Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

Balonmano was a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

team that was part of the Atlético sports organization.

History

Created in the early 1950s, it won 11 Spanish Leagues and 10 Spanish Cups between 1952 and 1987, and reached the final of the 1984-85

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

and the 1986-87

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

; they lost both to, respectively, Metaloplastika Šabac and

Granitas Kaunas Granitas Kaunas is a team handball club from Kaunas, Lithuania. Currently, Granitas Kaunas competes in the Lithuanian First League of Handball. Kaunas Granitas is the most successful team in Lithuania Handball history. It is the only team from Li ...

Jesús Gil Gregorio Jesús Gil y Gil (12 March 1933 – 14 May 2004) was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Marbella between 1991 and 2002, and presided for a 16-year tenure as president of the football club Atlético de Madrid ...

disbanded the team in 1992, but it still competed as Atlético Madrid

Alcobendas Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...

for two more seasons under the management of some stockholders before finally disappearing in 1994. ''Los Colchoneros'' welcomed handball back into their organization in 2011, as they became official sponsors of

BM Neptuno Club Balonmano Neptuno/Atlético Madrid was a Spanish professional handball team based in Madrid, Spain. Part of the Atlético Madrid sports organization. They played two seasons in the Liga ASOBAL and their home court was the Palacio Vistalegre ...

, formerly known as

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real plays in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural Case ...

, which folded and relocated to Madrid for financial reasons. The new team started off quite successfully, beating

FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the Europe ...

33–26 in the Supercup match in August 2011.

Trophies

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 1 ...

: **Champions: (11). 1951-52, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85. **Runners-Up: (13). 1955-56, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86. *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: **Champions: (10). 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987 **Runners-Up: (7). 1970, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1991. * Supercopa ASOBAL: **Champions: (2). 1986, 1988. *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

**Runners-Up: (1). 1984–85. *

**Runners-Up: (1). 1986–87. *

Double A double is a look-alike or doppelgänger; one person or being that resembles another. Double, The Double or Dubble may also refer to: Film and television * Double (filmmaking), someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character * Th ...

: Winners (4): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1978–79, 1980–81

Home arenas

Notable players

Alberto Urdiales Alberto Urdiales Márquez (born 17 November 1968 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 200 ...

* Cecilio Alonso * José Javier Hombrados *

Mateo Garralda Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish retired handballer and the current head coach of the Chilean national team. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and ...

* "Papitu" *

Lorenzo Rico Lorenzo Rico (born 17 January 1962) is a Spanish handball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs ...

Javier Reino Javier Reino (born 23 April 1963) is a Spanish handball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

Ángel Hermida Angel is a given name meaning "angel", " messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...

* Ricardo Marín *

Tomas Svensson Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona. Career Growing up in Esk ...

Per Carlén Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960, in Karlstad) is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coachi ...

Veselin Vuković Veselin Vuković (; born 19 December 1958) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Struga ( PR Macedonia), Vuković moved with his family to Šabac (PR Serbia) at ...

Sigurður Sveinsson Sigurður Valur Sveinsson (born 5 March 1959) is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He played for the German clubs TuS Nettelstedt and TBV Lemgo in the Bundesliga, an ...

Igor Butulija Igor Butulija (; born 21 March 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and coach. Club career Born in Belgrade, Butulija started out at Crvena zvezda and remained there until 1993. He would later return to the club on two more occasions (in 1 ...

Dejan Perić Dejan Perić (; born 22 September 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned almost three decades, Perić played for Pelister, Crvena zvezda (1991–1993), Atlético Madr ...

Dragan Škrbić Dragan Škrbić (; born 29 September 1968) is a Serbian former handball player. He was named the 2000 IHF World Player of the Year. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned over two decades, Škrbić played for Jugović, Crvena zv ...

* Mikael Strøm * Tibor Vozar *

Neculai Vasilcă Neculai Vasilca (born 28 November 1955) is a retired Romanian handball pivot. He played 126 matches for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather ...

* Igor Vasilev * Steven Goss *

Adnan Šabanović Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back t ...

* Norwin Platzer

Notables coaches

* Jordi Álvaro * Juan de Dios Román * Domingo Bárcenas * Francisco Parrilla

References