BM Benidorm

TM Benidorm is a team of handball based in Benidorm, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

Benidorm

Location of BM Benidorm

BM Benidorm
Full name	Club Balonmano Benidorm
Nickname(s)	Blanquiazules, Azulones, Azules
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Arena	Pabellón Liliana Fernández Steiner
Capacity	3,000
President	Jacobo Balongo
Head coach	Marko Krivokapic
League	Liga ASOBAL
2021–22	4th
Club colours
Website Official site

History

The current club was founded in 1994. In May 2014, they were promoted to Liga ASOBAL, in which the team has been playing ever since. In 2020, the team played in the final of the Copa del Rey, and in 2021 they also reached the final of the Supercopa ASOBAL. Internationally, the team played in the 2020/21 EHF European League.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2014–15

Management

Position	Name
President	Jacobo Balongo
Member Of The Board	Jose Sanchis
Member Of The Board	Vanesa Lerma
Member Of The Board	María del Mar Hernández
Member Of The Board	Jose Vicente Ferrer
Member Of The Board	Jose Antonio Villalgordo

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

TM Benidorm

Goalkeepers 01 Miquel Alvado 12 Roberto Domenech 99 Krystian Witkowski Left Wingers 013 Tommaso de Angelis 20 Ramiro Martinez 21 Nikolas Zarikos Right Wingers 22 Hugo Vila 20 Ramiro Martínez Line Players 011 Lucas Moscariello 08 Jose Oliver 9 Bryan Pedraza 10 Daniel Zhurkov Central Backs 019 Juan Carlos Sempere 23 Mirko Durovic 34 Nacho Valles Left Backs 04 Pablo Agulló 14 Jaume Planelles 18 Leo Alonso 24 Matias Canellas 53 Joao Bandeira Lorenço Right Backs 05 Pablo Vanstein 55 David Roca 93 Mane Abdoulah

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Marko Krivokapic
• Fitness Coach: Isidre Perez Marin

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Rolandas Bernatonis (LB) from SBS-Eger Ramiro Martínez (RW) from Balonmano Sinfín Ruben Filipe Santos (CB) from Vitória Setubal Mladen Šotić (LW) from RK Vojvodina Dragan Soljic (LP) from CB Ademar León Samuel Ibáñez (GK) from BM Ciudad Encantada

Leaving Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (CB) (retires) Nacho Vallés (CB) to KS Azoty-Puławy James Parker (LB) to Zamalek SC Handball Joaquín Barceló (RW) to BM Villa de Aranda Roney Franzini (GK) to BM Cisne Pedro Martínez (LP) to BM Atlético Valladolid José Oliver (LP)

Previous Squads

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Roberto Rodríguez Lario	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Álvaro Cabanas	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990 (age 35)	Right Winger
3	Spain	Gonzalo Vicente Porras	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
4	Argentina	Pablo Simonet	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 33)	Left Back
5	Cuba	Ángel Noris	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 33)	Right Back
6	Spain	Borja Méndez	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28)	Central Back
8	Spain	José Oliver Hernandez	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 29)	Line Player
9	Argentina	James Parker	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 31)	Left Back
11	France	Jules Lignieres	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 26)	Central Back
14	Spain	Mario Dorado Pérez	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 26)	Left Winger
15	Spain	Carlos Grau	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 38)	Left Back
20	Spain	Adrián Nolasco	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32)	Left Back
21	Spain	Diego Rueda	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 26)	Right Winger
27	Spain	Luisma Lorasque	(1985-08-02) 2 August 1985 (age 40)	Line Player
29	Spain	Alejandro Cutanda	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 35)	Left Back
62	Brazil	Leonardo Terçariol	(1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
69	Cuba	Jorge Pabán	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 43)	Right Back
77	Spain	Josep Folqués	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 29)	Left Winger

EHF ranking

As of 12/10/2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
76	Pfadi Winterthur	70
77	Talent Plzeň	70
78	Põlva Serviti	69
79	TM Benidorm	68
80	RK Metalurg Skopje	68
81	HK Malmö	67
82	KH Besa Famgas	65

Former club members

Notable former players

• Álvaro Cabanas (2018-2020)
• David Cuartero Sánchez (2014–2018)
• Josep Folqués (2015–2016, 2019–2021)
• Rubén Marchán (2015-2019)
• Álvaro Ruiz Sánchez (2021–2022)
• Ramiro Martínez (2022-)
• James Parker (2019-2022)
• Pablo Simonet (2016-2020)
• Pablo Vainstein (2021-)
• Leonardo Terçariol (2018-2021)
• Emil Feuchtmann (2020-2021)
• Esteban Salinas (2015-2018)
• Guillermo Corzo (2016–2018)
• Jorge Pabán (2017–2020)
• Gianluca Dapiran (2018-2019)
• Rolandas Bernatonis (2022-)
• Mile Mijušković (2016-2019)
• Darius Makaria (2017-2018)
• Mikhail Revin (2018–2019)
• Ivan Nikčević (2020-)