Club Balonmano Cantabria was a team of handball based in Santander, Cantabria. CB Cantabria was not registered in any handball league after 2008.
History Balonmano Cantabria was founded in 1975 when bought the seat of CB La Salle Authi from Los Corrales de Buelna. La Salle Authi was for a long time sponsored by Authi. From 1972–73 season to 1974–75 season, La Salle Authi played in Primera División (2nd tier). In 1975, the industrial company based in Santander, Teka, bought the team's seat and relocated it to Santander from Los Corrales de Buelna. The team was renamed more later as G.D. Teka.
In the 2007-08 season they survived relegation with a last minute goal by Bo Spellerberg in a match against Ademar León. In August 2008 it was announced that the club has lost their place in the Liga ASOBAL after not delivering on the promises made to the Spanish Handball Federation and Liga ASOBAL.
Club names Teka - (1990–1995) Cantabria - (1995–1996) Caja Cantabria - (1996–2000) Cantabria - (2000–2004) Teka Cantabria - (2004–2008)
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1990–911 ASOBAL / 1991–921 ASOBAL / 1992–931 ASOBAL / Champions1993–941 ASOBAL / Champions1994–951 ASOBAL3rd1995–961 ASOBAL2nd1996–971 ASOBAL3rd1997–981 ASOBAL4th1998–991 ASOBAL5thSeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1999–001 ASOBAL4th2000–011 ASOBAL9th2001–021 ASOBAL6th2002–031 ASOBAL7th2003–041 ASOBAL9th2004–051 ASOBAL11th2005–061 ASOBAL13th2006–071 ASOBAL15th2007–081 ASOBAL14th Dissolved after the season
18 seasons in Liga ASOBAL
Trophies Liga ASOBAL: 2 1992–93, 1993–94 King's Cup: 2 1988–89, 1994–95 ASOBAL Cup: 4 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1997–98 Supercopa ASOBAL: 2 1992–93, 1994–95 EHF Champions League: 1 1993–94 EHF Cup: 1 1992–93 EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 2 1989–90, 1997–98 IHF Super Globe: 1 1996–97
Last Squad (2007-08 season)
1 Dimitrios Kaffatos 2 Joaquín Marcos 3 David Pico 5 Umberto Brajković 6 Ákos Doros 10 Avelino Iglesias 11 Ángel Fernández 12 Borja Gómez 15 Rodrigo Reñones 16 Jorge Oliva 17 Javier Gutíerrez 18 Pavol Polakovic 19 Abel Lamadrid 20 Damjan Blečić 21 Goran Cmiljanić 23 Oscar Río 77 Tim Bauer
Statistics 2007/08
Liga ASOBAL Position Pts P W D L F A Teka Cantabria 14 17 30 8 1 21 777 881 Goals: Rodrigo Reñones - 103 goals Tim Bauer - 94 goals Ouallid Ben Amor - 83 goals Catches: Jorge Oliva - 171 catches 27% Dimitros Kaffatos - 124 catches 27%
Stadium information Name: - Palacio de los Deportes City: - Santander Capacity: - 6,200 people Address: - C/ Alta Nº133, s/n (very near to Estadio El Sardinero).
Notable players Foreign players
Senad Fetahagić Slobodan Batinović Miloran Čizmić or Milorad Čizmić Dragan Mladenović Đorđe Rašić Gordan Žigić Marian Dumitru Otto Mertz Mats Olsson Kristján Arason Jovica Cvetković Eduard Medvedev Mikhail Yakimovich Yuri Nesterov Nedeljko Jovanović Oleg Kiselyov Frank Jørgensen Andreas Rastner Aleksandar Blagojević László Sótonyi Sigfús Sigurðsson Joakim Ågren Peter Genzel Aleksandar Adžić Jocum Hansson Venio Losert Aleksandr Tuchkin Oualid Ben-Amor Robert Arrhenius Malik Beširević Niklas Johansson Duško Milinović Nedeljko Jovanović Inácio Carmo Eduardo Filipe Danijel Šarić Luka Žvižej Umberto Brajković Georgios Chalkidis Žikica Milosavljević Thomas Gautschi Goran Kozomara Gábor Császár
Spanish players
Juan Carlos Solar Julián Ruiz Eduardo Sala Juan Carlos Ben Modo Miguel Ángel Zúñiga Chechu Villaldea Javier Cabanas Juan Francisco Melo Jaume Puig Aitor Echaburu Rodrigo Reñones Javier Reino Talant Duyshebaev Mateo Garralda José Javier Hombrados Alberto Urdiales Chechu Fernández Xabier Mikel Rekondo Jaume Fort Samuel Trives Mariano Ortega Santiago Urdiales Salvador Esquer Juan Bosco Rentero
Notable coaches Javier García Cuesta Manolo Cadenas Julián Ruiz Jovica Elezović Alberto Urdiales
References
External links Documentacion para entrenadores de Balonmano Revista digital de la Liga Asobal