Balonmano Sinfín

Balonmano Sinfín
Balonmano Sinfín
Full name	Club Deportivo Elemental Sinfín Balonmano
Nickname(s)	Sinfinistas, Sinfineros, Cantabria, Hombres de Negro
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
Arena	Pabellón de La Albericia
Capacity	4,000
President	Servando Revuelta Gil
Head coach	Rubén Garabaya
League	Liga ASOBAL
	Website ; Official site

Balonmano Sinfín is a team of handball based in Santander, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL.

Santander

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Location of Balonmano Sinfín

History

The club was founded on April 14, 2004. The men's team started in the Spanish third division. In 2008, they moved up to the second division, and in 2015 to the first division: Liga ASOBAL. The club was relegated from the first division in 2017, but managed to return after just one season. Since 2018, the club has been continuously playing in the first division. In the ASOBAL Cup in 2021, the team reached the final, which they lost against Barcelona.^[1]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2016–17	2018–19

AWAY
2015–16	2016–17	2018–19

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

Balonmano Sinfín

Goalkeepers

12 Ernesto Sánchez Diaz
92 Mohamed Aly
96 Israel Marín

Left Wingers

07 Alberto Pla Castellanos
17 Diego Monzón

Right Wingers

08 Marcos Aguilella
15 Luís Pla Castellanos

Line Players

02 Diego Muñiz González
22 Ángel Basualdo
29 José Manuel Lon
72 Pablo Rama

Central Backs

04 Nicolás Bono
05 Marcos Domínguez Sanz

Left Backs

03 Gustavo Alonso Gómez
18 Leonardo Alonso
26 Léo Renaud-David
31 Joao Perbelini

Right Backs

06 Sergio Rubio San Emeterio
23 Jacob Díaz Aja
27 Óscar García Sánchez
33 Nicolás Zungri

Technical staff

Head coach: Rubén Garabaya
Assistant coach: Luis Miguel Garabaya
Fitness coach: Javier Palazuelos
Physiotherapist: Javier Martín Izquierdo
Club Doctor: Juan José Díaz-Munío Carabaza

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Mohamed Aly (GK) from Angers SCO Handball
Nicolás Bono (CB) from CB Zamora
Marcos Aguilella (RW) from CB Ikasa Madrid

Leaving

Jaka Malus (CB) to Frisch Auf Göppingen
Ramiro Martínez (RW) to BM Benidorm
Diógenes Cruz (CB) to BM Huesca
Francisco Javier Castro (CB) to Helvetia Anaitasuna
David Roca Rodríguez (RB) to BM Granollers
Pau Guitart (GK) to CB Los Dólmenes Antequera
Carlos Lastra (LW) to CB Pereda
Alejandro Blázquez (RW) (retires)
Carlos Molina Cosano (LB)

Previous Squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Spain	Diego Muñiz González	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
3	Spain	Sergio Rubio San Emeterio	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001 (age 22)	Right Back
4	Spain	Javier Valverde	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)	Left Back
7	Spain	Alberto Pla Castellanos	(1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
8	Spain	Alejandro Blázquez	(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 32)	Right Winger
10	Spain	Cristian Postigo	(1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 35)	Left Winger
11	Spain	Carlos Lastra	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	Left Winger
12	Spain	Ernesto Sánchez Diaz	(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
13	Spain	Gustavo Alonso Gómez	(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 (age 22)	Left Back
15	Spain	Luís Pla Castellanos	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	Right Winger
18	Spain	Leonardo Alonso	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23)	Left Back
20	Argentina	Ramiro Martínez	(1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 29)	Right Winger
22	Spain	Ángel Basualdo	(2001-09-13) 13 September 2001 (age 23)	Line Player
23	Puerto Rico	Jorge Nazario	(1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 32)	Central Back
24	Spain	Francisco Javier Castro	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	Central Back
29	Spain	José Manuel Lon	(1977-02-17) 17 February 1977 (age 47)	Line Player
32	Ukraine	Vladyslav Ostroushko	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)	Left Back
33	Argentina	Nicolás Zungri	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 29)	Right Back
34	Spain	Nacho Vallés	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	Central Back
88	North Macedonia	Darko Dimitrievski	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31)	Left Back
96	Spain	Israel Marín	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
99	Cape Verde	Élcio Fernandes	(1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 (age 28)	Goalkeeper

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Notes	Copa del Rey
2004–05	3	1ª Estatal	5th
2005–06	3	1ª Estatal	2nd
2006–07	3	1ª Estatal	1st
2007–08	3	1ª Estatal	1st	Promoted
2008–09	2	Div. Honor B	14th
2009–10	2	Plata	9th
2010–11	2	Plata	11th
2011–12	2	Plata	4th
2012–13	2	Plata	8th
2013–14	2	Plata	7th		Second round
2014–15	2	Plata	2nd	Promoted	First round
2015–16	1	ASOBAL	13th		Round of 16
2016–17	1	ASOBAL	16th	Relegated	Round of 16
2017–18	1	Plata	5th	Promoted	Third round
2018–19	1	ASOBAL	11th		Second round