Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

Balonmano was a

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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

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and the 1986-87

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; they lost both to, respectively, Metaloplastika Šabac and

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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, as they became official sponsors of

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, formerly known as

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

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33–26 in the Supercup match in August 2011.

Trophies

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: **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 , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

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

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

: **Champions: (2). 1986, 1988. *

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**Runners-Up: (1). 1984–85. *

**Runners-Up: (1). 1986–87. *

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

Home arenas

Notable players

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* Cecilio Alonso * José Javier Hombrados *

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* "Papitu" * Lorenzo Rico * Javier Reino * Ángel Hermida * Ricardo Marín *

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* Per Carlén * Veselin Vuković * Sigurður Sveinsson * Igor Butulija *

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* Dragan Škrbić * 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 ...

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* Steven Goss * Adnan Šabanović * Norwin Platzer

Notables coaches

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

References