club taking part in a European competition in 1959. BM Granollers won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, so it became the first Spanish handball club winning a European title.
Thanks to this history, the city of Granollers hosted the handball matches at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The Palau d'Esports, the current club's arena, was built for this event and subsequently has also hosted the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.
One of the BM Granollers' landmarks is its commitment with young players formation. Many great handball players and team managers have been formed in BM Granollers youth academy (players such as Joan Cañellas, Antonio García, Enric Masip and Mateo Garralda; team managers such as Pep Vilà, Miquel Roca Mas, Sead Hasanefendić, Toni García and Carlos Viver). In recent years, moreover, BM Granollers has significantly increased the number of female teams in the youth academy. From the 2014–15 season, BM Granollers has become the only handball club in Spain with main male and female teams simultaneously in the top league of Spanish handball (Liga ASOBAL and División de Honor Femenina).
Men's handball team
Crest, colours, supporters
Kit manufacturers
PeriodKit manufacturer 2003 - 2008 Hummel 2008 - 2016 Kempa 2016 - present Hummel
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Sports Hall information
Name: – Palau d'Esports City: – Granollers Capacity: – 5685 Address: – Carrer de Francesc Macià i Llussà, s/n, 08400 Granollers, Catalonia, Spain
Team
Current squad Squad for the 2024–25 season
Fraikin BM GranollersGoalkeepers 1 Roberto Rodríguez 51 Pau Panitti Left Wingers 9 Jordi Deumal 32 Pablo Guijarro Right Wingers 34 Pablo Ugardagarin 77 Sergi Franco Miró Line Players 7 Victor Romero Holguin 10 Oriol Rey Morales 2 Ivan Montoya
Left Backs 8 Tarcisio Freitas 99 Antonio García Robledo Central Backs 21 Gerard Domingo 6 Biel Valera 33 Ferran Catillo 14 Leonardo Abrahão Right Backs 3 Andres Moyano
Technical staff Head coach: Antonio Rama Assistant coach: Pablo Larrumbide Goalkeeping coach: Perico García Physiotherapist: Ivan García Perez Club Doctor: Dr. Joan Vives
Transfers Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining Guillermo Fischer (LB) from BM Villa de Aranda Adrià Figueras (LP) from C' Chartres MHBhttps://www.bmgranollers.cat/es/prensa/noticias/3399-adria-figueras-vuelve-al-fraikin-bm-granollers Juan Palomino (LB) from FC Barcelona Josep Ernèst Armengol Garín (LP) from FC Barcelona Bruno Reguart (CB) from TVB Stuttgart Luka Krivokapić (GK) on loan from TVB Stuttgart
Leaving Andrés Moyano (RB) to Balonmano Torrelavega Leonardo Abrahão (CB) to Jags Vöslau Víctor Romero (LP) to Sporting CP Roberto Rodríguez (GK) to Chambéry SMBH Oriol Rey Morales (LP) to GRK Ohrid Iván Montoya (LP) to CB Eón Alicante Marc Vega (LW) to UD Ibiza HC Eivissa Biel Valera (CB) to UD Ibiza HC Eivissa
Previous squads 2017–2018 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Marc Guardia Tomas Goalkeeper 2 Álvaro Cabanas Right Winger 3 Gonzalo Vicente Porras Perez Line Player 4 Rolandas Bernatonis Left Back 5 Edgar Perez Lopez Left Winger 6 Ismael Bela Esono Mangue Left Back 7 Marc Garcia Dieguez Left Back 8 Álvaro Ferrer Central Back 9 Pol Valera Central Back 10 Adrià Martínez Bages Left Winger 11 Pau Navarro Baches Line Player 12 Pol Gavanach Llobet Goalkeeper 13 Adrià Figueras Line Player 14 Marc Cañellas Central Back 15 Albert Pujol Armendariz Left Back 16 Enric David Gonzalez Yanez Goalkeeper 17 David Resina Forns Left Winger 19 Mamadou Gassama Right Winger 25 Vukasin Rakocija Left Back 28 Jorge Filipe Fernandes Monteiro da Silva Right Back 31 Josep Reixach Right Winger 89 César Almeida Goalkeeper 95 Alejandro Márquez Coloma Right Back 99 Ian Tarrafeta Central Back
2015–2016 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Marc Guardia Tomas Goalkeeper 2 Henrique Teixeira Left Back 3 Gonzalo Vicente Porras Perez Line Player 4 Moises Blanxart Moreno Right Winger 5 Edgar Perez Lopez Left Winger 6 Miquel Flores Traveria Central Back 7 Marc Garcia Dieguez Left Back 8 Álvaro Ferrer Central Back 9 Arnau García Left Back 10 Adria Perez Martinez Left Winger 13 Adrià Figueras Line Player 14 Ferran Solé Right Winger 15 Marc Cañellas Central Back 16 Pol Sastre Rodriguez Goalkeeper 17 David Resina Forns Left Winger 18 Mamadou Gassama Right Winger 19 Salvador Puig Right Back 25 Guilherme Valadão Gama Left Back 29 José Toledo Right Back 33 Fernando Pacheco Filho Right Back 36 Gerard Forns Galve Goalkeeper 39 Carles Asensio Cambra Line Player 77 Marc Montolio Montero Line Player 89 César Almeida Goalkeeper 95 Alejandro Márquez Coloma Right Back
2009–2010 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Fredrik Ohlander Goalkeeper 2 Marc Pujol Reverter Left Winger 3 Juan del Arco Central Back 4 Juan Andreu Line Player 5 Alejandro Perez-Ortiz Acedo Central Back 6 Michael Apelgren Central Back 7 Iban Raigal Salcedo Line Player 8 Álvaro Ferrer Central Back 9 Antonio García Robledo Left Back 10 Moises Blanxart Moreno Right Winger 11 Raúl Campos Right Back 12 Alexandre Gonzales Torres Goalkeeper 14 Gonzalo Caracuel del Cacho Right Winger 16 Manel Perez Cantalosella Goalkeeper 17 David Resina Forns Left Winger 18 Manel Cirac Gascon Line Player 19 Salvador Puig Right Back 24 Aleksandar Svitlica Right Winger 27 Nicklas Grundsten Line Player 32 Davor Čutura Central Back
Honours
Domestic and European competitions 1 EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 1975–76 2 EHF Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96 10 Spanish leagues: 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74 3 Copa del Rey: 1957–58, 1969–70, 1973–74 1 ASOBAL Cup: 1993–94 4 Catalan leagues: 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 1 Pyrenées league: 2008
Double Winners (2): 1969–70, 1973–74
Season to season BM Granollers has been playing the top Spanish handball league since 1955, except on 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons, when it resigned due to changes in the competition system and economic reasons.
Season Domestic competition European competitionLeaguePos.CompetitionResult 1955–56 1ª División 1 1956–57 1ª División 1 1957–58 1ª División 1 1958–59 División de Honor 1 1959–60 División de Honor 1 EHF Champions League 1/4 1960–61 División de Honor 1 1961–62 1ª División 2 EHF Champions League 1/8 1962–63 1ª División 2 1965–66 División de Honor 1 1966–67 División de Honor 1 EHF Champions League 1/16 1967–68 División de Honor 1 EHF Champions League 1/4 1968–69 División de Honor 3 1969–70 División de Honor 1 1970–71 División de Honor 1 EHF Champions League 1/4 1971–72 División de Honor 1 EHF Champions League 1/16 1972–73 División de Honor 4 EHF Champions League 1/16 1973–74 División de Honor 1 1974–75 División de Honor 3 EHF Champions League 1/8 1975–76 División de Honor 5 EHF Cup Winner's Cup Champion 1976–77 División de Honor 5 EHF Cup Winner's Cup 1/4 1977–78 División de Honor 5 1978–79 División de Honor 7 1979–80 División de Honor 4 1980–81 División de Honor 8 1981–82 División de Honor 3 1982–83 División de Honor 3 IHF Cup 1/8 1983–84 División de Honor 4 IHF Cup 1/4 1984–85 División de Honor 4 1985–86 División de Honor 3 1986–87 División de Honor 6 1987–88 División de Honor 3 1988–89 División de Honor 4 1989–90 División de Honor 4
Season Domestic competition European competitionLeaguePos.CompetitionResult 1990–91 Liga ASOBAL 7 1991–92 Liga ASOBAL 2 1992–93 Liga ASOBAL Final 1993–94 Liga ASOBAL 1/4 City Cup 1/2 1994–95 Liga ASOBAL 6 EHF Cup Champion 1995–96 Liga ASOBAL 5 EHF Cup Champion 1996–97 Liga ASOBAL 11 EHF Cup 1/2 1997–98 Liga ASOBAL 10 1998–99 Liga ASOBAL 9 1999–00 Liga ASOBAL 11 2000–01 Liga ASOBAL 7 2001–02 Liga ASOBAL 10 2002–03 Liga ASOBAL 9 2003–04 Liga ASOBAL 7 2004–05 Liga ASOBAL 6 EHF Cup 1/4 2005–06 Liga ASOBAL 10 EHF Cup Winner's Cup 1/4 2006–07 Liga ASOBAL 9 2007–08 Liga ASOBAL 12 EHF Cup 1/8 2008–09 Liga ASOBAL 6 2009–10 Liga ASOBAL 8 EHF Cup Winner's Cup Final 2010–11 Liga ASOBAL 4 2011–12 Liga ASOBAL 8 EHF Cup 1/4 2012–13 Liga ASOBAL 6 2013–14 Liga ASOBAL 3 2014–15 Liga ASOBAL 3 EHF Cup 1/8 (GP) 2015–16 Liga ASOBAL 4 EHF Cup 3 (Final 4) 2016–17 Liga ASOBAL 4 EHF Cup 1/8 (GP) 2017–18 Liga ASOBAL 3 EHF Cup 1/4 2018–19 Liga ASOBAL 5 EHF Cup 1/8 (GP) 2019–20 Liga ASOBAL 6 2020–21 Liga ASOBAL 4 2021–22 Liga ASOBAL 2 EHF European League 2QR 2022–23 Liga ASOBAL 3 EHF European League Final 2023–24 Liga ASOBAL 3 EHF European League 2024–25 Liga ASOBAL 2 EHF European League
European record
Cup Winners' Cup From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1975–76 Winners Round of 16 Västra Frölunda IF 23–19 20–15 43–34 Quarter-finals AHC'31 Amsterdam 18–15 31–27 49–42 Semi-finals Oppsal 13–13 15–13 28–26 Finals Grün-Weiß Dankersen26–24
EHF Cup and EHF European League SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1994–95 Winners 1/16 RK Vardar 34–23 31–35 65–58 1/8 Tatra Kopřivnice 20–13 30–19 50–32 1/4 CBM Alzira Avidesa 29–21 23–29 52–50 1/2 VfL Hameln 28–21 24–26 52–47 Finals Polyot Chelyabinsk 23–21 26–24 49–451995–96 Winners 1/16 Śląsk Wrocław 25–10 22–16 47–26 1/8 GAS Archelaos Katerinis 39–17 35–17 74–34 1/4 Budapesti Elektromos SE 26–20 17–21 43–41 1/2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25–17 22–27 47–44 Finals HC Donbas Donetsk 28–18 28–27 56–45
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points20 RK Zagreb22221 SL Benfica21922 Bidasoa Irun21723 Fraikin BM Granollers20124 Kadetten Schaffhausen17725 RK Eurofarm Pelister16026 Kolstad Håndball160
Former club members
Notable former players
Vicente Álamo (2002–2008) Marc Amargant (1996–2003) Juan Andreu (2004–2010) Álvaro Cabanas (2016–2018) Raúl Campos (2001–2012) José Luis Pérez Canca (2003–2008) Joan Cañellas (2004–2005, 2008–2009) Marc Cañellas (2014–2018) Juan del Arco (2009–2015) Aitor Etxaburu (1991–1993) Eduard Fernández Roura (1997–2002) Álvaro Ferrer (2001–2011, 2015–2019) Adrià Figueras (2014–2020) Jaume Fort (1981–1990) Aleix Franch (1987–1992) Arnau García (2011–2017) Mateo Garralda (1986–1991) Cristian Malmagro (2000–2007) Chema Márquez (2020–2022) Enric Masip (1987–1990) Jordi Nuñez (1986–1995) Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (2011–2013) Jaime Puig (1976–1989) Salvador Puig (1993–2003, 2008–2011, 2014–2016) Albert Rocas (1997–2000) Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (2013–2015) Eugeni Serrano (1977–1979) Ferran Solé (2011–2016) Ian Tarrafeta (2017–2020) Antonio Ugalde (1994–2003) Pol Valera (2017–2023) Carlos Viver (1991–1999, 2000–2008) Nicolás Bonanno (2019–2020) Matías Schulz (2013–2014) Denis Bahtijarević (2001–2004) César Almeida (2015–2016, 2017–2020) Oswaldo Guimarães (2018–2020) Fernando Pacheco Filho (2015–2016) Henrique Teixeira (2015–2016) José Toledo (2014–2015) Guilherme Valadão Gama (2014–2016) Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2012–2014) Patrik Ćavar (2001–2005) Venio Losert (2001–2004) Zoran Mikulić (1995–1996) Michal Kasal (2016–2017) Tomáš Řezníček (2011–2012) Éric Cailleaux (1983–1984) Árni Þór Sigtryggsson (2007–2008) Geir Sveinsson (1989–1991) Kim Sung-Heon (1999–2001) Rolandas Bernatonis (2017–2018) Aidenas Malašinskas (2011–2013) Veselin Vujović (1993–1995) Vyacheslav Atavin (2000–2002) Vladislav Kalarash (1996–1997) Oleg Kisselev (1992–1994) Andrey Tyumentsev (1991–1992) Goran Kozomara (2001–2002) Igor Butulija (1994–1995) Davor Čutura (2007–2010) Marko Krivokapić (2004–2007) Draško Nenadić (2010–2012, 2019–2020) Ivan Nikčević (2010–2011) Dimitrije Pejanović (2014–2015) Aleksandar Svitlica (2007–2011)