CD Bidasoa Irun is a team of

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

based in

Irún Irun (, ) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as a Ancient Rome, Roma ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. It plays in

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 ...

History

The Basque club was founded in 1962. Five years after its foundation, CD Bidasoa managed to get promoted to the second division and after the 1969/1970 season it was promoted to the first division. Eight years was enough to reach the highest class. The team achieved its main successes with the support of the Elgorriaga chocolate company. In its home country, the club won the league a total of 2 times (1987, 1995), the

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 ...

2 times (1992, 1996), the

ASOBAL Cup 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 times (1993) and the

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 ...

1 times (1996). The club won 2 international cups:

EHF Champions League The 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 men's com ...

in 1995,

EHF Cup Winner's Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

in 1997.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kits

Sports Hall information

*Name: – Polideportivo Artaleku *City: –

*Capacity: – 2200 *Address: – 30 Karrika Nagusia, 20304

Management

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season''

Technical staff

* Head coach: Álex Mozas * Assistant coach: Javier Campo

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2024–25 season'' ;Joining * Leonel Maciel (GK) from

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

* Theodoros Boskos (LB) from

BM Puente Genil Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil is a team of handball based in Puente Genil, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History The association was founded in 1984. Its predecessor was the Puente Genil OJE association. From 1987 to 1990, from 2009 to 2010 ...

* Piotr Mielczarski (LB) from ZPRP Kielce ;Leaving * Jakub Sladkowski (P) loan to

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* Piotr Mielczarski (LB) loan to

* Xabier Barreto (LW) loan to Eón Alicante * Julen Urruzola (LB) loan to Eón Alicante * Mehdi Harbaoui (GK) to

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Previous Squads

Trophies

: 2 **Winners: 1986–87, 1994–95 **Runners-Up: 1993–94, 2018–19 *

: 2 **Winners: 1991–92, 1995–96 **Runners-Up: 1992–93 *

: 1 **Winners: 1992–93 **Runners-Up: 1991–92, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

: 1 **Winners: 1995–96 **Runners-Up: 1993–94, 1996–97 *

: 1 **Winners: 1994–95 **Runners-Up: 1995–96 *

: 1 **Winners: 1996–97 **Runners-Up: 1990–91

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Gurutz Aguinagalde (1995-2005) *

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(1999-2006, 2020–) * Asier Antonio (1997-2002) * Fernando Bolea (1990–1995) *

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(2005-2006, 2011–2021) * Aitor Etxaburu (1993–2001) *

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(1999–2000) * Xoan Manuel Ledo (2017–2022) * Yeray Lamariano (2007–2009) * Asier Nieto Marcos (2022–) * Jordi Nuñez (1995–1997) *

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(2016–2022) * Jesús Olalla (1985-1993, 1996–1998) *

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(2005–2010) * Jose Manuel Sierra (2020–2022) *

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(2020–2021) *

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(2015–2016) * Agustín Vidal (2013–2014) *

Peđa Dejanović Peđa Dejanović (born 6 March 1982) is a Bosnian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a ...

(2014–2017) * Senjanin Maglajlija (1997–1998) * Rangel Luan (2017–2020) * Marco Oneto (2005–2007) * Esteban Salinas (2018–2020) * Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2017–) * Bruno Gudelj (1998–1999) * Mikkel Aagaard (2007) *

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(1999–2002) *

Olivier Girault Olivier Damien Girault (born 22 February 1973) is a now retired French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team. He retired as a field player in 2008 after the victory of the France men's national handball te ...

(1998–1999) * Mehdi Harbaoui (2022–) * Christophe Kempé (1999–2001) * Sébastien Quintallet (2007) * Cyril Viudes (2005–2007) * Semir Zuzo (1998–1999) * Donát Bartók (2020–2021) * Heiðmar Felixson (2002–2004) * Alfreð Gíslason (1989–1991) *

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(2003–2004) * Júlíus Jónasson (1991–1992) * Rolandas Bernatonis (2009-2011) *

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(2003–2004) * Ole Erevik (2005–2007) *

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(2003–2006) *

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(2005–2007) * Jakub Skrzyniarz (2022–) *

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(1989–1993) *

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(2020-2021) * Oleg Khodkov (2001–2003) *

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(1994–1996) * Yuri Nesterov (2003–2004) * Mikhail Revin (2014–2015) *

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(2006–2007) * Mladen Bojinović (2000–2001) *

Jovica Cvetković Jovica Cvetković (; born 18 September 1959) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Club career At club level, Cvetković played for Crvena zvezda (two spells), Metaloplastika, GW ...

(1988–1989) *

Časlav Grubić Časlav Grubić (; born 20 June 1952) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career After starting out at Železničar Niš, Grubić played for Partizan in the 1972–73 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight. He would ...

(1986–1988) *

Nedeljko Jovanović Nedeljko Jovanović (; born 16 September 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach. Club career After playing for RK Metaloplastika, Metaloplastika, Jovanović joined RK Partizan, Partizan in 1991. He proved instrumental in hel ...

(1993–1994) *

Jovan Kovačević Jovan Kovačević (; born 14 September 1970) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Kovačević started out at his hometown club Vrbas. He would spend two seasons with Partizan between 1993 and 1995, winning back-to-back championship ...

(1997–1998) *

Miloš Orbović Miloš Orbović (; born 2 November 1993) is a Serbian handball player who plays for HC Kriens-Luzern and the Serbia national team. Club career Orbović started out at Vrbas. He later spent three seasons with Vojvodina (2014–2017), winning t ...

(2019–2020) * Nenad Peruničić (1994–1997) * Ivan Stanković (2004–2007) * Vladica Stojanović (2004-2006) *

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(1992–1995) * Máximo Cancio (2008–2009)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bidasoa Handball clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Handball clubs in Spain Handball clubs established in 1962 Irun Sport in Gipuzkoa 1962 establishments in Spain