AD Ciudad de Guadalajara

Asociación Deportiva Ciudad de Guadalajara, also known as BM Guadalajara, is a Spanish handball team based in Guadalajara, that plays in the Liga ASOBAL.

Guadalajara

Location of Balonmano Guadalajara

Balonmano Guadalajara
Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ciudad de Guadalajara
Nickname(s)	Guada, Morados, Violetas
Founded	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Arena	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
Capacity	5,894
President	Alejandro Ortiz Garrido
Head coach	Juan Carlos Requena
League	Liga ASOBAL
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded in 2007 and managed to get promoted to the first division in the Liga ASOBAL in just three seasons. After the 2020/21 First Division season, the club finished 15th and was relegated to the Second Division. After the 2021/22 season of the second division, the team was again promoted to the first division.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2017	Rasán
2017 - 2021	Hummel
2021 - present	Joma

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2017–19	2021-22	2022-23

AWAY
2014–15	2022-23

THIRD
2022-23

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara

• Name: – Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara
• City: – Guadalajara
• Capacity: – 5894
• Address: – Av. de El Vado, 13, 19005, Guadalajara, Spain

Management

Position	Name
President	Alejandro Ortiz Garrido
Vice President	Fabiola Tejon San Jose
Executive Director	Javier Palacios
Member Of The Board	Jaime Alvalo Such
Member Of The Board	Raquel Alda Jimeno
Member Of The Board	David Hernández Hombrados
Member Of The Board	Alberto Moranchel Alonso
Member Of The Board	José Javier Perdices Calvo

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Balonmano Guadalajara

Goalkeepers 01 Jesús Ángel Lucía 12 Marco Krimer 44 Daniel Santamaría Left Wingers 05 Francisco Andres Lombardi 14 José Luis Román 18 Alberto Moranchel Right Wingers 15 Enrique Calvo 19 Fábio Chiuffa 21 Carlos Pérez Muñoz 39 Santiago Simón Saz Line Players 10 Jorge Romanillos 23 Miguel Llorens 29 Marcos Dorado 55 Alvaro Garcia Leon Central Backs 13 Denys Barros 33 Jesús Arribas 51 Julián Tarjuelo 52 Alberto Serradilla Left Backs 07 Haitz Gorostidi 76 Francisco Oliveira Silva 97 Alberto Díaz Hernández Right Backs 09 Manuel Catalina Falcón

Technical staff

• Head coach: Juan Carlos Requena
• Assistant coach: Ricardo Mateo
• Fitness coach: Edu Espi
• Physiotherapist: Ane Bilbao
• Club Doctor: José Ángel Izquierdo Alises

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Denys Barros (CB) from Handebol Clube Taubaté Miguel Llorens (LP) from Valence Handball Francisco Oliveira Silva (LB) from Vitória Setubal Enrique Calvo (RW) from BM Villa de Aranda

Leaving Juan Marmesat (RB) to CB Soria Dario Petrovski (CB) to Junior Fasano Kemal Hamzić (CB) to Riihimäki Cocks Luis Aybar (LP)

Previous squads

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Iran	Saeid Barkhordari	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
3	North Macedonia	Kostadin Petrov	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
5	Spain	Antonio Serradilla	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 26)	Left Back
7	Spain	Javier Chacón Ocaña	(2002-02-13) 13 February 2002 (age 23)	Left Back
8	Spain	Chema Márquez	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 28)	Central Back
9	Spain	Victor Montoya Armengol	(1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 35)	Central Back
10	Brazil	Arthur William De Souza Pereira	(1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 30)	Right Back
13	Spain	Alberto Sanz García	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27)	Right Back
15	Spain	Pedro Fuentes Sanchez-Migallon	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 39)	Line Player
18	Spain	Inigo Barricart Dorval	(1995-08-30) 30 August 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
20	Spain	Ignacio Moya Del Saz	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 32)	Right Winger
21	Spain	Jaime Gallardo	(1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 26)	Right Winger
22	Spain	Pablo Paredes	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 30)	Left Back
24	Spain	Jorge Romanillos	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 24)	Line Player
28	Spain	Javier Bodí	(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 24)	Central Back
29	Spain	José Luis Román	(2002-03-31) 31 March 2002 (age 23)	Left Winger
32	Cuba	Dariel García Rivera	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 28)	Left Winger
44	Spain	Daniel Santamaría	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
47	Spain	José Javier Hombrados	(1972-04-07) 7 April 1972 (age 53)	Goalkeeper
65	Spain	Juan Marmesat	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 24)	Right Back

2017–2018 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Carlos Donderis	(1992-08-02) 2 August 1992 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Javier Parra	(1983-01-10) 10 January 1983 (age 42)	Left Winger
3	Spain	Chema Celada	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 29)	Central Back
4	Spain	Sergio Mellado Sanchez	(1989-04-05) 5 April 1989 (age 36)	Central Back
6	Brazil	Lucas Cândido	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 36)	Right Winger
8	Spain	Chema Márquez	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 28)	Central Back
9	Spain	Victor Montoya Armengol	(1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 35)	Central Back
10	Argentina	Agustín Vidal	(1987-07-08) 8 July 1987 (age 38)	Left Back
13	Spain	Alberto Sanz García	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27)	Right Back
14	Spain	Victor Vigo Gerpe	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 41)	Central Back
15	Spain	José Bozalongo	(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 40)	Left Back
16	Spain	Adrián Eceolaza	(1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	Pedro Fuentes Sanchez-Migallon	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 39)	Line Player
19	Spain	Jairo Pina	(1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 25)	Central Back
20	Spain	Ignacio Moya Del Saz	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 32)	Right Winger
21	Spain	Jaime Gallardo	(1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 26)	Right Winger
22	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 35)	Line Player
24	Spain	Daniel Sedano Sánchez	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 28)	Line Player
27	Spain	Sergio Valles Fernández	(1981-08-27) 27 August 1981 (age 43)	Right Back
32	Spain	Cesar Gómez Sánchez	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 29)	Goalkeeper
47	Spain	José Javier Hombrados	(1972-04-07) 7 April 1972 (age 53)	Goalkeeper
48	Spain	Javier Casasnovas	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	Left Winger
63	Spain	Ramos Padilla	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 36)	Central Back
93	Spain	Pablo Simón Saz	(1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 25)	Left Back

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Notes
2007–08	3	1ª Estatal	2nd	Promoted
2008–09	2	Honor B	4th
2009–10	2	Plata	2nd	Promoted
2010–11	1	ASOBAL	13th
2011–12	1	ASOBAL	14th
2012–13	1	ASOBAL	13th
2013–14	1	ASOBAL	8th
2014–15	1	ASOBAL	11th
2015–16	1	ASOBAL	11th
2016–17	1	ASOBAL	10th
2017–18	1	ASOBAL	8th
2018–19	1	ASOBAL	12th

EHF ranking

As of 14/12/2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
278	Lugi HF	4
279	HV Aalsmeer	4
280	Balonmano Sinfín	3
281	Balonmano Guadalajara	3
282	US Ivry Handball	3
283	Mezőkövesdi KC	3

Former club members

Notable former players

• Mateo Garralda (2011–2012)
• José Javier Hombrados (2015–2021)
• Chema Márquez (2014–2020)
• Pablo Paredes (2018–2021)
• Iñaki Peciña (2014–2015)
• Javier García Rubio (2017–2018)
• Valero Rivera (2008–2009)
• Gastón Mouriño (2020–2021)
• Agustín Vidal (2010–2011, 2017–2018)
• César Almeida (2013–2015)
• Lucas Cândido (2016–2018)
• Fábio Chiuffa (2014–2016, 2022–)
• Alexandro Pozzer (2013–2016)
• Ales Abrao Silva (2013–2014, 2015–2016)
• Guilherme Valadão Gama (2013–2014)
• Alen Blažević (2011–2012)
• Saeid Barkhordari (2019–2020)
• Giacomo Savini (2020–2021)
• Kostadin Petrov (2019–2020)
• Paweł Niewrzawa (2018–2019)
• Draško Nenadić (2012–2013)
• Stanislav Demovič (2009-2011)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2007–2012	Fernando Bolea
2012–2014	Mateo Garralda
2014–2019	César Montes
2019-2021	Mariano Ortega
2021	Rodrigo Reñones
2021–	Juan Carlos Requena