CB Ademar León

ABANCA Ademar León is a Spanish handball team based in León. The team plays in Liga ASOBAL and Velux EHF Champions League.

ABANCA Ademar León
Full name	Club Balonmano ABANCA Ademar León
Founded	1956
Arena	Palacio Municipal
Capacity	6,000
President	Cayetano Franco
Head coach	Manolo Cadenas
League	Liga ASOBAL
2019–20	Liga ASOBAL, 2nd
Home Away
Website Official site

History

Founded in 1956, Ademar León is the handball team of the city of León. Until 1975 it played in the provincial categories when not existing economic availability to be able to promotion. In that year the team promoted to 1ª División Nacional (being player of the team the currently chairman, Juan Arias). Its 6th place in 1995–96 allowed the club to play for the first time in its history a European competition (City Cup). In 1996–97 Runner-up of ASOBAL League, and runner-up of ASOBAL Cup was able to proclaim itself, being third in the King's Cup and obtaining seat to play the Champions League in the following season. The beginning of the 2001–02 season caused the first misfortune when losing the first title of the year, Supercopa of Spain, in Tudela losing the final against Portland San Antonio, champion of Cup in the previous season.

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1980–81 2 1ª Div. Nacional 2nd 1981–82 2 1ª Div. Nacional 1st Promoted 1982–83 1 Div. Honor 13th Relegated 1983–84 2 1ª Div. Nacional 2nd 1984–85 2 1ª Div. Nacional 1st Promoted 1985–86 1 Div. Honor 12th Relegated 1986–87 2 1ª Div. Nacional 7th 1987–88 2 1ª Div. Nacional 12th 1988–89 2 1ª Div. Nacional 10th Relegated 1989–90 3 1ª Div. B 2nd Promoted 1990–91 2 1ª Div. Nacional 4th 1991–92 2 1ª Div. Nacional 3rd 1992–93 2 1ª Div. Nacional 3rd 1993–94 2 1ª Div. Nacional 1st Promoted 1994–95 1 ASOBAL 12th 1995–96 1 ASOBAL 6th 1996–97 1 ASOBAL 2nd 1997–98 1 ASOBAL 3rd / 1/2 1998–99 1 ASOBAL 2nd / runners-up 1999–00 1 ASOBAL 2nd / 1/2

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2000–01 1 ASOBAL 1st Champion 2001–02 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2002–03 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2003–04 1 ASOBAL 4th 2004–05 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2005–06 1 ASOBAL 5th 2006–07 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2007–08 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2008–09 1 ASOBAL 5th 2009–10 1 ASOBAL 4th 2010–11 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2011–12 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2012–13 1 ASOBAL 4th 2013–14 1 ASOBAL 5th 2014–15 1 ASOBAL 7th 2015–16 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2016–17 1 ASOBAL 2nd 2017–18 1 ASOBAL 2nd 2018–19 1 ASOBAL 3rd 2019–20 1 ASOBAL 2nd

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• 26 seasons in Liga ASOBAL

Trophies

• Liga ASOBAL: 1
  • Winners: 2000–01.
  • Runners-up: 1996–97, 1998–99, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20
• Copa del Rey: 1
  • Winners: 2001–02.
• ASOBAL Cup: 2
  • Winners: 1998–99, 2008–09.
  • Runners-up: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02.
• Supercopa ASOBAL
  • Runners-up: 2001–02, 2002–03.
• EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 2
  • Winners: 1998–99, 2004–05.
  • Runners-up: 2000–01, 2006–07.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R3	KIF Kolding København	24–27	27–25	51–52

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeepers 16 Dino Slavić 96 Khalifa Ghedbane Left wingers 17 Jaime Fernández 22 José Mario Carrillo 85 Adrián Casqueiro Right wingers 19 Gonzalo Pérez Arce Line players 02 Rubén Marchán 12 Andrew Donlin Mateusz Piechowski

Left backs 04 Erwin Feuchtmann 23 Álex Lodos Oleg Kisselev 28 Leandro Semedo Central backs 08 Tin Lučin 09 Pedro Martínez Camí Natan Suárez Right backs Milan Gostović

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Joining Khalifa Ghedbane (GK) (from RK Vardar) Oleg Kisselev (LB) (from BM Nava) Leandro Semedo (LB) (from Helveita Anaitasuna) Natan Suárez (CB) (from Liberbank Cuenca) Milan Gostović (RB) (from HC Bruck) Mateusz Piechowski (P) (from Wisła Płock)

Leaving Dzmitry Patotski (GK) (to CB Nava) Juan José Fernández (LB) (to Istres Provence Handball) Ivan Mošić (LB) (to Riihimäen Cocks) Acacio Marqués (CB) (to Al Arabi) David Fernández (RB) (to Wisła Płock) Federico Vieyra (RB) (to Handball Sassari) Mario López (RW) (to BM Benidorm) Gonzalo Carou (P) (to Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto)

Transfers

Transfers for the 2021–22 season

Joining Yoan Balázquez (LB) (from FC Porto)

Leaving Rubén Marchán (P) (to HBC Nantes)

Technical staff Head Coach: Manolo Cadenas Assistant Coach: Diego Dorado

Stadium information

• Name: – Palacio Municipal
• City: – León
• Capacity: – 6,000
• Address: – Avda. Saenz de Miera s/n

Notable former players

Ion Belaustegui Manuel Colón Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Rubén Garabaya Juanín García Mateo Garralda Fernando Hernández José Javier Hombrados Iñaki Malumbres Demetrio Lozano Iker Romero Antonio García Robledo Juancho Pérez Vicente Álamo Hector Castresana Julen Aginagalde Daniel Sarmiento Mikel Aguirrezabalaga Javier Ortigosa Iosu Goñi Leoz Álvaro Cabanas Rafael "Rafa" Baena Jorge García Vega Victor Alonso Iñaki Malumbres Aldave

Roland Schlinger Eric Gull Nikola Prce Danijel Šarić Vladimir Vranješ Faruk Vražalić Mirko Alilović Damir Bičanić Denis Buntić Igor Kos Petar Metličić Mirza Šarić Tonči Valčić Kasper Hvidt Claus Møller Jakobsen Csaba Bartók Ivo Díaz Sigfús Sigurðsson Kristian Kjelling Ricardo Costa Danil Chernov Denis Krivochlykov Mladen Bojinović Dalibor Čutura Đorđe Golubović Dragan Škrbić

Uroš Zorman Carlos Lima Tomáš Straňovský Felipe Borges Adrien Di Panda Magnus Andersson Staffan Olsson Darko Dimitrievski

Category:CB Ademar León players

Former managers

• Manolo Cadenas
• Jordi Ribera

External links

• Official Website