Balonmano Torrelavega Explained

Clubname:	Balonmano Torrelavega
Fullname:	Bathco Balonmano Torrelavega
Nickname:	Naranjas, El Escuadrón Naranja, The Orange Squad
Ground:	Pabellón Municipal Vicente Trueba, Torrelavega
Capacity:	2,500
Chairman:	Antonio Gómez Peña
Manager:	Jacobo Cuétara
League:	Liga ASOBAL
Website:	https://balonmanotorrelavega.com
Colour1:	orange
Colour2:	white
Pattern La1:	_br1011_wom
Pattern B1:	_br1011_wom
Pattern Ra1:	_br1011_wom
Pattern Sh1:	_br1011_wom

Balonmano Torrelavega^[1] is a team of handball based in Torrelavega, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

The current name of the club is Bathco Balonmano Torrelavega due to sponsorship reasons.

History

The club was founded in 2002. The predecessor clubs were AD EDM Torrelavega and BMT Cuatrocaños.^[2] Since the 2021/2022 season, the team has been playing in the highest Spanish league, Liga ASOBAL.^[3] In 2024, the team reached the final of the Copa del Rey, where the best Spanish team won the silver medal against FC Barcelona.^[4]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[5]

Technical staff

• Head coach: Jacobo Cuétara
• Assistant coach: Jordi Lluelles Miserol
• Goalkeeping coach: Marcos Gárate
• Physiotherapist: Álvaro Leiva
• Club doctor: Pedro Vicente Del Moral

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Jakub Prokop (LB) from CB Nava^[6]
• Leonardo Terçariol (GK) from BM Huesca^[7]
• Márcio da Silva (LP) from Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil^[8]
• Ángel Fernández Pérez (LW) from Limoges Handball^[9]
• Nicolai Colunga (CB) from TMS Ringsted
• Juanjo Fernández (LB) from REBI Balonmano Cuenca

Leaving

• Mikołaj Czapliński (LW) to Wybrzeże Gdańsk
• Mile Mijušković (GK)
• Fabrizio Casanova Barrera (LB) to CB Burgos
• Matheus Novais (CB) to BM Puerto Sagunto
• Adrián Fernández (CB) to Abanca Ademar León
• Alonso Moreno Guirao (RB) to Helvetia Anaitasuna
• Daniel Ramos Crespo (LP) to Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil
  • Héctor González Díaz (LB) to CS Chênois Genève Pablo Paredes (LB)

Accomplishments

• División de Plata de Balonmano
  • (1): 2021
• Copa del Rey
  • (1): 2024

EHF ranking

^[10]

Rank	Team	Points
155	GRK Tikveš	23
156	Sport Club Meran Handball	23
157	HBC CSKA Moscow	23
158	Balonmano Torrelavega	23
159	UMF Afturelding	22
160	SKA Minsk	22
161	Dinamo Viktor Stavropol	21

Former club members

Notable former players

Goalkeepers

• Leonardo Terçariol (2024–)
• Élcio Fernandes (2021–2023)
• Mile Mijušković (2022–2024)

Right wingers

• Facundo Cangiani (2019–)

Left wingers

• Ángel Fernández Pérez (2008–2013, 2024–)
• Mikołaj Czapliński (2022–2024)
• Zakhar Denysov (2022)

Line players

• Jaime Gallego (2020–2023)
• Ivan Popović (2022–2023)

Left backs

• Asier Nieto (2015–2016)
• Pablo Paredes (2023–2024)
• Fabrizio Casanova Barrera (2019–2024)
• Thomas Gautschi (2010–2011)
• Jakub Prokop (2024–)
• Máximo Cancio (2016–2017)

Right backs

• Oswaldo Maestro dos Santos (2022–)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2019–2024	Álex Mozas
2024–	Jacobo Cuétara

External links

• • • • Balonmano Torrelavega at Handball Base

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bathco BM. Torrelavega - Equipos. Plan b. Comunicación - @comunicacionpb. Liga Plenitude.
2. https://balonmanotorrelavega.com/elclub/palmares/
3. https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/deportes/balonmano/bathco-torrelavega-asobal-20210508220712-nt.html
4. https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/4032095/bm-torrelavega-23-36-barca-copa-del-rey-champions
5. Web site: Plantilla.
6. Web site: La dinamita de Jakub Prokop desembarca en Torrelavega. Comunicación. Torrebalonmano. June 13, 2024.
7. Web site: Leo Tercariol cierra la portería del Bathco BM Torrelavega. Comunicación. Torrebalonmano. June 25, 2024.
8. Web site: Marcio Silva se convierte en la última piedra del nuevo Bathco BM Torrelavega. Comunicación. Torrebalonmano. June 28, 2024.
9. https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/angel-fernandez-kehrt-zu-ex-klub-zurueck-1004027
10. Web site: Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball.