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Nickname(s)
  
BMG

President
  
Josep Pujadas

League
  
Liga ASOBAL

Location
  
Granollers, Spain

Capacity
  
6,500

Head coach
  
Carlos Viver

Founded
  
1944

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Full name
  
Club Balonmano Granollers

Arena/Stadium
  
Palau d'Esports de Granollers

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Club Balonmano Granollers (also known as BM Granollers) is a handball club based in Granollers, Catalonia, Spain.

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The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of titles won. Since its inception, the club quickly got a great competitive level. BM Granollers has competed almost every season in the top league of Spanish handball (currently Liga ASOBAL). It became the first Spanish handball club taking part in a European competition in 1959. BM Granollers won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, so it became the first Spanish handball club winning a European title.

Thanks to this history, the city of Granollers hosted the handball matches at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The Palau d'Esports, the current club's arena, was built for this event and subsequently has also hosted the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

One of the BM Granollers' landmarks is its commitment with young players formation. Many great handball players and team managers have been formed in BM Granollers' youth academy (players such as Joan Cañellas, Antonio García, Enric Masip and Mateo Garralda; team managers such as Pep Vilà, Miquel Roca Mas, Toni García and Carlos Viver). In recent years, moreover, BM Granollers has significantly increased the number of female teams in the youth academy. From the 2014-15 season, BM Granollers has become the only handball club in Spain with main male and female teams simultaneously in the top league of Spanish handball (Liga ASOBAL and División de Honor Femenina).

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Domestic and European competitions (men)

  • 1 EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 1975-76
  • 2 EHF Cup: 1994-95, 1995–96
  • 10 Spanish leagues: 1958-59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74
  • 3 Copa del Rey: 1957-58, 1969–70, 1973–74
  • 1 ASOBAL Cup: 1993-94
  • 4 Catalan leagues: 1985-86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990-91
  • 1 Pyrenées league: 2008

    • Season to season (men)

    BM Granollers has been playing the top Spanish handball league since 1955, except on 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons, when it resigned due to changes in the competition system and economic reasons.

    Domestic competition (women)

  • 1 Catalan Champions Trophy: 2014
  • 1 Spanish Championship (División de Honor Plata): 2013-14

    • Youth Academy

  • 2 Spanish Championship (Men U21): 1993-94, 1994–95
  • 12 Spanish Championship (Men U18): 1959-60, 1963–64, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2012–13, 2015-16
  • 1 Spanish Championship (Women U18): 2012-13
  • 9 Spanish Championship (Men U16): 1979-80, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2014–15
  • 4 Spanish Championship (Men U14): 2007-08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014-15
  • 1 Mini Copa del Rey (Men U16): 2013-14

    • Technical Staff (2015-16)

  • Carlos Viver - Heah coach
  • Antonio Rama - Assistant manager
  • Jordi Boixaderas - Team liaison
  • Erola Madrigal - Physiotherapist
  • Joan Vives - Doctor

    • Technical Staff (2015-16)

  • José Luis Villanueva - Head coach
  • Robert Cuesta - Assistant manager
  • Sergi Rabassa - Team liaison
  • Jordi Torras - Physiotherapist
  • Joan Vives - Doctor

    • References

    BM Granollers Wikipedia
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