BM Ciudad Encantada

Spanish handball club

Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

Full name

Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

Founded

1989; 35 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

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

Cuenca

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Location of Rebi Balonmano Cuenca

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 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 34)	Right Back
3	Brazil	Leonardo Dutra	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
6	Argentina Italy	Martín Ariel Doldan	(1987-01-31) 31 January 1987 (age 37)	Line Player
7	Spain	Natan Suárez	(1998-01-20) 20 January 1998 (age 26)	Central Back
8	Spain	David Mendoza Gómez	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 41)	Line Player
9	Argentina	Santiago Baronetto	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 31)	Right Winger
10	Spain	Hugo Lopez Ortega	(1992-05-07) 7 May 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
11	Argentina	Lucas Moscariello	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 32)	Line Player
13	Brazil	Thiago Ponciano	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 30)	Left Back
20	Spain	Adrian Nolasco Macia	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 31)	Left Back
23	Spain	Oscar Rio Rasillo	(1980-07-21) 21 July 1980 (age 43)	Central Back
24	Spain	Francisco Javier Castro	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 27)	Central Back
26	Croatia	Kristian Eskeričić	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30)	Left Winger
28	Spain	Sergio López García	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 26)	Left Winger
32	Spain	Kilian Garajonay Ramirez Santana	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 26)	Goalkeeper
33	Spain	Ángel Montoro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
40	Argentina	Leonel Maciel	(1989-01-04) 4 January 1989 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
82	Spain	Alejandro Taravilla	(2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 22)	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^[2]

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

References

^ "Equipos".
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website
BM Ciudad Encantada 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