CB Ciudad de Logroño

CB Ciudad de Logroño
CB Ciudad de Logroño
Full name	Club Balonmano Ciudad de Logroño
Founded	2003
Arena	Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño
Capacity	3,809
President	Segundo José Viguera
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Velasco
League	Liga ASOBAL
2024–25	5th
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

CB Ciudad de Logroño is a team of handball based in Logroño, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

Logroño

Location of BM Logrono La Rioja

History

The club was founded in 2003. Since 2006, it has been playing in the Spanish first division, the Liga ASOBAL. In the 2008/09 season, the team took 7th place, so it was able to start in the international field for the first time: the EHF Cup. In the 2012/13 first-class season, the team took 3rd place in the league and was thus allowed to start in the EHF Champions League for the first time.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Darien Logroño	2003–2006
Naturhouse La Rioja	2006–2017
CBM La Rioja	2017–2018
BM Logroño La Rioja	2018–present

Kits

HOME
2012–16	2017–19

AWAY
2012–14	2014–15	2019–20

Sports Hall information

Name: – Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja
City: – Logroño
Capacity: – 3809
Address: – Av. del Moncalvillo, 2, 26008, Logroño, Spain

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

BM Logrono La Rioja

Goalkeepers

1 Jorge Pérez Molina
16 Aliaksandr Markelau
90 Javier Romeo

Left Wingers

10 Alex Rubiño
75 Mahamadou Keita

Right Wingers

26 Eduardo Ortíz
34 David Cadarso

Line Players

19 Javier Rodríguez
22 Leonardo Domenech de Almeida
29 Javier García López

Central Backs

7 Álvaro Preciado Ramos
9 Ismael El-Korchi
66 Eduardo Cadarso

Left Backs

15 Antonio Serradilla
37 Oleg Kisselev Kisseleva
44 Juan Palomino Morón

Right Backs

5 Ángel Jesús Rivero Noris

Technical staff

Head Coach: Miguel Ángel Velasco
Assistant Coach: José Ignacio Martínez Castillejo

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Francisco Andrés Lombardi (LW) from AD Ciudad de Guadalajara^[2]
Ivan Popović (LP) from CB Ademar León^[3]
Nemanja Peštić (LB) from RK Vranje^[4]
Álvaro Martínez (LP) from Recoletas Atlético Valladolid
Aitor García Dúo (LP) from Helvetia Anaitasuna

Leaving

Thiago Ponciano (LB) to SCM Politehnica Timișoara^[5]
Salim Mezaza (GK) to Grand Besançon Doubs Handball^[6]
Rolando Uríos González (LP) to Fredericia HK
Ismael El-Korchi (CB) to S.L. Benfica

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Mahamadou Keita (LW) from S.L. Benfica
Juan Palomino Morón (LB) from FC Barcelona
Álvaro Preciado Ramos (CB) from BM Cisne
Javier García López (LP) from BM Villa de Aranda

Leaving

Leonardo Terçariol (GK) to BM Huesca
Leonardo Domenech de Almeida (LP) to Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil
Agustín Casado (CB) to MT Melsungen
Tomás Moreira (LP) to PAUC Handball
Mario Dorado (LW) to CB Cangas
Ernesto Goñi Macua (LB) to Helvetia Anaitasuna
Leonardo Dutra (LB) to RK Vardar

Previous squads

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Jorge Pérez Molina	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	Left Winger
5	Italy	Gianluca Dapiran	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994	Left Winger
6	Spain	Erik Balenciaga	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993	Central Back
9	Croatia	Tomislav Kušan	(1994-12-16) 16 December 1994	Line Player
11	France	James Scott Junior	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996	Left Back
13	Hungary	Patrik Ligetvári	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996	Left Back
15	Spain	Ernesto Goñi Macua	(2001-11-15) 15 November 2001	Left Back
19	Brazil	Gabriel Ceretta	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997	Right Back
22	Spain	Tomás Moreira	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992	Line Player
24	Serbia	Lazar Kukić	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995	Central Back
25	Spain	Sergey Hernández	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995	Goalkeeper
26	Spain	Eduardo Ortíz Badillo	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002	Right Winger
33	Spain	Eduardo Cadarso	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999	Central Back
34	Spain	David Cadarso	(2001-12-14) 14 December 2001	Right Winger
41	Spain	Imanol Garciandia	(1995-04-30) 30 April 1995	Right Back
77	Brazil	Rudolph Hackbarth	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994	Right Winger
90	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	Goalkeeper

2016–2017 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Richard Kappelin	(1983-09-30) 30 September 1983	Goalkeeper
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	Left Winger
4	Spain	Albert Rocas	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982	Right Winger
5	Spain	Iñaki Peciña	(1988-05-31) 31 May 1988	Line Player
8	Spain	Ángel Montoro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	Right Back
11	Spain	Pablo Cacheda	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992	Central Back
12	Spain	Gurutz Aguinagalde	(1977-10-26) 26 October 1977	Goalkeeper
13	Spain	Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989	Right Back
14	Spain	Victor Vigo Gerpe	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984	Central Back
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978	Line Player
18	Spain	Carlos Molina	(1991-05-31) 31 May 1991	Left Back
22	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990	Line Player
23	Brazil	Haniel Langaro	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995	Left Back
24	Spain	Javier Muñoz	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992	Right Winger
32	Spain	Ángel Fernández Pérez	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988	Left Winger
33	Spain	Eduardo Cadarso	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999	Central Back
41	Spain	Imanol Garciandia	(1995-04-30) 30 April 1995	Right Back
90	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	Goalkeeper
91	Egypt	Mohammad Sanad	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991	Right Winger
95	Serbia	Lazar Kukić	(1995-12-12) 12 December 1995	Central Back

2014–2015 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Spain	Miguel Sánchez-Migallón	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	Left Winger
4	Brazil	Thiagus Petrus	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989	Left Back
6	Spain	Juanín García	(1977-08-28) 28 August 1977	Left Winger
11	Spain	Luis Felipe Jiménez Reina	(1989-06-12) 12 June 1989	Right Back
12	Spain	Gurutz Aguinagalde	(1977-10-26) 26 October 1977	Goalkeeper
14	Spain	Victor Vigo Gerpe	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984	Central Back
16	Spain	Jorge Gomez Lite	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989	Goalkeeper
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978	Line Player
18	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	Goalkeeper
21	Sweden	Philip Stenmalm	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992	Left Back
22	Spain	Albert Rocas	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982	Right Winger
23	Spain	Pablo Cacheda	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992	Central Back
24	Spain	Diego Martin Santamaria	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993	Left Winger
26	Spain Hungary	Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990	Right Winger
32	Spain	Ángel Fernández Pérez	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988	Left Winger
37	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990	Line Player
59	Spain	Ángel Romero Rodríguez	(1984-06-05) 5 June 1984	Line Player
89	Denmark	Patrick Lykke Eilert	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	Right Back

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Spain	Jorge Martinez Martinez	(1977-08-09) 9 August 1977	Goalkeeper
4	Brazil	Thiagus Petrus	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989	Left Back
5	Spain	Niko Mindegía	(1988-07-19) 19 July 1988	Central Back
6	Spain	Unai Arrieta Aizpurua	(1981-01-14) 14 January 1981	Left Winger
7	Spain	Miguel Ángel Velasco	(1984-03-20) 20 March 1984	Central Back
8	Spain	Dario Ajo Villarraso	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Line Player
9	Spain Russia	Aleksandr Tiumentsev	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983	Central Back
10	Cuba	Jorge Pabán	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981	Right Back
11	Spain	Víctor Hugo López	(1982-11-23) 23 November 1982	Right Back
14	Spain	Arturo Martinez D'Amore	(1990-02-01) 1 February 1990	Left Winger
15	Spain	Alvaro Bozalongo Ruiz	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989	Line Player
17	Spain	Rubén Garabaya	(1978-09-15) 15 September 1978	Line Player
18	Spain	Javier Romeo	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	Goalkeeper
19	Spain	Jon Ramiro Perez	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993	Line Player
20	Spain	Pedro Fuentes Sanchez-Migallon	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986	Line Player
21	Spain	David Cuartero Sánchez	(1985-09-10) 10 September 1985	Right Winger
22	Spain	Daniel Tolmos	(1994-06-30) 30 June 1994	Central Back
24	Serbia	Marko Ćuruvija	(1981-07-24) 24 July 1981	Left Winger
26	Spain Hungary	Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990	Right Winger
45	Cuba Qatar	Rafael Capote	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987	Left Back
86	Brazil	Ales Abrao Silva	(1986-06-02) 2 June 1986	Line Player

Retired numbers

BM Logrono La Rioja retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
12		Gurutz Aguinagalde	Goalkeeper	2005–2018
17		Rubén Garabaya	Line Player	2010–2018

Honours

Copa del Rey: 0
- Runners-up: 2013, 2017, 2023
Supercopa ASOBAL: 0
- Runners-up: 2013

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Notes
2003–04	3	1ª Nacional	1st	Promoted
2004–05	2	Honor B	7th
2005–06	2	Honor B	2nd	Promoted
2006–07	1	ASOBAL	14th
2007–08	1	ASOBAL	12th
2008–09	1	ASOBAL	7th
2009–10	1	ASOBAL	5th
2010–11	1	ASOBAL	9th
2011–12	1	ASOBAL	7th
2012–13	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2013–14	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2014–15	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2015–16	1	ASOBAL	2nd
2016–17	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2017–18	1	ASOBAL	4th
2018–19	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2019–20	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2020–21	1	ASOBAL	3rd
2021–22	1	ASOBAL	6th
2022–23	1	ASOBAL	5th
2023–24	1	ASOBAL	4th
2024–25	1	ASOBAL	5th

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2012–13	EHF Cup	Round 3	Vojvodina	28–19	22–26	50–45

2013–14	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HSV Hamburg	24–33	27–34	5th place
			Flensburg	32–32	25–37
			Gorenje	34–31	28–33
			Aalborg	25–23	24–28
			HK Drott	38–34	35–35

2014–15	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	THW Kiel	30–34	32–34	4th place
			Paris Saint-Germain	35–32	25–32
			Zagreb	22–21	30–31
			HC Meshkov Brest	39–31	33–33
			Metalurg Skopje	31–26	28–29
		Last 16	MKB Veszprém	22–31	31–37	54–68

2015–16	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HC Meshkov Brest	28–32	33–31	2nd place
			FC Porto	30–23	31–35
			RK Vojvodina	31–22	31–26
			HT Tatran Prešov	37–29	21–19
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	30–26	26–27
		PO	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	30–31	37–39	67–70

2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Montpellier	31–30	27–37	2nd place
			Elverum Håndball	32–27	28–21
			Metalurg Skopje	31–25	23–24
			HT Tatran Prešov	33–27	27–30
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	34–37	28–28
		PO	HBC Nantes	25–31	31–37	56–68

2017–18	EHF Cup	Round 3	SKA Minsk	28–36	35–30	63–66

2018–19	EHF Cup	Round 3	Kadetten Schaffhausen	26–22	24–28	50–50

2019–20	EHF Cup	Round 3	HC Achilles Bocholt	37–26	36–31	73–57
		Group Stage	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	Cancelled	25–26	4th place
			PAUC Handball	29–29	Cancelled
			Füchse Berlin	26–25	26–33

2021–22	EHF European League	First qualifying round	Aguas Santas Milaneza	34–28	26–26	60–54
		Second qualifying round	Ademar León	34–30	27–28	61–58
		Group Stage	SC Magdeburg	29–29	31–33	5th place
			IK Sävehof	29–30	31–43
			RK Nexe	31–30	30–31
			RK Gorenje Velenje	31–26	31–32
			PAUC	33–26	31–37

2022–23	EHF European League	First qualifying round	TBV Lemgo	28–28	34–39	62–67

2023–24	EHF European League	Group stage	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	28–29	25–34	4th place
			RK Vojvodina	29–32	25–24
			HC Alkaloid	29–29	27–28

EHF ranking

As of 5 December 2025^[7]

Rank	Team	Points
98	Spor Toto	50
99	Drama 86	50
100	RK Poreč	48
101	BM Logrono La Rioja	47
102	HB Dudelange	47
103	VHC Šviesa	47
104	HC Berchem	46

Former club members

Notable former players

Gurutz Aguinagalde (2005–2018)
Alberto Aguirrezabalaga (2007–2009)
Marc Amargant (2006–2011)
Jon Belaustegui (2007–2009)
Pablo Cacheda (2014–2018)
Agustín Casado (2020–2022)
David Cuartero Sánchez (2012–2013)
Juan del Arco (2017–2019)
Alex Dujshebaev (2010–2012)
Ángel Fernández Pérez (2013–2018)
Rubén Garabaya (2010–2018)
Javier García Rubio (2014–2017)
Juanín García (2014–2015)
Imanol Garciandia (2015–2020)
Gedeón Guardiola (2008–2009)
Isaías Guardiola (2005–2010)
Sergey Hernández (2018–2020)
Víctor Hugo López (2010–2013)
Cristian Malmagro (2015)
Josep Masachs (2006–2008, 2013–2014)
Niko Mindegía (2011–2013)
Carlos Molina (2015–2017)
Ángel Montoro (2016–2018)
Pablo Paredes (2017–2018)
Iñaki Peciña (2016–2017)
Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (2011–2016)
Albert Rocas (2014–2018)
Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (2013–2021)
Joan Saubich (2013)
Antonio Serradilla (2020–)
Nikola Prce (2011–2012)
Ales Abrao Silva (2009–2013)
Gabriel Ceretta (2019–2021)
Fábio Chiuffa (2017–2018)
Leonardo Domenech de Almeida (2013–2015)
Leonardo Dutra (2021–2022)
Oswaldo Guimarães (2020–2021)
Rudolph Hackbarth (2019–2021)
Haniel Langaro (2016–2017)
Arthur Patrianova (2013–2014)
Thiagus Petrus (2012–2015)
Leonardo Terçariol (2021–2022)
Marco Oneto (2007–2009)
Délcio Pina (2020–2021)
Rafael Capote (2011–2013)
Julio Fis (2007–2008)
Jorge Pabán (2012–2014)
Jakub Krupa (2017–2018)
Mohammad Sanad (2016–2017)
Bálint Fekete (2018–2019)
Patrik Ligetvári (2019–2020)
Gianluca Dapiran (2019–2020)
Aidenas Malašinskas (2013–2015)
Aco Jonovski (2015)
Naumče Mojsovski (2007–2008)
Håvard Tvedten (2006–2008)
Pavel Bashkin (2008–2010)
Ognjen Backovič (2006–2007)
Gregor Lorger (2009–2011)
Rok Praznik (2010–2011)
Marko Ćuruvija (2011–2013)
Vanja Ilić (2018–2019)
Nikola Kojić (2010–2011)
Lazar Kukić (2017–2020)
Stefan Terzić (2015–2016)
Thomas Gautschi (2008–2009)
Richard Kappelin (2015–2017)
Johan Petersson (2007)
Philip Stenmalm (2014–2016)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2007–2018	Jota González
2018–	Miguel Ángel Velasco

References

External links

[1] "BM Logroño la Rioja – Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".

[2] ttps://www.mibalonmano.com/bm-logrono-firma-panchito-lombardi-y-aitor-garcia-hasta-2027

[3] ttps://rukometnizurnal.com/ivan-popovic-potpisao-za-la-riohu/

[4] ttps://www.balkan-handball.com/transferi/iz-vranja-u-asobal-nemanja-pestic-u-la-riohi/

[5] ttps://infotimisoara.ro/handbal-brazilianul-thiago-alves-ponciano-a-semnat-cu-scm/

[6] ttps://gbdh.fr/2025/04/17/proligue-salim-mezaza-jusquen-2027/

[7] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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