BM Ciudad Encantada

Rebi Balonmano Cuenca is a team of handball based in Cuenca, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

Cuenca

Location of Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

Rebi Balonmano Cuenca
Full name	Rebi Balonmano Cuenca
Founded	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Arena	Pabellón Municipal El Sargal, Cuenca
Capacity	1,900
President	Isidoro Gómez Cavero
Head coach	Lidio Jiménez Carrascosa
League	Liga ASOBAL
Home Away
Website Official site

History

Balonmano Ciudad Encantada was established in 1989 when acquired the TNT Uniexpress's seat, a team from San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, relocating the team to Cuenca and renaming it as Madrid-Cuenca. Since then, the team has undergone several name changes. Since 2008, they have been playing continuously in the first division, Liga ASOBAL. The team finished fifth in 2018 and qualified for a European cup, the EHF Cup, for the first time. The team reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 2019 and the final of the Supercopa ASOBAL in 2020.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Madrid-Cuenca	1989−1990
Sociedad Conquense	1990–1994
Balonmano Conquense	1994–1997
Balonmano Ciudad Encantada	1997–2008
Cuenca 2016	2008–2011
Balonmano Ciudad Encantada	2011–2012
GlobalCaja Ciudad Encantada	2012–2016
LiberbankCiudad Encantada	2016–2018
Liberbank Cuenca	2018–2019
Incarlopsa Cuenca	2019–2022
Rebi Balonmano Cuenca	2022–present

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2020	Hummel
2020 - present	Joma

Kits

HOME
2017-18	2018-19	2020-21	2022-23

AWAY
2018–19	2020-21	2022-23

THIRD
2020-21

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

Goalkeepers 09 Marcos Herráiz Lopez 12 Fraj Ben Tekaya 16 Ante Grbavac Left Wingers 07 Ignacio Pizarro 25 Arnau Fernández Guzmán Right Wingers 14 Leo Prantner 20 Ignacio Moya Del Saz (c) 30 Federico Pizarro Line Players 08 Álvaro Martín Noeda 17 Alexandro Pozzer 24 Diego Vera Chaves Central Backs 02 Henrique Teixeira 03 Sergi Mach 44 Jaime Colmena Left Backs 04 Pablo Simonet 05 Daniel Neves 15 Carlos Fernández Sanchez 19 Juan José Fernández Right Backs 55 Joaquim Nazaré

Technical staff

• Head coach: Lidio Jiménez Carrascosa
• Assistant coach: Juan Manuel Doldán

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Manuel Lima (CB) from Saran Loiret Handball

Leaving Rudolph Hackbarth (RW) to RK Eurofarm Pelister[2] Aurélien Tchitombi (CB) to BM Huesca[3] Daniel Neves (LB) to HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös Sergi Mach (CB) to CB Caserio Ciudad Real Sergio López García (LW) to CB Caserio Ciudad Real

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Henrique Teixeira (CB) from CSM București Daniel Neves (LB) from BM Cisne Fraj Ben Tekaya (GK) from AS Téboulba Juan José Fernández (LB) from Istres Provence Handball Diego Vera Chaves (LP) from CB Burgos Leaving Davide Bulzamini (LB) to SSV Brixen Handball Martín Ariel Doldan (LP) to CB Eón Alicante Thiago Ponciano (LB) to US Créteil Handball Samuel Ibáñez (GK) to BM Benidorm Hugo López Ortega (LW) to BM Melilla Sport

Previous squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Argentina	Pablo Vainstein	(1989-07-18) 18 July 1989 (age 36)	Right Back
3	Brazil	Leonardo Dutra	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 29)	Left Back
6	Argentina Italy	Martín Ariel Doldan	(1987-01-31) 31 January 1987 (age 38)	Line Player
7	Spain	Natan Suárez	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 (age 27)	Central Back
8	Spain	David Mendoza Gómez	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 42)	Line Player
9	Argentina	Santiago Baronetto	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 33)	Right Winger
10	Spain	Hugo Lopez Ortega	(1992-05-07) 7 May 1992 (age 33)	Left Winger
11	Argentina	Lucas Moscariello	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
13	Brazil	Thiago Ponciano	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 31)	Left Back
20	Spain	Adrian Nolasco Macia	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32)	Left Back
23	Spain	Oscar Rio Rasillo	(1980-07-21) 21 July 1980 (age 45)	Central Back
24	Spain	Francisco Javier Castro	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 29)	Central Back
26	Croatia	Kristian Eskeričić	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 31)	Left Winger
28	Spain	Sergio López García	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 28)	Left Winger
32	Spain	Kilian Garajonay Ramirez Santana	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
33	Spain	Ángel Montoro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 36)	Right Back
40	Argentina	Leonel Maciel	(1989-01-04) 4 January 1989 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
82	Spain	Alejandro Taravilla	(2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 23)	Line Player

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1989–90 1 Honor 15th Relegated 1990–91 2 1ª Nacional 1st / 2nd Promoted 1991–92 1 ASOBAL 14th 1992–93 1 ASOBAL 14th 1993–94 1 ASOBAL 10th 1994–95 1 ASOBAL 14th 1995–96 1 ASOBAL 15th Relegated 1996–97 2 Honor B 7th 1997–98 2 Honor B 9th 1998–99 2 Honor B 10th / 10th 1999–00 2 Honor B 15th Relegated 2000–01 3 1ª Nacional 11th (Group C) 2001–02 3 1ª Nacional 6th (Group D) 2002–03 3 1ª Nacional 1st (Group D)

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2003–04 3 1ª Nacional 2nd (Group D) 2004–05 3 1ª Nacional 2nd (Group D) Promoted 2005–06 2 Honor B 7th 2006–07 2 Honor B 7th 2007–08 2 Honor B 2nd Promoted 2008–09 1 ASOBAL 13th 2009–10 1 ASOBAL 10th 2010–11 1 ASOBAL 8th 2011–12 1 ASOBAL 6th 2012–13 1 ASOBAL 10th 2013–14 1 ASOBAL 6th 2014–15 1 ASOBAL 14th 2015–16 1 ASOBAL 13th 2016–17 1 ASOBAL 6th 2017-18 1 ASOBAL 5th

EHF ranking

As of 14/12/2022^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
94	HSC Suhr Aarau	57
95	RK Partizan	57
96	RK Gračanica	57
97	Rebi Balonmano Cuenca	56
98	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	53
99	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	53
100	RK Borac Banja Luka	53

Former club members

Notable former players

• David Balaguer (2014-2015)
• Rubén Marchán (2012-2015)
• Ángel Montoro (2018–2019)
• David Rodríguez Carvajal (2008–2010)
• Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (2008–2011)
• Santiago Baronetto (2018–2020)
• Martín Ariel Doldan (2016–2022)
• Federico Gastón Fernández (2011–2013)
• Juan Pablo Fernández (2012–2013)
• Leonel Maciel (2017–2021)
• Lucas Moscariello (2018–2021)
• Federico Pizarro (2020–)
• Ignacio Pizarro (2022–)
• Pablo Simonet (2011–2013, 2020–)
• Pablo Vainstein (2015-2021)
• Agustín Vidal (2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2016–2017)
• Leonardo Dutra (2017–2020)
• Thiago Ponciano (2015–2022)
• Alexandro Pozzer (2021–)
• Henrique Teixeira (2022–)
• Leonardo Terçariol (2015-2017)
• Krešimir Ivanković (2010–2011)
• Rafael Capote (2009–2011)
• Guillermo Corzo (2011–2013)
• Jorge Pabán (2009–2012)
• Bálint Fekete (2019–2020)
• Davide Bulzamini (2020–2022)
• Vladan Lipovina (2013–2014)
• Vuk Milošević (2013–2014)
• Dawid Nilsson (2008–2010)
• Serhiy Bebeshko (1992–1993)
• Dobrivoje Marković (2008–2011)
• Vladimir Petrić (2008–2009)
• Richard Kappelin (2010–2012)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2007–2010	Goran Džokić
2010–2014	Francisco Javier Equisoain
2014–	Lidio Jiménez Carrascosa