BM Benidorm

Spanish handball club

BM Benidorm
Full name	Club Balonmano Benidorm
Nickname(s)	Blanquiazules, Azulones, Azules
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Arena	Pabellón Liliana Fernández Steiner
Capacity	3,000
President	Javier Abinzano
Head coach	Fernando Latorre
League	Liga ASOBAL
2021–22	4th
Website Official site

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

Benidorm

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Location of TM Benidorm

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	Javier Abínzano
Member Of The Board	Jaime Alvalo Such
Member Of The Board	Sacra Planells
Member Of The Board	Jose Vazquez Pipiolo
Member Of The Board	Pedro Buigues Ramon
Member Of The Board	Francisco Santamaria Catalá

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

TM Benidorm

Goalkeepers

01 Roberto Rodríguez Lario
12 Marc Perez Padro
16 Samuel Ibáñez

Left Wingers

07 Mladen Šotić
37 Ivan Nikčević
64 Adrian Sanchez Cortina

Right Wingers

19 Juan Carlos Sempere Perez
20 Ramiro Martínez
24 Iván Rodríguez Martínez

Line Players

00 Lucas Moscariello
06 Iker Serrano
77 Dragan Soljic

Central Backs

03 Santiago Barceló
10 Jules Lignieres
27 Ruben Filipe Santos

Left Backs

04 Rolandas Bernatonis
15 Carlos Grau
31 Eduardo Calle

Right Backs

05 Pablo Vainstein

Technical staff

Head Coach: Fernando Latorre
Fitness Coach: Sergio Carballeira

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 23)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Álvaro Cabanas	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990 (age 34)	Right Winger
3	Spain	Gonzalo Vicente Porras	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 31)	Line Player
4	Argentina	Pablo Simonet	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
5	Cuba	Ángel Noris	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32)	Right Back
6	Spain	Borja Méndez	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27)	Central Back
8	Spain	José Oliver Hernandez	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28)	Line Player
9	Argentina	James Parker	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 29)	Left Back
11	France	Jules Lignieres	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25)	Central Back
14	Spain	Mario Dorado Pérez	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25)	Left Winger
15	Spain	Carlos Grau	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 37)	Left Back
20	Spain	Adrián Nolasco	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 30)	Left Back
21	Spain	Diego Rueda	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	Right Winger
27	Spain	Luisma Lorasque	(1985-08-02) 2 August 1985 (age 38)	Line Player
29	Spain	Alejandro Cutanda	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)	Left Back
62	Brazil	Leonardo Terçariol	(1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
69	Cuba	Jorge Pabán	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 42)	Right Back
77	Spain	Josep Folqués	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)	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-)

References

^ "Plantilla Asobal".
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website
BM Benidorm on Facebook

Liga ASOBAL

2023–24 clubs

Seasons

Div. Honor	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
ASOBAL	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24