Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is 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 in Gijón, Asturias. Spain, that plays in División de Plata, the second tier in the Spanish handball.

History

Grupo Covadonga played the top league from the 1976–77 to the 1979–80, after winning the promotion playoff to BM Gavà on May 10, 1976. Years later, in 2001, it achieved a vacant berth in the División de Plata, second tier, and was very close to promote to Liga ASOBAL. After several tries, Grupo Covadonga decreased its level and was relegated to Primera Nacional. In 2015, despite failing for the second time in a row to promote, Grupo Covadonga returned to División de Plata after taking the spot of the reserve team of

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. Three years later, the club resigned and sold its place to

BM Villa de Aranda Club Balonmano Villa de Aranda is a Team handball, handball team based in Aranda de Duero, Province of Burgos, Castile and León. It was founded in 2000 and made its debut in Liga ASOBAL in 2012–13 season after achieving the promotion from Divi ...

Season by season

Notable players

Alberto Entrerríos Alberto Entrerrios (born 7 November 1976 in Gijón, Asturias) is a Spanish former professional handball player. He is 192 cm tall and weighs 102 kg. He spent 10 seasons (2002–2012) playing for BM Ciudad Real and 1 season (2011–201 ...

* Raúl Entrerríos * Juan de la Puente *

Carlos Ruesga Carlos Ruesga (born 10 March 1985) 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 goalkeeper) pass a ba ...

References

External links

Handball section at RGCC website
{{División de Plata de Balonmano

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 ...

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