Club Balonmano Neptuno/Atlético Madrid was a Spanish professional

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 based in

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. Part of the

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 ...

sports organization. They played two seasons in the

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 ...

and their home court was the

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History

Balonmano Atlético Madrid was 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 Sabac 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

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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, formally 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

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. In July 2013, the club announced the shutdown of BM Neptuno/Atletico Madrid due to little financial support received from public and private entities.Official statement
bmatleticodemadrid.com, July 9, 2013

Season by season

---- *2 seasons in

Trophies

: **Runners-Up: (2). 2011–12, 2012–13. *

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: (2).

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Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL season. Season by season Titles by team External ...

: **Runners-Up: (1). 2013 *

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the win ...

: **Champions: (1). 2011 **Runners-Up: (1). 2012 *

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). 2011–12. *

IHF Super Globe The Men's Super Globe is a handball competition contested between the champion clubs from continental confederations. On 7 December 2018, the IHF moved the Super Globe to Saudi Arabia for four years, until 2022. Summary Records and statistics ...

: **Champions: (1).

Home arenas

Notable players

* Isaías Guardiola (2011–2012) * JJ Hombrados *

Julen Aguinagalde Julen Aguinagalde Akizu (); born 8 December 1982) is a Spanish 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 goal ...

Jonas Källman Jonas Källman (born 17 July 1981) is a Swedish handballer who plays for S.L. Benfica (handball), S.L. Benfica and the Sweden men's national handball team, Swedish national team. Honours and awards BM Ciudad Real * Liga ASOBAL 2003–2004, Liga ...

* David Davis * Roberto García *

Xavier Barachet Xavier Barachet (born 19 November 1988) is a French handball player, two-time World champion and European champion with the French national team. Since 2006 he plays for Saint-Raphaël Var Handball in the Ligue Nationale de Handball. On 1 Janua ...

Joan Cañellas Joan Cañellas Reixach (born 30 September 1986) is a Spanish handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Spain national team. Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the 2014 European Championship in Denmark. He was the tournament's top ...

Mariusz Jurkiewicz Mariusz Jurkiewicz (born 3 February 1982) is a former Polish handball player who last played for PGE Vive Kielce. He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament. State awards * 2015 Silver Cro ...

Jakov Gojun Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian handball player for Füchse Berlin. He competed for the Croatia national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the bronze medal. Due to his defensive playing style he has been nicknam ...

Ivano Balić Ivano Balić (; born 1 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently working as assistant coach (sport), coach of the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatia national handball team. He was voted five times in a ...

Kiril Lazarov Kiril Lazarov ( mk, Кирил Лазаров, born 10 May 1980) is a retired Macedonian handball player and current coach of the North Macedonia national handball team and RK Alkaloid. Lazarov holds the record for most goals scored in a single ...

Ólafur Stefánsson Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson (born 3 July 1973 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a former Icelandic handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 20 ...

Notable coaches

Talant Duyshebaev Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (russian: Талант Мушанбетович Дуйшебаев; born 2 June 1968) is a former handball player who successively played for 4 national teams: Soviet Union, Unified Team, Russia and Spain final ...

External links

BM Atletico Madrid Website

RFEBM profile

BM Atlético Madrid
on

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neptuno 2011 establishments in the Community of Madrid 2013 disestablishments in the Community of Madrid Defunct handball clubs Spanish handball clubs Handball clubs established in 2011 Sports clubs disestablished in 2013 Sports teams in Madrid