CB Atlético Guardés

Clube Balonmán Atlético Guardés, also known as Mecalia Atlético Guardés due to sponsorship reasons is a professional handball club from A Guarda, in the province of Pontevedra, Spain. The club was founded in 1967 and plays actually in the División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano, the premier women's professional handball league in Spain.

CB Atlético Guardés
Full name	Clube Balonmán Mecalia Atlético Guardés
Founded	1967
Arena	Pabellón Municipal de A Sangriña
Head coach	Cristina Cabeza
League	División de Honor
2022–2023	5th
Website Official site

Season to season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2012–13 1 División de Honor 5th 2013–14 1 División de Honor 4th 2014–15 1 División de Honor 3rd 2015–16 1 División de Honor 3rd 2016–17 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 2017–18 1 División de Honor 2nd 2018–19 1 División de Honor 3rd

History

The club was promoted in 2012 to the División de Honor. In 2013–2014, the club plays his first continental competition, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In three participations, they always stopped their campaign in Round 3. In 2016–2017, they reach quarterfinals in the EHF Challenge Cup, beaten by H 65 Höör.

In 2016–2017 won their first spanish championship.^[1]

CB Atlético Guardés in the Copa de la Reina 2016

Trophies

• División de Honor (1):
  • 2016–17
• Copa de la Reina:

Runner-up (1): 2022

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	Challenge Cup	R3	HC Dnepryanka Kherson	33–22	30–18	63–40
		1/8	Colégio de Gaia	30–26	32–22	62–48
		1/4	H 65 Höör	21–24	24–29	45–53

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers Estela Carrera Miriam Sempere Wingers LW Elena Amores Maria Sancha Ania Ramos RW Nerea Solares Line players África Sempere Herrera Cristina Cifuentes Bermejo Maria Palomo Pineda

Back players LB Andreza Almeida Blažka Hauptman Sandra Radovic CB Cecilia Cacheda María Paula Fernández Julia Nuez RB Itziar Martínez

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–2024

Joining Cristina Cabeza (coach) Estela Carrera (GK) Cecilia Cacheda (CB) Maria Palomo Pineda (PV) Andreza Almeida (LB) Blažka Hauptman (LB) Sandra Radovic (LB) Nerea Solares (RW) Ania Ramos (LW) Itziar Martínez (RB)

Leaving Marisol Carratu Patricia Lima

Notable players

• Vanesa Amorós
• Nuria Benzal
• Marisol Carratu
• Paula García Ávila
• Jennifer Gutiérrez
• Anna Manaut
• Carmen Martín
• Luciana Mendoza
• Haridian Rodríguez