CB Ciudad de Logroño

Spanish handball club

Full name

Club Balonmano Ciudad de Logroño

Founded

2003

Arena

Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño

Capacity

3,809

President

Segundo José Viguera

Head coach

Miguel Ángel Velasco

League

Liga ASOBAL

Home

Away

Website
Official site

CB Ciudad de Logroño is a team of handball based in Logroño, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

Logroño

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Location of BM Logrono La Rioja

History

The club was founded in 2003. Since 2006, it has been playing in the Spanish first division, the Liga ASOBAL. In the 2008/09 season, the team took 7th place, so it was able to start in the international field for the first time: the EHF Cup. In the 2012/13 first-class season, the team took 3rd place in the league and was thus allowed to start in the EHF Champions League for the first time.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Darien Logroño	2003–2006
Naturhouse La Rioja	2006–2017
CBM La Rioja	2017–2018
BM Logroño La Rioja	2018–present

Kits

HOME
2012–16	2017–19

AWAY
2012–14	2014–15	2019–20

Sports Hall information

Name: – Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja
City: – Logroño
Capacity: – 3809
Address: – Av. del Moncalvillo, 2, 26008, Logroño, Spain

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

BM Logrono La Rioja

Goalkeepers

01 Jorge Pérez Molina
16 Aliaksandr Markelau
90 Javier Romeo

Left Wingers

10 Alex Rubiño
75 Mahamadou Keita

Right Wingers

26 Eduardo Ortíz
34 David Cadarso

Line Players

19 Javier Rodríguez
22 Leonardo Domenech de Almeida
29 Javier García López

Central Backs

07 Álvaro Preciado Ramos
09 Ismael El Korchi
66 Eduardo Cadarso

Left Backs

15 Antonio Serradilla
37 Oleg Kisselev Kisseleva
44 Juan Palomino Morón

Right Backs

05 Ángel Jesús Rivero Noris

Technical staff

Head Coach: Miguel Ángel Velasco
Assistant Coach: José Ignacio Martínez Castillejo

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Mahamadou Keita (LW) from S.L. Benfica
Juan Palomino Morón (LB) from FC Barcelona
Álvaro Preciado Ramos (CB) from BM Cisne
Javier García López (LP) from BM Villa de Aranda

Leaving

Leonardo Terçariol (GK) to BM Huesca
Leonardo Domenech de Almeida (LP) to Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil
Agustín Casado (CB) to MT Melsungen
Tomás Moreira (LP) to PAUC Handball
Mario Dorado (LW) to CB Cangas
Ernesto Goñi Macua (LB) to Helvetia Anaitasuna
Leonardo Dutra (LB) to RK Vardar

Previous squads

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Jorge Pérez Molina	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 23)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
5	Italy	Gianluca Dapiran	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 29)	Left Winger
6	Spain	Erik Balenciaga	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 30)	Central Back
9	Croatia	Tomislav Kušan	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 29)	Line Player
11	France	James Scott Junior	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
13	Hungary	Patrik Ligetvári	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
15	Spain	Ernesto Goñi Macua	(2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 22)	Left Back
19	Brazil	Gabriel Ceretta	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 26)	Right Back
22	Spain	Tomás Moreira	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 (age 31)	Line Player
24	Serbia	Lazar Kukić	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28)	Central Back
25	Spain	Sergey Hernández	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
26	Spain	Eduardo Ortíz Badillo	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21)	Right Winger
33	Spain	Eduardo Cadarso	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)	Central Back
34	Spain	David Cadarso	(2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 22)	Right Winger
41	Spain	Imanol Garciandia	(1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 (age 28)	Right Back
77	Brazil	Rudolph Hackbarth	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
90	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper

2016–2017 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Richard Kappelin	(1983-09-30) 30 September 1983 (age 40)	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
4	Spain	Albert Rocas	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 41)	Right Winger
5	Spain	Iñaki Peciña	(1988-05-31) 31 May 1988 (age 35)	Line Player
8	Spain	Ángel Montoro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
11	Spain	Pablo Cacheda	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32)	Central Back
12	Spain	Gurutz Aguinagalde	(1977-10-26) 26 October 1977 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
13	Spain	Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 34)	Right Back
14	Spain	Victor Vigo Gerpe	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 39)	Central Back
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 45)	Line Player
18	Spain	Carlos Molina	(1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 32)	Left Back
22	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
23	Brazil	Haniel Langaro	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29)	Left Back
24	Spain	Javier Muñoz	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992 (age 31)	Right Winger
32	Spain	Ángel Fernández Pérez	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
33	Spain	Eduardo Cadarso	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)	Central Back
41	Spain	Imanol Garciandia	(1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 (age 28)	Right Back
90	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
91	Egypt	Mohammad Sanad	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991 (age 33)	Right Winger
95	Serbia	Lazar Kukić	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28)	Central Back

2014–2015 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
4	Brazil	Thiagus Petrus	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
6	Spain	Juanín García	(1977-08-28) 28 August 1977 (age 46)	Left Winger
11	Spain	Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 34)	Right Back
12	Spain	Gurutz Aguinagalde	(1977-10-26) 26 October 1977 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
14	Spain	Victor Vigo Gerpe	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 39)	Central Back
16	Spain	Jorge Gomez Lite	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 45)	Line Player
18	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
21	Sweden	Philip Stenmalm	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
22	Spain	Albert Rocas	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 41)	Right Winger
23	Spain	Pablo Cacheda	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 32)	Central Back
24	Spain	Diego Martin Santamaria	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 30)	Left Winger
26	Spain Hungary	Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 33)	Right Winger
32	Spain	Ángel Fernández Pérez	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
37	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
59	Spain	Ángel Romero Rodríguez	(1984-06-05) 5 June 1984 (age 39)	Line Player
89	Denmark	Patrick Lykke Eilert	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)	Right Back

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Jorge Martinez Martinez	(1977-08-09) 9 August 1977 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
4	Brazil	Thiagus Petrus	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
5	Spain	Niko Mindegía	(1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 35)	Central Back
6	Spain	Unai Arrieta Aizpurua	(1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 43)	Left Winger
7	Spain	Miguel Ángel Velasco	(1984-03-20) 20 March 1984 (age 40)	Central Back
8	Spain	Dario Ajo Villarraso	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 34)	Line Player
9	Spain Russia	Aleksandr Tiumentsev	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 40)	Central Back
10	Cuba	Jorge Pabán	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 42)	Right Back
11	Spain	Víctor Hugo López	(1982-11-23) 23 November 1982 (age 41)	Right Back
14	Spain	Arturo Martinez D'Amore	(1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 34)	Left Winger
15	Spain	Alvaro Bozalongo Ruiz	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 35)	Line Player
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 45)	Line Player
18	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
19	Spain	Jon Ramiro Perez	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
20	Spain	Pedro Fuentes Sanchez-Migallon	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 37)	Line Player
21	Spain	David Cuartero Sánchez	(1985-09-10) 10 September 1985 (age 38)	Right Winger
22	Spain	Daniel Tolmos	(1994-06-30) 30 June 1994 (age 29)	Central Back
24	Serbia	Marko Ćuruvija	(1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 42)	Left Winger
26	Spain Hungary	Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 33)	Right Winger
45	Cuba Qatar	Rafael Capote	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36)	Left Back
86	Brazil	Ales Abrao Silva	(1986-06-02) 2 June 1986 (age 37)	Line Player

Retired numbers

BM Logrono La Rioja retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
12		Gurutz Aguinagalde	Goalkeeper	2005–2018
17		Rubén Garabaya	Line Player	2010–2018

Honours

Copa del Rey: 0
- Runners-up: 2013, 2017, 2023
Supercopa ASOBAL: 0
- Runners-up: 2013

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Notes
2003–04	3	1ª Nacional	1st	Promoted
2004–05	2	Honor B	7th
2005–06	2	Honor B	2nd	Promoted
2006–07	1	ASOBAL	14th
2007–08	1	ASOBAL	12th
2008–09	1	ASOBAL	7th
2009–10	1	ASOBAL	5th
2010–11	1	ASOBAL	9th
2011–12	1	ASOBAL	7th
2012–13	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2013–14	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2014–15	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2015–16	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2016–17	1	ASOBAL	3rd

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2012–13	EHF Cup	Round 3	Vojvodina	28–19	22–26	50–45

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2013–14	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HSV Hamburg	24–33	27–34	5th place
			Flensburg	32–32	25–37
			Gorenje	34–31	28–33
			Aalborg	25–23	24–28
			HK Drott	38–34	35–35

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2014–15	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	THW Kiel	30–34	32–34	4th place
			Paris Saint-Germain	35–32	25–32
			Zagreb	22–21	30–31
			HC Meshkov Brest	39–31	33–33
			Metalurg Skopje	31–26	28–29
		Last 16	MKB Veszprém	22–31	31–37	54–68

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2015–16	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HC Meshkov Brest	28–32	33–31	2nd place
			FC Porto	30–23	31–35
			RK Vojvodina	31–22	31–26
			HT Tatran Prešov	37–29	21–19
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	30–26	26–27
		PO	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	30–31	37–39	67–70

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Montpellier	31–30	27–37	2nd place
			Elverum Håndball	32–27	28–21
			Metalurg Skopje	31–25	23–24
			HT Tatran Prešov	33–27	27–30
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	34–37	28–28
		PO	HBC Nantes	25–31	31–37	56–68

EHF ranking

As of 14 December 2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
37	IK Sävehof	143
38	CS Minaur Baia Mare	140
39	IFK Kristianstad	137
40	BM Logrono La Rioja	133
41	Nærbø IL	133
42	AEK Athens	132
43	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	128

Former club members

Notable former players

Gurutz Aguinagalde (2005–2018)
Alberto Aguirrezabalaga (2007–2009)
Marc Amargant (2006–2011)
Jon Belaustegui (2007–2009)
Pablo Cacheda (2014–2018)
Agustín Casado (2020–2022)
David Cuartero Sánchez (2012–2013)
Juan del Arco (2017–2019)
Alex Dujshebaev (2010–2012)
Ángel Fernández Pérez (2013–2018)
Rubén Garabaya (2010–2018)
Javier García Rubio (2014–2017)
Juanín García (2014–2015)
Imanol Garciandia (2015–2020)
Gedeón Guardiola (2008–2009)
Isaías Guardiola (2005–2010)
Sergey Hernández (2018–2020)
Víctor Hugo López (2010–2013)
Cristian Malmagro (2015)
Josep Masachs (2006–2008, 2013–2014)
Niko Mindegía (2011–2013)
Carlos Molina (2015–2017)
Ángel Montoro (2016–2018)
Pablo Paredes (2017–2018)
Iñaki Peciña (2016–2017)
Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (2011–2016)
Albert Rocas (2014–2018)
Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (2013–2021)
Joan Saubich (2013)
Antonio Serradilla (2020–)
Nikola Prce (2011–2012)
Ales Abrao Silva (2009–2013)
Gabriel Ceretta (2019–2021)
Fábio Chiuffa (2017–2018)
Leonardo Domenech de Almeida (2013–2015)
Leonardo Dutra (2021–2022)
Oswaldo Guimarães (2020–2021)
Rudolph Hackbarth (2019–2021)
Haniel Langaro (2016–2017)
Arthur Patrianova (2013–2014)
Thiagus Petrus (2012–2015)
Leonardo Terçariol (2021–2022)
Marco Oneto (2007–2009)
Délcio Pina (2020–2021)
Rafael Capote (2011–2013)
Julio Fis (2007–2008)
Jorge Pabán (2012–2014)
Jakub Krupa (2017–2018)
Mohammad Sanad (2016–2017)
Bálint Fekete (2018–2019)
Patrik Ligetvári (2019–2020)
Gianluca Dapiran (2019–2020)
Aidenas Malašinskas (2013–2015)
Aco Jonovski (2015)
Naumče Mojsovski (2007–2008)
Håvard Tvedten (2006–2008)
Pavel Bashkin (2008–2010)
Ognjen Backovič (2006–2007)
Gregor Lorger (2009–2011)
Rok Praznik (2010–2011)
Marko Ćuruvija (2011–2013)
Vanja Ilić (2018–2019)
Nikola Kojić (2010–2011)
Lazar Kukić (2017–2020)
Stefan Terzić (2015–2016)
Thomas Gautschi (2008–2009)
Richard Kappelin (2015–2017)
Johan Petersson (2007)
Philip Stenmalm (2014–2016)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2007–2018	Jota González
2018–	Miguel Ángel Velasco

References

^ "BM Logroño la Rioja – Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website
CB Ciudad de Logroño 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