BM Bera Bera

Bera Bera Eskubaloia is a Basque women's handball club from San Sebastián competing in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989.

Bera Bera Eskubaloia
Short name	Bera Bera
Founded	1983
Arena	Polideportivo Jose A. Gasca, San Sebastián
Capacity	2,800
President	Fernando Diez Mintegi
Head coach	Imanol Álvarez
League	División de Honor
2023–24	Champion
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Bera Bera has won nine Spanish championships and nine national cups, and is a regular of European competitions. Its best result to date was reaching the Cup Winners' Cup's semifinals in 2008 after beating Budućnost Podgorica and KIF Vejen,^[1] and qualifying for the Champions League group stage in 2013–14.

Club's names

• Sociedad Cultural Recreativa Deportiva Bidebieta – (1983–1998)
• Bera Bera Eskubaloia – (1998–)

Sponsors

• Corteblanco – (1989–1998)
• Meyba – (1990–91)
• Akaba – (1999–2010)
• Super Amara – (2016–present)

Season to season

• As Bidebieta:

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1985–86 2 Primera Nacional 1st (Group D) 1986–87 2 Primera Nacional 3rd (Group C) 1987–88 2 Primera Nacional 1st (Group B) 1988–89 2 Primera Nacional 1st (Group A) 1989–90 2 Primera Nacional 1st (Group A) ↑ 1990-91 1 División de Honor 10th 1991-92 1 División de Honor 6th 1992-93 1 División de Honor 4th 1993-94 1 División de Honor 6th 1994-95 1 División de Honor 3rd 1995-96 1 División de Honor 4th 1996-97 1 División de Honor 4th 1997-98 1 División de Honor 4th

• As Bera Bera Eskubaloia:

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1998–99 1 División de Honor 7th 1999–00 1 División de Honor 5th 2000–01 1 División de Honor 5th 2001–02 1 División de Honor 4th 2002–03 1 División de Honor 5th 2003–04 1 División de Honor 4th 2004–05 1 División de Honor 5th 2005–06 1 División de Honor 5th 2006–07 1 División de Honor 5th Cup winner 2007–08 1 División de Honor 5th 2008–09 1 División de Honor 4th Cup winner 2009–10 1 División de Honor 6th 2010–11 1 División de Honor 5th 2011–12 1 División de Honor 2nd

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2012–13 1 División de Honor 1st Cup winner 2013–14 1 División de Honor 1st Cup winner 2014–15 1 División de Honor 1st 2015–16 1 División de Honor 1st Cup winner 2016–17 1 División de Honor 2nd 2017–18 1 División de Honor 1st 2018–19 1 División de Honor 2nd Cup winner 2019–20 1 División de Honor 1st 2020–21 1 División de Honor 1st 2021–22 1 División de Honor 1st 2022–23 1 División de Honor 3rd Cup winner 2023–24 1 División de Honor 1st Cup winner 2024–25 1 División de Honor Cup winner

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Trophies

Bera Bera's squad with the Copa de la Reina trophy, 2019

División de Honor (National Championship of Spain)

• Champions (9)
  • 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023–24

Copa de la Reina (Cup of Spain)

• Champions (9)
  • 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025

Supercopa de España (Supercup of Spain)

• Champions (10)
  • 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2024–25	EHF European League	R3	MKS Lublin	26–20	19–23	45–43
		Group stage	HSG Bensheim-Auerbach	29–31	32–34	2nd place
			Fredrikstad BK	32–26	24–33
			Paris 92	33–28	33–27
		QF	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	25–28	26–24	51–52
2023–24	EHF European League	R3	Sola HK	39–32	28–34	66–67
2022–23	EHF European League	R3	ESBF Besançon	29–32	24–27	53–59
2021–22	EHF European League	R2	Paris 92	27–27	26–21	53–48
		R3	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	27–29	28–34	55–63
2020–21	EHF European League	R3	HC Zvezda	27–27	24–29	51–56
2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	LK Zug	30-16	45-31	75-47
		R2	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	30-35	32-31	62-66
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Q1	SG BBM Bietigheim	27-33		3rd place
			Jomi Salerno	40-20
	EHF Cup	R3	Dunaújvárosi KKA	26-18	22-23	48–41
		Group D	Podravka Koprivnica	29-32	32-26	4th place
			SCM Craiova	32-21	23-26
			Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	26-31	28-36
2017–18	EHF Cup	R1	Colégio de Gaia	26-25	31-23	57-48
		R2	Kastamonu Belediyesi	35-35	22-24	57-59
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Q1	Hypo Niederösterreich	21–25		3rd place
			HC Gomel	28–20
	EHF Cup	R3	Brest BH	20–25	19–23	39–48
2015–16	EHF Cup	R3	IUVENTA Michalovce	29-34	24-24	53-58
2014–15	EHF Cup	R2	Jomi Salerno	29-19	28-20	57-39
		L16	Muratpaşa Belediyesi	30-30	27-29	57-59
2013–14	EHF Champions League	Group D	ZRK Vardar	19-23	20-30	4th place
			Podravka Koprivnica	18-29	28-19
			Larvik HK	17-27	21-29
2012–13	EHF Champions League	Q1	Vistal Gdynia	22-31		3rd place
			LC Brühl	33-23
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R3	HC Danubius Galati	26-23	22-19	48-42
		L16	Vistal Gdynia	20-32	29-17	49-49
		QF	Thüringer HC	15-33	26-38	41-71

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers 55 Lucía Prades 33 Tamara Kostic Wingers RW 15 Maitane Etxeberria 25 Anne Erauskin LW 06 Melinda Marie Louis 13 Laura Hernández Line players 31 Giuliana Gavilan 20 Lyndie Tchaptchet

Back players LB 04 Eszter Ogonovszky 18 Elke Karsten 70 Carmen Arroyo CB 03 Esther Arrojería 02 Elba Álvarez RB 08 Alba Menéndez (c) 99 Micaela Rodrigues

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–2026 season

Joining Nicole Wiggins (GK) (from OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball) Ester Somaza (LB) (from BM Granollers) Elena Amores (LW) (from CB Atlético Guardés)

Leaving Alba Menéndez (LB) (retires) Esther Arrojeria (CB) (retires) Melinda Marie Louis (RW) (to ) Tamara Kostic (GK) (to )

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Imanol Álvarez
• Assistant Coach: Jon Begiristain

Notable players

• Nely Carla Alberto
• Azenaide Carlos
• Mihaela Ciobanu
• Lígia Costa
• Verónica Cuadrado
• Fabiana Diniz
• Patricia Elorza
• Beatriz Fernández
• Alicia Fernández Fraga
• Tatiana Garmendia
• Amélie Goudjo
• Anette Hoffmann
• Janne Kolling
• Alexandra Lacrabère
• Marta López
• Ana Martínez
• Antonela Mena
• Wendy Obein
• Svetlana Obucina
• Darly de Paula
• Elisabeth Pinedo
• Montserrat Puche
• Anna Punko
• Fernanda da Silva
• Ana Temprano
• Raphaëlle Tervel
• Katarina Tomašević
• Tania Yáñez
• Adriana Cardoso de Castro
• Esther Arrojeria
• Alba Menéndez